£170
AIR CRASH MAIL - NIGERIA/ANGOLA/BELGIAN CONGO: 1951 registered env. ex Angola to Portugal flown on Lockheed Constellation LO49 which crashed in Liberia with "SALVADOS DO AVIO/PA 181 21/22-6-1951" hs; 1955 env. ex Belgium to Belgian Congo flown on a Douglas DC6 which crashed near Rome with "POSTES ROME GARE AVION/Correspondance recouveree/dans le desastre d'avion du 13 FEB 1955" cachet on back; and 1956 charred env. ex Nigeria to UK flown on BOAC with large purple "SALVAGED/ARGONAUT AIR/CRASH KANO" cachet; plus a c.1938 env. UK to South Africa sealed with "Found open and/Oop gevind en/officially closed in/ampshalwe in die/the Post Office/poskantoor toegeplak" label on flap. (4 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, NIGERIA, PORTUGUESE COLONIES
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