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  • Lot# : 524 Great Britain

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    Imperial Airways Collision of 'Horsa' Handley Page HP43 Hannibal Class with "Helena" at Khartoum, 18 December 1933; Air mail cover sent from Sidup (England) to Nairobi (Kenya), dated 12 December 1933, franked with KGV block of four 1½ d. and 1 d., transported south in "Helena" arriving in Khartoum when it collided with "Horsa" which was travelling northbound, arrival to reverse dated 21 December 1933, no special markings are attributed to this incident, however it is explained in Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways on page 71, very unusual, rare, only three covers known. Nierinck 331218 (Horsa).
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF