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* N - Nierinck which is the book used for the identification numbers.

Click below number for larger scan AZ1006 France Crash 1937 p/card " Map of Flight" Air France Marseilles to Natal, Brazil. Pilots: Codos and Rossi. Engine trouble caused plane to forced landed at Azores. Has *** Raid Interrompu 7 line cachet with detials of landing etc. Fine condition. $50.00
Click below number for larger scan G142 France 1969 Cover from Paris (Orly)-Pointiers -Bordeaux flight caught fire on take off. Most of mail destroyed. Applied **/*** Correspondence Accidente/Cours De Transport red cachet. (N 690528c) Dirty cover showing signs of being burnt. Scarcer item. $100.00
Click below number for larger scan G466 Iraq 1938 Plane "Calpurnia" flying boat left Southampton and crashed on landing at Lake Ramadi. Applied **/*** Received In Damaged Condition/Ex Flying Boat /Calournia violet cachet. This applied to mail going to New Zealand. (N381127) Good for this. $110.00
Click below number for larger scan G467 Italy 1954 Large document env. and from Phillipine Islands a DC6 plane having two engines on fire crashed forced landing in field nr Ciampino airport. There were 18 deaths on this flight only part mail recovered. Applied in G.B. intended destination ** Damaged In PAL/Aircraft Crash cachet. Scarcer. (N540114 ) Fair/Fine condition. $100.00 SOLD
Click below number for larger scan G468 Netherlands 1934 Plane "Ulver" from Schipol but over Syria on route to Ned. Indies was in storm and crashed at Rutbah Wells. 4 Crew killed as well as three passengers. Has no special cachets. (N341220) Fine condition. $50.00
Click below number for larger scan G303 Netherland Indies - Crash 1934 Cover from Holland in "UIVER" that crashed in a storm at Rutbah Wells in Dutch East Indies. Cover assumed damp and Flight cachet applied in Netherlands very faint and not readable. Back stamped. Bandoeng 29-12-34. (Nierinck 341220) Good for this. $45.00
Click below number for larger scan G469 Phillipine Islands-Sir Francis Chichester 1931 Airmail cover Sir Francis Chichester 1st Long Distance Flight - Australia/Japan but crashed. This letter forwarded on from Manila to Katsuura, Japan signed by Sir Francis Chichester Numbered 495/872. {N3107000} Fine condition. $110.00
Click below number for larger scan G470 Singapore 1954 O.H.M.S. cover from BOAC plane "Belfast" that crashed on landing at Kallang Airport. Applied **/*** Salvaged Mail/Aircraft Crash/Singapore/ 13.3.1954 red cachet. Sent from Australia with stamp removed and charred. (N540313) Good for this. $60.00
Maritime Wreck NONE AT PRESENT

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