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Heavier-Than-Air Flights continued...

Foreign Crash Covers continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
961   imageFrance, 1947 (Mar. 14), cover from Air France Dakota Nice-Paris flight lost at Vercors, cover with light water damage to lower left, sporting the newsprint-like label applied to all recovered mail from the flight, this being the "DAKOTA" variety; also included is a second envelope, without label, that was mailed at the same time and may have come from the same flight, Very Fine.
Nierinck 470314b; SFr 800 ($830).
Estimate $400 - 600

The airplane crashed in the early afternoon on the Grande Moucherolle massif, near Château Bernard, killing all aboard. The mail was recovered a month later (April 13, per the label) and forwarded with the explanatory note attached. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
962   imageFrance, 1949 (Nov. 29), Air France Paris-Tunis cover, charred and chipped sent from Chateauroux to Bizerte, Tunisia, still containing its equally charred contents; back carries a boxed handstamp in violet "34e Bataillon du Genie/COURRIER/Arrivée Le [3-12-49 in manuscript]/No [7603 manuscript]/Départ [without dates]"; 2-line violet cachet "Accident d'avion/PARIS TUNIS de 29 Nov 49" on front of PTT Service Cover used to forward the original envelope (no markings on reverse), Very Fine.
Nierinck 491129a; SFr 400 ($410).
Estimate $200 - 300

This was a special flight from Paris to Tunis. Fog prevented the pilot from finding his way to land at Lyon airport, and he crashed at Saint-Just-Chaleyssin, with the plane catching fire. Part of the mail was recovered in the wreckage. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
963   imageFrance, 1969 (May 28), Postal Night Flight Paris-Bordeaux, 3 covers salvaged at Orly Airport, one dirty but near sound and without marking, one with right edge burned away and 2-line black "COURRIER ACCIDENTÉ/en COURS de TRANSPORT" cachet (Type b) on reverse, and one PTT Service Cover with 2-line red "CORRESPONDANCE ACCIDENTÉE/EN COURS DE TRANSPORT", Very Fine group.
Nierinck 690528b-c; SFr 240 ($250).
Estimate $100 - 150

Taking off from Orly airport for the postal night flight Paris-Poitiers-Bordeaux-Toulouse-Pau, the DC 4 caught fire. The 3 crew members were unhurt, but a large part of the mail aboard was destroyed. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Suggested Bid $100-150
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
964   imageFrench Colonies: Algeria, 1933 (Jan. 11), recovered from CGA's Algiers-Paris flight at Agha (Algeria), cover addressed to Bressuire, France, with 3-line black "Accident d'Avion/Correspondances recueillies en Mer/NE PAS TAXER" handstamp on front; despite the notice, the cover still received a due "T" marking (though no additional postage was collected), Very Fine.
Nierinck 330111a; SFr 230 ($240).
Estimate $150 - 200

Carried aboard a seaplane that hit a wall of water on rough seas, the mail was loaded on a boat leaving for France later the same morning. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction
965   imageFrench Colonies: Algeria, 1942 (Sept. 27), Air France Algeria-Senegal flight cover fragment with Service envelope (Ameur El Ain, Algeria, crash), burnt cover fragment with 4-line manuscript notation, "trouvé dans le wagon postal/détruit par incendie/survenu à Taourirt le/1e octobre 1942.", enclosed in Moroccan PTT Service envelope postmarked Dujda, Morocco, 5 October 1942, with violet "Courrier Accidente/Le _________" handstamp at lower left and faint second handstamp (illegible) at right; accompanied by contemporary newspaper articles and photo of the crash, Very Fine.
Nierinck 420927b var; SFr 300 ($310).
Estimate $150 - 200

