THE JOHN LEA COLLECTION OF CRASH & WRECK MAIL continued...
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Opening |
| 441 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1937 'CYGNUS' CRASH COVER GROUP: Four covers ex Palestine or Australia to UK/Holland/Brazil 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 Holland) with "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS/Correspondance retardee/par accident d'Avion./Priere de ne
pas taxer." cachets (mainly used on mail to France), and one with no cachet but with rare use of "E.[crown]R." (KEVIII) paper tape used to repair the env. Also, a letter from the Post Office regarding missing stamps from mail. (4 covers, 1 letter)
Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £120.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 442 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1937 'COURTIER' CRASH COVER GROUP: Three covers ex Egypt to UK (2) or Germany carried on the Imperial Airways
flying boat which sank off Greece coast. All with stamps washed off and with variations of the cachets used in UK & Germany inc. purple boxed 2-line "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER", s/l "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER", and unboxed "Aus verunglückten
Flugzeug/durchnässt geborgen.". (3 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, EGYPT, GERMANY (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £85.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 443 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA: 1938 charred env. ex Argentina to UK carried on Air France Dewitine 333 "Ville de Toulouse"
which crashed in the Pyrenees with purple "CORRESPONDANCE AVION/retardee et deterioree/par suite de l'accident aerien/survenu le 23 MARS 1938" cachet; 1938 charred env. ex Mexico carried on Mexicana Lockheed 10 Electra which crashed on a hill outside
Mexico City with "CORRESPONDENCIA AVERIADA EN EL ACCIDENTE AL AVION/DE LA RUTA #2 "MEXICO-VERIDA", EL 12-2-38." label on back; 1939 badly charred env. (opened out) ex Argentina to Portugal carried on Air France Dewoitine 338 "Ville de Dakar" which
crashed into a mountain near Marrakech with "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS/Correspondance retardee/par accident d'avion/Priere de ne pas taxer." cachet; plus others ex Brazil, Argentina, or Uruguay. (8 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR
MAIL COVERS, ARGENTINA, MEXICO (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 444 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1938 'CALPURNIA' CRASH COVER GROUP: Five covers ex UK carried on the Imperial Airways flying boat which crashed
near Baghdad. All with stamps washed off and with variations of the cachets used in Australia or New Zealand inc. purple "Received [?]/SYDNEY, N.S.W./DAMAGED", purple "RECEIVED IN DAMAGED CONDITION/EX FLYING BOAT CALPURNIA" (3), red boxed "DAMAGED BY
WATER/TH[ROUGH ACCID]ENT/TO [FLYING] BOAT". (5 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND
(Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 120
SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 445 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - TUNISIA/IVORY COAST/ITALY/FRANCE/USA MIX: 1938 water damaged env. ex France to Tunisia carried on Air France flying
boat "Ville de Bone" which crashed Marseille with "ACCIDENT D'AVION/Correspondances recueilles en mer/NE PAS TAXER" cachet on back; 1938 heavily repaired env. ex Ivory Coast to France carried on Air France Dewoitine 338 which crashed in the Pyrenees
Mountains with "CORRESPONDANCE AVION/retardee et deterioree/par suite de l'accident aerien/survenu le" cachet; 1938 letter recovered in 1953 from wreckage of Lufthansa Junkers 52 which crashed on a glacier in Switzerland; and 1938 env. ex USA carried
by United Air Lines which landed and broke up in the sea off the California coast with "DAMAGE DUE TO AIR MAIL/INTERRUPTION NEAR/PT. REYES. CALIF./NOV 29 1938" cachet. (4 items)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, FRENCH
COLONIES, FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 446 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND: 1938 env. (missing stamps) to New Zealand carried by Short Empire flying
boat which crashed on Lake Ramadi, Iraq with purple "RECEIVED IN DAMAGED CONDITION/EX FLYING BOAT CALPURNIA" hs; and 1939 env. (missing stamps) to Australia carried by a Super Lockheed which crashed into the Katherine River with label on back "The
accompanying postal/article was salvaged from the/Mail Plane which crashed in/Katherine River on 18/1/39,/when en route with mails for/Australia, from England./F.W. Arnold,/Deputy Director, Perth.".Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL
COVERS (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £70.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 447 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - GREAT BRITAIN TO SOUTH AFRICA/BELGIUM/SWITZERLAND/CANADA/USA: 1939-50 collection on leaves inc. 1939 water damaged
env. to Natal carried on Imperial Airways flying boat 'Challenger' which crashed into the Mozambique Channel with purple boxed "FLYING BOAT CORRESPONDENCE DAMAGED BY SEAWATER/VLIEGBOOT KORRESPONDENSE DEUR SEEWATER BESKADIG" CACHET; 1939 pair envs.
