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Lot# 1250 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 1250 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 P.o.W. postcard, 'dove on helmet' type, written by Gunner J.H.P. Hutchins in Japanese P.O.W. Camp to England with Japanese and British censor marks on front. Card slightly burned at bottom right, safed from the Mount Brandon Crash, July 28, 1943, rare P.O.W. Mail Nierinck 430728.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF