£300
AIR CRASH MAIL - 1968-88 WORLD MIX: A collection on leaves inc. 1969 charred env. ex France carried on board a DC4 which crashed in Paris on take off with "COURRIER ACCIDENTE/en COURS de TRANSPOR[T]" cachet; 1970 water damaged env. ex Switzerland to Israel on board a Swissair Convair Coronado which crashed when a mail bomb exploded near Zurich with "Correspondance provenant/du "Coronado" tombe a/Wurenlingen./Office postal Zurich 58" cachet; 1974 slightly charred env. ex Germany to USA carried by a TWA Flight which caught fire on landing at Los Angeles with purple "DAMAGED BY AIRCRASH" cachet; 1988 charred PPC ex France carried by a Vickers Vanguard VC9 which crashed while landing at Toulouse with purple "COURRIER RETARDE/SUITE ACCIDENT AEROPOSTALE/DU 29-01-88" cachet; plus others with cachets or letters from GB, Israel, France, Nigeria, Colombia, USA, Kenya, Germany, or India. (22 items) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND
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