United States COMMERCIAL AIR MAIL COVERS OF THE WORLD Crash Mail
Sale No: 41
Lot No:79
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USA. 1930-85 Covers and cards including 1930 postcard from Hoboken to Canada with large "SALVAGE" cachet, 1930 Los Angeles crash, 1936 Salt Lake City crash and 1942 Las Vegas crash, 1955 cover fromIowa City to Florida with "DAMAGED IN PLANE CRASH", also 1945 cover from San Antonio to Philadelphia with "DAMAGED BY FLOOD", and 1985 cover from New York to Dallas with violet "DAMAGED IN AN AIR, RAIL, TRUCK OR SHIP / ACCIDENT, BEYOND CONTROL OF THE U.S / POSTAL SERVICE". (7).
Opening GBP 130.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
Closed..Mar-08-2018, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 41
Lot No:80
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1937-54 Covers including 1937 "Courtier" crash, 1939 "Challenger" crash, 1943 "Yankee Clipper" crash, 1954 Prestwick crash, and 1947 cover with "AUST ARMY P.O" and "RAFPOST / 11 / JAPAN" datestamps and violet boxed "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER", recovered from the B.O.A.C flying boat "Portland" which crashed at Bahrain. (5).
Opening GBP 160.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
Closed..Mar-08-2018, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 41
Lot No:81
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1946-58 Covers comprising 1946 (Feb 2) Marseille to Algiers flight forced down at Minorca by engine trouble, the mail detained by the Spanish until September (2, to Morocco or Madagascar); 1948 (May) Leopoldville to Brussels flight which crashed at Libenge, Belgian Congo; 1950 (June 7) Hanoi to France cover from Air France crash at Bahrain; 1958 (May 16) Brussels to Belgian Congo cover from the Sabena flight which crashed in Morocco. All covers with explanatory cachets, generally fine. (5).