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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2231

(x) South Africa
1939-45 World War II Unidentified Crashes
1941 (21 Nov.) On Active Service card from Indian F.P.O. 90 to Cape Town showing "damaged in aircraft fire" handstamp, 1942 (Jan.) 3d. aerogramme (a little charred at edges) from to Johannesburg, 1943 (Aug.) charred envelope from Ceylon to Cape Town and forwarded in ambulance envelope with "salvaged mail" handstamp, 1943 (Oct.) envelope from South Africa to a P.O.W. in Stalag VIIIC (Poland) with "salvaged mail" handstamp, and 1945 (July) charred envelope registered from Army Post Office 37 (Turin, Italy) to Durban with the contents mentioning an enclosed gift of £4 (four £1 notes) which have remained undamaged and forwarded in ambulance envelope

Note: Crashes of military aircraft or aircraft brought down by enemy action were not publicised and military records did not permit access to what records existed

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Estimate
£200 to £250