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Lot# 2250 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 2250 French Levant

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    Airmail 1919: First Flight. Civilian cover bearing Sower 25 c. blue and Merson 1 fr. lake & green flown to Bucharest and thence by rail to Paris, tied by framed "ARMÉES ALLIÉES EN ORIENT / POSTE AÉRIENNE" handstamp in black and by oval "Contrôle / Par l'Authorité Militaire" cachet, with "TRESOR ET POSTES / 506" cds below (July 7). Reseal Censor tape and further strike of oval "Contrôle / Par l'Authorité Militaire" on reverse. A fresh and fine cover: the first date for carriage of civilian mail by this service. Ex collection Sassower.rnrnNote: This cover discussed and illustrated in "The London Philatelist", May 2000 (Volume 109, no. 1275) on page 124.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold