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Auction: 21014 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 63

Malaya
Airmails
Wreck Covers
A collection comprising 1931 (19 Apr.) "City of Cairo" envelopes (2) from Singapore and Alor Star to Sydney; 1931 (Nov.) "Southern Sun" (crashed at Alor Star) envelope (faults) from Sydney to London; 1935 (31 Dec.) "City of Khartoum" envelope (stamp missing) from London to Singapore with Singapore PO notice of the crash; 1936 (22 Aug.) "Scipio" envelope (stamp missing) from Kuala Lumpur to London showing framed "damaged by sea/water"; 1937 (4 Dec.) "Cygnus" envelopes (2, one in a distressed state) from Butterworth to England with stamps missing and showing framed "damaged by/sea water/in airplane/accident" (one enclosed in OHMS "ambulance" envelope marked "Recovered from Cygnus"); 1939 (12 June) "Centurion" envelopes, one from Johore Bahru to London showing "salvaged mail/ex centurion" h.s. in red, the other from Singapore to Glasgow showing "salvaged mail/ex centuria" h.s. in red; 1953 (2 May) "Comet" envelopes (2) and Air Letters (2) from Singapore (3) and Kuala Lumpur to London showing "salvaged mail/"Comet" Crash. Near Calcutta/2nd may 1953" in violet (2) and "damaged by seawater/comet mail" in red (2); and 1954 (13 Mar) "Constellation" envelopes from Australia and New Zealand (2) to UK, two showing framed "salvaged mail/aircraft crash/singapore 13.3.54" in red and one with manuscript "Salvaged Mail, Aircraft crash Singapore 13/3/54". A good lot

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