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Sale No: 845
Lot No: 3501
Symbol: C
Cat No: 280815
1928 (Aug. 15), First Pan Am Crash (Air Crash Mail of the World 280815), en route from Havana to Key West, the pilot got lost off the coast of St. Petersburg, Florida. Mail dried in bakery ovens, with three-line black cachet applied at St. Petersburg, ACMW "D".
It was rescued by a ship, the SS Legionaire. All the mail, some 5000 pieces, was salvaged and taken to the St. Petersburg, Florida Post Office and received this cachet.(Image)
Estimate $150-200
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Sale No: 845
Lot No: 3502
Symbol: C
Cat No: 281231
1928 (Dec. 31), Pan Am Survey Flight (Air Crash Mail of the World 281231), by Loening C-2 Air Yacht from San Jose, Costa Rica to Panama Canal Zone, crashed on take-off. A few First Flight Covers were being carried, this with First Flight cachet, scarce, ACMW "D".
Pan Am operated a survey flight from Panama to San Jose, Costa Rica in December 1928. The return flight was unable to clear the trees at the end of the runway at take-off and crashed. It was carrying First Flight Covers like this one. Only a few covers have been recorded.(Image)
Estimate $150-200
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Sale No: 845
Lot No: 3503
Symbol: C
Cat No: 290515a
1929 (May 15), SCADTA crash (Air Crash Mail of the World 290515a), during takeoff from Girardot, Colombia, the seaplane hit a ship, flipped over and came to rest upside down. Some mail was recovered and received a label cachet at the Bogota Post Office, rare; ACMW "H".
A special Label cachet was applied to the back of covers and was tied by a postmark of 18 May. Very few covers have been reported from the crash. SCADTA was 84% owned by Pan Am.(Image)
Estimate $600-800
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Lot No: 3504
Symbol: C
Cat No: 300219, 300221
1930 (Feb. 19 & 21), NYRBA triple crash (Air Crash Mail of the World 300219, 300221), at Porto Alegre, Santos & Bahia, Brazil. The flight encountered three crashes on an attempted first flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Miami, Florida. Cover from Buenos Aires to New York. One of three registered covers recorded; ACMW "C".
The airline was trying to operate a through flight from Buenos Aires to Miami but there were three crashes at the points listed above. Also, when the mail finally arrived in Miami on February 26, it was confiscated by the US postal authorities who claimed that NYRBA was not authorized to bring mail into the US. NYRBA (New York, Rio & Buenos Aires) was purchased by Pan Am in August 1930.(Image)
Estimate $100-125
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Sale No: 845
Lot No: 3505
Symbol: C
Cat No: 311125a, b, c
1931 (Nov. 25), S-40 "American Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 311125a, b, c), three covers from the "American Clipper"'s first scheduled goodwill flight service with pilots Charles Lindbergh and Basil Rowe, with Igor Sikorsky as a passenger. At Barranquilla, Colombia, the aircraft damaged a pontoon and the flight was interrupted. The first cover is autographed by all three. The second cover is from the Republic of Panama, which is rare, as most known covers are from the Panama Canal Zone. The third cover is from the Canal Zone. ACMW "A, C, J" respectively.(Image)
Estimate $1,800-2,200
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Sale No: 845
Lot No: 3506
Symbol: C
Cat No: 320716
1932 (July 16), Panagra crash in the Andes Mountains (Air Crash Mail of the World 320716), at Mount El Plomo, Chile, the plane not found until nearly two years later. Cover without a cachet, but has a manuscript notation on the back; one of only two such covers recorded. Rare; ACMW "I".
Pan American Grace Airways (Panagra) was 50% owned by Pan Am.(Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Lot No: 3507
Symbol: C
Cat No: 340310a
1934 (Mar. 10), SCADTA S38B "Von Krohn" (Air Crash Mail of the World 340310a), in Pereira, Colombia. Only a few covers were recovered. Cover from Bogota to Barranquilla, Colombia with four-line cachet, scarce; ACMW "G".
The Spanish cachet was applied to the recovered mail. SCADTA was a Pan Am subsidiary.(Image)
Estimate $400-650
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Sale No: 845
Lot No: 3508
Symbol: C
Cat No: 351220b & c
1932 (Dec. 20), Pan Am S-42 "Puerto Rico Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 351220b & c), crashed at Port of Spain, Trinidad; when landing in the harbor, the clipper dodged a ship, turned over and sank. One mailbag was recovered. Two covers, one from Scarsdale, New York to Caripito, Venezuela and the other from Chicago, Illinois to Buenos Aires, Argentina, scarce; each ACMW "E".