After take-off from Algiers for Dakar, the Dewoitine D 342 caught fire and crashed near Ameur El Ain, near Blida. A small part of the mail was recovered and returned to Algiers. All recovered mail bears a handwritten note; the inscription here is much fuller than either noted and imaged in Nierinck. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
966   imageFrench Colonies: French Morocco, 1927 (Mar. 20), cover from crash at Rabat on C.G.E.A. Oran-Casablanca route, demi-letter envelope (a mourning cover, ironically) heavily burned and wrapped in cellophane; address is completely visible; forwarding envelope (Service Cover No. 819) with Rabat 21-3 c.d.s. and 2-line "Avion d'ORAN/du 20 Mars 1927 BRULE" handstamp on front, Very Fine.
Nierinck 270320; SFr 600 ($620).
Estimate $300 - 400

The Bréguet 14 on which this cover was carried crashed not far from Rabat. A part of the mail was recovered and forwarded under service cover. This mourning cover was addressed to Mme Chiville, an artist in Paris; in Paris it was forwarded to Besançon, where Mme was then playing. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
967   imageFrench Colonies: French Morocco, 1928 (Oct. 4), recovered cover from Girona (Spain), from C.G.A. Casablanca-Toulouse flight, addressed to "Magasins 'Aux Galeries LaFayette'" in Paris; wrapped in cellophane; bottom edge singed with burns running up both left and right sides; 2-line handstamp cachet in black reading "ENVELOPPE DÉTÉRIORÉE/ACCIDENT D'AVION", Very Fine.
Nierinck 281004a; SFr 320 ($330).
Estimate $150 - 200

Shortly after departing Barcelona in the afternoon, the Bréguet 14 crashed in flames on a mountain, killing the pilot and two passengers. Part of the recovered mail was forwarded with this black cachet. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
968   imageFrench Colonies: French Morocco, 1928 (Dec. 15), recovered from C.G.A. Casablanca-Toulouse flight crash at Malgrat, Spain, lightly browned along right edge, otherwise in remarkable shape; 4-line black handstamp on front (incomplete due to loss of stamp): "CORRESPONDANCE AVION/[retardé] et déteriorée/[par suit]e de l'accident aérien/[survenu] le 15 DEC 1929" with rubber-stamped date, Very Fine.
Nierinck 281215a; SFr 250 ($260).
Estimate $150 - 200

The Laté 25 was forced to land at Malgrat da Mar, near Barcelona, due to fog and poor visibility. The landing went badly, as the plane's fuel tanks burst and were losing fuel. Locals were helping, and it is thought that a smoker may have started the fire. Of the 130 Kg of mail carried, 30 Kg were destroyed; recovered mail carries either this handstamp or a typed note on a label. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction
969   imageFrench Colonies: French Morocco, 1933 (May 9), CGA Casablanca-Toulouse line cover from Viladrau (Spain), badly burned remnants of cover, with 4-line "CORRESPONDANCE AVION/retardée et déterio[r]ée/par suite de l'accident aérien/survenu le ________" handstamp with "9 MAI 1933" date-stamped, Very Fine.
Nierinck 330509a; SFr 220 ($230).
Estimate $150 - 200

Shortly after take-off, the radio operator signaled that the plane was climbing above the clouds for better visibility and requested a weather forecast; this was the last contact from the plane. Soon thereafter, the plane struck a house in the village of Viladrau (altitude 1700 m), near Villa Grande. It seems probably that someone smoking started the fire. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
970   imageFrench Colonies: French Morocco, 1938 (Mar. 23), 2 covers from Cinq Croix crash of Air France Ville de Toulouse Morocco-France flight, 1 sent registered from Senegal, the other regular air from the Ivory Coast; both bearing the violet "CORRESPONDANCE AVION/retardée et déteriorée/par suite de l'accident aérien/survenu le 23 MARS 1938" cachet, with the Senegal cover's cachet tending more to the black; backstamps on each unclear, Very Fine.
Nierinck 380323a; SFr 360 ($370).
Estimate $150 - 200

