Lot 19
1937 (Jun. 14th) Germiston Crash cover ‡

The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1937 (Jun. 14th) envelope from Johannesburg to Durban, charred, with original contents, carried on a Junkers JU-86 which crashed shortly after takeoff from Germiston for Durban. With ambulance envelope and letter, also an original photograph of the crash site. Although all 112 items of mail were salvaged, it “was all commercial” (Arrow), so “few items still exist, and only 6 complete sets (i.e. with the ‘coffin’ envelope) are believed to exist." Nierinck 370614