(one with address missing) carried by British Airways which crashed while landing at Saint Sauveur with red "Endomgee lors de l'accident/survenu a l'avion postal a Luxeuil." cachets, and env. carried on same plane but with bilingual notice instead of
cachet; 1950 envs. to Belgium carried by Helicopter which crashed into the River Meuse with "COURRIER HELIOCPTERS/ACCIDENTE" cachets (the only mail carrying helicopter to crash so far recorded!); also 2 other salvaged envs. (1943/45) & a
re-photographed 1945 V-Mail marked "DAMAGED". (10 items)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, GREAT BRITAIN, BELGIUM
(Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 448 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1939 (12 Jun.) 'CENTURION' CRASH COVER GROUP: Five covers ex India to UK carried on the Imperial Airways Short
flying boat which crashed while landing on the Hoogly River near Calcutta. All with stamps washed off and all to UK addresses with three different variations of the unframed magenta cachet, "SALVAGED MAIL/EX . CENTURIA", "SALVAGED MAIL/EX CENTURION"
(missing stop), or "SALV GED MAIL/EX . CENTURION" (missing "A"), plus cover with boxed "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER/IN AIRPLANE/ACCIDENT". (5 covers)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, INDIA (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 449 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1941-44 TO/FROM SWEDEN: 1941 env. ex Finland flown on Junkers 52 "Sambo" which crashed in Finland with purple
multinational "Lahetys vahingoittunut lento-onettomuudess" cachet; 1944 env. ex Switzerland carried on Lufthansa Focke Wolf "Condor" which was shot down in Sweden with small label explaining the delay; 1944 slightly charred env. to Ireland carried by
BOAC Lockheed Lodestar which crashed in Sweden with explanatory label and original Ambulance cover; and another to Argentina from same crash with purple boxed "Damaged through an air-/plane accident in course/of conveyance" cachet; plus two 1942 or
1944 covers ex Uruguay or Germany with explanatory labels. (4 covers)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, SWEDEN, FINLAND
(Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 450 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - U.S.A.: 1941-59 set on leaves, all missing stamps, inc. 1941 badly charred env. carried on internal flight which
crashed at Moorhead forwarded in Ambulance cover with note "DAMAGE DUE TO AIR MAIL/INTERRUPTION NEAR/[M]OORHEAD, MINN./OCTOBER 30, 1941" cachet; 1942 three covers on internal flight which crashed into Flushing Bay on landing with purple "DAMAGE DUE
TO AIR MAIL/INTERRUPTION NEAR/NEW YORK N.Y./APR. 11 1942" cachets; 1943 damaged env. to GB carried on Pan Am Boeing 324 which crashed & sank while landing at Lisbon with purple boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER" cachet; and 1959 charred & repaired env. to
Los Angeles carried by Transcontinental & Western Air which crashed on take off from Chicago with "DAMAGED BY FIRE IN/THE POSTAL SERVICE" cachet. (7 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GREAT
BRITAIN (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £85.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 451 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1944-45 WORLD MIX - INC. BRAZIL/LEBANON/BELGIAN CONGO: A collection on leaves inc. 1944 water damaged env. ex
Brazil to UK carried by Pan Am Sikorsky S-42 "Hong Kong Clipper" which crashed in Cuba with purple "RECEIVED IN DAMAGED CONDITION" cachet applied in "Miami, Fla."; 1945 charred & repaired env. ex Lebanon to USA carried by unknown flight which crashed
in unknown location (see Nierinck or Sanford 451119) with ms 'Brûlée dans un accident d'aviation/Répareé avec bande gommée no 509/Marseille gare 26.11.45/Le contr.[signature]" on back; 1945 charred & repaired env. ex Lebanon to USA carried by Air
France Lockheed 18-07 which crashed in Libya with "ACCIDENT D'AVION/en Tripolitaine" label; plus covers ex Egypt, Belgian Congo, or "V" Mail to USA marked "DAMAGED". (6 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, BRAZIL,
