THE JOHN LEA COLLECTION OF CRASH & WRECK MAIL continued...
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 AIR CRASH/ABANDONED/BOGUS MAIL - NORWAY/BAHAMAS/CANAL ZONE/U.S.A./FRANCE: 1925-29 mix inc. 5 Jul. 1927 env. with "AIR
FL[IGHT]/MONTREAL-VANCOUVER/JULY - 1[9th.]" machine cancel & "AIR FLIGHT ABANDONED/LETTER RETURNED" cachet; 9 Mar. 1929 badly charred env. ex USA to Canal Zone with Ambulance env. ex Salt Lake City printed "DAMAGED BY FIRE IN PLANE/PARK CITY, UTAH,
MARCH 11. 1929."; 1929 charred env. ex Seattle to Washington D.C. with slip from the Postmaster in Portland "The enclosed piece of air mail was burned in wrecked air plane near Portland, Oregon, November 9, 1929.", and similar items regarding a crash
near Mt. Vernon, Ohio 29 October 1929; plus a small PC ex Norway possibly carried on the Amundsen/Ellsworth expedition 1925, internal USA airmails 1927/9 (3) & to France 1929, and 1929 bogus 'crash' cover with ms "Air mail delayed by crash on Berry
Island May 9". (16 items in total)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 422 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - FRANCE TO MOROCCO: 1925 charred env. with "Correspondence trouvee dans les debris/de l'avion postal incendie a
Alicante le/11 Decembre 1925" typed label, and another env. carried on same flight with Ambulance cover bearing similar label. (2 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, FRANCE, MOROCCO (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 423 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - BURMA/INDIA/INDO-CHINA/FRANCE: 4 Oct. 1928 PC ex India to Burma with boxed purple "3RD. PLANE CRASHED AT
CAWNPORE/CARRIED BY/4TH. OFFICIAL MAIL PLANE/H.---N.A.O.F." hs; 18 Feb. 1929 env. ex France to Vietnam with large purple "RAID INTERROMPU/PAR ACCIDENT/Retour a l'envoyeur" hs, and similar env. registered to same destination with same hs; 10 Dec. 1929
env. registered ex France to Indo China with fine "COURRIER ACCIDENTE" hs. (4 items)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, BURMA, FRENCH COLONIES (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 424 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - MOROCCO/FRANCE/CHILE/UPPER VOLTA: 1928 charred env./front ex Chile or Upper Volta carried on a Late 25 en route
from Casablanca to Toulouse which caught fire at Malgrat with "CORRESPONDANCE AVION/retardee et deterioree/par suite de l'accident aerien/survenu le 15 DEC 1928" cachets; 2 Oct. 1928 badly burned env. ex Morocco to France with "ENVELOPPE
DETERIOREE/ACCIDENT D'AVION" cachet. (3 items)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, FRANCE, CHILE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 425 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - USA INTERNAL MAIL: Two 10 Jan. 1930 env. on plane crash in Wabash Range with fine "Delay due to wrecked mail
plane/January 10, 1930" cachet; 1938 env. with "DAMAGE DUE TO AIR MAIL/INTERRUPTION NEAR/PT. REYES CALIF./NOV. 29 1938" cachet. (3 covers)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 426 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - MADAGASCAR/ARGENTINA/FRANCE/G.B.: 1930 env. ex Madagascar to France retrieved from Farman 197 crash near
Brazzaville; 1930 env. (opened out) ex Argentina to UK with large "Accident d'Avion/Correspondances recueillies en me[r]/NE PAS TAXER"cachet on back, and cover with same cachet on env. ex Argentina to France. (3 covers) Cross Reference:
CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, ARGENTINA, MADAGASCAR (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 427 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - U.S.A. INTERNAL MAIL: 1930 env. carried on night flight Los Angeles to Salt Lake City with "Delay due to wrecked
mail plane/January 10, 1930." cachet; 3 water damaged envs. carried on a est bound Salt Lake City to San Diego flight which crashed at Alhambra with "DAMAGED BY AIR PLANE WRECK/DECEMBER 22, 1930" cachets; 2 envs. (one charred) carried on flight which
crashed on landing with "DAMAGED IN PLANE FIRE/AT WARREN, OHIO, 9-21-30" or "Damaged in Plane Fire/at WarreN O. 9-21-30" cachets; 28 May 1932 env. carried on flight from Salt Lake City to Seattle with "DAMAGED BY PLANE CRASH/IN WILLIAMETTE RIVER"
cachet. (7 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 428 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - INDIA/CEYLON/IRAQ: 1943 collection on leaves inc. slightly charred env. ex India to USA franked 2 x 1R + 1a +3a +
8a re-sealed with tape on all sides with "Salvaged air mail Cairo-Karachi/despatch No. 65" typewritten label, with two framed "D.L.O./Bombay" ds's for 24 Aug or 1 Sept. (only 4 recorded); slightly charred p. stat. env. ex India to UK re-sealed with
tape on 2 sides carried on BOAC Lodestar which crashed in Cairo with partial purple cachet "SALVAGED MAIL/FROM/[?]" cachet, also env. & Ambulance cover ex Ceylon with similar cachet; charred env. ex India or Middle East franked India 3a with purple
