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Worldwide Collections - Mar. 2024 continued...

THE JOHN LEA COLLECTION OF CRASH & WRECK MAIL continued...

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461

AIR CRASH MAIL - AUSTRALIA TO UK - SINGAPORE CRASH 1954: Collection of covers flown by a Super Constellation which crashed at Singapore inc. charred 3½d p.stat. Registered Letter env. uprated 2/- + 3 x 7½d and Ambulance env. with red boxed "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/SINGAPORE 13.3.54" cachet; pair of charred/water damaged very large envs. franked 15/- or 14/- with similar cachet or no cachet; plus another env. with Ambulance cover or Air Letter with cachets, and another with simply "DAMAGED BY/WATER"boxed hs. (8 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, AUSTRALIA, SINGAPORE (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £150.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

462

AIR CRASH MAIL - 1954 PRESTWICK AIR CRASH: Collection of covers from this B.O.A.C. Stratocaster "Cathay" crash inc. repaired env. to Venezuela franked 2/6d; charred part env. to Canada franked 1/3d; unfranked, undamaged "On Her Britannic Majesty's Service" env. to Canada; plus 3 to U.S.A. (2 charred). All with very fine purple boxed "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/PRESTWICK 25-12-54" cachets. (6 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, CANADA, VENEZUELA (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 100

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

463

AIR CRASH MAIL - EUROPE - ITALY/FRANCE/RUSSIA/DENMARK/ISRAEL: 1955-57 collection inc. 1955 env. (missing stamp) ex Belgium to Italy flown on Douglas DC6 which crashed on Mount Terminillo with large purple "POSTES ROME GARE AVION/Correspondance recouveree/dans le desastre d'avion du 13 FEB 1955"; 1956 charred env. ex France flown on Air France Douglas DC3 which crashed outside Lyon with purple "COURRIER DETERIORE/AVION ACCIDENTE" cachet plus Ambulance env.; 1957 large water damaged env. ex Russia to Denmark flown by Aeroflot Ilyouchine 14 which crashed into Copenhagan harbour with typed "Medfolgende forsendelse hidrorer/fra den post, der befordredes med den/russiske flyvemskine, der forulykkede/ved Kobenhavn den 15.d.m./OMKARTERINGSPOSTKONTORET, den 17 AUG. 1957" label; plus 1954 Italy to Russia & 1955 Germany to Israel covers. (6 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, ITALY, RUSSIA (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £150.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

464

AIR CRASH MAIL - IRAQ/U.S.A. - MEXICO/ITALY - COLUMBIA: 1954 env. (charred, water damaged, front & back separated) ex Iraq to USA flown by Air France Constellation which crashed at Norwich, USA with blurred "Delay caused by/Air Mail Interruption/Near Norwich Conn/Date AUG 3 1954" on back portion; 1956 charred env. (repaired) ex Mexico to Italy recovered from crash in Mexico with purple "Corrispondencia recuperada del vuelo/P26 Compagnia de Mexico/[perdito] en vuelo, en la serra el 13 FEB. 1956" cachet (not recorded in Nierick or Sanford); 1956 env. (missing right edge) ex Colombia flown on AIDA Airlines SPHY-5A which crashed near Boyaca with purple "DEMORADA SU ENTREGA POR ACC[IDENTE]/AVION HK-133 DE LA COMPANIA/DICIEMBRE 8 DE 1.956.[sic]" cachet. (3 covers)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, IRAQ, COLOMBIA (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

465

AIR CRASH MAIL - 1960-68 WORLD MIX: A collection on leaves inc. 1960 env. ex Italy to USA carried on Alitalia DC7C which crashed on landing with "SALVAGED FROM/PLANE CRASH/SHANNON AIRPORT" cachet; 1961 charred env. ex Yugoslavia to Cyprus carried on BEA Comet IV-B which crashed near Ankora with 3 small purple "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT" cachet; 1963 charred env. rare charred env. ex New Zealand carried on a NZNA Douglas DC3 which crashed in the Kaimai Range, only 168 items were recovered - this one photographed for a news article in the Gisborne Herald; 1966 aerogramme (opened out) ex India to Switzerland carried by Air India Boeing 707 which crashed on the summit of Rocher de la Tournette with purple "Correspondances/recuperées accident/avion Air India/Chamonix 24-1-1966"cachet; plus others from disasters in USA, India, or Australia. (11 covers)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £550.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

