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1943 | French Colonies (Fezzan)

Ref: DR20130
  • £1750.00

French Colonies. (French Occupation of Fezzan). 1943. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Edea, French Cameroun bearing FEZZAN Air Mail Yvert 2, 7f 50c on 50c rose-carmine tied by 'R.F. Sebha/ Fezzan temporary cachet '11th July 1943' (struck twice) with 'R/ Sebha Fezzan (Tripolitania) registration label and fancy framed 'R.F./ P.T.T. Fezzan/ Occupation/ Francaise/ 1943/ Taxe Percue/ (un Franc ciniquente)/ Le Receveur' on face with boxed 'Par Avion', routed via French Equatorial Africa with circular 'Controle Postal/ Afrique Equatorial Francaise/ Commission G' and A.E.F. transit '17th Sept' and 'Controle Postal' Militaire' label tied by oval 'Ouvert/ Par/ L' Aurorite Militaire' on face and reverse and double ring 'Controle Postal/ Territoire du Cameroun/ Commission A' with Douala Chargements '25th Sept' and Edea/ Cameroun arrival '27th Sept' on reverse.

Very rare commercial Air Mail from the French Occupation of Fezzan (Tripolitania).