£420
Malaya / Holland. 1954 (Jan 8) Registered cover from Singapore to Amsterdam with $1 meter, from the Comet crash near Elba, minor water damage, bearing the explanatory label "Door ongeval beschadigd to / Amsterdam CS ontvangen" tied by Amsterdam Central Station c.d.s (Jan 19), not recorded by Nierinck although one cover (probably this one) is mentioned in Major Hopkin's book. A rare cover, virtually all mail from this crash being to G.B, this cover received a week earlier than the U.K mail, ex Hardeman Smith collection. N.540110. Photo on Page 28.
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