466

AIR CRASH MAIL - HAITI-USA, LONDON-SARAWAK, FRANCE-COMORO ISLANDS, SOUTH AFRICA-GERMANY, GB-TASMANIA: 1965 env. (illustrated in Nierinck) ex Haiti to USA flown on Haiti Airways Douglas DC3 which crashed into the sea off Miami with purple "Received in bad condition at_____" hs; 1968 Air Letter ex GB to Sarawak carried on BOAC Boeing 707 which crashed on take off at Heathrow with unrecorded Sarawak Post Office label attached "This cover was salvaged from the/aircraft which crashed at London Heathrow/airport on 8th April, 1968./Head Postmaster/Miri"; 1968 env. ex France to Comoro Islands carried on Air Comores Airline De Haviland Heron 1B which crashed on landing at Moroni with "AVION ACCIDENT/27 JANVIER 1968" cachet (unrecorded in Nierinck); 1968 charred env. in plastic bag ex South Africa to Germany carried by SAA Boeing which crashed soon after take off with note attached from Windhoek Postmaster explaining damage and delay; and 1968 charred & water damaged env. ex GB to Tasmania with accompanying letter from Australia Postmaster regarding the same crash. (9 items)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, SARAWAK (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

467

AIR CRASH MAIL - 1968-88 WORLD MIX: A collection on leaves inc. 1969 charred env. ex France carried on board a DC4 which crashed in Paris on take off with "COURRIER ACCIDENTE/en COURS de TRANSPOR[T]" cachet; 1970 water damaged env. ex Switzerland to Israel on board a Swissair Convair Coronado which crashed when a mail bomb exploded near Zurich with "Correspondance provenant/du "Coronado" tombe a/Wurenlingen./Office postal Zurich 58" cachet; 1974 slightly charred env. ex Germany to USA carried by a TWA Flight which caught fire on landing at Los Angeles with purple "DAMAGED BY AIRCRASH" cachet; 1988 charred PPC ex France carried by a Vickers Vanguard VC9 which crashed while landing at Toulouse with purple "COURRIER RETARDE/SUITE ACCIDENT AEROPOSTALE/DU 29-01-88" cachet; plus others with cachets or letters from GB, Israel, France, Nigeria, Colombia, USA, Kenya, Germany, or India. (22 items) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £300.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

THE JOHN WILSON COLLECTION OF WWII PAN AM TRANSATLANTIC AIRMAILS

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468

SETTING THE SCENE - PRE-WWII AIRMAILS FROM EUROPE TO S. AMERICA: 1935-8 covers to South America ex Europe carried by German transatlantic service inc. rare 1935 Regd. Airmail Leningrad to Chile via Moscow, Berlin & Gambia; 1937 Air Mail env. GB to Argentina via Gambia with KGV 2/6 Seahorse + 1/- & 6d for 4s-0d rate; also 1935/7 (2) to Argentina ex Germany/Italy/Switzerland, and 1938 Germany to Brazil. [Wilson/Walton figs. 1.2 to 1.7]. (6 items) Cross Reference: CHILE, RUSSIA, ARGENTINA, GREAT BRITAIN (Image)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

469

CENSORSHIP - EUROPE/S. AMERICA MAILS - BERMUDA & TRINIDAD CENSORS, ETC.: 1940-41 covers illustrating censorship of transatlantic airmail inc. May 1936 illustrated env. Uruguay to Germany with route map of Pan American Airways; Jan. 1941 Air Mail env. Argentina to Switzerland with unrecorded Trinidad "Examiner 43" Censor tape; also 1940 Argentina to Switzerland with Bermuda 4063 censor tape, 1940/1 Brazil to England/Sweden, 1940 Switzerland to Argentina, 1941 (3) to USA ex Germany (not censored en route)/Portugal (Trinidad 4521 censor tape)/France (Trinidad 103 censor tape), 1941 Brazil to Canada (Avis Reception), and 1941(2) to France ex Uruguay (Bermuda 3701 censor tape)/Peru (Bermuda 3640 censor tape). [Wilson/Walton figs. 2.1 to 2.15 (excl. 2.9 and 2.11)]. (12 covers) Cross Reference: ARGENTINA, TRINIDAD, SWITZERLAND, URUGUAY (Image)

