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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2182

(x) South Africa
1936 (10 Feb.) Pietersburg "Artemis" Crash
1936 (30 Jan.?) airmail envelope from Germany to Cape Town franked at 65pf., damaged in the crash and sealed with three "Found open and officially closed" bi-lingual labels with "postmaster/johannesburg" oval datestamp, all dated 12 February having been recovered and forwarded. Rare with only ten items recorded. Nierinck 360210. Photo

Note: Imperial Airways airliner was southbound from London. Taking off at night from Pietersburg the aircraft struck a plantation of trees on the airfield perimeter and was completely wrecked. The crew of two, Capt. Spafford and First Officer Beckman, were seriously injured while the six passengers escaped with minor injuries

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£520