Cover from Chicago to Buenos Aires with unlisted labels "Recibido en mal Estado", "Received in bad state" affixed by Buenos Aires Post Office.(Image)
Estimate $350-500
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Lot No: 3509
Symbol: C
Cat No: 360411a
1936 (Apr. 11), Sikorsky S-42B "Antilles Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 360411a), crashed at Port of Spain, Trinidad during take-off when the pilot was forced to execute an unexpected turn to avoid a ship, the aircraft ground looped and sank. Two covers with "ACCIDENT DE AVIATION" cachet applied at Port of Spain. ACMW "E".
Cover from this crash which was apparantly overcarried beyond Port-Au-Prince, Haiti and then sent back to New York as it has a New York post office cachet regarding the stamps being detached.(Image)
Estimate $300-400
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Sale No: 845
Lot No: 3510
Symbol: C
Cat No: 370803a, c & d
1937 (Aug. 8), Pan American Grace Airways (Air Crash Mail of the World 370803a, c & d), crashed at Panama Canal Zone. The aircraft encountered tropical rain squalls and crashed in Mosquito Bay. Three covers, one with four-line back cachet, one processed by the Balboa Heights Dead Letter Office, and one processed by the Cristobal Canal Zone Post Office. The Balboa Heights and Cristobal covers are very scarce; ACMW "C, F, F" respectively.
The badly damaged covers were sent to either the Balboa Heights Dead Letter Office or the Cristobal Post Office for processing. The Dead Letter Office applied a three-line cachet to Ambulance covers, while the Cristobal Post Office typed an explanatory cachet on the Ambulance covers. This is the only one recorded and recently discovered..(Image)
Estimate $750-1,000
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Lot No: 3511
Symbol: C
Cat No: 380111
1938 (Jan. 11), Pan Am Sikorsky S42B "Samoan Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 380111), crashed at Pago Pago, American Samoa. The flight was not allowed to carry any mail. Includes three covers: two that originated at Western Samoa and were intended to be put on the flight at Pago Pago. They were held at the Pago Pago Post Office for a long time and were then forwarded to New Zealand. One has cachet "SERVICE DID NOT EVENTUATE", the other has cachet "Airplane Lost at Sea". Also, a cover flown on the leg of this flight from San Francisco, California to Honolulu, Hawaii. All are rare; recorded but unpriced in ACMW.
This cover is also postmarked January 1, 1938 at Apia, Western Somoa. It was intended to be carried on the survey flight and has a "Service Did Not Eventuate" cachet. There is a hand written note on the bottom, "This cover along with others was held at Apia post office for two and a half years- see backstamp. 20/4/40." There is a back stamp at Waipukurau, New Zealand 24JL40 (24 July 1940). It was not known why the cover was held for two-and-a-half years.(Image)
Estimate $200-300
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Sale No: 845
Lot No: 3512
Symbol: C
Cat No: 380619b & e
1938 (June 19), Panagra Douglas DC-2-118A "Santa Lucia" (Air Crash Mail of the World 380619b & e), crashed in the Andes Mountains. Two covers, one from Köln, Germany to Guayaquil, Ecuador with four-line type 'b' cachet, the other from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Chicago, Illinois with type 'b' cachet, accompanied by unlisted type 'e' Old Post Office Annex mimeo slip, ACMW "D, E" respectively.(Image)
Estimate $350-500
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Lot No: 3513
Symbol: C
Cat No: 380619b & f
1938 (June 19), Panagra Douglas DC-2-118A "Santa Lucia" (Air Crash Mail of the World 380619b & f), crashed in the Andes Mountains, the aircraft only found more than two years later. Mail was recovered in water-soaked condition and processed at the Santiago, Chile Post Office. Two covers, one with four-line unboxed magenta type 'b' cachet addressed to Bogota, Colombia, the other addressed to New York, NY with typed New York Post Office type 'f' mimeo slip, the slip previously unrecorded; ACMW "D, E" respectively.(Image)
Estimate $200-300
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Lot No: 3514
Symbol: C
Cat No: 380619c
1938 (June 19), Panagra Douglas DC-2-118A "Santa Lucia" (Air Crash Mail of the World 380619c), crashed in the Andes Mountains. Legal-size cover from South America to New York, NY with four-line unboxed magenta type 'c' cachet with "38" in "1938" inverted, ACMW "E".(Image)
Estimate $200-300
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Lot No: 3515
Symbol: C
Cat No: 390219a & c
1939 (Feb. 19), Pan Am S-42A "Dominican Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 390219a & c), crashed at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Two covers, one from Port Au Prince, Haiti to San Juan, with manuscript explanation of the crash by San Juan Postmaster, and Wilkes-Barre, PA to Buenos Aires, Argentina with "AVION ATRASADO" (flight delayed) in killer bars cachet on back. Scarce; ACMW "D, C" respectively.(Image)
