Lot 40074 – Argentina 1943 (22 Janv) crash mail cover to Switzerland
Lot 40074 – Argentina 1943 (22 Janv) crash mail cover to Switzerland
Lot 40074 – Argentina 1943 (22 Janv) crash mail cover to Switzerland
Argentina » Airmails / Air Post
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Price realised
100 CHF
Estimate
150 – 180 CHF
Auction date
Fri 19 Jun 2026 at 15:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
Crash Mail: 1943 (15.10.) registered airmail cover to Olten, Switzerland with Bermudan censorship at left applied in transit, the aircraft that carried the mail from South America crashed and sank when landing on the Tagus river in Lisbon, 20 passengers died, the stamps have washed off and a white label applied ‘Im Wasser gelegener Brief/ (Flugzeugungluck)/ Marken fehlen, Basel 2 Bv.’, Lisbon transit and arrival backstamps.
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