13 BOUCHES-DU-RHONE. MARSEILLE. Action de F500. black, olive. No 8119. Central fold with small edge-split (repaired). Shipping service from Marseille and Cette (today: Sète) to Algeria, but also to Tunis, Tangier, the Balearic Islands and Spain. The company had a contract for mail and military transport. Vignettes of Marseille and Sète, also Mercury and a lady ('Industry'), in a border of arabesques. One of the earliest French shares for sea-going shipping towards northern Africa. Pretty and large format share.