Lot 23
1968 and 1974 crash covers ‡







The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1974 (Nov. 20th) envelope, window envelope and card from the Nairobi air crash, carried by Lufthansa on its Frankfurt - Nairobi - Johannesburg route. Neat envelope from Germany, window envelope with meter mark (roughly opened) from Germany and (creased and soiled) postcard from the Netherlands. All with one or more strikes of the bilingual cachet RETRIEVED FROM AIR CRASH ON/ 20 NOV MB R AT NAIROBI. Also 1968 South West Africa Swakopmund to Germany, slightly charred in places, from the Apr. 18th crash at Windhoek







