1930 Western Air Express crash at Alhambra, California 22.12.30, two charred edge covers to Altadena to same family from same person, probably next to each other in the mail bundle with crash cachet on each (AAMS 30.15). TWA crash at Pittsburg 10.1.33 charred cover from New York/Los Angeles with Los Angeles P.O. ambulance cover & unlisted. (3)
Estimated Price: £70.00 - 90.00
Sale #148
By: Corbitts
Corbitts Sale #148
This auction features 1600 lots of stamps, covers and postcards .
The auction contains a selection of All World mixed lots followed by an All World stamps and covers from Aden to Zanzibar.
The country lots include a range of Great Britain and commonwealth, Omnibus, Germany & Colonies and much more.
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Lot #213 - crash covers
Lot #214 - crash covers
1934 KLM 'Uiver' crash near Rutbak Wells-Iraq 20.12.34 The Haig/Soerabaja official cover with flight cachet, another but Hilversum/Tangerang - Jara, another Zaandam/Batavia (N341220) (3)
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 50.00
Lot #215 - crash covers
1935 Rossi & Codos forces landing in Cape Verde Isles 17.2.35 record attempt France/Argentina official card bearing black crash cachet (N350127aa), 1956 AIR FRANCE DC-3 crash near Lyon 27.1.56 Nice/Neuilly Sur Seine, charred cover with crash cachet accompanied by ambulance cover. (N560127a), 1969 Postal Night Flight crash on take off at Orly Paris 28.5.69 Paris/La Rochelle soiled cover with black crash cachet, Orly ambulance cover &...
Lot #216 - crash covers
1936 Western Air Express crash at Salt Lake City 15.12.36 Riverside, California/Hartford, Conn cover with violet 'Damage' cachet plus Salt Lake City P.O. ambulance cover dated 8.6.37 with Plane wrecked printed cachet, Another but with original letter Los Angeles/New York with two strikes of Damage crash cachet, Salt Lake City ambulance cover 14.9.37 incl. Airmail interruption printed cachet (AAMS 36.6)
Estimated Price: £45.00 - 60.00...
Lot #217 - crash covers
1938 Cheyenne Flying Service crash landed at Newcastle WYO 19.5.38 cover from Bright with flight cachet AJP 1968 article accompanies, another but from Whitman, another from Leverett. (3)
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 60.00
Lot #218 - crash covers
1938 Cheyenne Flying Service crash landed at Newcastle, Wyo 19.5.38 cover from Keeline bears flight cachet incl. AJP (April 1968) article about crash, another but from Manville, another but from Jireh, another but from Lance Creek, all bear appropriate cachets. (4)
Estimated Price: £55.00 - 70.00
Lot #219 - crash covers
1939 Pan-Am S-43 flying boat crash on landing at Guanabara Bay, Rio De Janeiro 13.8.39 Greenwich, Conn/Rio cover bears s/line cachet & b/stamp, Ref. N390813b.
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 50.00
Lot #220 - crash covers
1939 Pan-Am S-43 flying boat crash on landing at Guanabara Bay, Rio De Janeiro Fortaleza Brazil/Sao Paulo Bank of London cover, bears s/line cachet & b/stamp, Ref. N390813b, cover charred at SE corner.
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 55.00
Lot #221 - crash covers
1939 Pan-Am S-43 flying boat crash on landing at Guanbara Bay-Rio De Janeiro 13.8.39 Detroit/Rio charred cover with s/line cachet (N3908136), 1940 VASP 'cicade De Santos' crash at Rio 8.11.40 Rio/St.Paulo Ducati cover with VASP yellow label on rev, obverse bears crash cachet. Scarce pair. (2)
Estimated Price: £80.00 - 100.00
Lot #222 - crash covers
1940 Pan Air Brazil S43 crash on landing at Bahia 25.12.40 Ceara/Rio De Janeiro with crash cachet (N401225a), United Al Crash on landing at New York 11.4.42 St.Joseph Mo/New York cover with violet fine line delay crash cachet. (AAMS 42.2) (2)
Estimated Price: £50.00 - 70.00
Lot #223 - crash covers
1941-42 N.West Airlines crash at Moorhead, MN, charred cover with 'DAMAGE DUE TO AIRMAIL INTERRUPTION' Oct 30 1941 cachet also P.O Fargo ND ambulance cover, only pilot survived, also pair 1942 La Guardia crash in Flushing Bay, both DAMAGE & DELAY interruption cachets of Ap 11, 1942, Ref AAMS 41.5, 42.2.
