Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co KG Sale: 56
Stamps Desaster Mail
Sale No: 56
Lot No: 3401
Symbol: b
Desaster Mail 1943, Derry, Ireland, BOAC Flying Boat crash, incoming censored cover from Sierra Leone with straight line "DAMAGED BY / FIRE IN TRANSIT" on reverse. Nierinck 430728. Condition: Cover (Image)
Opening EUR 80.00
Sold...EUR 80.00
Closed..Jun-13-2023, 01:00:00 EST
Sold For 80
Sale No: 56
Lot No: 3403
Symbol: b
Desaster Mail 1954, 3 August, Norwich, Conn., Air France Constellation crash, incoming letter from Germany heavily burned with related instruction mark on reverse; in addition (apparently related) envelope of Norwich P.O. with similar instruction mark on reverse. Condition: Cover (Image)
Opening EUR 80.00
Sold...EUR 80.00
Closed..Jun-13-2023, 01:00:00 EST
Sold For 80
Sale No: 56
Lot No: 8053
Symbol: b
Desaster Mail 1919/1932, two covers: New York 9 Dec 1919 addressed to London with adhesives washed off and boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION IN SEA WATER" // cacheted cover "Xmas Greetings by First All-Australian Air Mail" postmarked "LONDON 18 DE 31" to Sydney with Jan 1932 arrival mark on reverse (this flight was originally planned to carry christmas mails, but accident delayed departure on 18 Dec and again on 22 Dec. 1931. Finally left England on 7 Jan 1932 with letters for Australia, pilots Kingsford Smith and G.U.Allan). Condition: Cover This lot is "Gebotslos". The Minimum Bid is 20 €, it will be sold at the HIGHEST BID (not one bidding step above the second highest bid). (Image)
