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1936 ‘SCIPIO’ MIRABELLA BAY, CRETE. On the 22nd August 1936 ...more
1936 ‘SCIPIO’ MIRABELLA BAY, CRETE. On the 22nd August 1936 the
Imperial Airlines ‘Scipio’ was landing at Mirabella Bay when one of
the pilots inadvertently set the tailplane at maximum incident,
making the plane nose heavy. The plane dived into the sea and sank
within a few minutes. The passengers and crew all escaped. Much of
the mail had the stamps washed off and received various cachets .
This cover from India that has a block of four 3as and has had one
stamp washed off, has a two line ‘DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER’ cachet.
(Sanford type ‘g’)
1936 ‘SCIPIO’ MIRABELLA BAY, CRETE. On the 22nd August 1936 ...more
1936 ‘SCIPIO’ MIRABELLA BAY, CRETE. On the 22nd August 1936 the
Imperial Airlines ‘Scipio’ was landing at Mirabella Bay when one of
the pilots inadvertently set the tailplane at maximum incident,
making the plane nose heavy. The plane dived into the sea and sank
within a few minutes. The passengers and crew all escaped. Much of
the mail had the stamps washed off and received various cachets .
This cover from India has had the stamps washed off and has a two
line ‘DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER’ cachet. (Sanford type ‘g’)
1948 (21.12.) Flugzeugabsturz in Calmote, Griechland durch Abschuss. ...more
1948 (21.12.) Flugzeugabsturz in Calmote, Griechland durch Abschuss. Nierinck: 481221. Eine Douglas DC 3 der C.S.A. auf dem Flug von Prag nach Lydda wurde in den griechischen Bergen durch Aufrührer in den Taigetos Bergen abgeschlossen. Alle Flugzeuginnsassen waren tod. Es wurde wenig Post gefunden. In Nierinck ohne Preisangabe. Der Brief war unrsprünglich aus Budapest. Umschlag war sehr stark beschädigt, es sind nur noch der Inhalt und ein Vermerkzettel der ungarischen Post erhalten geblieben. Crash Mail
Automatically generated translation:
1948 (21.12. ) air crash in Calmote, Griechland through Launching. Nierinck: 481221. A douglas DC 3 the C. S. A. On the flight from Prague to Lydda became in the Greek Bergen through rebel in the Taigetos Bergen finished. All Flugzeuginnsassen waren Death. It became few post found. In Nierinck without quotation. The letter war unrspruenglich from Budapest. Cover war very heavily damaged, there are only still the content and a note list the Hungarian post have been preserved. Crash Mail
David Morrison
Lot G5994
Fixed Price
150.00 GBP
(app. 173 EUR)
(app. 173 EUR)
David Morrison
Lot G5993
Fixed Price
115.00 GBP
(app. 133 EUR)
(app. 133 EUR)
Post und Geschichte GmbH
Lot 10.09.06.011
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Automatically generated translation:
1948 (21.12. ) air crash in Calmote, Griechland through Launching. Nierinck: 481221. A douglas DC 3 the C. S. A. On the flight from Prague to Lydda became in the Greek Bergen through rebel in the Taigetos Bergen finished. All Flugzeuginnsassen waren Death. It became few post found. In Nierinck without quotation. The letter war unrspruenglich from Budapest. Cover war very heavily damaged, there are only still the content and a note list the Hungarian post have been preserved. Crash Mail
Fixed Price
400.00 CHF
(app. 443 EUR)
(app. 443 EUR)
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