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Aéropostale
Aéropostale (aviation)
(from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) http://aeroscripophile.hydroretro.ne...eropostale_ver Aéropostale (formally, Compagnie générale aéropostale) was a pioneering French aviation company. It was founded in 1919 by Pierre-Georges Latécoère as "Société des lignes Latécoère". Between 1921 and 1927 it operated as "Compagnie générale d'entreprises aéronautiques", at the end of which period it acquired its most famous name. The company's activities specialised in, but were by no means restricted to, air-borne postal services. http://www.museedelaposte.fr/Collect...mages/4614.jpg Developed in the aftermath of the First World War, air mail services owe much to the bravery of their earliest pilots. During the 1920s, every flight was a dangerous adventure, and could be fatal. The period was eloquently described by the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - himself an Aéropostale pilot - in his novel Vol de Nuit (translated as "Night Flight"), in which he describes a postal flight through the skies of South America. In 1918, Pierre-Georges Latécoère envisioned an air route connecting France to Senegal, by way of Spain and Morocco. With that in mind, he created the company Lignes Aériennes Latécoère, which shortly began serving routes between Toulouse and Casablanca, Casablanca and Dakar, and Rio de Janeiro and Recife in Brazil. In 1927, Latécoère transferred his South American business to another Brazilian-based Frenchman. On that basis, this second aviation pioneer then founded the Compagnie générale aéropostale, better known by the shorter name Aéropostale. The company had soon connected France with South America and had established a network of air routes linking other American cities. http://digilander.libero.it/Gretablu...stale-1927.jpg http://aerostories.free.fr/juniors/q...aero_carte.JPG In 1933, Aéropostale merged with a number of other aviation companies (Air Orient, Société Générale de Transport Aérien, Air Union, and Compagnie Internationale de Navigation) to create Air France. Aéropostale and stamp collectors Many philatelists are keen on the entre-guerres world of the airmail services because of the pioneering romantic spirit they evoke. Many envelopes were franked on several occasions, at each stage of their journeys; this enables collectors to reconstruct the routes taken by letters and, perhaps, sneak a glimpse into the often-tragic ups-and-downs of the endeavour. Aéropostale pilots Aéropostale's roster of pilots included such aviation legends as the following: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry http://www.trussel.com/saint-ex/stamps/fracb1.jpg http://perso.orange.fr/site_jferry/timbre.jpg http://www.trussel.com/saint-ex/stamps/chac232a.jpg http://www.trussel.com/saint-ex/stamps/fwac11b2.jpg http://www.trussel.com/saint-ex/stamps/frc43a.jpg http://www.trussel.com/saint-ex/stamps/camc246s.jpg http://www.trussel.com/saint-ex/stamps/gren264y.jpg http://planons.free.fr/timbre25.jpg Jean Mermoz http://www.trussel.com/saint-ex/stamps/frc43a.jpg http://www.trussel.com/saint-ex/stamps/gren264y.jpg http://philatelie.aucoeurdelatoile.c...mermoz-30c.jpg http://philatelie.aucoeurdelatoile.c.../mermoz-3f.jpg http://www.phil-ouest.com/Celebrites/Mermoz_337.jpg Henri Guillaumet (1940 - not issued) http://caphila.free.fr/V.O+VPN/53091.jpg Marcel Reine Emile Lécrivain See also: Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela, normally referred to as just Aeropostal, an airline in Venezuela, established after the government took over air routes previously operated by the French Aéropostale |
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Aéropostale
