USA. 1929-49 Covers recovered from plane crashes within the USA with cachets of Atlanta 13 Sept. 1929, Clearfield 26 April 1930, Kansas City 28 July 1933, Memphis 10 Feb 1944 or Washington D.C 12 Dec. 1949, the 1930 cover with some fire damage, the others all with stamps washed off, the 1929 cover to Haiti with Port au Prince arrival backstamp. (5).

1934-86 Crash covers including 1934 Amsterdam to Batavia Uiver flight cover with Bandoeng explanatory slip "Aangetroffen in de beschadigde lucht- / post van de "UIVER"; 1940 (Feb 20) French Guinea Kindia to Kaukan first flight with "Courrier Accidente" and 17th January cover from Semarang to Australia with "RECOVERED FROM / LOST FLYING BOAT"; 1951 cover from New York to Bogata, the stamp washed off, with boxed "DEMORADA SU ENTREGA / por eccidente sufride en el Avion / N-9066Z de Panemerican World / Airways el 2 de Sepbre. de 1951"; 1955 (11 Feb) cover from Belgium to Belgian Congo with violet "POSTES ROME GARE AVION / Correspondance recouvree / dans le desastre d'avion du 13 Feb 1955", etc. (12).

Gibraltar. 1933 (May 8) Cover from Gibraltar to Scotland, badly burnt, handstamped "CORRESPONDANCE AVION / retardee et deterioree / par suite de l'accident aerien / survenu le 9 Mai 1933" with Toulouse c.d.s (May 12). From the Cie Aeropostale Casablanca - Barcelona - Perpignon - Toulouse plane which crashed shortly after leaving Barcelona, unusual from Gibraltar.

Boadicea. 1936 (Sep 24) Cover from Oxford to Sudan, the stamps washed off, repaired with French Officially Sealed labels, handstamped red "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAISE / Correspondance retardee par suite / du naufrage d'un Avion / Reconstitue par le Service Francaise / NE PAS TAXER", backstamped Sudan Air Mail El Fasher c.d.s (Nov 4). The London to Paris plane disappeared over the Channel and was never found; three mailbags were recovered, this cover being from the first bag which was washed up on the beach at Cucq one month after the plane disappeared. A very scarce destination for mail from this crash. Photo on Page 158. (Image1)

Boadicea. 1936 (Sep 25) Water damaged cover from London to Sydney bearing five 11/2d stamps, eight other stamps washed off, bearing explanatory label "The accompanying packet which was / washed ashore on the Coast of England / was apparently conveyed by the Imperial / Airways Airplane "Boadicea" which left / Croydon on 25th September and failed / to arrive at Paris", with R.L.S Mount Pleasant ambulance envelope in which it was forwarded to Sydney (Nov 27 arrival backstamp) but then redirected back to England. From the second of three mailbags recovered, washed up at Dymchurch on November 10th. Photo on Page 158. (Image1)

Imperial Airways. 1936 Cover from Haifa to Germany franked Palestine 5m + 10m recovered from Imperial Airways flyingboat "Scipio" which crashed in Crete, with Munich Post Office explanatory label on the reverse; and 1937 cover from Melbourne to G.B franked 1/6, water damaged and a further stamp washed off, handstamped "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER / IN AIRPLANE / ACCIDENT", from the Imperial Airways flyingboat "Cygnus" which overturned and sank when taking off from Brindisi. (2).

Imperial Airways. 1936-39 Covers comprising 1936 "Scipio" cover with Ceylon 9c handstamped "DAMAGED - BY - / SEA WATER"; 1937 "Cygnus" cover from Singapore franked Straits 25c with violet boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER"; 1938 cover from Scotland to New Zealand, the stamp washed off, with violet "RECEIVED IN DAMAGED CONDITION / EX FLYING BOAT CALPURNIA"; 1939 cover from Germany to South Africa with Bremen meter mark and violet bilingual boxed "FLYING BOAT CORRESPONDENCE DAMAGED BY SEAWATER", from the "Challenger", all fine. (4).

Australia/Egypt. 1939 (Jan 9) Long cover from Cairo to Western Australia, the stamps washed off, the reverse with Perth explanatory label "The accompanying postal / article was salvaged from the / Mail Plane which crashed in / Katherine River on 18/1/39 / when en route with mails for / Australia, from England". Very scarce from Egypt, virtually all the mail on this flight from G.B.

Challenger. 1939 (Apr 25) Cover from Brussels to Port Elizabeth bearing Belgian 25c, other stamps washed off, with violet boxed bilingual "FLYING BOAT CORRESPONDENCE DAMAGED BY SEAWATER", reverse with an Officially Sealed label bearing a Durban c.d.s. A very scarce origin for mail from the "Challenger" crash.

