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Auction: 13031 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1861

Air Mail Crash Covers
The Pat Cassels Collection
1928 selection of twelve covers, including (1 March) Mermoz flight from Buenos-Aires to Rio de Janeiro; (23 April) Hannover-Magdeburg flight, forced down at Braunschweig; (16 Aug.) Havana-Florida flight forced down in the Gulf of Mexico; (4 Oct.) Casablanca-Toulouse flight, crashed near Gerona, charred envelope with "envelope dererioree/accident d´avion" cachet; (28 Dec.) San Jose (Costa Rica)-Port Limon, crashed on take off, etc. ; good to fine

Sold for
£210