* Henri Guillaumet and his Potez 25 - Cie Générale Aéroposta - Lot 28

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* Henri Guillaumet and his Potez 25 - Cie Générale Aéroposta - Lot 28
* Henri Guillaumet and his Potez 25 - Cie Générale Aéropostale, slightly sepia-toned photo format 16.5 X 10.5 cm signed by Guillaumet (signature browned), photo of the damaged Potez 25 with typed text on verso: "Potez 25 - Henri Guillaumet - la Laguna del Diamante 1930." accompanied by a vintage "Aéropostale" envelope format 8.5 x 14.5 cm in a frame format 32 x 23 cm, Together with a handmade wooden model of Henri Guillaumet's Potez 25: wingspan 60 cm, length 37 cm, height 16 cm. Accompanied by a "Compagnie Générale Aéropostale" bearer coupon for 500 Frs, format 8.5 x 14.5 cm, in a coaster, format 32 x 23 cm. - On June 13, 1930, Guillaumet took off from Santiago in his Potez 25, bound for Mendoza. Surprised by the raging Andean blizzard and technically unable to continue, Guillaumet was forced to make an emergency landing some 3200 m above sea level, on the shores of a lake: the Laguna del Diamante. He was found 7 days after his disappearance by a child named Juan Gualberto Garcia, limping and exhausted along the Yaucha stream, over 60 km from his plane.
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