Nice yarn Blair, It is quite amazing, the rapid progress of air transport. It was only in the Autumn 1910 that the entire French Airforce had a complement of 12 aircraft. By December 1910, a major French aircraft manufacturer had orders from: France=35 aircraft Russia =20 Spain=3 Italy=2 Belgium=1 Japan=1 Britain=1 It inspired me to look through some WW1 airmail auctions booklets, and I noticed on an Iceland Zeppelin Flight Cover, A Viking Cachet :0) "Blair (TC)" wrote in message oups.com... Aéropostale (aviation) (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) http://aeroscripophile.hydroretro.ne...eropostale_ver Aéropostale (formally, Compagnie générale aéropostale) was a pioneering French aviation company. It was founded in 1919 by Pierre-Georges Latécoère as "Société des lignes Latécoère". Between 1921 and 1927 it operated as "Compagnie générale d'entreprises aéronautiques", at the end of which period it acquired its most famous name. The company's activities specialised in, but were by no means restricted to, air-borne postal services. http://www.museedelaposte.fr/Collect...mages/4614.jpg Developed in the aftermath of the First World War, air mail services owe much to the bravery of their earliest pilots. During the 1920s, every flight was a dangerous adventure, and could be fatal. The period was eloquently described by the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - himself an Aéropostale pilot - in his novel Vol de Nuit (translated as "Night Flight"), in which he describes a postal flight through the skies of South America. In 1918, Pierre-Georges Latécoère envisioned an air route connecting France to Senegal, by way of Spain and Morocco. With that in mind, he created the company Lignes Aériennes Latécoère, which shortly began serving routes between Toulouse and Casablanca, Casablanca and Dakar, and Rio de Janeiro and Recife in Brazil. In 1927, Latécoère transferred his South American business to another Brazilian-based Frenchman. On that basis, this second aviation pioneer then founded the Compagnie générale aéropostale, better known by the shorter name Aéropostale. The company had soon connected France with South America and had established a network of air routes linking other American cities. http://digilander.libero.it/Gretablu...ry-aeropostale -1927.jpg http://aerostories.free.fr/juniors/q...aero_carte.JPG In 1933, Aéropostale merged with a number of other aviation companies (Air Orient, Société Générale de Transport Aérien, Air Union, and Compagnie Internationale de Navigation) to create Air France. Aéropostale and stamp collectors Many philatelists are keen on the entre-guerres world of the airmail services because of the pioneering romantic spirit they evoke. Many envelopes were franked on several occasions, at each stage of their journeys; this enables collectors to reconstruct the routes taken by letters and, perhaps, sneak a glimpse into the often-tragic ups-and-downs of the endeavour. Aéropostale pilots Aéropostale's roster of pilots included such aviation legends as the following: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry http://www.trussel.com/saint-ex/stamps/fracb1.jpg http://perso.orange.fr/site_jferry/timbre.jpg http://www.trussel.com/saint-ex/stamps/chac232a.jpg http://www.trussel.com/saint-ex/stamps/fwac11b2.jpg http://www.trussel.com/saint-ex/stamps/frc43a.jpg http://www.trussel.com/saint-ex/stamps/camc246s.jpg http://www.trussel.com/saint-ex/stamps/gren264y.jpg http://planons.free.fr/timbre25.jpg Jean Mermoz http://www.trussel.com/saint-ex/stamps/frc43a.jpg http://www.trussel.com/saint-ex/stamps/gren264y.jpg http://philatelie.aucoeurdelatoile.c...mermoz-30c.jpg http://philatelie.aucoeurdelatoile.c.../mermoz-3f.jpg http://www.phil-ouest.com/Celebrites/Mermoz_337.jpg Henri Guillaumet (1940 - not issued) http://caphila.free.fr/V.O+VPN/53091.jpg Marcel Reine Emile Lécrivain See also: Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela, normally referred to as just Aeropostal, an airline in Venezuela, established after the government took over air routes previously operated by the French Aéropostale |
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Aéropostale
Many envelopes were franked on several occasions, at each stage of their
journeys; this enables collectors to reconstruct the routes taken by letters and, perhaps, sneak a glimpse into the often-tragic ups-and-downs of the endeavour. G'day Blair, here is a nice engineered stage cover (10 countries represented) http://cjoint.com/data/bCeirs5LQi.htm Acknowledgement : Harmers 2002 auction cat. |
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