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

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 “CORRESPONDANCE ACCIDENTE/EN COURS DE TRANSPORT” cachet in violet. (3 items) Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-200]