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Aerophilately & Crash/Wreck
Countries A - B (including Boer War)
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Aerophilately
cuv NORTHERN RHODESIA: BAROTSELAND AIRMAILS: 1939 Second Flight LUSAKA - MONGU: Cover bearing KGV 1範 tied Lusaka cds 9 JAN 39. SIGNED BY PILOT, H R KIRKMAN. Very few carried, not all signed. VF, rare. ...pcba/026
Price: $ 575 Please register to buy
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cuv NORTHERN RHODESIA: BAROTSELAND AIRMAILS: 1939 Flight FORT JAMESON - LUSAKA: Cover bearing KGV 1範 tied Fort Jameson cds 4 JAN .9 with Lusaka arrival cds 11 JAN 39 on reverse (most of the small mail missed the first flight and was carried on the next week's flight). VF, rare. ...unur/026
Price: $ 285 Please register to buy
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cuv NYASALAND: 1934 (7 Mar) First Flight Cover (registered) to Salisbury with 2x Nyasaland 4d (SG 106) tied Limbe cds. "First Flight - Regular Air Mail Service - Nyasaland - Southern Rhodesia" cachet. Backstamped Blantyre Registered (7 Mar) and Regd Salisbury (8 Mar). VF. ...jtyu/am4
Price: $ 125 Please register to buy
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cuv NYASALAND: 1934 (7 Mar) First Flight Cover (registered) to Salisbury with Nyasaland 1/- (SG 108) tied Blantyre/Registered cds. "First Flight - Regular Air Mail Service - Nyasaland - Southern Rhodesia" cachet and Salisbury (8 Mar) arrival cds. VF. ...scth/am4
Price: $ 140 Please register to buy
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cuv SA: 1918 "Make your 6d fly". First CAPE TOWN FLIGHT card (Large Wings) franked KGV 範 tied cds 7 OCT. Addressed to Rosebank. A tad less than fine with some creasing and pinholes. Nonetheless a sound crisply cancelled example. Message side reads: "Dear Anthea, Daddy has bought this card for you to remember the day on which everybody is trying to do lots of things to get money for the soldiers. It will pass over our house perhaps. So look out for the aeroplane. From Mummy." ...vftm/041
Price: $ 180 Please register to buy
Aerophilately
cuv SA: 1918 "Make your 6d fly". Small Wings PRETORIA FLIGHT card franked KGV 範 tied special AERIAL POST cds 27.NOV, superbly struck. Card is light blue on red print. Lovely example, VF, scarce. ...ncii/081
Price: $ 285 Please register to buy
Aerophilately
cuv SA: 1918 "Make your 6d fly". First CAPE TOWN FLIGHT card (Large Wings) franked KGV 範 tied cds 7 OCT. Addressed to Wynberg. F-VF example. Message side reads: "Cape Town, September 30 1918. Dear Audrey, This postcard is supposed to fly to you, or rather, to be carried in a flying machine. I hope it does not get lost on its journey and that you will receive it alright. Best love from Daddy." ...vftn/041
Price: $ 230 Please register to buy
Aerophilately
cuv SA: 1919 "Peace Celebrations" PIGEONGRAM: Superb group of flown flimsy affixed to Pigeon Post form (No381) together with carrying envelope for onward mailing. Relevant datestamps and cachets (including Governor General's Fund cachet - free franking privilege - on carrying envelope). Exceedingly scarce. Exhibition showpiece, rarity! .gskprj/040
Price: $ 3035 Please register to buy
Aerophilately
cuv SA/KUT: 1932 Imperial Airways first Cape-London flight, Cape Town to Mbeya: Envelope "BY IMPERIAL AIRWAYS" franked 2d Roto & 4d Air clearly tied two strikes Cape Town cds 27 JAN. Front shows red manuscript "Unknown/ Return", boxed three line cachet "UNKNOWN/INCONNU/ONBEKEND" and Mbeya cds 8 FE. On reverse arrival cds Mbeya 6 FE, Daresslaam cds 24 FE, Cape Town cds 10 MAR and Cape Town Returned LO mark 14 MAR. This inaugural flight was marred by the accidents at Salisbury & Broken Hill (forcelanded in swamp). Envelope has perimeter water staining. The Mbeya strikes also suggest that the cover was damp when handstamps applied. Interesting, F. ..4bnoo/057
