TOURS - MONTS (37) - RARE CARTE POSTALE traveled free on Jul - Lot 142

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TOURS - MONTS (37) - RARE CARTE POSTALE traveled free on Jul - Lot 142
TOURS - MONTS (37) - RARE CARTE POSTALE traveled free on July 22, 1918. Bearing regimental cancel "Republic seated", stamped in violet "POUDRERIE NATIONALE du RIPAULT", * "LE MEDECIN-CHEF" ... "la santé est bonne, temps superbe...". "LE MEDECIN-CHEF" ... "la santé est bonne, le temps superbe..." VIEW: major 1908 summer festivals, Champ de Mars aeronautical festival l Very close-up animated shot of the round balloon "LA VILLE de TOURS". - G.B. 31 * The famous Poudrerie in Monts (37) - 6,000 employees during the 1st World War - Created in 1786 by the chemist Lavoisier, "the most beautiful poudrerie in Europe", left its mark on the city of Tours when it exploded on October 18, 1943, while being requisitioned by the German authorities (74 killed, 345 officially wounded, but the toll is still uncertain).
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