Lot 51277 – Airmail: 1950 small damaged O.I.G.S. cover to New York
Lot 51277 – Airmail: 1950 small damaged O.I.G.S. cover to New York
Lot 51277 – Airmail: 1950 small damaged O.I.G.S. cover to New York
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
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Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
400 – 500 GBP
Auction date
Thu 16 Dec 2021 at 14:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1950 Small damaged O.I.G.S. cover to New York with Calcutta meter mark frankings with two sealing tapes and mimeographed label reading “BUREAU DE POSTES AEROPORT FAROUK / Le retard et l’etat de l’objet sont due a l’accident survenu a lavion le 31-8-50”. Scorched and water-soaked. TWA Flight 903 was en route from Bombay to New York. On the Cairo to Rome leg it crashed and burned out with the loss of all 55 passengers and crew near the village of Ityai el Barud north of Cairo. Auction
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