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Auction: 22026 - Stamps and Covers of Asia featuring the Peter Cockburn FRPSL Collection of Malaya B.M.A.
Lot: 318

India
Covers and Cancellations
Wreck and Crash Mail
Aircraft
1935-50 group of crash covers (11) including 1935 (1 Dec.) "City of Khartoum" from Guernsey to India without markings; 1936 (22 Aug.) "Scipio" from India to London with framed "damaged by water" in red; 1936 (25 Sept.) "Boadicea" from Glasgow to Penang with manuscript endorsement; 1936 (29 Sept.) from London to Rawalpindi with special Mount Pleasant label affixed on reverse; 1937 (4 Dec.) "Cygnus" from Calcutta to England with framed "damaged by/sea water/in airplane/accident" in violet plus "ambulance" envelope; 1939 (12 June) from Burma to Glasgow with unframed "salvaged mail/ex. centurion" in red; 1947 (23 Aug.) "Portland" from Bombay to London (2) with framed "damaged by/sea water" in black and framed "damaged by sea water" in violet; and 1950 (3 Nov.) "Malabar Princess" from Ferozepore to England with special label on reverse. A fine lot

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