£460
AIR CRASH MAIL - 1946-49 WORLD MIX - BALEARIC ISLANDS/IRAQ/ANGOLA/U.S.A.: 1946 env. ex France to Madagascar carried on Air France Dewoitine 338 which crashed in February on Minorca but the mail was delayed as the Spanish police did not release it until September, with small boxed "AVION/ACCIDENTE" cachet; pair of 1947 water damaged envs. ex Chine to Switzerland or ex India to UK carried on BOAC Sandringham flying boat "Portland" which crashed in the sea while landing at Bahrein with purple boxed "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" cachets; 1948 charred & repaired env. ex Angola to UK carried by Sabena Airline Douglas DC4 which crashed in Belgian Congo with "Accident Avion Sabena/Avons laisser poursuivre/vers leurs destinations" cachet; 1949 env. ex USA carried by American Airlines Douglas DC6 which crashed on landing in Dallas with faint "Damaged in AIR/Crash Nov. 29 '49/DALLAS, TE" cachet. (5 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS
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