Price: $ 240 Please register to buy
Aerophilately
cuv SA: 1951 SAA "PAARDEBERG" CRASH: Neat envelope, stamp floated off, Cape Town "Safe Driving Saves Lives" slogan cancel with cds 14 X 1951. Fine strike in blackish violet of the straight-line "SALVAGED CRASHED PLANE 15/10/51" cachet on front. A fine attractive example of this rare crash mail of which it is accepted that less than 20 or 30 examples survive. (KGVI) The SAA Dakota "Paardeberg" crashed into the 10500ft peak of Mount Ingeli near Kokstad whilst en route between Port Elizabeth and Durban. The crew and passengers all perished in what was the first SAA crash since 1937. ..gsbsa/068
Price: $ 780 Please register to buy
Aerophilately
cuv SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH COVER from Germany to Johannesburg bearing a strike in violet of the English/Afrikaans cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI..." Cover bears attractive German "flower" stamps. VF, scarce. Lufthansa 540 from Frankfurt to Johannesburg crashed on takeoff from Nairobi Embakasi airport on the morning of 20 November 1974. The flight crew of the Boeing 747 "Hessen" were Captain C Krack, First Officer HJ Shacke and Engineer R Hahn. There were 61 fatalities; the aircraft was completely destroyed by fire. Investigation determined that the cause of the crash was a stall at low altitude precipitated by pilot error in not extending the leading edge flaps for takeoff. This procedure is now automated on 747's in current service. Recovered mail (mainly destined for South Africa) was forwarded on after receiving the bilingual English/Afrikaans cachet. ...JSIE/051
Price: $ 240 Please register to buy
Aerophilately
cuv SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH COVER from Germany to Pinegowrie, South Africa bearing a strike in violet of the English/Afrikaans cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI." Cover bears a pair of German 50pfg stamps tied by Wiesloch cds. Superb, scarce. Lufthansa 540 from Frankfurt to Johannesburg crashed on takeoff from Nairobi Embakasi airport on the morning of 20 November 1974. The flight crew of the Boeing 747 "Hessen" were Captain C Krack, First Officer HJ Shacke and Engineer R Hahn. There were 61 fatalities; the aircraft was completely destroyed by fire. Investigation determined that the cause of the crash was a stall at low altitude precipitated by pilot error in not extending the leading edge flaps for takeoff. This procedure is now automated on 747's in current service. Recovered mail (mainly destined for South Africa) was forwarded on after receiving the bilingual English/Afrikaans cachet. ...EPUU/097
Price: $ 240 Please register to buy
Aerophilately
cuv SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH COVER from Germany to Johannesburg, South Africa bearing a strike in violet of the English/Afrikaans cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI." Cover bears a 30 & 60pfg stamps tied by Wolfsburg ("Volkswagenstadt") cds 17.11.74. Superb, scarce. Lufthansa 540 from Frankfurt to Johannesburg crashed on takeoff from Nairobi Embakasi airport on the morning of 20 November 1974. The flight crew of the Boeing 747 "Hessen" were Captain C Krack, First Officer HJ Shacke and Engineer R Hahn. There were 61 fatalities; the aircraft was completely destroyed by fire. Investigation determined that the cause of the crash was a stall at low altitude precipitated by pilot error in not extending the leading edge flaps for takeoff. This procedure is now automated on 747's in current service. Recovered mail (mainly destined for South Africa) was forwarded on after receiving the bilingual English/Afrikaans cachet. ...qpif/111