"DAMAGED BY FIRE/IN TRANSIT" listed in Nierinck as applied to mail from a Short Sunderland 111 which crashed in Northern Ireland. (6 covers)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, FRANCE, FRENCH COLONIES (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 429 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1931-32 SOUTH AFRICA/RHODESIA: 1931 badly charred env. to UK flown by de Havilland DH80 Puss Moth "The Springbok"
which crashed in Sir Lowry's Pass with covering note from the "The Department of Posts & Telegraphs"; 1932 water stained 1st flight cover ex Southern Rhodesia to UK carried by Imperial Airways de Havilland HD66 Hercules "City of Basra" which crashed
in a swamp, transferred to "City of Delhi" which then crashed in a bog (a double crash cover!!), plus 2 covers carried on "City of Basra" the previous day on an aborted flight; 1932 env. GB to South Africa with cachet "UNAVOIDABLY DELAYED/IN
TRANSMISSION" from unknown flight problem. (5 covers, 1 note)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, SOUTH AFRICA, RHODESIA/ZIMBABWE (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £85.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 430 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - U.S.A.: 1932-36 collection on leaves inc. pair of 1932 envs., one badly charred, with boxed "DELAY DUE TO/AIR MAIL
INTERRUPTION/MAY 16, 1932/BURBANK, - CALIF." cachets; 1933 charred env. with "Received in a damaged condition/FORT WORTH, TEXAS." cachet; 1933 env. with purple "Damaged due to air mail/interruption at El Paso,/Tex., Nov. 21, 1933" cachet, with typed
message on back explaining reason for further delay; plus similar examples from planes which crashed or had other problems in 1935 or 1936. (11 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 120
SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 431 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1932-45 MIX: A collection on leaves inc. 1932 env. ex Argentina to UK carried on CGA plane which crashed on
Brazilian border with "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER" cachet; 1934 env. France to GB carried on Air France Wibault "Golden Hind" which crashed into the English Channel with purple boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER" cachet; 1945 damaged env. ex USA to APO in France
with purple"DMG. IN PLANE WRK./FWD. BY APO 111" & black "BURNED IN PLANE CRASH/ENVELOPED & FOR'D BY/APO 111"; plus others from/to French Levant, Morocco, or Canary Islands (this possibly a forgery). (6 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK
MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, ARGENTINA, MOROCCO (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 432 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1935-36 MIX: A collection on leaves inc. 1936 env. ex Ethiopia to Italy carried on CRDA Cant Z-506 Airone which
crashed in Libya with red "Ricuperata Incendie/idrovolante I-RODI" cachet; 1936 charred p.stat. PC ex GB to Germany carried on Lufthansa Junkers JU-52/3m "Marschall v. Bieberstein" which force landed outside Hanover (no explanatory note attached);
1936 env. ex GB to South Africa, one of only 24 carried by the Percival Mew Gull 'Baragwanath' (this cover pictured in Nierinck) participating in the Schlesinger Air Race with ms 'Salvaged from wreck of Capt. Halses plane, crashed at Dombashawa, near
Salisbury S. Rhodesia 30-9-36' & purple "The De Havilland Aircraft Co. (Rhodesia), Ltd." cachet; plus 1935 water damaged cover carried on France to Martinique service. (4 items) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, FRENCH
COLONIES, ITALY (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 433 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1935 'CITY OF KHARTOUM' CRASH COVER GROUP: Three covers ex UK carried on the Imperial Airways flying boat which
crashed into the sea off Alexandria. All missing stamps. No cachets were used for mail on this flight but one large env. has a label on back "Salvaged air mail ex Air/Plane "City of Khartoum".", label postmarked Colombo. (3 covers) Cross
Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, EGYPT, INDIA (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £100.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 434 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1935 BRAZIL CRASH COVER GROUP: Three covers ex Argentina to UK/France carried on Latecoere 28 which crashed into
the sea near Aracaju, Brazil. All with stamps washed off. Two covers to UK with accompanying explanatory slips "It is regretted that this packet was damaged by sea-water following disaster to the aeroplane in which it was being transported"; env. to
France with purple "COURRIER ACCIDENTE AU BRESIL/LE 3 NOVEMBRE 1935" cachet & Ambulance cover with same cachet. (4 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, ARGENTINA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £85.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 435 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1936 'ATHENA' CRASH COVER GROUP: Five covers ex UK or Switzerland carried on the Imperial Airways Armstrong
