Lot# 1008 - Auction 298-307

Imperial Airways Crash of Short S.23 'CENTURION' at Hoogly River, Calcutta 1939 (June 12): Group of six crash covers from Burma and Malaya bearing 'SALVAGED MAIL / EX. CENTURION" cachets in red, including one with misspelt "EX. CENTURIA" variety (Nierinck type c) from Malaya and two matching covers from Penang showing inverted 'D' variety (Nierinck type d), further two stationeries and one cover from Rangoon, Burma of which one with M.P.480 label and the envelope with 'CENTURIO' variety with missing 'N'. Nierinck 390612.