£230
Bahrain - India / Hong Kong. 1947 Registered cover from India franked 1r11p or from Hong Kong franked $1 (a further stamp washed off) and another cover probably from India with stamps washed off, all to England, from the B.O.A.C flying boat "Portland" which crashed at Bahrein on August 23rd whilst en route from Hong Kong to England, killing ten people. Handstamped boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" (2 types) in violet or "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER I.S" in black, the Hong Kong cover with some edge faults. N.470823. (3).
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