Whitworth Atlanta which exploded while refuelling in India. All charred with cachets applied at receiving post offices inc. env. ex UK to Australia franked 2/6d Sea Horse endorsed 'Salvaged from Athena crashed at Delhi 28/9/36' with "Salvaged from
Air Iiner [sic]/ATHENA" cachet on back; env. ex UK to Singapore franked 6 x 3d violet with label attached "GENERAL POST OFFICE/Singapore, 2nd October, 1936./This postal article was salvaged from the Imperial Airways/aeroplane "Athena" destroyed by
fire at New Delhi on the/29th September, 1936./Any enquiry regarding this article should be addressed to:-/The Superintendent of Mails,/General Post Office,/Singapore."; plus 2 covers to India (one with Ambulance env.) and an env. ex Switzerland with
return env. & covering letter. (8 items) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £500.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 436 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1936 'SCIPIO' CRASH COVER GROUP: Seven covers ex India to UK carried on the Imperial Airways flying boat which
crashed into the sea off Crete. Most with stamps washed off and all to UK addresses with variations of the large/small, framed/unframed, red/black cachets "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER". (7 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS,
INDIA (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £150.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 437 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1936 'SCIPIO' CRASH COVER GROUP: Six covers ex Iraq, Palestine, Burma, Australia, or India to UK carried on the
Imperial Airways flying boat which crashed into the sea off Crete. Most with stamps washed off and most to UK addresses (1 to Germany) with variations of the large/small, framed/unframed, purple/black cachets "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER". Two with
explanatory Post Office labels attached (one in German). (5 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, IRAQ, PALESTINE
(Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £180.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 438 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1936 'BOADICEA' CRASH COVER GROUP: Pair of covers ex UK carried on the Imperial Airways Boulton which crashed in
the English Channel. Charred env. to Gibraltar and French Ambulance env. with red cachet "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS/Correspondance retardee par suite/du naufrage d'un Avion/Reconstitue par la Service Francais/NE PAS TAXER" cachet; charred env. to
Australia with label attached "The accompanying packet which was/washed ashore on the coast of England/was apparently conveyed by the Imperial/Airways Airplane "Boadicea" which left/Croydon on the 25th September and failed/to arrive at Paris./The
inconvenience occasioned is/regretted./Returned Letter Section/Mount Pleasant/E.C.1.". Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, GIBRALTAR, AUSTRALIA (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £180.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 439 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - ARGENTINA/CHILE/BELGIUM CONGO/MAURITANIA: 1937 set of covers inc. heavily repaired env. ex Argentina to GB carried
by Air France Dewoitine 333 "Antares" which crashed into the sea off Cape Blanc with repair tape & boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA/[WAT]ER" cachet, and water damaged env. carried on same flight with "Courrier sinistre/reconstitue par les soins du/Bureau de
Casablanca" cachet; env. ex Chile to USA carried Panagha plane which crashed while landing at Cristobal, Canal Zone with "Recovered from/Plane N.C. 15065/Aug. 3, 1937/Cristobal, C.Z." cachet; env. ex Belgium Congo to Belgium carried on Sabena Airline
Marchetti S73 with crashed at Oran with partial red "[Courr]ier aerien SAB[ENA]/accidente/ORAN 28 Janvier 1937"cachet on stamp sheet margin used as label. (4 covers)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, ARGENTINA, BRAZIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 440 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1937 'CYGNUS' CRASH COVER GROUP: Four covers ex India/Iraq/Hong Kong to UK/USA/Ireland carried on the Imperial
Airways flying boat which overturned at Brindisi. Most with stamps washed off and with variations of the boxed cachets "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER", one (to USA) with "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS/Correspondance retardee/par accident d'Avion./Priere de ne pas
taxer." (mainly used on mail to France). (5 covers, 1 piece) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, IRAQ, HONG KONG
(Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £150.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
