£1,700
Singapore - Royal Household Mail. 1954 Stampless cover with royal arms on the flap, addressed to "Major Edward Ford, C.B., M.V.O, Buckingham Palace" and endorsed "By Bag", edge singeing, with violet boxed "SALVAGED MAIL / AIRCRAFT CRASH / SINGAPORE 13.3.1954. One bag of mail from the royal party then touring Australia (being sent back to London in a special bag outside the normal postal system) was recovered from the crash at Singapore; mail in this one bag received the "Salvaged Mail" cachet in violet instead of red. Very scarce. N540313h. Photo on Page 30.
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