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WWII CRASH & WRECK MAILS - ICELAND, ARGENTINE, RAILWAY RAID, ETC.: 1942-43 group inc 1942 env. Reykjavik to New York carried on the SS Ebro which grounded and broke up in Strathbeg Bay, Scotland env. struck with purple "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER" hs; 1942 env. Buenos Aires to Sweden (stamps floated off) carried by PANAM Clipper via Portugal the plane crashed in the River Tagus, this env. recovered and sent onward to Sweden where it was sealed with a Swedish crash label; 1943 env. (remains) Belgium to Middelburg, Netherlands routed via Cologne (A.c. censor hs) and damaged in Allied bombing raid, struck with purple "Durch FEiNDEi NviRkUNG" hs (Damaged through enemy action) and 1943 env. (remains) registered Watenstedt to Den Haag again with Cologne censor hs and Dutch printed label which translates to "Received from abroad in a damaged (fire) condition". (4 items) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, ICELAND, ARGENTINA
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