Fire & Ice: Zeppelins, Aerophilately and the Titanic #643

France, Airmail, 1930, 1.50fr ultramarine, "E.I.P.A." perfins, used on three times flown picture postcard from Targu Mures, Romania to Paris well-traveled and returned to Bucharest, with Romania 50b adhesive on reverse tied by Armanesti Bacau Aug. 4, 1932 circular datestamp, plus 5L & 10L + 1L adhesives on front tied by Targu Mures Apr. 10, 1933 circular datestamps, backstamped with Bucharest Apr. 13, 1933 & Strasbourg transit postmarks, and Targu Mures Aug. 13, 1933 circular datestamp. France 1.50Fr vertical pair with" "E.I.P.A."" perfins (Scott C6b) cancelled by Paris Aug. 16, 1933 datestamps, plus 25c & Ifr + 25c adhesives on reverse tied by same French postmarks, adjacent Bucharest Aug. 17, 1933 receiving; a couple of stamps missing, 2014 Sergio Sismondo certificate.
Scott C6b. Yvert 6c. Maury 6C.
Estimate $750 - 1,000

By 1933, The "International Air Navigation Company" (Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aerienne; CIDNA), provided passenger, mail and cargo transportation, by air, from Paris to Istanbul, via Strasbourg, Nuremberg, Prague, Warsaw, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Skoplie, Sofia, Salonique, Athens, Bucharest and Istanbul. Manuscript reading "Tg. Mures, 10 IV 19331 Circuit par avion No. 14 L.E. 8224M-597IT-6445L. Retour pour L.E. 8224M. Merci pour vos services. Salutations cordiaux Lieutenant Jchimpl/Sagunt 22,Tg. Mures, Roumanie".