Lot No. 662
| Auction No. | 12 |
| Category |
Airmails |
| Est. | $150 |
| Status | Archived |
1913 London Daily Mail newspaper Aeroplane Tour of North Wales/N.W. of England in his 80 H.P. Bleriot Monoplane. 3 postcards of H. Salmet in front of his plane, which is same plane featured in the attached article from the Daily Mail website, another of Salmet in the cockpit of this plane, which has a typing error, as it refers to his 50 HP plane, whereas it was definitely 80 HP & a Daily Mail publicity photo of Salmet in front of his plane, now with "Daily Mail" on underside of wings, surrounded by Daily Mail executives plus early advertising approach of young lads in "Daily Mail" t-shirts. Note: same plane as used by Guillaux for his 1914 Australia flight. A scarce group in exc cond. (3)
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