HLF15-13 : 2015 - Maxi FDC FRANCE-USA "Stopover 10 New York - HERMIONE / LAFAYETTE"

N°HLF15-13 : Maxi FDC FRANCE - USA "April 18, 2015 : 235 years after the Marquis de LAFAYETTE - Maiden Crossing HERMIONE - Starting from the Isle of Aix of the French Tall Ship of Liberty HERMIONE to United States - Official Ceremony in the Isle of Aix in the presence of Mr. HOLLANDE, President of France / July 1-4, 2015 : Stopover No. 10 of the Tall Ship HERMIONE in New York (USA) - Last town liberated in 1783 by Washington's army - End of US Independence War / George WASHINGTON" (Size : 13,5 x 20,8 cm) 2015 :

Franked France 1 value Economic letter 20g grey "Marianne and Youth, 2015" + 1 value 2,20FF + 0,50FF "Lafayette, 1989" postmarked in Port-des-Barques "Starting of Lafayette to America" dated April 18, 2015
+ Complementary postage USA 1 value First Class "Staue of Liberty" + 1 value 5c "George Washington" on Private display unit "Hermione Lafayette Parade of ships - New York Harbor" cancelled with philatelic cachet New York "Independence Day - Statue of Liberty" dated July 1, 2015
+ Complementary postage USA 1 value 22c "100 years Statue of Liberty, 1986"
+ Black cachet Port-des-Barques "Departure Frigate HERMIONE - Maiden Travel France-USA / Mr. HOLLANDE, President of France" (France) dated April 18, 2015 on back
+ Postal link New York - Strasbourg "Council of Europe" with Mail Office cachet on back

Limited edition 50 copies - EXTREMELY RARE