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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2242

(x) South Africa
Later Crashes
1968 (20 Apr.) S.A.A. Crash at Windhoek
1968 (17 Apr.) envelope from Springbok to Germany bearing 2½c. (6), minor damage and accompanied by Windhoek Post Office explanatory leaflet; also copy of South African Digest wrapper and contents from Johannesburg to Germany returned to the sender in a large Official envelope with Windhoek datestamp (24.4). Nierinck 680240

Note: S.A.A.'s newly commissioned Boeing 707 airliner "Pretoria" bound for Frankfurt and London crashed on take-off 10 kilometres from Windhoek airport. Only six of the 129 occupants survived

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Estimate
£150 to £200