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AEROPHILATELIE - COURRIER ACCIDENTE MAY 9 1933 - COMPAGNIE AEROPOSTALE - AVION LATECOERE 28 - Line CASABLANCA to TOULOUSE; Crew: pilots EMLER and RIGUELLE, radio navigator GUYOMAR. 3 passengers: Mr. Valette and Mr. and Mrs. Subiere. The plane leaves Barcelona at 2.03pm for Perpignan. Shortly after departure, the radio signaled that they were climbing above the clouds for better visibility, and asked for weather information on the Perpignan to Toulouse route. No further contact is made. At 2:30 p.m., at an altitude of 1,700 metres, in the village of Villadrau, near Villa Grande, the plane collides with a village house. The crew and passengers were killed, and the plane caught fire from leaking fuel. The mail, badly damaged by the fire, is recovered and forwarded with a special stamp: -LETTRE au départ de Casablanca, cachet à date 8 Mai 1933 - fortement incendiée en pourtour, porte la griffe justificative des postes de France : "CORRESPONDANCE AVION retardée et détérioré par la suite de l'accident aérien survenu le 9 mai 1933" (struck in violet). Also on the front, arrival stamp "TOULOUSE REBUTS 12 MAI 1933".

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AEROPHILATELIE - COURRIER ACCIDENTE MAY 9 1933 - COMPAGNIE AEROPOSTALE - AVION LATECOERE 28 - Line CASABLANCA to TOULOUSE; Crew: pilots EMLER and RIGUELLE, radio navigator GUYOMAR. 3 passengers: Mr. Valette and Mr. and Mrs. Subiere. The plane leaves Barcelona at 2.03pm for Perpignan. Shortly after departure, the radio signaled that they were climbing above the clouds for better visibility, and asked for weather information on the Perpignan to Toulouse route. No further contact is made. At 2:30 p.m., at an altitude of 1,700 metres, in the village of Villadrau, near Villa Grande, the plane collides with a village house. The crew and passengers were killed, and the plane caught fire from leaking fuel. The mail, badly damaged by the fire, is recovered and forwarded with a special stamp: -LETTRE au départ de Casablanca, cachet à date 8 Mai 1933 - fortement incendiée en pourtour, porte la griffe justificative des postes de France : "CORRESPONDANCE AVION retardée et détérioré par la suite de l'accident aérien survenu le 9 mai 1933" (struck in violet). Also on the front, arrival stamp "TOULOUSE REBUTS 12 MAI 1933".

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AEROPHILATELIE - FLIGHT GRAF ZEPPELIN LZ 127 * Registered mail from Paris to Rio de Janeiro Brazil via FRIEDRICHSHAFEN airship base. Postage French stamps 11F50 with 1F50 Avion surviving Marseille (PA6) and 10F Port de La Rochelle (261) - obl PARIS R. P. AVION May 3, 1933 + transit Friedrichshafen May 6 + commemorative stamp of the flight, large format struck in blue, with the effigy of Count Zeppelin "LUFTSCHIFF GRAP ZEPPELIN 1933 / 1. SUDAMERI KAFAHR" + arrival stamp zeppelin base Rio Tarde Brazil May 10, 1933. * Graf Zeppelin LZ 127: 236 meters long, 30 meters wingspan - 20 passengers - 116 km/h cruising speed. Flew from 1928 to 1937, including 5 years of scheduled passenger and mail flights between Germany and Brazil, starting in 1933. Used at the end of service as a Nazi Party propaganda vehicle. Retired following the Hindenburg disaster.

Lot 60

Starting price 120 EUR

AEROPHILATELIE - COURRIER ACCIDENTE DECEMBER 15 1928 - COMPAGNIE LATECOERE - Ligne CASABLANCA à TOULOUSE - (CASABLANCA to TOULOUSE route) Piloted by ROZES, the Toulouse-bound plane had to make a forced landing at Mlgrat (near Barcelona) due to a lack of visibility caused by thick fog. Residents came to the rescue, but the punctured fuel tanks leaked petrol, and a smoker may have been the cause of the plane's fire. 30 kilos of mail out of the 130 kilos carried were destroyed. The recovered mail, badly damaged by the fire, was stamped in Toulouse by the postal services: -LETTER from "TANGER CHERIFFIEN December 14, 1928", franked at 1F50 Moroccan stamp. Significant burn marks at the top of the letter. Bears the claw "AVION CORRESPONDENCE delayed and damaged as a result of the air accident on December 15, 1928". Note: small plus: a small press article from the period is attached to the letter.

Lot 62

Starting price 60 EUR

AEROPHILATELIE - COURRIER ACCIDENTE - letter from Vaucresson to Oran - date stamp January 1, 1945, franking 3 Francs (pair 1F50 Iris no. 652) - large linear claw AVION ACCIDENTE - envelope with trace of fire. On back: date stamp PARIS GARE PLM January 2, 1945. Rare unlisted document.

Lot 63

Starting price 200 EUR

AEROPHILATELIE - RARE COURIER ACCIDENTE JULY 14, 1931 - The "TRAIT D'UNION n° 1" DEWOITINE 33/01, 650 HP Hispano Suiza engine. It crashed at NIJNI OUDINSK, Siberia - The crew (LE BRIX, DORET and MESMIN) attempted to set a world record for distance by flying to Tokyo from Le Bourget. It was a failure, the plane being destroyed after a hard landing caused by icing, but the crew was unharmed. Only 100 items of mail were saved and forwarded. -RECOMMANDED LETTER from Paris, franked at 6 Francs. French + Russian airmail label for forwarding to Tokyo - CAD July 6. On the back: various transit and arrival date stamps Tokyo July 22, 1931 - Muller 289 - Saulgrain 22. Note: presence of the letter sender's recommendation receipt.

AEROPHILATELIE - COURRIER ACCIDENTE - letter from Vaucresson to Oran - date stamp January 1, 1945, franking 3 Francs (pair 1F50 Iris no. 652) - large linear claw AVION ACCIDENTE - envelope with trace of fire. On back: date stamp PARIS GARE PLM January 2, 1945. Rare unlisted document.

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