Starting at £ 100

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

470

INCORRECTLY BAGGED ROUTE 4 MAIL + UNINTERCEPTED MAIL ON ROUTE 5 - EUROPE/S. AMERICA: 1942 group of covers inc. Feb. Route 4 Air Mail pair; env. Switzerland to Brazil carried on flight 4506 with Trinidad 8602 IE censor tape attached & Apr. Switzerland to Uruguay carried on flight 4520, resealed by Trinidad 8099 IE censor tape. Plus Route 5 unintercepted group with rare Mar. "VIA AEREA" env. Argentina to Bulgaria carried on flight 5009 (unexamined due to diplomatic status?), Jan. (2) Argentina to Germany/Austria carried on flight 5001 (OKW censor in Berlin), Feb. Argentina to France carried on flight 5007 (WK2 censorship in Marseille), Mar. Spain to Argentina carried on flight 5010 (locally inspected in Barcelona), and Apr. France to Argentina carried on flight 5012. Fascinating lot. [Wilson/Walton figs. 5.1-5.4 + 5.7-5.10]. (8 covers) Cross Reference: SWITZERLAND, BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, BULGARIA (Image)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

471

FAM-18 OR LATI SUBSTITUTE - SOME BERMUDA/TRINIDAD CENSORS INC. 2 DOUBLE CENSORS: May-July 1942 covers showing route comparison and censorship/non-censorship of mail, inc. May Air Mail env. Argentina to Switzerland carried by the alternative to LATI substitute (Argentina-Europe via USA), doubly examined at Trinidad (8016/IE) and Bermuda (3432/IC); a similar example carried by the same route doubly examined at Trinidad (8001/IE, covered by Bermuda censor tape) and Bermuda (604/IC). Plus others carried on FAM-18 (June Switzerland to USA with Bermuda 4259/IC censor tape, June France to USA with Bermuda 5128/IC censor tape, and Aug. Spain to USA with Bermuda 2131/IC censor tape): also LATI Substitute (May Brazil or Argentina to Portugal, plus Spain to Argentina; also July Argentina to Switzerland or France/Switzerland to Argentina). [Wilson/Walton figs. 6.1 to 6.12]. (12 covers) Cross Reference: ARGENTINA, SWITZERLAND, BERMUDA, TRINIDAD (Image)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

472

LOCAL TERMINAL CENSORSHIP AT GAMBIA: 1941/3 covers to GB inc. Apr. 1941 env. Gambia to Manchester via Lisbon with Bathurst "PASSED/CENSOR" CCSG Type I; Aug. 1941 Regd Air Mail env. Gambia to Manchester via Lisbon rated 1/3d+3d registration fee (Gambia 1/-+3dx2 franking), with locally produced Bathurst "PASSED BY CENSOR/BATHURST" CCSG Type II; June 1943 Gambia to Manchester via Lisbon rated 1/3d+3d reg. fee (1/-+6d), with octagonal blue "[crown]/PASSED/NN / 3" CCSG Type VA; Aug. 1943 env. Gambia to Cambridge via Lisbon rated 1/3d (1/-+3d) with similar "[crown]/PASSED/NN / 3" CCSG Type VA; plus July/Oct. 1941 Bathurst to Manchester via Lisbon (2 - both with Bathurst CCSG Type II marks). Attractive group of Gambia covers.(6 covers) Cross Reference: GAMBIA, GREAT BRITAIN, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, REGISTERED MAIL (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

473

WEST AFRICAN WARTIME MAIL - IMPERIAL CENSORSHIP IN GAMBIA: 1942 quartet of covers inc. Dec. Gambia to USA rated 3/6d inclusive air fee (Gambia 2/6d + 1/- franking) sent via air (intended for carriage on FAM-22 first flight - as shown by boxed cachets on front & back - but instead by Pan American flight 482) and returned by surface route, with octagonal boxed "[crown]/PASSED/P.202" cachet on return from America; Jan. GB to Senegal via Bathurst rated 3d surface rate with "[crown]/PASSED/P.202" Bathurst cachet (the only cover recorded as passing to Vichy Senegal via Bathurst); May Gambia to GB via Lisbon rated 1/3d (6d pair + 3½d pair) with P.C. 90 censor tape of Examiner 6185 applied in Bathurst; and May Gambia to GB via Lisbon rated 1/3d (1/- + 3d) airmail rate with v. fine "[crown]/PASSED/INN / 5690" CCSG Bathurst Type IVB dated earlier than recorded. (4 covers) Cross Reference: GAMBIA, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GREAT BRITAIN (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 100

