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Auction: 13031 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1858

Air Mail Crash Covers
The Pat Cassels Collection
1919 (Sept. 15) New York-Chicago flight, crashed at Cleveland, slightly envelope from France franked Sower 25c., with explanatory slip "Accompanying mail was unavoidably damaged by/fine on areoplane (sic) due to leave Cleveland, Ohio, at/9:30 A.M. , Sept. 15, 1919"; Very rare, only three covers recorded. Photo

Sold for
£160