Carte Émise par L’Amicale Philatelique de Madagascar à l’Occasion de la Première Liaison Aérien par Paquebot Aérien Paris – Tananarive en 48 heures

$175.00

Journée de timbre 1946 over-stamped 24 Avr[il] 1947. Sent airmail to Athens, Greece on the first day of issue from Tananarive. With post office fee annotations, stamped on both sides and with a special service request label from Tananarive. 

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[Madagascar postal history] Carte Émise par L’Amicale Philatelique de Madagascar à l’Occasion de la Première Liaison Aérien, par Paquebot Aérien, Paris – Tananarive en 48 heures. Journée de timbre 1946 over-stamped 24 Avr[il] 1947. (Postcard commemorating the first airmail connection by flying boat — clipper– from Paris to Tananarive in 48 hours.) Sent airmail to Athens, Greece on the first day of issue from Tananarive. With post office fee annotations, stamped on both sides and with a special service request label from Tananarive.  With the blue silhouette of France in the upper left-hand corner and Madagascar silhouetted in orange with a blue plane in flight pointing towards Madagascar, with blue and orange lettering. The signed message reads: “Avec meillures voeux pour la fête.” Good condition. 10 cm x 15 cm 

Front of the first day cover of forty-eight hour airmail by flying boat from Madagascar.

Verso of the postcard.

Airmail cover on an airmail envelope dated December 13 1938 sent from Morafenobe Madagascar via Mozambique to Athens, Greece

Italian Postmarked Envelope and Manuscript Letter May 19 1796 from Jewish Ghetto Ceneda Busta italiana con timbro postale e lettera del 19 maggio 1796 del Ghetto Ceneda ebraico

Picture Postcard of a Steamer on the Brahmaputra River Postmarked Calcutta India Glasgow Cramond Bridge 1904

 

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Author

L’Amicale Philatelique de Madagascar

Title

Carte Émise par L’Amicale Philatelique de Madagascar à l’Occasion de la Première Liaison Aérien, par Paquebot Aérien, Paris – Tananarive en 48 heures. Journée de timbre 1946