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Argyll Etkin Ltd Sale: 51

AIR MAILS
Imperial Airways Crashes
Sale No: 51
Lot No: 694
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Capricornus. 1937 (Mar 23) Cover from London to Baghdad franked KEVIII ½d + 2½d, reverse endorsed by recipient "Received P.M 28/3/37", recovered from the "Capricornus" which crashed on its inaugural flight on March 24th, when it hit a tree on the Mont de Beaujolais in the Rhone Valley during a snow storm, killing five people. Also two contemporary news cuttings about the crash. Fine and scarce.

Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 200.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 200

Sale No: 51
Lot No: 695
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Courtier - Palestine. 1937 (Sep 28/30) Covers (4) and a postcard from Palestine to Germany (3), G.B or Holland, handstamped violet "Aus verunglucktem Flugzeug / durchnasst geborgen" (3), boxed "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER / IN AIRPLANE / ACCIDENT" or "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS / Correspondance retardee par suite / du naufrage d'un Avion / Reconstitue par le service Francais / NE PAS TAXER", three with German or French Officially Sealed labels. (5).

Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 170.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 170

Sale No: 51
Lot No: 696
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Cygnus - India. 1937 Covers from India to G.B (3) or France (2) all with some or all the stamps washed off, one registered cover from Jind State Camp P.O with violet "DAMAGED BY / WATER", other covers to G.B with differing "Damaged by Sea Water" cachets (one the altered S.S Comorin cachet), two covers to France with violet "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS / Correspondance retardee / par accident d'Avion / Priere de ne pas taxer", three with French or British Officially Sealed labels. One cover with Llargarh Palace Bikaner c.d.s, another with bilingual "Postage Stamps Lost in Transit". (5).

Opening GBP 160.00
Sold...GBP 150.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 51
Lot No: 697
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Cygnus - Italy / Holland. 1937 (Nov 27) Registered cover from Calcutta to Amsterdam franked 3a, other stamps missing, reverse with two typed explanatory labels (in black and blue) "Lettre mouillee pour accident / de l'ydravion du 5 decembre" tied by Brindisi datestamps (Dec 11), with a Rotterdam c.d.s and Dutch Officially Sealed label. Also a piece cut from a parcel or packet with similarly worded handwritten label tied by a Brindisi c.d.s, New York and San Francisco arrival datestamps. Two rare Italian labels, both unrecorded by Nierinck. (2).

Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 400.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 51
Lot No: 698
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Cat No: Collection

Cygnus - Palestine / Austria. 1937 Covers from Palestine to Holland, Monaco, Austria or G.B, the first two covers with violet "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS / Correspondance retardee / par accident d'Avion / Priere de ne pas taxer"; the cover to Austria with violet "Bei Flugzeugabsturz / durch Wasser beschadigt" and a Wien Flugpost arrival c.d.s (Dec 11); the registered cover to Scotland with violet boxed "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER / IN AIRPLANE / ACCIDENT" with "Cygnus" endorsed below. A good group, the Austria cachet very scarce. (4).

Opening GBP 280.00
Sold...GBP 240.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 240
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