Lot 16
1933-9 crash covers, Eshowe, Mombasa, Challenger and Centurion ‡
The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1933 (Dec. 12th) cover to London carried on the flight that crashed in bad weather at Eshowe; the recovered mail was taken by rail to Johannesburg, where it connected with AN145, which was involved in an accident at Khartoum on the 18th. Bears a scarce boxed “By Air to London” marking. Offered on display page with a Tanganyika to Dublin cover, flown on a Wilson Airways Feeder Service from Dar-es-Salaam, which crashed at Mombasa on the 7th December. Also 1939 (May 1st) envelope from Birmingham to Durban from the Challenger crash at Lumbo, Mozambique, stamp missing, with excellent strike of the bilingual FLYING BOAT CORRESPONDENCE DAMAGED BY SEAWATER; and June 12th Centurion crash at Calcutta cover, origin not discernible with stamps missing, fair strike of Type B cachet. Four crash covers, some faults
