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AIR CRASH MAIL - HAITI-USA, LONDON-SARAWAK, FRANCE-COMORO ISLANDS, SOUTH AFRICA-GERMANY, GB-TASMANIA: 1965 env. (illustrated in Nierinck) ex Haiti to USA flown on Haiti Airways Douglas DC3 which crashed into the sea off Miami with purple "Received in bad condition at_____" hs; 1968 Air Letter ex GB to Sarawak carried on BOAC Boeing 707 which crashed on take off at Heathrow with unrecorded Sarawak Post Office label attached "This cover was salvaged from the/aircraft which crashed at London Heathrow/airport on 8th April, 1968./Head Postmaster/Miri"; 1968 env. ex France to Comoro Islands carried on Air Comores Airline De Haviland Heron 1B which crashed on landing at Moroni with "AVION ACCIDENT/27 JANVIER 1968" cachet (unrecorded in Nierinck); 1968 charred env. in plastic bag ex South Africa to Germany carried by SAA Boeing which crashed soon after take off with note attached from Windhoek Postmaster explaining damage and delay; and 1968 charred & water damaged env. ex GB to Tasmania with accompanying letter from Australia Postmaster regarding the same crash. (9 items)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, SARAWAK
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