AFP First night mail service on the Paris-Bordeaux-Toulouse-Pau route aboard a Junkers 52 aircraft. Le Bourget airport, October 26, 1945. First night mail service on the Paris-Bordeaux-Toulouse-Pau route aboard a Junkers 52 aircraft. Le Bourget airport, October 26, 1945. Silver print on baryta paper, from digital file (black and white lambda print). Dry AFP stamp in lower right margin. Stamp "AFP 5/11/2022 Edition Spéciale N°: 1/1" on verso. Gelatin silver print on baryta paper, from digital file (black and white lambda print). Blind stamp AFP in the lower right margin. Stamp " AFP 5/11/2022 Edition Spéciale N° : 1/1 " on verso. Image : 37 x 56 cm - 14.6 x 22 in Paper : 50 x 60 cm - 19.7 x 23.6 in

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