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lot # 170 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail

Wednesday Sep 24, 2014 08:00 Europe/London

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]

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