1926 (20 Oct.) Leg of the France to Madagascar flights, ppc from St. Louis (20 Oct. 26 cds ties 30c Pictorial) to Bamako, French Sudan with receiver dated 23 Oct. 26 alongside, reverse with France-Madagascar boxed cachet and round cachet for the Senegal Governor’s Cabinet, only 15 flown by pilot Bernard, very fine (Mü. 11, 3’500pts) (Image)

1933 (Sept.) Zeppelin 6th South America Flight, extremely rare reg’d despatch from Senegal with 9 stamps as franking (2 on back, 6 diff, total 13.50Fr) tied by 14 AOUT 33 KELLE cds, Dakar and Paris bs plus F’hafen transit (2.9.33) and Pernambuco arrival (6.IX.33), very few such were despatched (5 to 10 perhaps), very fine (Sieger 229, € 1’650) (Image)

1934 (Dec 31) Air France crash of flight from Dakar to Toulouse, which crashed after refuelling in Mauritania, envelope with “Courrier sinistré / reconstitué par les soins du / Bureau de Casablanca” hs on front and back, franking washed away, Paris bs (Nierinck 341231a) (Image)