Price: $ 240 Please register to buy
Aerophilately
cuv SWA: 1932 Mariental to Kowie West with special rubber airmail cancel. Franked 3d and 2x範 Officials. ....781/033
Price: $ 75 Please register to buy
Aerophilately
cuv SWA: 1931 FIRST FLIGHTS, Provisional Internal Services. Envelope carried on the first Northern Service, sector Otjiwarongo to Tsumeb. Excellent postmarks dated 1 AUG 31. Relevant Airmail cachet of Otjiwarongo and required 4d franking. VF, scarce. Apparently, a forced landing on this sector? ...xpcf/040
Price: $ 240 Please register to buy
Aerophilately
cuv SWA: 1931 SWA Airways Special December flight Windhoek-Kimberley: Envelope to Upington franked pairs 3d's & 10d's tied MARIENTAL airmail canceller. Mariental cds 19 DEC 31 and Mariental Registration cachet. Carried the intermediate sectors Mariental to Upington. Part of the first flight from Windhoek through to Cape Town to connect with Imperial Airways. VF, scarce. ...gvtb/056
Price: $ 195 Please register to buy
Crash & Wreck
cuv 1936 "SCIPIO" FLYING BOAT CRASH (CRETE): Airmail envelope from Bahrain to Scotland without adhesives. A neat and clean example bearing on front violet boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA / WATER" cachet (Nierinck 360822-b). On reverse GPO "FOUND OPEN" sealing tape. VF. ...hpse/122
Price: $ 140 Please register to buy
Crash & Wreck
cuv 1950 Cover carried FAM 24 first flight Boston to Cologne, Germany. On return journey to American addressee the cover ran into misfortune as per attached notelet mentioning "damaged by water during a storm encountered at sea by the SS Liberte which arrived at New York September 12 1950". This note from the Postmaster at New York. Shows no apparent signs of water damage, VF, interesting. (KGVI) ....ace/114
Price: $ 100 Please register to buy

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Aerophilately
	cuv NORTHERN RHODESIA: BAROTSELAND AIRMAILS: 1939 Second Flight LUSAKA - MONGU: Cover bearing KGV 1範 tied Lusaka cds 9 JAN 39. SIGNED BY PILOT, H R KIRKMAN. Very few carried, not all signed. VF, rare. ...pcba/026	Price: $ 575	Please register to buy
Aerophilately
	cuv NORTHERN RHODESIA: BAROTSELAND AIRMAILS: 1939 Flight FORT JAMESON - LUSAKA: Cover bearing KGV 1範 tied Fort Jameson cds 4 JAN .9 with Lusaka arrival cds 11 JAN 39 on reverse (most of the small mail missed the first flight and was carried on the next week's flight). VF, rare. ...unur/026	Price: $ 285	Please register to buy
Aerophilately
	cuv NYASALAND: 1934 (7 Mar) First Flight Cover (registered) to Salisbury with 2x Nyasaland 4d (SG 106) tied Limbe cds. "First Flight - Regular Air Mail Service - Nyasaland - Southern Rhodesia" cachet. Backstamped Blantyre Registered (7 Mar) and Regd Salisbury (8 Mar). VF. ...jtyu/am4	Price: $ 125	Please register to buy
Aerophilately
	cuv NYASALAND: 1934 (7 Mar) First Flight Cover (registered) to Salisbury with Nyasaland 1/- (SG 108) tied Blantyre/Registered cds. "First Flight - Regular Air Mail Service - Nyasaland - Southern Rhodesia" cachet and Salisbury (8 Mar) arrival cds. VF. ...scth/am4	Price: $ 140	Please register to buy
Aerophilately
	cuv SA: 1918 "Make your 6d fly". First CAPE TOWN FLIGHT card (Large Wings) franked KGV 範 tied cds 7 OCT. Addressed to Rosebank. A tad less than fine with some creasing and pinholes. Nonetheless a sound crisply cancelled example. Message side reads: "Dear Anthea, Daddy has bought this card for you to remember the day on which everybody is trying to do lots of things to get money for the soldiers. It will pass over our house perhaps. So look out for the aeroplane. From Mummy." ...vftm/041	Price: $ 180	Please register to buy
