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[Aviation] Group of Rene Grandjean – Ernest Failloubaz Aviation Ephemera. Including a 1912 postcard inscribed and signed by Grandjean, a souvenir of the crossing of Lake Geneva in a hydroplane; a 1910 postcard of Grandjean and Failloubaz; a book and postcard inscribed and signed by Pierrette Grandjean, Rene’s widow; 1985 FDC postcard (number 303); and a few modern clippings. Scarce autograph of the pioneering Swiss aviator (1884-1963) who designed the first aircraft flown by a Swiss citizen, and renowned for the early development of hydroplanes.