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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2191

(x) South Africa
1936 (25 Sept.) "Boadicea" Crash
1936 (25 Sept.) envelope (227x102mm.) from London to East London, stamp floated off and showing partially fine strike of the red cachet applied in France and with reverse covered with French Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones labels, offered with a contemporary newspaper cutting announcing the crash; very rare with this being the sole example of mail recovered addressed to South Africa. Also 1937 (22 May) Imperial Airways 1000th. Flight illustrated envelope (230x1033mm.) from London to Johannesburg on flying boat "Castor", franked at 6d., collided with yacht "Neptune" whilst taxing from her mooring at Hythe. Nierinck 360925b, 370522. Photo

Note: The Imperial Airways airliner "Boadicea" disappeared over the English Channel

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£580