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[[two envelopes (one a first cover?), a menu, and a tourist map of Marseille]]

[[top left letter]]
[[blue stamp]]
[[image: globe with wings]]
PAR AVION
[[/blue stamp]]

[[postage stamp]]
[[image: tall castle]]
10f POSTES RF
VINCENNES DONJON
[[/postage stamp]]]

[[cancellation stamp]]
MARAGNANE AEROPORT
2 -7
39
[[/cancellation stamp]]

[[postage stamp]]
UNITED STATES POSTAGE
TRANSATLANTIC
[[image: winged globe]]
30 CENTS 30
[[/postage stamp]]

[[cancellation stamp]]
NEW YORK, N. Y. 25
JUN 24
4-AM
1939
[[wavy lines over the 30 cent stamp]]
[[/cancellation stamp]]

[[postage stamp]]
RF EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE F2 25
NEW YORK 1939
[[image: statue of librty in foreground, buildings in background]]
LE PAVILLION DE LA FRANCE
[[/postage stamp]]

[[cancellation stamp]]
MARIGNANE AEROPORT
2 - 7
39
[[/cancellation stamp]]

[[red stamp]]
NORTHERN TRANS-ATLANTIC
first flight
[[images: encircled maple leaf, encircled shamrock, dog's head, clouds surrounding a drawing of the Dixie Clipper aircraft, representation of the 1939 Worlds Fair Trylon and Perisphere (left), representation of Big Ben tower in London (right)]]

Mr. W. J Eck,
[[strikethrough]] Marseilles, France
c/o Pan American Airways
^[[New York City]] [[/strikethrough]]
^[[Box 1808 Washington
U.S.A.
[[/top left letter]]

[[bottom left envelope]]
^[[Priere de remettre cette lettre a Monsieur [[double underlined in red]] ECK [[double underlined in red]] a l'arrivée du "Yankee-Clipper" il sera parmi les passagers. Mr Eck est vice président de la "Southern-Railway."
[[blue line]]
[[underlined]] Confidential [[/underlined]]
Monsieur le Commandante
de la Base aérienne
de l'Etang de [[strikethrough]] Biscarosse [[strikethrough]]
Voir [[underlined]] Marignane [[encircled]] Port Aérien [[/encircled]] civil
Bouches du Rhone. 
Civil (Landes)
[[postage stamp]]
POSTES 90c[[image: woman holding a branch]]
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAIS
[[/postage stamp]]

[[cancellation stamp]]
[[PARIS? ?]]
R D'AMSTERDAM 1939
[[boxed]]
UTILISEZ LE
[[TELEGRAPH?]]
POUR QUINZE MOTS
[[cancellation stamp]]

[[bottom left banner: FRANCE]]

[[top right menu card]]
^[[Frs: 35 le menu complet
Frs: 32 sans poisson.]]

[[preprinted]] [[image: coat of arms for Splendide Hotel: two unicorns supporting a cartouche containing the letters SH]]

SPLENDIDE HOTEL
MARSEILLE
[[/preprinted]]

^[[ D I N E R
   -:-:-:-:-:-

Crême Printanière
       -:-
Blade de roche au beurre noisette
      -:-
Noix de Veau braisèe au Madère 

Jardinière de lègumes

Pommes fondantes

      -:-

Salade de saison
      -:-
Crême au Caramel ou Glace Vanille
      -:-
Corbeille de fruits
      -:-
I/7/39]]

[[/top right menu card]]

[[bottom right map]]
[[image: tourist map of Marseille with key to numbered locations:
1. [[obscured]]
2. Mairie
3. Palais de Justice
4. Bourse et Chambre de Commerce
5. Ecole des Beaux-Arts et Bibliothèque
6. Musée Cantini
7. Mée du Vx Marseille
8. Musée des Colonies
9. Arc de Triomphe
10. Opéra
11. Théatre
12. Musée Archéologique
13. Cathédrale la Major
14. Pharo
15. Pont Transbordeur
16. Egl. St. Vincent de Paul
17. Abbaye St. Victor
[[/bottom right map]]