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Liberia 1938 Air France Crash Cover.
image Sale No: 44
Lot No:2842
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Cat No:276, 273

Liberia, 1938 Air France Crash Cover. To Amsterdam, Holland, franked with 1937, 6¢ green & black, strip of 8 + 3¢ violet & black (strip folded over cover and 3¢ on reverse) canceled by "Monrovia, Liberia, 19. III. 38" cds's, with purple "Correspondence Avion, retardee st deterioree, par suite de l'accident aerien, survenu le 23 Mars 1938" crash cachet handstamp; showing signs of wear from crash, Very Fine, a very rare crash cover originating in Liberia. Scott No. 276+273  Estimate $200 - 300. On March 23, 1938, the Air France mail plane struck a mountain peak of Cinq Croix in the Pyrenees turned over and rolled into a ravine. The recovered mail consisted of 4 sacks intact and 7 others broken open. This cover was apparently from the later. $0 (Image)



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