£150
CRASH MAIL, 1930-37: Trio of covers inc. 8 May 1930 Aeropostale env. from Chabas to France. The LATE 28 piloted by Negrin crashed & sank between Buenos Aires and Natal on 10 May (Nierinck 300510) killing all but one passenger. Purple cachet on revers "Accident d'Avion/Correspondences Receuillies en mer/NE PAS TAXER"; 3 Nov. 1935 env. from Argentina to Paris crashed after leaving Bahia. Mail bags found on beach at Aracaju, no survivors. Violet cachet applied on reverse "COURRIER ACCIDENTE AU BRESIL/LE 3 NOVEMBRE 1935". Nierinck 351103.. Also 18 Oct. 1937 cover from Buenos Aires to Belgium. Plane disappeared en route fro Dakar to France with mail retrieved from sea off Morocco. A black 3-line cachet "Courrier sinistre/reconstitue par les soins du/Bureade Casablanca. Nierinck 371027. (3 covers)
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