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1929 Overseas Postcard (Airmail)

In 1929 the imprinted 40c airmail stamp was changed to a new design referred to as the ‘Winged Letter’

3 August 1929: card
addressed to Saarbrücken
in Germany, and posted in
the Bourg quarter of
Fribourg. Carried on the
regular Lufthansa airmail

service from Basel to
Saarbrücken.

FRIBOURG dispatch
cds 3.VIII.29

BASEL FLUGPLATZ
cds 3.VIII.29

1 August 1929: card
addressed to Bayswater,
London, and posted at
Bern airfield. Carried on
the regular Imperial
Airways summer service
Basel – Paris – London
(daily, except Sundays)

BERN LUFTPOST
dispatch cds 1.VIII.29
BASEL FLUGPLATZ
arrival cds

Sale Price: 70c, with 30c donated to the National Fund for Soldiers and their Families