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FFC CONCORDE F-BTSC Presidential flight - GISCARD D'ESTAING - La Reunion Island 1976 (CO-FM001)

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No. CO-FM001: FFC Concorde Air France F-BTSC (First Flight Cover) "Presidential trip to LA RÉUNION of Mr. Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING, President of the French Republic, 19-20 October 1976 / Flight FM 001 Paris (France) - (Bahrain) - La Réunion (France)"

Stopover cover at LA RÉUNION GILLOT AIRPORT

- Postage France 1.70F "1st Concorde flight Paris-Rio 1976"

- Postmarked at Gillot Airport, La Réunion, 20 October 1976

"Presidential Edition" Limited edition of 50 numbered copies - Very rare

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On October 20, 1976, the Concorde landed for the first time on Réunion Island, with French Head of State Valéry Giscard d'Estaing on board.

On October 20, 1976, the people of Réunion Island discovered the Concorde, the supersonic airliner, for the first time, with Valéry Giscard d'Estaing on board. After General de Gaulle in 1959, he was the second President of the Republic to set foot in Réunion Island.
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was greeted at the airport by nearly 70,000 people, according to the press at the time. "Triumph for Giscard," headlined the JIR newspaper published the following day. The President, who was awaited by Deputy Mayor Auguste Legros, then went to the Saint-Denis town hall.
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20/10/1976

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