The mail plane struck Cinq Croix mountain, turning over and plunging down a ravine. A search party arrived the following day and found the 7 aboard dead. The recovered mail consisted of 11 sacks: 4 intact, 7 broken open. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction
971   imageFrench Colonies: Indochina, 1931 (June 7), recovered at Akyab (Burma), from Air Orient Saigon-Marseille flight, pretty cover from Saigon to Périgneux, with 2-line black "COURRIER ACCIDENTÉ/LE 7 JUIN 1931" handstamp applied on arrival in Paris; flap sealed with PT tape on reverse, with 3 "Marseille-Gare-Avion/2-7/31" c.d.s.'s, Very Fine.
Nierinck 310607a; SFr 180 ($190).
Estimate $100 - 150

The Fokker VII went down in the Sandoway River at Akyab on June 7, with the mail recovered several days later and forwarded to France, where it was repaired by the postal authorities after its time in the water. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction
972   imageFrench Colonies: Indochina, 1933 (Mar. 28), Air Orient Indochina-Marseille flight, recovered at Crotone (Italy), pretty picture post card addressed to Belgium with black boxed "Saigon-Marseille" and straightline "COURRIER ACCIDENTÈ" handstamps on reverse, Very Fine.
Nierinck 330328; SFr 1,500 ($1,550).
Estimate $750 - 1,000

The Lioré Olivier 242 seaplane broke its moorings at Crotone in Calabria during a storm and was stranded on the beach, soaking the mail. Only after the plane was refloated did Italian authorities dry out the mail, which was delivered to Marseille by the relief plane F-AJLJ. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $750-1,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
973   imageFrench Colonies: Indochina, 1933 (Apr. 23), recovered from Air Orient Saigon-Marseille flight at Saracena (Italy), upper right and lower left corners damaged, reduced at right, with "Marseille-Gare-Avion/Bches du Rhone/2 V/1933" and "Paris VIII/Distribution/3 VI/1933" receivers on reverse; accompanied by copies of report of the incident and photos of the crash and the pilot, Very Fine.
Nierinck 330423; SFr 290 ($300).
Estimate $150 - 200

Piloted by André Corouge, the seaplane hit a snow storm over Castrovillari, where an air pocket caused it to lose 1000 m in altitude. The plane struck the only tree on top of a mountain, with wreckage recovered near Saracena (140 km from Cosenza). Mail was found around the wreckage and partly recovered; no special markings for the crash, but postmarked Marseille. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
974   imageFrench Colonies: Madagascar, 1929 (Dec. 7), recovered at Juan de Nova, west of Madagascar, on first Madagascar-France return flight, a very pretty franking with Malagasy Registry and bright red "Par Avion" labels, with 4-line "Première Liaison Postale/Aérienne/MADAGASCAR-FRANCE/4 Décembre 1929" handstamp on front; Aubervilliers Seine receiver on reverse dated 10 January 1930, Very Fine.
Nierinck 291207.
Estimate $150 - 200

This first return mail flight left Tananarive on December 7, but was forced to land shortly thereafter on the island of Juan de Nova, possibly because of engine trouble. The mail (523 letters and a few parcels) was unloaded and taken by ship to France, arriving at Paris on January 10, 1930. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
975   imageFrench Colonies: Madagascar, 1930 (Jan. 13), letter recovered at Dibaya (Belgian Congo), from Madagascar-France flight, right and bottom edges lightly nibbled, small section missing at upper left corner; addressed to Morocco, with reverse showing violet 4-line cachet in capital letters "RAID/MADAGASCAR FRANCE/ACCIDENT DU/13 JANVIER 1930" and Casablanca receiver dated 21 June 30, Very Fine.
Nierinck 300113a; SFr 280 ($290).
Estimate $150 - 200

