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AIR CRASH MAIL - IRAQ/U.S.A. - MEXICO/ITALY - COLUMBIA: 1954 env. (charred, water damaged, front & back separated) ex Iraq to USA flown by Air France Constellation which crashed at Norwich, USA with blurred "Delay caused by/Air Mail Interruption/Near Norwich Conn/Date AUG 3 1954" on back portion; 1956 charred env. (repaired) ex Mexico to Italy recovered from crash in Mexico with purple "Corrispondencia recuperada del vuelo/P26 Compagnia de Mexico/[perdito] en vuelo, en la serra el 13 FEB. 1956" cachet (not recorded in Nierick or Sanford); 1956 env. (missing right edge) ex Colombia flown on AIDA Airlines SPHY-5A which crashed near Boyaca with purple "DEMORADA SU ENTREGA POR ACC[IDENTE]/AVION HK-133 DE LA COMPANIA/DICIEMBRE 8 DE 1.956.[sic]" cachet. (3 covers)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, IRAQ, COLOMBIA
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