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Bleriot. 1909 (Oct 28) Hotel Bristol envelope posted within Vienna franked 10h, similar Hotel Bristol postcard enclosed signed by Bleriot and his wife. Bleriot made two demonstration flights the previous day in front of the Austrian Emperor and 300,000 spectators. A fine and uncommon autograph. Photo on Page 132. £200-250
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Bleriot. 1909-15 Picture postcards of Bleriot, his cross channel flight, aeroplane, monuments, etc., including a 1909 (July 29) card of Bleriot at Dover posted from Glasgow just four days after the flight with message describing Bleriot's exploits, another fine real photo card of Bleriot's arrival at Dover posted at Dover on July 30th bearing a Bleriot label, also real photo cards of Bleriot meeting King George V, pupils at his flying school at Etampes (2, a third card from a student pilot at the school with cachet), etc. (57+). £300-350
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Pegoud. 1913-15 Picture postcards of Pegoud (famous for looping the loop and flying upside down), flying in France, Germany or Belgium, one card signed by Pegoud in 1915 shortly before he was killed. (12). £100-120
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1908-11 Picture postcards of pilots, aeroplanes, airships French air force in Morocco, etc., with some fine coloured advertising and poster type cards. (91). £300-350
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1908-12 Air Meetings and races, postcards of the 1908 Archdeacon Deutsch prize (2), 1910 meetings at Touraine (7), Angers (2), Caen (5, one fine poster card, four with labels, also a cover with hexagonal "CAEN-AVIATION / CALVADOS" datestamp), Dunkirk (3), Bordeaux (3, one with "MERIGNAL / AVIATION" cachet), 1911 Michelin prize (2), 1912 Angers (3, two with labels, one with "CHOLET / GRAND PRIX AVIATION" cachet), also a used 1909 lettercard containing views of several aviation meetings. (26). £150-180
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1909 Reims Aviation Meeting. Programme, special number of "Revue Aerienne" with results of the meeting, small souvenir flag used by Francis Field on the 1955 Aero Field Christmas card, and picture postcards (29, one a fine poster card), eight cards with the hexagonal "BETHENY - AVIATION / MARNE" datestamp, one also bearing a label tied by boxed "1ere GRANDE / SEMAINE d'AVIATION / de CHAMPAGNE / REIMS - BETHENY 22/29 AOUT". A fine group, from the world's first air meeting, one card signed by H. Latham. (32). £400-500
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1909 Paris Aviation Meeting. Picture postcards, two with labels which include a space for the postage stamp, four with the "PORT-AVIATION / (SEINE-ET-OISE)" machine cancel and one with the c.d.s, four with differing cachets of the meeting. (13). £100-120
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1910 Nice Aviation Meeting. Covers (2) and picture postcards (8), six bearing labels, seven with the "NICE-AVIATION / MEETING 1910" c.d.s (one in red). Also a card of the 1910 Cannes aviation meeting bearing a vignette. (11). £100-120
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1910 Lyon Aviation Meeting. Picture postcards (7), two of H. Michelin (heir to the tyre company) killed at the meeting, one with label and 10c stamp tied by hexagonal "LYON-AVIATION / RHONE" datestamp. Also three scarce coloured Michelin advertising cards showing the Michelin man and aeroplanes, and nine cards of Michelin aviation trophies. (20). £120-150
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1910 Rouen Aviation Meeting. Picture postcards (33) including twenty five scarce poster cards, five cards bearing labels, one of these franked 10c tied by hexagonal "ROUEN-AVIATION / SEINE INFRE" datestamps. A fine lot. (33). Photo on Page 132. £700-800
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1910 Reims Aviation Meeting. Programme (the cover depicting aeroplanes over Reims Cathedral), and picture postcards (7), two bearing labels, one with hexagonal "BETHENY-AVIATION / MARNE" datestamps. (8). £140-160
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1910 Nantes Aviation Meeting. Picture postcards, 21 bearing the 10c semi-official air stamp, three with the "NANTES-AVIATION" c.d.s, one also bearing a blue publicity label apparently signed by L. Morane. (22). £180-220
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1910 Circuit of the East. Picture postcards of pilots or aeroplanes, many from Amiens or Nancy, fifteen bearing labels, two fine poster cards, one pilot signed by M. Rigal, with the "AMIENS-AVIATION / SOMME" c.d.s. (25). Photo on Page 132. £240-280
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1910 Bay of the Seine Air Meeting, held at Le Havre, Trouville and Deauville, printed newspaper wrapper used with hexagonal "LE HAVRE-AVIATION / SEINE-INFRE" datestamp, and picture postcards (14), four bearing labels, one tied by a cachet of the aviation meeting. (15). £120-150
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1911 Dijon Aviation Meeting. Cover bearing publicity label, and picture postcards (12), eight bearing labels, three with the "AERODROME / DIJON-AVIATION" cachet, one also with "DIJON-AVIATION / COTE D'OR" c.d.s. (13). £110-130
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1911 European Aviation Circuit. Two invitations to attend the departure and arrival of the race at Vincennes, and picture postcards (6), one British real photo card of competitors at Shoreham signed on the reverse by Eugene Renaux, one card with label and "CIRCUIT EUROPEEN D'AVIATION / VINCENNES" cachet. (8). £170-200
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1911 Paris to Madrid Air Race. Picture postcards, including E. Train whose plane crashed into a group of VIPs killing the Minister of War, six bearing publicity labels. (24). £150-180