Estimate $250-325
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Lot No: 3516
Symbol: C
Cat No: 390219d
1939 (Feb. 19), Pan Am S-42A "Dominican Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 390219d), crashed at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Legal-size cover from New York, NY to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with manuscript notation on back "Avion accidentals/Octa No. 73" and Argentine Post Office sealing labels, ACMW "D".(Image)
Estimate $150-200
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Lot No: 3517
Symbol: C
Cat No: 390813b, d
1939 (Aug. 13), Pan Am S-43B (Air Crash Mail of the World 390813b, d), crashed at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Two items, an internal Brazilian cover with single line "ACCIDENTE DE AVIAO" cachet, and a telegram to the American Consolate, reporting the crash—a unique item, ACMW "C, D" respectively.(Image)
Estimate $300-425
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Lot No: 3518
Symbol: C
Cat No: 390813b
1939 (Aug. 13), Pan Am S-43B (Air Crash Mail of the World 390813b), crashed at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Unusual cover, being flown on first Imperial Airways flight from Southampton, England to New York, and was then placed on the ill-fated flight to Rio. Black cachet applied in Rio "ACCIDENTE DE AVIAO". Scarce; ACMW "C".
The Sikorsky S-43 flying boat, on a flight from Miami to Buenos Aires, struck a dry dock in Guanabara Bay and was demolished. There were 100 pounds of mail on board, half of which was salvaged in burned or water-soaked conditions.(Image)
Estimate $150-175
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Lot No: 3519
Symbol: C
Cat No: 401225
1940 (Dec. 25), Panair do Brasil (Air Crash Mail of the World 401225), crashed at San Salvador, Brazil. The flight was being operated by Panair do Brasil, a Pan Am subsidiary. It hit the top deck of a ship and crashed into the water. Cover from Horace Brock, a well-known Pan Am pilot, to his wife in Rio de Janeiro, with single line "ACCIDENTE DE AVIAO" cachet. Scarce, ACMW "D".
A small amount of mail was salvaged, whch received the standard Brazillian cachet. Only a few covers have been recorded from the crash.(Image)
Estimate $150-225
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Lot No: 3520
Symbol: C
Cat No: 410818
1941 (Aug. 18), Panair do Brazil 18-10 Lodestar (Air Crash Mail of the World 410818), crashed at Sao Paulo, Brazil, with eight passengers and crew killed. Cover from Porto Alegre to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with two-line cachet "DO AVIAO/ACIDENTADO". This is the only reported cover from that crash; ACMW "J".(Image)
Estimate $1,500-2,300
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Lot No: 3521
Symbol: C
Cat No: 411003c & f
1941 (Oct. 3), Pan Am S-42A "Dominican Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 411003c & f), crashed at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Two covers, one from New York, NY to Port of Spain, Trinidad with typed explanation of the crash and one from the US to Puerto Rico with manuscript explanation applied at San Juan, ACMW "C, D" respectively.(Image)
Estimate $200-325
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Lot No: 3522
Symbol: C
Cat No: 411003e
1941 (Oct. 3), Pan Am S-42A "Dominican Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 411003e), crashed at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Two covers, one from New York to Rio de Janeiro, with cachet applied in Rio and small slip from Trinidad censor explaining they were not responsible for the missing stamps, which were soaked off in the water, and one from West Hartford, Conn. to Port of Spain, Trinidad with no cachet but stamps soaked off. Scarce; ACMW "E".(Image)
Estimate $300-425
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Lot No: 3523
Symbol: C
Cat No: 430222
1943 (Feb. 22), Pan Am Boeing 314 "Yankee Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 430222), crashed at Lisbon, Portugal. Cover from the US to Cleethorpes, Lincs, England with unlisted "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER" with top boxed in and accompanied by an ambulance cover from the Mt. Pleasant, London Post Office. Variety unlisted by Nierinck and the only one recorded; ACMW "C" for normal.(Image)
Estimate $250-350
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Lot No: 3524
Symbol: C
Cat No: 430222
1943 (Feb. 22), Pan Am Boeing 314 "Yankee Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 430222), crashed at Lisbon, Portugal. Two covers with unlisted cachets, one with single-line "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" with top boxed-in on cover from New York, NY to London, England, the other with faint "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" on cover from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Twyford, England. Variety unlisted by Nierinck and the only one recorded; ACMW "D" for normals.(Image)
