Lot 848
POSTAL HISTORY: 1931-63 First Flight and...





Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5933
Auction: 26 July 2022 at 01:00 BST
Estimate: £500 - £600
Description
POSTAL HISTORY: 1931-63 First Flight and Airmail collection on exhibition pages, includes crash mail: 1936 with "DAMAGED BY WATER" handstamp from Imperial Airways flying boat "Scipio" which sank near Crete. Two 1938 covers recovered from the Calpurnia crash with different "Received in Damaged Condition" cachets. 1954 two covers recovered from Singapore crash, etc. (33 items)





