Morocco Agencies, French Currency 5 Centimes Biplane over Rabat

Morocco (French Protectorate) · 1921 · 5c

This definitive stamp features a biplane flying over the city of Rabat, the capital of Morocco. The design highlights the advent of airmail service, with the plane soaring above the distinctive Hassan Tower and the Bou Regreg river. It was part of the first pictorial series issued for the French Protectorate in Morocco.

Issued in 1921, this stamp represents the establishment of modern postal services, particularly airmail, by the French administration in its Moroccan protectorate. The imagery promoted technological progress and French influence in the region during the colonial era.