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AEROPHILATELIE - FIRST FLIGHT DAKAR - TOULOUSE...

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AEROPHILATELIE - FIRST FLIGHT DAKAR - TOULOUSE via CASABLANCA - Mission DUBOURDIEU (*). Letter from Saint Louis Senegal, date stamped June 5, 1925, franked with French West Africa stamps. Carries 4-line commemorative stamp "PAR AVION / OUVERTURE LIGNE / LATECOERE / DAKAR-TOULOUSE". On the back CAD arrival Casa 8/6/25. Muller 3 (*) André DUBOURDIEU 1901/1979 aeropostale pioneer, LATECOERE test pilot. One of France's greatest pilots, he was a friend of Mermoz, Guillaumet and Saint Exupéry.