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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2237

(x) South Africa
Later Crashes
1951 (15 Oct.) SAA "Paardeberg" Crash
1951 (14 Oct.) envelope from Cape Town to Durban bearing 2d. with despatch machine datestamp and showing "salvaged crashed plane 15/10/51" handstamp in violet applied at Durban; rare with little mail surviving. Nierinck 511015. Photo

Note: On 15 October the South African Airways Dakota "Paardeberg" under the command of Capt. Douglas Ellis crashed into the Ingeli Mountains near Kokstad whilst en route from Port Elizabeth to Durban. All four crew and thirteen passengers were killed. The small amount of mail was found strewn over the mountain a week later

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Estimate
£200 to £250