Lot 11371 – Ireland 1907-2011 Ship Wreck and Airmail Crashes: Amazing Eight volume collection

1907-2011 Ship Wreck and Airmail Crashes: Amazing Eight volume collection of recovered mail, 100 crash covers or recovered mail relating to Ireland, starting with 1917 (March 13) « S.S. Norwegian » ship disaster and from 1929 onwards with recovered crash airmail as 1935 (March 6) Imperial Airways diverted service Port Said – Alexandria – London via Tobruk and Malta, 1935 (July 17) KLM DC-2 ‘Maraboe’ crash at Bushire and (Dec. 9), 1937 (Mai 1) Imperial Airways interrupted flight, ‘Courtier’ Flying boat (Oct. 1) at Phaleron Bay Athens (2), 1938 (Nov. 2) ‘Calpurnia’ (2), 1939 (Mai 1) ‘Challenger’ crash at Mozambique Harbour (1), WWII wartime crashes (16), ten items of 1954 (March 13) B.O.A.C ‘Belfast’ crash at Singapore, 1954 (Aug. 3) Air France crash at Norwich, Connecticut with two acceptances from Germany (GFR/GDR) and B.O.A.C. ‘Cathay’ crash (Dec. 25), all accompanied by many original photographs, newspaper clips, official Reports of ‘Inspector of Accidents by Ministry of Aviation’ and many more relating material. A unique lifetime achievement.