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Auction: 17044 - The Yen Boon Swee Large Gold Medal Collection of Malayan Airmails
Lot: 273

Malayan Airmails
Crash Mail
1935 (13 July) large envelope (310x155mm.) registered from Singapore to Amsterdam, carried by KLM on the "Maraboe", somewhat battered and charred. Nierinck 350717. Photo

Note: The "Maraboe" on taking off from Bushire hit an uneven part of the runway. Consequently a fuel pipeline caught fire and the plane was completely destroyed. Of the 180kg. of mail, 23kg. was recovered.

Sold for
SG$2,400