Ship 'Pourquoi Pas?' French Explorer Charcot Wrecked LARGE Vintage Ad Stamp

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Ship 'Pourquoi Pas?' French Explorer Charcot Wrecked LARGE Vintage Ad Stamp
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
4 1/2" x 3 1/8"  or  11.5 cm. x 7.8cm.
VINTAGE TRADE  ADVERTISING STAMP
SHIP 'POURQUOI PAS?' FRENCH EXPLORER CHARCOT WRECKED
Pourquoi-Pas (from French pourquoi pas? 'why not?') was the fourth ship built for Jean-Baptiste Charcot,
which completed the second Charcot expedition of the Antarctic regions from 1908 to 1910.Charcot died
aboard when the ship was wrecked on 16 September 1936, off the coast of Iceland. Of the forty men on
board, only one survived.
NOTE:
THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT IN BOTH DUTCH AND FRENCH
THE STAMP DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
4 1/2" x 3 1/8"  or  11.5 cm. x 7.8cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE STAMP TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
SEE SCALED IMAGE ABOVE.
THIS IS NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION
IT IS NOT PRINTED ON THICK CARD STOCK.
IT IS A PERFORATED PRE-GUMMED STAMP
THESE WERE USUALLY GLUED INTO AN ALBUM
THIS WAS NOT.
THE GLUE IS INTACT.
THAT IS QUITE UNUSUAL TO FIND
1
WE COMBINE SHIPPING
BUY 1 TO 4 TRADE ADVERTISING CARDS AND THE TOTAL TO SHIP IS
BUY 5 TRADE ADVERTISING CARDS AND SHIPPING IS FREE
NOTE:
ON LARGER INTERNATIONAL ORDERS WE MAY REQUIRE REGISTERD
MAIL AND WILL SPLIT THE COST WITH THE BUYER.
INQUIRE IF CONCERNED!