Estimate $250-375
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Lot No: 3525
Symbol: C
Cat No: 430222b & o
1943 (Feb. 22), Pan Am Boeing 314 "Yankee Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 430222b & o), crashed at Lisbon, Portugal. Two covers: one small cover from Argentina to London, England with type "o" cachet and a legal-size cover from New York, NY to Norwich, England with type "b" cachet. Nierinck Type "o" cachet is rare; ACMW "C, D" respectively.(Image)
Estimate $200-325
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Lot No: 3526
Symbol: C
Cat No: 430222c
1943 (Feb. 22), Pan Am Boeing 314 "Yankee Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 430222c), crashed at Lisbon, Portugal. Two covers from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Sweden, one to Eskilstuna with type "c" label and one to Goteborg with type "1c" label on back applied in Sweden, ACMW "D".(Image)
Estimate $300-400
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Lot No: 3527
Symbol: C
Cat No: 430222c & r
1943 (Feb. 22), Pan Am Boeing 314 "Yankee Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 430222c & r), crashed at Lisbon, Portugal. Legal-size cover from New York, NY to Sodertalje, Sweden with type "d" label and accompanied by a type "r" Swedish glassine Ambulance cover, which is scarce, ACMW "C, E" respectively.(Image)
Estimate $200-350
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Lot No: 3528
Symbol: C
Cat No: 430222e & aa
1943 (Feb. 22), Pan Am Boeing 314 "Yankee Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 430222e & aa), crashed at Lisbon, Portugal. Legal-size cover from Santiago, Chile to Zurich, Switzerland with type "e" label cachet applied at Basel, Switzerland, and accompanied by type "aa" Basel Ambulance cover. Also, on back of cover is a Lisbon, Portugal transit postmark, which is rare, ACMW "D, F" respectively.(Image)
Estimate $400-500
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Lot No: 3529
Symbol: C
Cat No: 430222e
1943 (Feb. 22), Pan Am Boeing 314 "Yankee Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 430222e), crashed at Lisbon, Portugal. Cover from Chile to Braunschweg, Germany with type "e" label applied on the back by Munich, Germany Post Office. Munich label unlisted by Nierinck; ACMW "D".(Image)
Estimate $200-300
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Lot No: 3530
Symbol: C
Cat No: 430222f
1943 (Feb. 22), Pan Am Boeing 314 "Yankee Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 430222f), crashed at Lisbon, Portugal. Cover from Argentina to Sweden, with explanatory slip applied by Germans in Madrid, Spain "Kommt von Clipper Yankee/im Tajo Lisboa gesunken/aus" and "stamps missing" cachet applied in Germany en route to Sweden. Very unusual and unique cover, ACMW "D".(Image)
Estimate $600-800
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Lot No: 3531
Symbol: C
Cat No: 430222h & p
1943 (Feb. 22), Pan Am Boeing 314 "Yankee Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 430222h & p), crashed on landing at Lisbon, Portugal. The flight was carrying a large load of mail to various European countries. Two covers, one to Nice, France with French three-line cachet and one to Lisbon, Portugal with cachet "Salvados do Yankee Clipper". Both are rare destinations. Very few covers to France have been recorded; ACMW "D, F" respectively.(Image)
Estimate $500-800
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Lot No: 3532
Symbol: C
Cat No: 440808a
1944 (Aug. 8), Pan Am S-42 "Hong Kong Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 440808a), crashed while taking off from Nipe Bay near Antilla, Cuba, due to engine failure. Salvaged water-soaked mail was forwarded on August 8 and 9 to Miami (where the "received in damged condition" cachet was applied) for redistribution. Cover from Argentina to Edinburgh, Scotland, accompanied by British Postal Censorship label advising that they were not responsible for missing stamp. Scarce; ACMW "E".(Image)
Estimate $200-300
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Lot No: 3533
Symbol: C
Cat No: 440808b
1944 (Aug. 8), Pan Am S-42 "Hong Kong Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 440808b), crashed at Antilla, Cuba. Legal-size cover from San Juan, Puerto Rico to New York, NY accompanied by type 'b' New York Post Office mimeo slip, ACMW "E".(Image)
Estimate $200-300
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Lot No: 3534
Symbol: C
Cat No: 440808b
1944 (Aug. 8), Pan Am S-42 "Hong Kong Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 440808b), crashed at Antilla, Cuba. Cover from San Juan, Puerto Rico to New York, NY accompanied by type 'b' New York Post Office mimeo slip, ACMW "E".(Image)
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Lot No: 3535
Symbol: C
Cat No: 440808 var.
