£260
AIR CRASH MAIL - U.S.A./ITALY/JAMAICA/VENEZUELA/NETHERLANDS/CANADA/EGYPT: 1951-1959 collection inc. 1951 charred env. ex US to Italy (missing stamps) flown on Douglas DC3 which crashed near Milan and accompanying Ambulance env. with "Contiene correspondenza danneggiata/ricuperata nell' incidente/all' aereo New York-Milano/del 23 dicembre 1951" cachet; 191 env. ex USA to Jamaica flown by Pan-Am Convair 240 which crashed into Kingston Bay with boxed "DEMORADA SU ENTREGA/par accidente sufrido en el Avion/N-90662 de Panamerican World/Airways el 2 de Sepbre. de 1951" cachet; pair 1954 envs. ex Holland to USA flown by Lockheed Constellation L1049C with "SALVAGED FROM K.L.M. CRASH AT SHANNON" black or purple hs's; pair 1954 charred window envs. ex Canada flown by Trans-Canada Airlines "North Star" which collided with another plane near Moose Jaw with large or small "SALVAGED FROM/T.C.A. WRECK" black or red hs's; plus other examples (some charred) from or to USA, Venezuela, Italy, or Egypt. (17 covers)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, ITALY, JAMAICA
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