Ethiopia/Eritrea. 1941 (Nov 2) Stampless O.A.S Cover to South Africa with India F.P.O 90 backstamp of Asmara, some fire damage at the edges, both sides handstamped "DAMAGED IN AIRCRAFT FIRE", with the South African ambulance envelope in which it was forwarded bearing "E.A / A.P.O 60" c.d.s (Dec 11) of Addis Ababa. From a South African Air Force plane that crashed in Sudan; most recovered mail was dealt with in Nairobi in mid November, but this cover seems to have been recovered at a much later date, and was forwarded from Addis Ababa in mid December. Very scarce.

Kenya. 1944 Stampless O.A.S cover addressed to Mbalala, Uganda, senders details on reverse, with typed inscription "Salvaged from the wreckage of B.O.A.C Loadstar "Lyndhurst" (G-ABW) which crashed in the Kinangop Peak (12,000ft) on the flight from Juba to Nairobi on 29 Nov. 1944. No survivors" and "Wrecked plane found five weeks after the accident and a small quantity of salvaged mail delivered in Nairobi on 8th and 15th January and 6th March 1945", a little soiled, no postmarks, scarce.

India/Hong Kong. 1951 (Nov 20) Cover to Tokyo franked 3r6p, handstamped violet boxed "SALVAGED NIGHT AIR MAIL / DUM-DUM CRASH 21ST. NOV. 51"; and 1953 (Apr 30) cover from Hong Kong to England franked 50c pair with violet "SALVAGED MAIL / "COMET" CRASH NEAR CALCUTTA / 2nd May 1953". (2).

Sudan. 1954 Piece from a parcel addressed to Port Sudan, bearing the explanatory label "This item was amongst mail / salvaged from B.O.A.C Comet / GALYY which came down in the / sea north of Stromboli on / 8th April 1954", with a Khartoum Air Mail c.d.s (Apr 29). The Comet aircraft from Rome to Cairo crashed in the sea near Sorrento killing all 21 on board; two bags of mail to Sudan were recovered from the sea. Also a news cutting about the crash.

Uganda/Bermuda. 1954 (Dec 18) Cover from Kampala to Bermuda bearing KUT QEII 5c, 20c and 1/-, handstamped violet "SALVAGED MAIL / PRESTWICK 25-12-54". The London to New York B.O.A.C plane crashed on landing at Prestwick killing 28 people. A unique origin and destination for a cover from this crash, with the "loose type" cachet. Photo on Page 158. (Image1)

Kenya/Tanganyika. 1955 (May 17) Registered O.H.M.S cover from Dar-es-Salaam to Tabora with "POSTAL / SECRETARIAT / FRANK" and "BY AIR MAIL" cachets, a registration label applied, datestamps of Dar-es-Salaam (May 17) and Tabora (June 2) and violet boxed "SALVAGED MAIL, AIRCRAFT CRASH / TANGANYIKA, 18/5/55". From the East African Airways DC3 Durban to Nairobi via Dar-es-Salaam flight which crashed into Mwenzi Peak near Mt. Kilimanjaro killing all 20 passengers and crew. A fine and rare crash cover, unrecorded by Nierinck. Photo on Page 158. (Image1)

Kenya/Tanganyika. 1955 (May 17) Window envelope with red "POSTAGE PAID / 15 CENTS / DAR ES SALAAM" c.d.s, violet boxed "BY AIR MAIL / PAR AVION" and "SALVAGED MAIL, AIRCRAFT CRASH / TANGANYIKA, 18/5/55", fine and rare, unrecorded by Nierinck.

Nigeria/Libya. 1955 (Sep 20) Long registered cover from Manchester to Kano franked 6d + 1/3, at least one other stamp unfortunately torn out of the corner, handstamped violet "SALVAGED AIR MAIL FROM / AIRCRAFT G - ALHL TRIPOLI LIBYA" with a Nigerian Officially Sealed label bearing a Kano c.d.s (Sep 29). The B.O.A.C plane crashed upon landing at Tripoli killing 15 passengers and crew. Also two news cuttings. Very scarce, this cover illustrated by Nierinck.

Sierra Leone/Swaziland. 1974 (Nov 16) Cover from Freetown to Swaziland bearing Sierra Leone 5c + 10c (2), handstamped violet bilingual "RETRIEVED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 / NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI". From the Lufthansa flight to Johannesburg which crashed when taking off at Nairobi killing 59 people. A unique origin and destination from this crash.