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1912 Nancy to Luneville Flight. Two postcards posted at Nancy (July 28) franked 5c or 10c, both bearing the 25c semi-official air stamp, Luneville (July 31) arrival datestamps (one also with a Nancy July 31 c.d.s), also an unused stamp. The first Air Post in France, the stamps authorised by the Minister of Posts. (3). £100-120
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1913 (Oct 14) Postcard from Paris to Martinique franked 5c, flown from Paris to Bordeaux on October 15th handstamped "PAR AVION", with octagonal "BORDEAUX A COLON / L. D. No 1" datestamp (Oct. 15) and Fort de France arrival c.d.s (Oct. 27). This flight carried a small quantity of mail for the West Indies, which was able to leave by boat from Bordeaux on the same day. Fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 132. £300-400
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1914 Monaco Air Rally. Special postcards with vignettes tied by cachets of Madrid (2), Paris, Brussels or Gotha, all flown to Monaco. Also four other postcards of seaplanes at Monaco. (9). £120-150
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1920 Buc Aviation Meeting. Covers (2) and postcards (3) with the "BUC ET O / MEETING AERONAUTIQUE" c.d.s (two also with two line handstamp) and the Par Avion vignette overprinted for the meeting, two flown to London or Brussels with Aero Club arrival handstamps; lettercard from Paris flown to London with the Royal Aero-Club London arrival datestamp; and overprinted Par Avion vignettes mint (2), pair with Aero Club Belgique cancel or block of four with Royal Aero-Club London cancel. (10). £120-150
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1922 Rouen Aviation Meeting. Semi-official air stamps, the fine study on pages with undenomenated imperf and perforated proof sheets of 25 in black on both violet grey and yellowish paper, mint labels (130) including varieties value missing (35), value inverted (46), value double (22), value double one inverted (3), etc., also the five values on cover franked 25c with "ROUEN-AVIATION" datestamps and "PAR AVION" and 25c on postcard. (232). £300-350
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1922-32 Aviation Meetings, semi-official air stamps mint (41) or used on cover (12), other covers (5) and labels (7), including covers with air stamps from the 1922 meetings at Bourges, La Baule and Villesauvage (Aviation c.d.s), 1923 Rouen (3, Aviation c.d.s) and Amiens (4, Aviation c.d.s), 1924 Vincennes (2, Aviation c.d.s), 1925 registered cover from Bourget with Aviation c.d.s and label, 1930 cover with Vincennes Aviation c.d.s and label, etc. (65). £180-220
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1920-64 Covers and cards (48), also some labels, mainly first flight covers to or from France or French Colonies, including prewar flights from Senegal, Cameroon, Dahomey, Tunisia, etc. (48+). £200-250
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1930 Costes and Bellonte Paris to New York flight, signed menu for a dinner given for the two aviators on the S.S "Ile de France" when returning to France on Sept. 11th, and picture postcards (5). The first successful east to west transatlantic flight from France, the signed menu very scarce. (6). £150-200
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French Colonies and P.O Abroad, accumulation including an extensive Niger collection with covers and proofs, etc. (100s). £120-180
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Djibouti. 1893 Obock 5c green with handstamped "DJ" overprints, Obock obliterated with a bar, blocks of four mint or used with blue cancel of square dots, both with M. Magnon expert handstamp on reverse, the mint block also with a second pencil signature. S.G. 83, £1,040. (2 Blocks). £160-200
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Indo-China - Annam & Tongking. 1888 "A&T / 1" Handstamped surcharges on 2c brown, block of six used with Hanoi datestamps. S.G.1, £330+. £80-100
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Indo-China - Air Mails. 1929-50 Covers flown between Indo-China and France, with first flights, interrupted flights, long distance and record flights by Bailly, Reginensi and Marsot (2), Costes and Bellonte, Weiss and Girier, Goulette and Lalovette, also Air Orient, Air France, KLM, Imperial, etc. An interesting lot, written up on pages, virtually all prewar. (35). £300-400
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Levant - Air Mails. 1919 (Sep 18) Cover from Constantinople franked 25c + 1f cancelled by boxed "ARMEES ALLIEES EN ORIENT / POSTE AERIENNE", "TRESOR ET POSTES 506" c.d.s below, carried by French military flight to Bucharest, where the mail could connect with the Orient Express. Also a Ceylon 6c envelope cancelled to order with oval Poste Aerienne cachet (probably forged). The air service only operated in August and September 1919. (2). £100-120
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Martinique - Second British Occupation. 1797 (Sep 16) Entire letter written from H.M.S "Vengeance" at Fort Royal Bay, Martinique, to Scotland, handstamped "MARTINIQUE" (Robson Lowe type HS2), London and Edinburgh backstamps, charged 2/2. The "Vengeance" has just arrived at Martinique after a 6 week cruise, taken nothing but the English ship "Ross" from St Vincent laden with wine, which had been captured by a French privateer the previous day. Light file folds, otherwise fine; the British occupied Martinique from 1795 until 1798. £200-240
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Syria and Alaouites. 1919-31 Mainly mint collection with many varieties including overprints and surcharges on the reverse, inverted overprints, 1920-21 Aleppo Vilayet overprint (65, red and black overprints with some varieties), etc. A good lot with some scarce stamps and unlisted varieties. (227). £250-350
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