£140
AIR CRASH MAIL - 1935-36 MIX: A collection on leaves inc. 1936 env. ex Ethiopia to Italy carried on CRDA Cant Z-506 Airone which crashed in Libya with red "Ricuperata Incendie/idrovolante I-RODI" cachet; 1936 charred p.stat. PC ex GB to Germany carried on Lufthansa Junkers JU-52/3m "Marschall v. Bieberstein" which force landed outside Hanover (no explanatory note attached); 1936 env. ex GB to South Africa, one of only 24 carried by the Percival Mew Gull 'Baragwanath' (this cover pictured in Nierinck) participating in the Schlesinger Air Race with ms 'Salvaged from wreck of Capt. Halses plane, crashed at Dombashawa, near Salisbury S. Rhodesia 30-9-36' & purple "The De Havilland Aircraft Co. (Rhodesia), Ltd." cachet; plus 1935 water damaged cover carried on France to Martinique service. (4 items) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, FRENCH COLONIES, ITALY
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