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Auction: 17044 - The Yen Boon Swee Large Gold Medal Collection of Malayan Airmails
Lot: 280

Malayan Airmails
Crash Mail
1937 (4 Dec.) envelopes (3, two with stamps missing) from Johore Bahru, Kajang and Penang to UK (2) and USA, all carried by Imperial Airways flying-boat "Cygnus" which crashed on take-off at Brindisi, showing framed "damaged by/sea water/in airplane/accident", framed "damaged by sea/water" and framed "damaged by sea-water" all in violet, the envelope to USA with "found open or damaged, and officially sealed" labels on reverse. Nierinck 371205a, b and c

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SG$650