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

474

WEST AFRICAN AIRMAIL - IMPERIAL CENSORSHIP IN GAMBIA: 1942 cover quartet inc. July Gambia to GB via Lisbon rated 1/3d (1/- + 3d) airmail rate with fair blue "[crown]/PASSED/INN / 7219" cachet applied at Bathurst; Oct. Gambia to GB rated 5d (2d + 3d) surface rate with Imperial censor "EXAMINER 5453" tape applied; Oct. Gambia to Sierra Leone rated 1/3d (1/- + 3d) airmail rate with P.C. 90 Imperial censor "EXAMINER 7219" tape applied (the only recorded use of this Examiner on mail to Sierra Leone to date?); and Dec. Gambia to GB rated 1/3d (1/- + 3d) airmail rate with octagonal boxed "[crown]/PASSED/INN / 5524" censor cachet applied in Bathurst, the only recorded example of this mark. A scarce group. (4 covers) Cross Reference: GAMBIA, SIERRA LEONE, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, GREAT BRITAIN (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £440.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

475

OPERATIONS AT SAN JUAN (PUERTO RICO) 1942 - RARE EARLY CENSORSHIP LABELS, ETC.: 1941/42 covers showing the censorship development at San Juan up to the start of the 'San Juan Agreement', inc. 12 Dec. 1941 Air Mail env. Brazil to USA with rare San Juan C.52 label (Broderick & Mayo L.1.2.1 - known only in Dec. 1941), among the first mail censored at San Juan, with "16 DEC. 1941" Trinidad ds on reverse; 13 Dec. 1941 env. Argentina to USA with rare San Juan C.55 label (Broderick & Mayo L.1.2.1 - known only in Dec. 1941), and "17 DEC 1941" Trinidad ds on reverse; 30 Dec. 1941 air mail env. Brazil to USA with rare San Juan C.104 label (known only in Dec. 1941 - Broderick & Mayo only record nos. C.5-C.64); Jan. 1942 air mail env. Brazil to GB with rare San Juan 2855 label (Broderick & Mayo B.1.5 - known only in Dec. 1941 - Jan. 1942), and UK Examiner 2930 label on arrival, this cover probably being intercepted in error in San Juan (due to strict examination in the UK on arrival); 21 July 1942 Argentina to Sweden with San Juan 2849 censor label affixed and "6001" bag no. & "0001" batch no. hs's on reverse, among the first mail into San Juan examined for censorship (Bag nos. began at 6001 and batch nos. at 0001); 31 July 1942 Regd air mail env. Switzerland to Argentina with San Juan 2907 censor tape affixed, Bag no. 6277 and batch no. 134 on reverse; plus 1941 Peru to Canada with Canada C.25 censor tape, 1942 Argentina to Switzerland (2 - one with unusual plain censor label probably applied in San Juan or Miami, the other with San Juan 2923 censor tape), Brazil to USA (2 - with San Juan 2892 or 2929 censor tape), Argentina to USA with San Juan 2925 censor tape, Spain to Puerto Rico with San Juan 2848 censor tape, Switzerland to Argentina with San Juan 14012 censor tape, and Brazil to Switzerland with San Juan 2832 censor tape. Fascinating Study. [Inc. Wilson/Walton figs. 9.1-9.24]. (16 covers) Cross Reference: PUERTO RICO, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, TRINIDAD, BRAZIL (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

Starting at £ 260

SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

476

OPERATIONS AT SAN JUAN (PUERTO RICO) DURING 1943: 1943 covers inc. Jan. Regd air mail env. Argentina to Switzerland with San Juan 2886 tape and part contents (in Norwegian) excised by San Juan censor; July PC Argentina to Sweden with rare San Juan "U.S. CENSORSHIP/EXAMINED/By" censor cancel (only example recorded by Broderick & Mayo); Aug. Argentina to Sweden, passed over for censorship unopened in San Juan but opened and examined in Bermuda ("EXAMINER 1332/IC" tape); Jan. Argentina to Germany with San Juan 14025 under Bermuda 6163 censor tape and blue "[RE]LEASED" hs applied in Bermuda - held by Bermuda until after WWII with an explanatory label in German applied; June Spain to Argentina with Trinidad "I.E./8065" tape; plus Jan. Argentina to Germany Condemned env. held at San Juan and returned, Aug. Spain to Argentina, and Oct. Argentina to Germany. Very fine lot. [Wilson/Walton figs. 11.1-11.6, 11.8-11.11 & 11.26-11.31]. (9 covers + 1 letter) Cross Reference: BERMUDA, TRINIDAD, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, PUERTO RICO (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

