Ref: DR17958
- £125.00
French Morocco. (Crash Mail). 1933. Air Mail envelope addressed to Paris bearing French Maroc Yvert 113, 50c grey and Yvert 120, 2f brown tied by Tanger- Chehifier/ Maroc date stamp '8th May' with Air Mail label and hand-struck 'Correspondance Avion/ retardee de descendre/ par suite de l' accident aerian/ survena le "9 Mai 1933" on face with Paris arrival.
The plane was on the line Casablanca - Toulouse. She left Barcelona at 2.30pm for Perpignan and crashed near Villadrau, the crew and three passengers were killed.
A violet or black cachet was applied to the mail. Very fine.
