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Auction: 5006 - British Empire
Lot: 451

BURMA Crash and Wreck Mail 1947 (Aug.) envelopes (2) recovered from the B.O.A.C. flying boat "Portland" from Hong Kong which crashed at Bahrain, both from soldiers serving at Mingaladon Cantonment and franked at the 11/2a. concessionary rate, one (some water stains and accompanied by another from the same correspondence sent a little earlier in the month) with boxed "damaged by sea water" in violet, the other with boxed "damaged by/sea water" cachet in violet Estimate £ 150-200

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