£180
AIR CRASH MAIL - 1936 'BOADICEA' CRASH COVER GROUP: Pair of covers ex UK carried on the Imperial Airways Boulton which crashed in the English Channel. Charred env. to Gibraltar and French Ambulance env. with red cachet "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS/Correspondance retardee par suite/du naufrage d'un Avion/Reconstitue par la Service Francais/NE PAS TAXER" cachet; charred env. to Australia with label attached "The accompanying packet which was/washed ashore on the coast of England/was apparently conveyed by the Imperial/Airways Airplane "Boadicea" which left/Croydon on the 25th September and failed/to arrive at Paris./The inconvenience occasioned is/regretted./Returned Letter Section/Mount Pleasant/E.C.1.". Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, GIBRALTAR, AUSTRALIA
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