£500
Ireland / Nigeria. 1943 (July 23) Cover from Ibadan, Nigeria to England franked 1/3, triangular censor cachet, minor soiling, handstamped violet "DAMAGED BY / FIRE IN TRANSIT". From the B.O.A.C Lisbon to Poole flying boat which got lost and crashed in fog on Mount Brandon in Northern Ireland on July 27th, killing ten people. Less than 10% of the 30,000 letters on board were recovered, many severely damaged; the mail was mainly from West Africa or from British P.O.Ws in the Far East. A very scarce crash cover, unusually good condition for mail from this crash. N.430728. Photo on Page 28.
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