FRENCH AFRICA - 1930-47 COLLECTION: Overwhelming majority 19...

FRENCH AFRICA - 1930-47 COLLECTION: Overwhelming majority 1930s & outgoing. Large selection of Morocco; also inc. Djibouti, Somaliland & Ethiopia (mostly Regd); Senegal; Algeria; Madagascar; etc. Inc. 7 Oct. 1947 env. from Bone, Algeria to Paris with mostly fine blue "1er SERVICE OFFICIEL AERIEN/AIR FRANCE/BONE - PARIS/( Service Hebdomadaire )" hs. The plane crashed & caught fire on takeoff, and the cover was then struck by "COURRIER RETARDE" ds on reverse. Also inc. 1930s photos (9) of 4 different Air France aircraft inc. Air Orient craft being brought on land in Vietnam; stamps (3); etc. (103 items) Cross Reference: FRENCH COLONIES, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, MOROCCO, SOMALIA