AEROPHILATELIE - RARE LETTER FROM ALGERIE FRANCAISE. - Lot 87

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AEROPHILATELIE - RARE LETTER FROM ALGERIE FRANCAISE. - Lot 87
AEROPHILATELIE - RARE LETTER FROM ALGERIE FRANCAISE. Air France's LANGUEDOC 161, piloted by Cdt Chaume, providing the 1st official weekly air service between Bône and Paris, is due to depart on October 7, 1947. It took off at 8:35 a.m., but hit the runway hard and broke its landing gear. It capsized and caught fire. - the mail is recovered and delayed by 2 days - an information stamp is affixed. Air mail from Bône - Constantine, date stamp October 7 + large commemorative claw, struck in blue "1er service officiel" 44 x 71 mm - Postage 6 F (pair Iris 234 + Marianne 237) - ON BACK special accident claw: "Courrier retardé, AVION DETRUIT AU DEPART de Bône le 7/10/47". Also R.B.V. silent flame, arrival Paris Aviation Intérieur October 9, 1947.
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