Lot Number: 121

(France) Official 'Postage Paid/Taxe Percue' airmail cover from 'Minstre Des Postes, Telegraph et Telephone' to New York, bs 19/5/45, canc Bureau du Courrrrrier Officiel Paris/17/5/45, red oval "O.A.T." cachet applied in London for onward air transmission to New York, red framed cachet "Paris TLIF Etranger Courrier Officiel Taxe Percue Par Avion". Written up on exhibition page with account of the route taken, and the ordinary and airmail surcharge rates which were applied to that item.

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Date: 1945, May 17
Est. price: £15.00 £12.75
Category: France

Description: Official 'Postage Paid/Taxe Percue' airmail cover from 'Minstre Des Postes, Telegraph et Telephone' to New York, bs 19/5/45, canc Bureau du Courrrrrier Officiel Paris/17/5/45, red oval "O.A.T." cachet applied in London for onward air transmission to New York, red framed cachet "Paris TLIF Etranger Courrier Officiel Taxe Percue Par Avion". Written up on exhibition page with account of the route taken, and the ordinary and airmail surcharge rates which were applied to that item.