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Auction: 13031 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1898

Air Mail Crash Covers
The Pat Cassels Collection
1952 selection of eleven covers or cards, including (14 Feb.) Madras-Nagpur flight, crashed on landing at Sonnegar, charred cover without markings; (22 March) Johannesburg-Amsterdam flight, crashed on landing at Rome, charred cover and card with five line explanatory slips; (23 March) Karachi-Bangkok flight, forced landing due to mechanical trouble, two covers, one with "this letter was burnt in a plane crash at bangkok" slip; (10 July) Salvador-Natal flight, crashed into the sea, envelope to Belgium with large framed "retarda" three line cachet, etc., good to fine

Sold for
£210