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Auction: 26014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 5052

(x) Burma
Airmails

Crash Mail
1937 (5 Dec.) envelopes (2, one registered, both with stamps missing) from Rangoon to UK (2) carried by Imperial Airways flying-boat "Cygnus" which crashed on take-off at Brindisi, one showing framed "damaged by/sea water/in airplane/accident", the other with framed "damaged by sea/water" in violet, fine

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£250 to £300

Starting price
£130