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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2240

(x) South Africa
Later Crashes
1960 (24 Aug.) Qantas Crash, Mauritius
1960 (Aug.) charred envelope from Johannesburg to Melbourne and offered complete with Australia Postmaster-General's Depart explanatory letter and an OHMS ambulance envelope. Nierinck 600824

Note: On 24 August the QANTAS Super Constellation "Southern Wave" crashed on take-off from Port Louis. Passengers and crew escaped though the plane was completely gutted by fire. Only one bag of mail was salvaged

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Sold for
£100