Aerophilately
	cuv SA: 1918 "Make your 6d fly". Small Wings PRETORIA FLIGHT card franked KGV 範 tied special AERIAL POST cds 27.NOV, superbly struck. Card is light blue on red print. Lovely example, VF, scarce. ...ncii/081	Price: $ 285	Please register to buy
Aerophilately
	cuv SA: 1918 "Make your 6d fly". First CAPE TOWN FLIGHT card (Large Wings) franked KGV 範 tied cds 7 OCT. Addressed to Wynberg. F-VF example. Message side reads: "Cape Town, September 30 1918. Dear Audrey, This postcard is supposed to fly to you, or rather, to be carried in a flying machine. I hope it does not get lost on its journey and that you will receive it alright. Best love from Daddy." ...vftn/041	Price: $ 230	Please register to buy
Aerophilately
	cuv SA: 1919 "Peace Celebrations" PIGEONGRAM: Superb group of flown flimsy affixed to Pigeon Post form (No381) together with carrying envelope for onward mailing. Relevant datestamps and cachets (including Governor General's Fund cachet - free franking privilege - on carrying envelope). Exceedingly scarce. Exhibition showpiece, rarity! .gskprj/040	Price: $ 3035	Please register to buy
Aerophilately
	cuv SA/KUT: 1932 Imperial Airways first Cape-London flight, Cape Town to Mbeya: Envelope "BY IMPERIAL AIRWAYS" franked 2d Roto & 4d Air clearly tied two strikes Cape Town cds 27 JAN. Front shows red manuscript "Unknown/ Return", boxed three line cachet "UNKNOWN/INCONNU/ONBEKEND" and Mbeya cds 8 FE. On reverse arrival cds Mbeya 6 FE, Daresslaam cds 24 FE, Cape Town cds 10 MAR and Cape Town Returned LO mark 14 MAR. This inaugural flight was marred by the accidents at Salisbury & Broken Hill (forcelanded in swamp). Envelope has perimeter water staining. The Mbeya strikes also suggest that the cover was damp when handstamps applied. Interesting, F. ..4bnoo/057	Price: $ 240	Please register to buy
Aerophilately
	cuv SA: 1951 SAA "PAARDEBERG" CRASH: Neat envelope, stamp floated off, Cape Town "Safe Driving Saves Lives" slogan cancel with cds 14 X 1951. Fine strike in blackish violet of the straight-line "SALVAGED CRASHED PLANE 15/10/51" cachet on front. A fine attractive example of this rare crash mail of which it is accepted that less than 20 or 30 examples survive. (KGVI) The SAA Dakota "Paardeberg" crashed into the 10500ft peak of Mount Ingeli near Kokstad whilst en route between Port Elizabeth and Durban. The crew and passengers all perished in what was the first SAA crash since 1937. ..gsbsa/068	Price: $ 780	Please register to buy
Aerophilately
	cuv SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH COVER from Germany to Johannesburg bearing a strike in violet of the English/Afrikaans cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI..." Cover bears attractive German "flower" stamps. VF, scarce. Lufthansa 540 from Frankfurt to Johannesburg crashed on takeoff from Nairobi Embakasi airport on the morning of 20 November 1974. The flight crew of the Boeing 747 "Hessen" were Captain C Krack, First Officer HJ Shacke and Engineer R Hahn. There were 61 fatalities; the aircraft was completely destroyed by fire. Investigation determined that the cause of the crash was a stall at low altitude precipitated by pilot error in not extending the leading edge flaps for takeoff. This procedure is now automated on 747's in current service. Recovered mail (mainly destined for South Africa) was forwarded on after receiving the bilingual English/Afrikaans cachet. ...JSIE/051	Price: $ 240	Please register to buy
Aerophilately
