Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co KG Sale: 50
Worldwide Stamps and Covers Desaster Mail
Sale No: 50
Lot No: 8560
Symbol: b
1948, Air Crash Elisabethville, Belgian Congo: SABENA Douglas DC3 flight "Manono-Elisabethville", cover from Usumbura addressed to Elisabethville, airplane crashed near Kimbwe, none of the ten passengers and the three crew-members survived. Only very few mail has been recovered. On reverse of the envelope confirmation h/s "PARVENU AVEC AVION / ACCIDENTE DU 30 8 48" and receiver Elisabethville, 16.9.48 (cds). Nierinck 481002 (Image)
Opening EUR 100.00
Sold...EUR 170.00
Closed..Jun-21-2021, 01:00:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 50
Lot No: 8563
Symbol: b
1979, DAMAGED MAIL: South Africa, airmail cover from Westville in Natal addressed to Nairobi in Kenya, envelope damaged with water stains & postage soaked off, "officially sealed" labels applied on both sides of the envelope, tied by cds Durban, 30.DEC.79. Unlisted in Nierinck resp. Gwynn (Image)
