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Lot# 1249 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 1249 British Fieldpost Military Mail 2.WK

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    B.O.A.C. Crash of Short S25 Sunderland Flying Boat 'G-AGES' from Nigeria - Lisbon - (Foynes) 1943 (July 28): 'DAMAGED BY / FIRE IN TRANSIT' purple cachet applied on fragment of P.o.W. postcard written by C.S.M. Eric G.V.Burgoyne interned in Japanese P.o.W. at 'Moulmein in Burma' with part of Japanese censor mark in red on front. Despite the fact that only a fragment could be preserved, a very rare example of P.o.W. mail from Burma, recovered after Mount Brandon Crash July 28 1943 Nierinck 430728.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF