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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2251

(x) South Africa
Later Crashes
1987 (28 Nov.) S.A.A. "Heiderberg" Crash
1987 (25 Nov.) envelopes (2, minor damage) ex Standard Bank of South Africa correspondence registered from Tokyo to Cape Town and both accompanied by Johannesburg Post Office photocopy explanatory letters. Two of the three items recorded. Nierinck 871128b

Note: Boeing 747-Combi ZS-SAS "Heidelberg" of South African Airways flight 295 from Taipei to Johannesburg was lost some 46 minutes before the estimated arrival time at Plaisance Airport, Mauritius. Capt. D. Uys reported that there was smoke in the aircraft and soon afterwards the aircraft plunged into the Indian Ocean. All 159 persons on board lost their lives

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