LEBANON (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 452 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1945 INDIA MILITARY CRASH: Trio of covers to UK carried on unknown plane which crashed near the village of Raitali
for unknown reasons. Two with red boxed "RECOVERED FROM/SALVAGED AIRCRAFT" cachets, one OHMS env. endorsed "BY DIPLOMATIC BAG - FAST AIR MAIL" (ironically addressed to "MINISTRY OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION"!) with purple boxed "SALVAGED MAIL". (3
covers)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, INDIA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 453 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1946-49 WORLD MIX - BALEARIC ISLANDS/IRAQ/ANGOLA/U.S.A.: 1946 env. ex France to Madagascar carried on Air France
Dewoitine 338 which crashed in February on Minorca but the mail was delayed as the Spanish police did not release it until September, with small boxed "AVION/ACCIDENTE" cachet; pair of 1947 water damaged envs. ex Chine to Switzerland or ex India to
UK carried on BOAC Sandringham flying boat "Portland" which crashed in the sea while landing at Bahrein with purple boxed "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" cachets; 1948 charred & repaired env. ex Angola to UK carried by Sabena Airline Douglas DC4 which crashed
in Belgian Congo with "Accident Avion Sabena/Avons laisser poursuivre/vers leurs destinations" cachet; 1949 env. ex USA carried by American Airlines Douglas DC6 which crashed on landing in Dallas with faint "Damaged in AIR/Crash Nov. 29 '49/DALLAS,
TE" cachet. (5 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £460.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 454 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1946-49 TO/FROM GREAT BRITAIN: A collection on leaves inc. 1946 charred env. ex France to UK carried on Air France
Douglas DC3 which crashed after taking off from Paris with "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS/Correspondance retardee/par accident d'Avion/Priere ce ne pas taxer" label, plus another charred cover carried on same flight; 1948 charred env. ex Belgium to UK
carried on Sabena DC3 which crashed in London with red ms 'Damaged by Fire'; 1949 6d Air Letter (opened out) ex GB to Belgium Congo carried by Douglas DC3 which caught fire after landing at N'Dolo with "Courrier retire de l'avion accident/a
Leopoldville le 27/8/1949". (4 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, FRANCE, BELGIUM (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £120.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 455 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - 1950s INDIA & PAKISTAN: 1950 env. ex India to UK flown on Air India Constellation which crashed into Mont Blanc
Nov. 1950 but not salvaged until Sept. 1951 with typed "Salvaged April 1951, from the Air Liner "Malabar-Princess", which crashed in the Alps, November 1950" label on back; 1951 charred p.stat. Air Letter (opened out) ex UK to India flown by Douglas
DC3 Dakota which crashed Calcutta with purple "SALVAGED NIGHT AIR MAIL/DUM DUM CRASH 21st NOV '51" cachet, and similar on India p.stat. env.; charred 1953 env. ex Australia to India flown on Douglas DC3 with purple "SALVAGED MAILS/N.A.S. Air
Crash/Nagpur. Dated 12-12-53." cachet; large 1954 front ex Pakistan to UK (missing stamps) flown by BOAC which crashed near Elba with partial red "DAMAGED BY [SEA WATE]R/COMET [MAIL]" cachet. (5 items)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR
MAIL COVERS, INDIA, PAKISTAN (Image)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £340.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 456 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - FAR EAST - MALAYA & DUTCH EAST INDIES: 1952-54 collection on leaves inc. large 1952 charred env. ex Holland to
Indonesia multiple frankings carried by KLM Constellation "Venko" which caught fire near Bangkok airport and landed with boxed purple "DITERIMA DALAM/KEADAAN BEGINI"; pair 1953 envs. ex Hong Kong or Singapore to UK with "SALVAGED MAIL/"Comet" Crash,
