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)

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)