	cuv SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH COVER from Germany to Pinegowrie, South Africa bearing a strike in violet of the English/Afrikaans cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI." Cover bears a pair of German 50pfg stamps tied by Wiesloch cds. Superb, scarce. Lufthansa 540 from Frankfurt to Johannesburg crashed on takeoff from Nairobi Embakasi airport on the morning of 20 November 1974. The flight crew of the Boeing 747 "Hessen" were Captain C Krack, First Officer HJ Shacke and Engineer R Hahn. There were 61 fatalities; the aircraft was completely destroyed by fire. Investigation determined that the cause of the crash was a stall at low altitude precipitated by pilot error in not extending the leading edge flaps for takeoff. This procedure is now automated on 747's in current service. Recovered mail (mainly destined for South Africa) was forwarded on after receiving the bilingual English/Afrikaans cachet. ...EPUU/097	Price: $ 240	Please register to buy
Aerophilately
	cuv SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH COVER from Germany to Johannesburg, South Africa bearing a strike in violet of the English/Afrikaans cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI." Cover bears a 30 & 60pfg stamps tied by Wolfsburg ("Volkswagenstadt") cds 17.11.74. Superb, scarce. Lufthansa 540 from Frankfurt to Johannesburg crashed on takeoff from Nairobi Embakasi airport on the morning of 20 November 1974. The flight crew of the Boeing 747 "Hessen" were Captain C Krack, First Officer HJ Shacke and Engineer R Hahn. There were 61 fatalities; the aircraft was completely destroyed by fire. Investigation determined that the cause of the crash was a stall at low altitude precipitated by pilot error in not extending the leading edge flaps for takeoff. This procedure is now automated on 747's in current service. Recovered mail (mainly destined for South Africa) was forwarded on after receiving the bilingual English/Afrikaans cachet. ...qpif/111	Price: $ 240	Please register to buy
Aerophilately
	cuv SWA: 1932 Mariental to Kowie West with special rubber airmail cancel. Franked 3d and 2x範 Officials. ....781/033	Price: $ 75	Please register to buy
Aerophilately
	cuv SWA: 1931 FIRST FLIGHTS, Provisional Internal Services. Envelope carried on the first Northern Service, sector Otjiwarongo to Tsumeb. Excellent postmarks dated 1 AUG 31. Relevant Airmail cachet of Otjiwarongo and required 4d franking. VF, scarce. Apparently, a forced landing on this sector? ...xpcf/040	Price: $ 240	Please register to buy
Aerophilately
	cuv SWA: 1931 SWA Airways Special December flight Windhoek-Kimberley: Envelope to Upington franked pairs 3d's & 10d's tied MARIENTAL airmail canceller. Mariental cds 19 DEC 31 and Mariental Registration cachet. Carried the intermediate sectors Mariental to Upington. Part of the first flight from Windhoek through to Cape Town to connect with Imperial Airways. VF, scarce. ...gvtb/056	Price: $ 195	Please register to buy
Crash & Wreck
	cuv 1936 "SCIPIO" FLYING BOAT CRASH (CRETE): Airmail envelope from Bahrain to Scotland without adhesives. A neat and clean example bearing on front violet boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA / WATER" cachet (Nierinck 360822-b). On reverse GPO "FOUND OPEN" sealing tape. VF. ...hpse/122	Price: $ 140	Please register to buy
Crash & Wreck
	cuv 1950 Cover carried FAM 24 first flight Boston to Cologne, Germany. On return journey to American addressee the cover ran into misfortune as per attached notelet mentioning "damaged by water during a storm encountered at sea by the SS Liberte which arrived at New York September 12 1950". This note from the Postmaster at New York. Shows no apparent signs of water damage, VF, interesting. (KGVI) ....ace/114	Price: $ 100	Please register to buy