1944 (Aug. 8), Pan Am S-42 "Hong Kong Clipper" (Air Crash Mail of the World 440808 var.), crashed at Antilla, Cuba. Large cover from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Fort Wayne, Indiana accompanied by unlisted Miami, Florida Post Office mimeo slip, ACMW "E" for New York mimeo slip.(Image)
Estimate $250-375
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Lot No: 3536
Symbol: C
Cat No: 471026Aa, b
1947 (Oct. 26), Pan Am Douglas DC-4 (Air Crash Mail of the World 471026A a, b), crashed into a mountain eight miles from Annette Island, Alaska. Two covers; one from Seattle, Washington to Petersburg, Alaska with type 'b' manuscript notation, and one legal-size cover from Los Angeles, California to Ketchikan, Alaska with type 'a' cachet "RECEIVED IN/BAD CONDITION. Also a photo of the wrecked aircraft, each ACMW "E".
On a flight from Seattle to Alaska, the plane passed over Annette Island and crashed eight miles away. However, the wreck was not found until Oct. 31 and the mail was not recovered until Nov. 6. Seven pouches and 50 loose letters were salvaged and received this cachet.(Image)
Estimate $350-500
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Lot No: 3537
Symbol: C
Cat No: 471026Aa
1947 (Oct. 26), Pan Am Douglas DC-4 (Air Crash Mail of the World 471026A a), crashed into a mountain eight miles from Annette Island, Alaska. Two covers; one from Glenview, Illinois and one from Prague, Czechoslovakia, both with type 'a' cachet "RECEIVED IN/BAD CONDITION", ACMW "E".(Image)
Estimate $350-500
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Lot No: 3538
Symbol: C
Cat No: 480415c
1948 (Apr. 15), Pan Am Lockheed 049 Constellation "Empress of the Skies" (Air Crash Mail of the World 480415c), crashed at Shannon, Ireland. Badly burned cover from Turkey to New York, NY, accompanied by very scarce type 'c' Irish Ambulance cover. This is the only recorded cover from Turkey; ACMW "G".(Image)
Estimate $400-600
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Lot No: 3539
Symbol: C
Cat No: 480415d
1948 (Apr. 15), Pan Am Lockheed 049 Constellation "Empress of the Skies" (Air Crash Mail of the World 480415d), crashed at Shannon, Ireland. On landing, it hit a hillock 100 meters from the runway, caught fire and was destroyed. Cover from American Legation, Kabul, Afghanistan to Wichita, Kansas, accompanied by Department of the Army certificate explaining that it was in the crash. Very unusual cover. One of two similar US diplomatic pouch covers recorded; ACMW "H".(Image)
Estimate $600-850
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Lot No: 3540
Symbol: C
Cat No: 510622a
1951 (June 22), Pan Am Constellation L-049 "Clipper Great Republic" (Air Crash Mail of the World 510622a), crashed at Sanaghie, Liberia. Cover from Elizabethville, Belgian Congo to Funchal, Madeira, Portugal with faint type 'a' two-line black cachet applied in Lisbon, Portugal. The only cover recorded between these countries; ACMW "G".(Image)
Estimate $400-600
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Lot No: 3541
Symbol: C
Cat No: 510622a
1951 (June 22), Pan Am Constellation L-049 "Clipper Great Republic" (Air Crash Mail of the World 510622a), crashed at Sanaghie, Liberia. The flight was operating from Johannesburg, South Africa to New York via Liberia and Lisbon, Portugal. Covers are known from Angola, Mozambique and Belgian Congo; this from Quelimane, Mozambique to Lisbon, Portugal with type 'a' two-line black cachet applied in Lisbon. Very scarce, as only 11 covers in total have been recorded, most from Angola & Mozambique to Portugal; ACMW "G".(Image)
Estimate $400-650
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Lot No: 3542
Symbol: C
Cat No: 510902a, b
1951 (Sept. 2), Pan Am Convair 240 (Air Crash Mail of the World 510902a, b), crashed at Kingston, Jamaica. The aircraft pancaked into the bay when landing. Two covers, one from New York, NY to Bogota, Colombia, with five-line black type 'b' cachet, one from New York, NY to Barranquilla, Colombia with blue four-line type 'a' cachet. Scarce; ACMW "D" for each.(Image)
