Airmail Crash Covers COVER 3, 7 1925. 5 cts blue green and 1 fr orange (Morocco). RABAT to THE HAGUE (NETHERLANDS). Seaplane covering route CASABLANCA-TOULOUSE, crashed the 11th December 1925 as a building dome hit it while take of on water in Alicante, making it crashing to the ground. That gave rise to a fire that burned the most part of mail, and the few that got rescued, were sent to their destinations in a cover with the tag CORRESPONDANCE TROUVEE DANS LES DEBRIS DE L´AVION INCENDIE A ALICANTE LE 11 DECEMBRE 1925. FINE AND VERY RARE.
Translation: 1925. 50 cts azul verde y 1 fr naranja (Marruecos). RABAT a LA HAYA (HOLANDA). Hidroavión de la línea CASABLANCA-TOULOUSE, accidentado el 11 de Diciembre de 1925, al golpearle la cúpula de un edificio durante el amerizaje en Alicante, se estrella contra el suelo produciéndose un incendio que quema una gran parte de la correspondencia, las escasas cartas que se salvan, son remitidas a sus destinatarios en un sobre con la etiqueta CORRESPONDANCE TROUVEE DANS LES DEBRIS DE L´AVION INCENDIE A ALICANTE LE 11 DECEMBRE 1925. MAGNIFICA Y RARISIMA.
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