Losnr. 4097 - 218.-221. Auktion
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Losnr. : 4097 Ägypten (Königreich)
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Katalognummer : 392+394+421+4221929: Cover from Bremen to Bombay, carried on the ill-fated 'City of Jerusalem' DH66 aeroplane, franked by perfinned 'DB' 1926 20 pf. and 30 pf. and 1928 60 pf. and 80 pf. tied by Bremen cds's (Aug 30). From Bremen to Munich by air and struck with 'Mit Luftpost befördert / Postamt München 2' in red, connecting to the Imperial Airways route to Alexandria. En route from Alexandria to Karachi, the plane caught fire and crash landed at JASK in the Persian Gulf on September 6, 1929. The pilot Captain Albert E. Woodbridge (alleged to have famously shot 'Red' Baron von Richtofen, the German ace, in a 1917 dogfight) was killed, along with another crew member and the sole passenger. The large part cover, somewhat burnt at top, was taken to Karachi (Sept 15) where an 'Ambulance' envelope was supplied and endorsed 'Protecting Cover' and sent on by registered airmail to Bombay (Sept 18). There are very few recorded covers from this crash and this is certainly the only cover recorded complete with intact 'Ambulance' cover. Illustrated in Nierinck on page 227. An airmail rarity Nierinck 290907Ausruf : 1.500 CHFZuschlag : nicht verkauft -
