HLF15-5 : 2015 - Maxi FDC USA "Stopover No. 3 in Norfolk - HERMIONE / LAFAYETTE"

N°HLF15-5 : Maxi FDC USA "April 18, 2015 : 235 years after the Marquis de LAFAYETTE - Maiden Crossing HERMIONE - Starting from the Isle of Aix (France) of the French Frigate of Liberty the HERMIONE to United States (USA) - Official Ceremony in the Isle of Aix in the presence of Mr. HOLLANDE, President of France / June 2, 2015 : Welcome of The Frigate HERMIONE by the Destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) / June 3-4, 2015 : Stopover No. 3 of the Frigate HERMIONE in Norfolk (Virginia, USA) - Technical stopover for the Entry procedures in US Territory / George WASHINGTON" (Size : 13,5 x 20,8 cm) 2015 :

Franked USA 1 value First Class "US Flag" (YT No. 3361) cancelled with philatelic cachet "Norfolk - Battle of Virginia Capes 1781-2015 / French Fleet ‘Marseillois’" (USA) dated June 3, 2015
+ Complementary postage USA 1 value 18c "200th anniversary of the Naval Battle of Virginia Capes, 1781" (YT No. 1358) + 1 value 3c "175th anniversary of the arrival of Lafayette in America, 1777" (YT No. 561)
+ Red cachet Norfolk "Stopover No. 3 - Technical stopover for Entry procedures in US Territory" (Virginia, USA) dated June 3-4, 2015
+ Violet cachet Isle of Aix "Departure of the Frigate HERMIONE - Maiden Travel France-USA / Mr. François HOLLANDE, President of France" dated April 18, 2015 on back
+ Postal link Norfolk (Virginia, USA) - Strasbourg "Council of Europe" (France) with Mail Office cachet on back

Limited edition 50 copies - EXTREMELY RARE