Near Calcutta/2nd. May 1953." cachets; 1954 registered env. ex Malaya to UK flown by BOAC which crashed near Elba with two red "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER/COMET MAIL" cachets, plus 2 others; also 1953 env. "Comet Crash Near Calcutta" Ambulance env. (8
items) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, MALAYA/MALAYSIA, NETHERLANDS COLONIES (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 457 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - EGYPT & SOUTH AFRICA: Pair envs. ex Egypt to UK via Geneva flown by Air India Constellation "Malabar Princess"
which crashed into Mont Blanc Nov. 1950 but not salvaged until Sept. 1951 - one env. (opened out) with repair tape & post office label on back, the other with rare red ms endorsment "From aircraft crash in Alps" (pictured in Hoskins); also 1951
charred env. to Natal flown on South African Airways Dakota crashed near Kokstad with purple "SALVAGED CRASHED PLANE 15/10/51". (3 covers) Cross Reference: EGYPT, SOUTH AFRICA, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £480.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 458 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - U.S.A./ITALY/JAMAICA/VENEZUELA/NETHERLANDS/CANADA/EGYPT: 1951-1959 collection inc. 1951 charred env. ex US to Italy
(missing stamps) flown on Douglas DC3 which crashed near Milan and accompanying Ambulance env. with "Contiene correspondenza danneggiata/ricuperata nell' incidente/all' aereo New York-Milano/del 23 dicembre 1951" cachet; 191 env. ex USA to Jamaica
flown by Pan-Am Convair 240 which crashed into Kingston Bay with boxed "DEMORADA SU ENTREGA/par accidente sufrido en el Avion/N-90662 de Panamerican World/Airways el 2 de Sepbre. de 1951" cachet; pair 1954 envs. ex Holland to USA flown by Lockheed
Constellation L1049C with "SALVAGED FROM K.L.M. CRASH AT SHANNON" black or purple hs's; pair 1954 charred window envs. ex Canada flown by Trans-Canada Airlines "North Star" which collided with another plane near Moose Jaw with large or small
"SALVAGED FROM/T.C.A. WRECK" black or red hs's; plus other examples (some charred) from or to USA, Venezuela, Italy, or Egypt. (17 covers)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, ITALY, JAMAICA (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 459 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - NIGERIA/ANGOLA/BELGIAN CONGO: 1951 registered env. ex Angola to Portugal flown on Lockheed Constellation LO49
which crashed in Liberia with "SALVADOS DO AVIO/PA 181 21/22-6-1951" hs; 1955 env. ex Belgium to Belgian Congo flown on a Douglas DC6 which crashed near Rome with "POSTES ROME GARE AVION/Correspondance recouveree/dans le desastre d'avion du 13 FEB
1955" cachet on back; and 1956 charred env. ex Nigeria to UK flown on BOAC with large purple "SALVAGED/ARGONAUT AIR/CRASH KANO" cachet; plus a c.1938 env. UK to South Africa sealed with "Found open and/Oop gevind en/officially closed in/ampshalwe in
die/the Post Office/poskantoor toegeplak" label on flap. (4 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, NIGERIA, PORTUGUESE COLONIES (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 460 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - FAR EAST - HONG KONG & CHINA: 1953 large water damaged env. ex Hong Kong to UK franked 5 x $1 with purple "SALVAGED
MAIL/"Comet" [Cras]h., Near Calcutta./2nd. May 1953." cachet, and another env. ex Hong Kong to UK (badly damaged) franked 4 x 50c stamps and Ambulance env. with same cachet; 1954 env. (badly damaged - charred/water damaged) ex Shanghai to UK flown by
Douglas DC6 landed & exploded at Rome with "Corrispondenza recuperata in seguito/incidente aereo del/14 Gen. 1954" cachet added & purple "DAMAGED IN/P.A.L. AIRCRAFT CRASH" cachet, and another charred env. with Italian cachet only. (5 covers)Cross
Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, HONG KONG, CHINA (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Starting at £ 110
SOLD for £420.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
