Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1934 cover from Germany to Brazil, seaplane made a good landing at Guanabara Bay but then capsized while taxi-ing to its mooring, with “CORRESPONDENCIA SALVA/DO ACCIDENTE/DO Tapajoz” cachet in violet. Nierinck 340503a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
By: Grosvenor Auctions
Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
A specialised auction of over 2,250 lots, featuring the remarkable Mike Phelan collection of Persian Gulf; the exceptional ‘Tuanjai’ collection of Fiji; a further offering from the outstanding ‘Moore & Moore’ collection of Gibraltar; British East Africa stamps and cancellations from the fine collection of Michael Ensor CMG, OBE; Egypt including fascinating material gathered by the late Stanley Horesh; the Frank Deakin collection of British Empire; India and States with the fine ‘Hambledon’ collection of Bundi; the unusual Peter Clough collection of German poster stamps and the second part of the superlative collection of British Levant postal stationery formed by Dr Alan K Huggins MBE, RDP, FRPSL
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Lot #151 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Lot #152 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1935 picture postcard from France on non-stop record flight to Argentina, plane was forced to return to Porto Praia after technical difficulties, with boxed cachet in black (Nierinck 350217a) and 1938 cover from France to Tunisia, seaplane crashed during take off from Marseille due to bad visibility, with “ACCIDENT D’AVION/Correspondances recucilliesender/NE PAS TAXER” cachet in black (380209...
Lot #153 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1936 cover from England to New Zealand, “Athena” plane caught fire taking off from Delhi, with two line cachet in pink (Nierinck 360929b) and 1937 cover from Congo to Belgium, “Sabena” plane crashed during landing, with “Courrier aerien SABENA/accidente/ORAN 28 Janvier 1937” cachet in red (370126a). (2 items) Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #154 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1936 cover from India to England, seaplane crashed during a forced landing at Mirabella Bay, with boxed “DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER I.S.” cachet (Nierinck 360822i) and 1939 cover from England to South Africa, seaplane crashed alighting at Mozambique, with boxed bilingual cachet (390501a). (2 items) Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #155 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1937 cover from Gera, Germany to England, the plane from Frankfurt to Brussels crashed near Ostende due to heavy fog, with note issued by the post office of Erfurt, very little mail was recovered, only a few covers known. Nierinck 371116b. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #156 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1937 cover from Panama to New York, plane crashed en route from Guayaquil to Cristobal due to bad weather, with “RECOVERED FROM CRASH/8-3-37 PLANE NC 15065/CRISTOBAL, C.Z.” cachet in black (Nierinck 370803d) and 1938 cover from Mexico, plane crashed into Mount Penon en route to Merida, with typewritten label (Nierinck 381202A). (2 items) Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #157 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1938 cover from Chile to Peru, plane crashed in the Andes, the wreck discovered over two years later, with four line cachet in violet. Nierinck 380619b. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #158 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1938 (Aug. 12) cover from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro, with “ACCIDENTE DE AVIAO” cachet in black, a plane accident for which no details are recorded, only a few covers known, scarce. Nierinck 380812. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #159 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1939 cover from England to Tasmania, plane crashed during take off from Darwin en route to Adelaide, with “SALVAGED EX PLANE-Crashed Katherine 18/1/39” cachet (Nierinck 390118d); 1938 cover from England to New Zealand, seaplane crashed in Lake Ramadi en route to Australia, with “RECEIVED IN DAMAGED CONDITION/EX FLYNG BOAT CALPURNIA” cachet in violet (381127a); 1939 cover from Australia to...
