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Auction: 13031 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1868

Air Mail Crash Covers
The Pat Cassels Collection
1932 selection of nine covers, including (15 Jan.) Kingsford Smith Croydon-Australia flight, delayed at Timor; (26 Jan.) South Africa- London flight, damaged on take off, cover franked South West Africa Official 2d. and Air Mail 10d.; (28 March) Saigon-Marseilles flight, delayed between Corfu and Naples with "courrier accidente" cachet, two covers, one with stamps floated off; (13 Aug.) Marseille-Siagon flight, capsized in Beyrouth Harbour, cover with stamps floated off with "Lettre Parvenue Deterioree/Suite Accident Courrier Avion" cachet, etc., chiefly fine

Estimate
£350 to £400