Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1931 first solo Australia-Japan flight cover, seaplane crashed into telephone lines while circling around Katsuura, with ten line cachet in black, numbered 631 of 872 letters recovered (Nierinck 310815b) and 1931 Tokyo-Seattle first flight cover, plane had to land several times due to a storm, with circular cachet in red (310908a). (2 items) Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]