Null Lucien LOTH (1885-1978)

Biplane taking off or landing

Aviation weeks in…

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Lucien LOTH (1885-1978) Biplane taking off or landing Aviation weeks in Reims, August 1909 - July 1910. 8 vintage silver prints, the largest 127 x 180 mm.

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Lucien LOTH (1885-1978) Biplane taking off or landing Aviation weeks in Reims, August 1909 - July 1910. 8 vintage silver prints, the largest 127 x 180 mm.

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Estim. 2 500 - 3 500 EUR

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AVIATION 1940. Autograph manuscript by an aviator, Journal 2, March-August 1940; Fleur des Neiges schoolbook (22 x 17 cm), 98 pages. (slight wetness). Daily account of a serviceman who passed through Salon, Châteauroux, Paris, Dijon, Macon, Montluçon, Compiègne, Avignon, Vierzon, Saint-Priest, Tours, Savonnières, Limoges, Angoulême, Saint-Jean d'Angély, Saintes, Cognac, Bagnères de Bigorre, Lourdes, Varenne sur Allier. This notebook, a continuation of a missing n°1, runs from March 24 to August 23, 1940. Here are some brief extracts.April 11th. "The captain and 3 crewmen going to ferry a Bloch 210 charred in a forced landing after takeoff". April 14. "During my leave, most of the Bloch aircraft left. Potez 633s were added to the formation, as the Bréguets are easily demolished... the Bréguet is fairly well armed, but the Potez is not". May 11th. Bombardment: "We heard whistling noises that filled us with horror, and almost immediately the sound of exploding bombs. Everything was shaking with an appalling din. I threw myself into the corridor and lay down, getting up as soon as the bombs exploded to get outside, but new whistles made me throw myself under the washbasins and for a few seconds there was an indescribable thunder. Amidst the dust and debris, men lay strewn on the ground. I passed the first shelters with so many others fleeing and ran for cover under a hedge of trees 500m from the barracks, passing through fields and swamps where I was up to my belly in water and mud"... June 14th. Exodus... Etc.

Starting price 250 EUR

PRECURSEURS AVIATION - VERY RARE VIGNETTES du MEETING REIMS 1910, 2nd BIG WEEK OF AVIATION IN CHAMPAGNE. NON DENTELEE pair of 2 stamps standing together: biplane flying over the statue of Joan of Arc on horseback and monoplane flying over the cathedral - the 2 Silombra stamps V 33 and V 31. Lithography by Delbar in Reims, Silombra catalog value 1989: three thousand francs.

Starting price 225 EUR

AVIATION PRECURSORS - VERY RARE VIGNETTE MEETING 1910 REIMS. VERY RARE TRAVEL DOCUMENT, postcard (one unimportant tear on the card) from Reims to Geneva, date stamped July 17, 1910, shows the statue of Joan of Arc on horseback in front of the cathedral, franking 10c semeuse rouge (138) + RARE stamp of the Meeting NON DENTELE biplane over the statue of J. d' Arc (FORMANT AINSI CARTE MAXIMUM (Silombra V 33). Unique piece with interesting text "reportage de la manifestation" on verso: "Reims Dimanche ... I went to BETHENY (Reims Aviation) on Friday afternoon... it's amazing... you'd never know how many cars go by night and morning... it would be impossible to count them, especially at the speed they go. As for the aeroplanes, 3 have already passed in front of our windows, as well as one over my head in the middle of the road; I assure you it's impressive.... I'll also send you some pretty aviation cards next week... "

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