477

MAIL 'CONDEMNED' AT SAN JUAN (PUERTO RICO) OR BERMUDA: 1942-5 covers inc. Nov. 1942 France to Argentina held at San Juan until 1945 with purple "THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN HELD/BY THE OFFICE OF CENSORSHIP" hs; Feb. 1943 Germany to Argentina held at San Juan ("2872" censor tape and plain tape over OKW censor label but not over 3Rm stamps, indicating that examiners lifted the stamps); Mar. 1943 Portugal to USA with Bermuda "697 I.C." censor tape held in UK until release (US PO purple "HELD BY BRITISH CENSOR/RELEASED JAN 1946" hs); May 1945 Argentina to Switzerland with San Juan "61486" tape (held in San Juan and returned to Argentina in 1945); plus June/July 1943 Argentina to Switzerland, Oct. 1943 Argentina to Germany, and Sept. 1944 Spain to Argentina. (8 covers) Cross Reference: PUERTO RICO, BERMUDA, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, ARGENTINA (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 100

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

478

ATLANTIC ROUTE DEVELOPMENT DURING 1943 TO 1944 - ROUTES 11 & 12: June 1943 Spain to Argentina env. carried on the LATI substitute Route 12 service, with San Juan "2864" censor tape; Aug. 1943 env. Switzerland to Argentina carried on the Pan American Route 11 service, with San Juan "2907" censor tape applied; June 1943 env. Portugal to Argentina carried on Pan American Route 12 + 8 LATI substitute service, with San Juan "2950" censor tape; and Nov. 1942 env. Argentina to Sweden carried on Pan American LATI substitute Route 11 service in June 1943 (possibly due to examination delay at San Juan), with San Juan "14001" censor tape. Rare group. (4 covers) Cross Reference: PUERTO RICO, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, ARGENTINA, SWEDEN (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

479

LATER CENSOR OPERATIONS AT SAN JUAN (PUERTO RICO): 1944-45 covers inc. Feb. 1944 Postcard Switzerland to Argentina by Pan Am LATI substitute Route 13 letter rate 1.80Fr (30c+50c+1Fr) with rare San Juan "U.S. CENSORSHIP/EXAMINED/By" censor cancel; Mar. 1944 Morocco to USA carried on Pan Am Route 13 flight 13052 endorsed "BY AIR MAIL via CLIPPER" rated 23.50Fr (4Fr surface fee, 4Fr reg. & 15.50Fr air; 50c+1.5Fr vert. pair+2x 10Fr) with Bermuda 5-digit no.; Dec. 1944 Argentina to Spain by LATI substitute Route 14 with "64011" censor tape and San Juan 'tick' mark; and May 1945 Brazil to Sweden rated 10,500Rs (9000Rs all-air fee & 1500Rs reg.; franked 10,000Rs+500Rs) with censors "64095" and "64091" with hs's applied. Plus other similar related covers inc. Oct. 1943 Germany to Argentina Route 13 flight 13001, and Feb 1944 Switzerland to Argentina with stamps removed by censors. [Wilson/Walton figs. 13.1-13.11]. (26 covers) Cross Reference: PUERTO RICO, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, SWITZERLAND, MOROCCO (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM

480

PAN AMERICAN LATI SUBSTITUTE SERVICE - CENSORSHIP WINDING DOWN - ROUTE 12 1944-45: 1944/5 covers carried on this route, inc. May 1944 Argentina to Switzerland with purple handstruck "Via Natal Bolama Lisboa" hs (San Juan censor "64110"; by first Route 12 flight from Natal to Lisbon?); May 1944 Switzerland to Argentina (San Juan censor "64105" by Route 12 on Lisbon-Bolama-Natal leg); June 1945 Argentina to Spain (San Juan censor "64098", delayed at San Juan and so forwarded to New York for connection to the restored pre-War schedule); and July 1945 Spain to Argentina (Barcelona & San Juan "64098" censors) intended for the final Route 12 flight leaving Lisbon but seemingly delayed by censors in Barcelona and instead carried by the newly resumed pre-War schedule; plus other related examples. [Wilson/Walton figs. 13.15-13.20, 14.1/.2 & 14.5/.6]. (11 covers) Cross Reference: ARGENTINA, PUERTO RICO, SWITZERLAND, SPAIN (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM