He left India Pequet Henry (1888-1974), the party bringing the mail over a century ago on a Hommer-Sommer biplane. What an adventure! And at the same time, it was not huge: 10 km between a station and Indian Hallahabad lost Naini. This is Jame's Prunier, which has already been mentioned for the block of 6 stamps Pioneers of Aviation in October 2010, which created the stamp on this route airmail.
The mini-sheet 2011 of 10 stamps in the collection Airmail,
after Henri Fabre in 2010, and Louis Bleriot in 2009.
after Henri Fabre in 2010, and Louis Bleriot in 2009.
The real heroes of this stamp is a Mughal prince. The background shows a detail of the tomb of Prince Kushrau Mirza, eldest son and heir of the fourth rebel Mughal Emperor Jahangir, in the garden Khusro Bagh to Hallahabad. Prince Kushrau died at Burhanpur in 1622, wound up in prison by his half-brother power-hungry, the builder of the Taj Mahal Shah Jahan.
The first link airmail in 1911, with Henry Pequet,
a stamp issued February 19, 2011.
Jame's Prunier / André Lavergne / Phil @ poste .
Oh, it's really kind of stamp to use to create a question distorted competition as we like. Thus:
Question .
What building is shown in the background of the French stamp issued in February 2011, commemorating the centenary of the first connection made by airmail Pequet Henry?
Response.
The Mausoleum of Prince Kushrau to Hallahabad.
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Genealogy of Prince Khusrau
Kushrau: the Shadow of Power , The Hindu, 27 February 2010, an article by Aroon Raman
The interior of the Mausoleum Kushrau
The Occurrence of 1911 on AEROWEB-fr.net
Kushrau: the Shadow of Power , The Hindu, 27 February 2010, an article by Aroon Raman
The interior of the Mausoleum Kushrau
The Occurrence of 1911 on AEROWEB-fr.net
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