Estimate $300-400
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Lot No: 3543
Symbol: C
Cat No: 510902c & e, d
1951 (Sept. 2), Pan Am Convair 240 (Air Crash Mail of the World 510902c & e, d), crashed at Kingston, Jamaica, pancaking into the bay when landing. Two covers, one from New York, NY to Medellin, Colombia with five-line magenta type 'd' cachet, one from Waterloo, Canada to Half Way Tree, Jamaica with three-line type 'c' cachet and type 'e' Kingston label. Scarce; ACMW "D" for the covers, the Kingston label a 10% premium.(Image)
Estimate $350-475
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Lot No: 3544
Symbol: C
Cat No: 550326b
1955 (Mar. 26), Pan Am Boeing Stratocruiser (Air Crash Mail of the World 550326b), ditched in the Pacific Ocean. Two legal-size covers, one from New York, NY to Tokyo, Japan with four-line type 'b' cachet, one from Seattle, Washington to Shizuoka-ken, Japan with four-line type 'b' cachet, These represent two of the three covers recorded; ACMW "G".(Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,200
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Lot No: 3545
Symbol: C
Cat No: 550326c
1955 (Mar. 26), Pan Am Boeing Stratocruiser (Air Crash Mail of the World 550326c), ditched in the Pacific Ocean. The flight was operating from Seattle, Washington via Portland, Oregon and Honolulu, Hawaii. Cover from Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Tokyo, Japan, with two-line purple type 'c' cachet. Unusual from Canada; ACMW "G".
The aircraft had enigine trouble and it was necessary to ditch in the ocean. The crew and passengers boarded life rafts and were rescued.(Image)
Estimate $400-650
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Lot No: 3546
Symbol: C
Cat No: 561016a
1956 (Oct. 16), Pan Am Boeing Stratocruiser (Air Crash Mail of the World 561016a), ditched in the Pacific Ocean. Two legal-size covers, one from Honolulu, Hawaii to San Francisco, California and one from FPO San Francisco to Monterey, California. Both with two-line purple type "a" cachet applied by the San Francisco post office. Only two pouches of mail, weighing 650 pounds, were salvaged; ACMW "G".(Image)
Estimate $300-400
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Lot No: 3547
Symbol: C
Cat No: 561016b
1956 (Oct. 16), Pan Am Boeing Stratocruiser (Air Crash Mail of the World 561016b), ditched in the Pacific Ocean. Cover from unknown origin to Albany, Oregon with type 'b' U.S. Post Office letter. Only two pouches of mail, weighing 650 pounds, were salvaged. The cachet was applied in Portland, Oregon; ACMW "G".(Image)
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Lot No: 3548
Symbol: C
Cat No: 571109a
1957 (Nov. 9), Pan Am Boeing Stratocruiser (Air Crash Mail of the World 571109a), ditched in the Pacific Ocean. Two covers, one from San Antonio, Texas, and a legal-size cover from San Diego to San Francisco, California. Both with type 'a' two-line magenta cachet. The US Coast Guard picked up 390 pounds of mail out of 3,297 pounds on-board; ACMW "D".(Image)
Estimate $300-400
Opening US$ 200.00
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Sale No: 845
Lot No: 3549
Symbol: C
Cat No: 590410
1959 (Apr. 10), Pan Am Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser (Air Crash Mail of the World 590410), crashed at Juneau, Alaska. Large documents cover from Pullman, Washington to Juneau, Alaska, no cachet. Only some of the mail was recovered, in badly damaged condition; any cover is scarce.(Image)
Estimate $100-150
Opening US$ 80.00
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Sale No: 845
Lot No: 3550
Symbol: C
Cat No: 590410b
1959 (Apr. 10), Pan Am Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser (Air Crash Mail of the World 590410b), crashed at Juneau, Alaska. On final approach, the aircraft was too low and struck an embankment. Cover from Waverly, NY to Sitka, Alaska, accompanied by type 'b' Juneau Post Office slip. Covers of any sort are very scarce, this the sole known example with the Juneau slip; ACMW "F".(Image)
