AIR CRASH + SHIP WRECK COVERS TO G.B. - EX INDIA, NEWFOUNDLA...

Hammer

£190

AIR CRASH + SHIP WRECK COVERS TO G.B. - EX INDIA, NEWFOUNDLAND & SINGAPORE; 1937-54 lot inc. 30 Nov. 1937 Cygnus crash trio (stamps washed off) ex Bombay with mainly v. fine purple boxed "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER/IN AIRPLANE/ACCIDENT" or black "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER" (2) with two related newspaper cuttings; plus damaged 7 June 1939 env. ex Sydney (stamps gone) with v. fine red "SALVAGED MAIL/EX CENTURION", 18 Apr. 1945 env. (fine for this; stamps gone) ex "BOTWOOD/NEWFD." (v. fine cds) with v. fine purple Liverpool "DAMAGED BY FIRE&WATER" (SS Scythia fire at Liverpool), and 8 Jan. 1945 pair of envs. ex Singapore (one with stamps in place, the other regd. with stamps lost) with v. fine red "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER/COMET MAIL" marks. Good group. (7 covers + 2 cuttings)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, INDIA, NEWFOUNDLAND, MALAYA/MALAYSIA