Lot #160 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1941 cover from Finland to Sweden, plane crashed near Abo (Turku) en route to Stockholm, with trilingual three line cachet in violet. Nierinck 411107. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #161 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1944 front from Canada to the Liberation Army in Italy, plane probably crashed in Italy but little information is known, with “SALVAGED FROM/AIR CRASH.” cachet in violet (Nierinck 440300) and 1946 cover from England to Holland, plane crashed in bad weather at Schiphol airport, with special three line label (461114a). (2 items) Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #162 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1944 cover to Sweden, plane crashed at Maklappen after an attack by the German military, with label on reverse (Nierinck 441129a) and 1944 cover from Beirut to Senegal, information about the accident on the flight from Lebanon to Senegal isn’t known, with “COURRIER SINISTRE” cachet in red (440313). (2 items) Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #163 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1945 covers (2, one with letter) from Leopoldville, plane forced to land at Dahomey after engine trouble, both with “Correspondance provenant de/ l’avoin sinistre Leopoldville-Bruxelles/du 9-12-56” cachets in black. Nierinck 451214a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #164 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1945 cover from Lebanon to New York, plane crashed while landing at Tripoli en route from Madagascar to Paris, with “Accident d’aviation/en TRIPOLITAINE” label. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #165 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1946 cover to Madagascar, plane crashed en route to Algiers in Minorca, with boxed “RETARDE/par suite d’Accident/d’Aviation” cachet (Nierinck 460205a); 1943 cover to England, plane crashed in the sea en route between Ceylon and Great Britain, little information being known about the crash, with “DAMAGED BY SEA WATER” cachet in violet (430600c); 1945 military cover from Canada to the USA, plane...
Lot #166 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1947 commercial cover from Nice to Paris, the aeroplane crashed near Chateau Bernard on 14 March, with eight line typewritten label in black. Nierinck 470314b. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #167 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1948, two covers to London carried on Sabena flight crashed on landing at Heathrow on 2 Mar, one with handwritten “Damaged by Fire” in red and one with three line handwritten note. Nierinck 480302b+f. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #168 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1951 to 1954, a selection comprising 1954 cover to England, Philippine Airlines plane crashed on the Beirut-Rome leg of the journey after catching fire, with “DAMAGED IN/PAL-AIRCRAFT CRASH.” cachet in black (Nierinck 540114f), 1951 cover from London to Colombia, plane crashed when landing in Kingston Bay, with two different cachets (510902a+b), 1952 cover from Brazil to the Netherlands, plane...
Lot #169 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Cancellations and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1951 (Oct. 15) cover from Cape Town to Natal, plane was travelling from Cape Town to Durban when it crashed in the Ingeli Mountains, with “SALVAGED CRASHED PLANE 15/10/51” violet cachet. One of 24 known examples. Nierinck 511015. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #170 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1953 registered cover from India to England, BOAC flight crashed at Jangipara after being caught in a hurricane, with “SALVAGED MAIL/”Comet” Crash, Near Calcutta/2nd. MAY 1953” cachet in violet (Nierinck 530502a) and 1959 cover from India to England, plane crashed at Maniknagar, with “SALVAGED MAILS/SILCHAR AIR CRASH/ON 29.3.59” cachet in violet. (2 items) Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120...
Lot #171 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1954 cover from Essex to U.S.A., plane crashed at Prestwick airport, with “SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/PRESTWICK 25-12-54” cachet in violet (Nierinck 541225); 1955 cover from Brussels, plane went missing and was found eight days later crashed in the Terminillo mountains, with violet cachet (550213); 1956 cover from Italy to Panama, plane crashed shortly after taking off from Orly airport, with...
Lot #172 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1956 cover from Italy to Canada, plane crashed near Orly just after take off (Nierinck 561123a) and 1954 cover from Italy to U.S.A., plane crashed on the fourth landing attempt at Idlewild airport, with “Damaged in Plane Crash” cachet in violet (541218e). (2 items) Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #173 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1962 cover from Belgium to Poland, plane exploded on landing at Okecie airfield, with typewritten label on reverse (Nierinck 621219); 1969 cover from Paris to Pau, plane caught fire at Orly airport destroying most of the mail, with “COURRIER ACCIDENTE/en COURS de TRANSPORT” cachet in black (690528b); 1988 cover from Paris, while trying to take off the plane crashed and caught fire, with “...
Lot #174 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1966 aerogramme from Hong Kong to Japan, crashed at Haneda Airport, with “Damaged in Air Crash/At Tokyo 1” cachet (Nierinck 660304a); 1968 postcard from England, crashed at London airport, with Hebrew violet cachet (680408a); 1974 cover from Italy to Johannesburg, plane crashed on the runway at Nairobi airport, with cachet in red (741120a). (3 items) Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #175 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1966 cover from West Germany to Berlin, plane crashed at Dallgow, with “Postsache/Ruckbriefstelle/der LPD Berlie” cachet in red and special note, Nierinck 661115 a+c. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
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