1918/31: Airmail group with rare First Flight covers (2, one with
cert. Behr) from Constantinople to Paris with Sower 25 c. and
Merson 1
1918/31: Airmail group with rare First Flight covers (2, one with
cert. Behr) from Constantinople to Paris with Sower 25 c. and
Merson 1 fr. tied 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); stampless 1918 cover with same cachet in violet
with "506" cds below (Oct 7), 1919 cover with Sower 25 c. blue (5)
tied same cachet with "506" cds (July 14) below; range of further
Levant Military registered usages, 1928 Turkey flight cover to
Athens, and two 1931 'day of Aviation' cards to Bucharest, Romania
etc. (21 with 14 covers/cards)
