1934 Bahrain-Brisbane flight cover, with "England-Australia Opening of the Air Mail Service by Imperial Airways and Quanta's Empire Airways between England and Australia" cachet, franked with 1a,2a,3a and 3a6p, with Brisbane arrival on reverse, v.f. (Image)

Est.$250

1947 cover sent from Hong Kong to England via the Portland Flying Boat which crashed at the Bahrain Marine Air Base on August 23, 1947, with "Damaged by Sea Water" handstamp, franked with 30c and 50c of Hong Kong, v.f. The plane was operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation and was travelling from Hong Kong to London via Karachi and Bahrain and only a small part of the mail was recovered (Image)

Est.$300

1947 cover sent from a military hospital in Hong Kong to England via the Portland Flying Boat which crashed at the Bahrain Marine Air Base on August 23, 1947, with "Damaged by Sea Water" handstamp, boxed "British Military Hospital 16.Aug.1947 Hong Kong" handstamp on reverse, v.f. The plane was operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation and was travelling from Hong Kong to London via Karachi and Bahrain and only a small part of the mail was recovered (Image)

Est.$300