Modern and Traditional Maritime Vessels - 30 fr

Modern and Traditional Maritime Vessels - 30 fr

Year
1954
Face Value
30
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
-
Themes
Solidarity

Catalogs References

Michel
MA 381
Yvert & Tellier
MA PA99
Stanley Gibbons
FR-MA 437

Technical Details

Colors
Ultramarine
Perforation
13
Printing
Recess
Designer
Charles-Paul Dufresne
Annual postal issues benefiting naval and maritime social welfare programs (Œuvres Sociales de la Marine) supported former sailors, coast guard personnel, and their families. These semi-postal and airmail issues often celebrated Morocco's rich maritime traditions alongside the modernization of its naval and coastal defenses.

Issued by Morocco (MAROC / المغرب) as an airmail stamp (POSTE AERIENNE), this stamp honors the Naval Social Welfare Works (Œuvres Sociales de la Marine). The vignette illustrates the evolution of sea travel and security off the Moroccan coastline, featuring a traditional two-masted wooden sailing vessel (felucca or dhow) navigating choppy seas in the foreground, set against a modern naval warship and a twin-engine patrol aircraft in flight above.