Estimated Price: £50.00 - 70.00
Lot #224 - crash covers
1943-44 USA PAA clipper crash at Lisbon with violet 'DAMAGED BY SEA WATER' cachet re-addressed to US Army, Mil. Col. of Science, Bury, Lancs, London RLS sealed label on reverse, also 9/11/44 US Military air crash OAHU-Hawaii with s/line 'DAMAGED IN TRANSIT' mark. (2)
Estimated Price: £50.00 - 70.00
Lot #225 - crash covers
1944-45 Goose Bay Labrador crash cover to Detroit, U.S.P.O NY accident label, another 1945 charred cover with reverse 2 line 'DMG IN PLANE WRK/FWD BY APO111' in red, which is Beaumont, France, another with APO111 ambulance envelope. (3)
Estimated Price: £80.00 - 100.00
Lot #226 - crash covers
1945 US Military crash December 45 Haverford Pa/Munich (APO 403) cover with Xmas card enclosure 17.12.45, crash cachet US Army 350 (Hilden) ambulance cover. 1945 November US Military Crash Heidelberg (APO 758)/New York cover bearing two line crash cachet. (2)
Estimated Price: £50.00 - 70.00
Lot #227 - crash covers
1945 US Military crash probably in France March 1945 Los Angeles/Beaumont - France (APO 230) cover bearing two crash cachets incl. 'Burned in Plane Crash/Enveloped and Forwarded by / APO.111' (APO III was in Beaumont) Ex Eisendrath. (1)
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 55.00
Lot #228 - crash covers
1945 US Military pair with 'DAMAGED IN PLANE CRASH' 2 line cachets, both to APO 252 or 758 (Germany) from USA. (2)
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 60.00
Lot #229 - crash covers
1948-49 United Airlines crash at Wilburton, PA, cover & P.O slip affixed label 'REC'D IN BAD CONDITION AT POTTSVILLE, PA' another with 3 line 'DAMAGED IN AIR CRASH/NOV 29 1949/DALLAS TX' also P.O cover, another different cachet 'DAMAGE DUE TO AIR MAIL INTERRUPTION NEAR DALLAS TX' same crash, Ref AAMS 8.4. (3)
Estimated Price: £50.00 - 70.00
Lot #230 - crash covers
1954 (25 Dec) pair of covers to N.America with boxed 'SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/PRESTWICK 25/12/54' cachets, Ref N541225a. (2)
Estimated Price: £35.00 - 45.00
Lot #231 - crash covers
1954 (26 Feb) fatal Western Airlines crash at Gillette WY, damage cachet & label attached with P.O ambulance cover, also 1955 'DAMAGED IN PLANE CRASH' cacheted cover to Sarasota, FI, Eastern Airlines crash at Jacksonville, FI, Ref AAMS 54.1 & 55.9. (2)
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 50.00
Lot #232 - crash covers
1955 (17th Dec) HOLLYWOOD SC cacheted crash cover from New York to Miami Beach with marginal enclosure, also Miami P.O. ambulance cover, 1959 (23rd Nov) Route 2 New York to L.A crash at Midway Airport, Chicago, salvaged mail bears DAMAGED BY FIRE IN/THE POSTAL SERVICE cachet, another salvaged burnt FDC from same crash. (3)
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 50.00
Lot #233 - crash covers
1955 SABENA DC-6 crash near Rome 13.2.55 Oxford/Leopoldville cover bears magenta 3 line crash cachet (N550123a)
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 50.00
Lot #234 - crash covers
1959 TWA crash on take off at Chicago 23.11.59 New York/Selina, Calif charred First Day Cover, Chicago P.O. ambulance cover and explanatory slip. (AAMS 59.9) 1973 VARIG 707 crash near Orly, Paris 11.7.73 Toledo Brazil/London charred env repaired by P.O. & Orly sorting office explanatory slip. (N770711a) (2)
Estimated Price: £60.00 - 80.00
Lot #235 - crash covers
1974 (20 Nov) First fatal Boeing 747, crash at Nairobi by Lufthansa's D-ABYB, on Frankfurt to Jo'burg flight, 2 crew & 57 passengers killed, 2 line cachet 'RETRIEVED FROM AIRCRASH ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI' (1)
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 55.00
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