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Auction: 13031 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1907

Air Mail Crash Covers
The Pat Cassels Collection
1961-2008 collection of fifty-three covers or cards and much collateral material, housed in three albums contained in a carton, including 1961 (15 Feb.) New York-Brusssels flight crashed on landing; 1961 (10 May) Brazzaville-Paris flight, crashed in the Sahara; 1962 (23 June) Paris-Santiago de Chile, crashed on landing in the Azores, cover (with ambulance cover) from East Germany to Venezuela; 1963 (13 April) Glasgow-Reykjavik flight, crashed at Oslo, charred envelope and explanatory slip (very rare); 1968 (8 April) London-Zurich flight, crashed shortly after take off, eight covers, destinations with Australia, Israel, New Zealand, etc., a fascinating lot

Sold for
£2,900