AIR CRASH MAIL - CANADA & USA: 1921 charred env. carried on ...

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AIR CRASH MAIL - CANADA & USA: 1921 charred env. carried on on an east bound mail plane crashing at Rock Springs with fine purple "THIS LETTER SALVAGED FROM AIR MAIL/PLANE WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AT/ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING, MAY 5, 1921/POSTMASTER, CHEYENNE, WYO." cachet; 1924 env. (signed by pilot) ex Estevan to Winnipeg franked strip of 3 x 1c Admiral stamps + large red "First Saskatchewan Aerial Mail" $1 label carried by Curtiss JN-4 which crashed due to engine over heating, and another similar env. without $1 label. (3 covers)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, CANADA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR MAIL COVERS

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Auction Date:
5th Mar 24 at 11am GMT

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