The flight of the Farman 197 originated in Tananarive on January 10, crashing along the Kisaï River in the Belgian Congo on January 13, 15 km from Brazzaville. Belgian officials found the flight on March 13 and struck a violet handstamp (either in all capital letters or with lower-case letters) on the 738 pieces of recovered mail. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
976   imageGermany, 1927 (Sept. 23), Death of Baron Ago von Maltzan, German Ambassador to U.S., in Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin-Munich flight, article and photo from The Detroit News, Friday, September 23, 1927, headlined "GERMAN ENVOY TO U.S. KILLED: Baron and 4 Others Die When Berlin-to-Munich Plane Crashes", along with a clipping "By Cable to Free Press and Chicago Tribune" titled "Baron Von Matzan, German Ambassador to U. S., Is Aviation Victim.", plus a letter datelined Seattle, Wash., May 11th., 1927, signed by Maltzan to Wm. J. Callanan thanking him for his "kind letter of April 27th., 1927"; Detroit News clipping includes two other articles, "Dempsey Lays His Defeat To a 'Slow Count'" and "Capt. Giles in Chicago on New Zealand Flight", remarkably well preserved, Very Fine, lovely collateral material.
Estimate $150 - 200

Von Maltzan, an aviation enthusiast, was killed with 5 others when the Dornier Merkur "Puma" crashed on its Leipzig-Beyreuth leg due to a fault in a wing. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
977   imageGermany, 1931 (Sept. 11), recovered at Natal (Brazil), on Condor Hamburg-Porto Alegre flight, missing its stamps (crash at sea), with 3-line violet cachet reading "CORRESPONDENCIA SALVA/DO ACCIDENTE/DO __________" with 'hydroaviaõ "Olinda"' entered in manuscript, Very Fine.
Nierinck 310911a; SFr 530 ($550).
Estimate $250 - 350

The Dornier seaplane Olinda took off for Rio de Janeiro from the Rio Potengy in Natal but struck an unknown floating object, causing an explosion. One postal bag was recovered and sent to Rio immediately without any special marking for the accident; mail recovered later bears one of two special cachets. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $250-350
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
978   imageGermany, 1934 (May 3), recovered from Condor Tapajoz flight, Natal to Rio de Janeiro, in Rio, a registered printed matter cover to Brazil posted in Stockholm, Sweden, 25.4.34, with front showing black oval Berlin-Sassnitz Bahnpost cancel and red "Deutsche Luftpost/Europa-Sudamerika" Zeppelin/Airplane circular cachet (tying one of the stamps), along with 2-line purple "correspondencia salva/do accidente/do _________" handstamp with "Tapajoz" added in manuscript, Very Fine.
Nierinck 340503a; SFr 400 ($410).
Estimate $200 - 300

Having safely landed at Guanabara Bay, the Junkers W-34 inexplicably capsized and sank as it taxied to its mooring at Caju. The mail onboard was recovered, but most of it was illegible as a result of being submerged. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
979   imageGermany, 1937 (Mar. 12), cover from Lufthansa's Rostock Germany-South America flight, recovered at Bathurst (Gambia), cover, without adhesives, mailed to Rio, bearing red circular "Deutsche Luftpost/Europa-Sudamerika" Zeppelin & Plane cachet, and a Nierinck-unlisted variety straightline crash cachet in black, "ACCIDENT d'AVIATION" (Nierinck's cachets are either in Spanish or Portuguese, not French); no transits, receivers or other markings on reverse; close wrapped in cellophane (open at the back), Very Fine.
Nierinck 370312 var.
Estimate $200 - 300

Coming from Las Palmas, the plane circled the supply ship "Ostmark" on the Gambia River, then disappeared. The wreck was found in a swamp 3 miles away, with all 4 crew members dead. The entire load of 20 mail bags was recovered. It is reported that this mail was forwarded to South America via Air France plane service. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
980   imageGreat Britain, 1936 (Sept. 29), Imperial Airways Athena Britain-Singapore cover, from fire at Delhi (India), lightly singed around the edges; handwritten note on reverse not matching Nierinck #360929a; Singapore 3 OC 1936 receiver backstamp; accompanied by newspaper clipping with Delhi, Sept. 29 dateline, "Another British Air Liner Lost By Fire", Very Fine.
Nierinck 360929; SFr 100 ($100).
Estimate $100 - 150

The "Athena" caught fire at Delhi preparing to take off. The plane was completely destroyed, along with a large part of the mail it carried. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction

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