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  • Lot# : 1004 Mocambique

    Imperial Airways G-ADVB 'Corsair' Crash at Faradje, Dangu River, Belgian Congo 1939 (March 15): Registered Envelope from "Lourenço Marques" (12-14. 39) to "Paris 21-3 39", carried by IA service NO DN 178 Durban - Southampton, plane was forced down and sank into Dangu river (adhesives washed off), bearing French special cachet 'ACCIDENT D'AVION / Correspondance / recueillies en Mer / NE PAS TAXER' in black, applied only on Mail from Mozambique. The only cover recorded from Mozambique, illustrated and described in K.C. Sanford's Handbook Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways on page 164 Nierinck 390315b.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF
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