SPAIN

SPAIN / ESPAÑA.

Stamp Exhibition ESPAMER 96, Seville.
Air postal line Seville-Larache 1921.
Map of southern Spain and northern Morocco with the route.
First stamp in a minisheet of 4, issued on 04.05.1996.
Face value: 100 Spanish pesetas.
Printed by F.N.M.T. (Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre), Madrid.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 1,200,000 copies.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 3357.
- Edifil No. 3433A.
- Michel No. 3277.
- Scott No. 2851a.
- StampWorld No. 3283.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 3011.

The Seville-Larache airline was inaugurated on October 15, 1921 with a De Havilland DH-9 plane from CETA (Compañía Española de Tráfico Aéreo [Spanish Air Traffic Company], created in 1920) piloted by the Englishman Jack Hatchett, carrying, in addition to its postal cargo , three passengers and an autograph letter from King Alfonso XIII addressed to General Emilio Barrera, greeting the Spanish troops fighting in Africa.