Lot 3027

Description

Great Britain, parliamentary Free Post letter covers with names of addressee and at bottom left the name of sender, 1823-1833, one is a complete envelope with wax seal on back, some of the addressees include Sir Robert Lister G.C.B. (British diplomat and ambassador), John Sturges Martin Esq (of the Colonial Office), Josiah Oake Esq (officer in RN), J.T.C.Fawcett (Vicar of Kidwick) at Ch: Ch: Oxford (Christ Church College at Oxford University), and some sender's include N.C.Tindal (Sir, a celebrated lawyer who defended Queen Caroline against a charge of adultery in 1820), and Aylesford (Heneage Finch 5th Earl of Aylesford); also an unidentified signature on a plain piece of paper; printed card In Loving Memory of Maud Alice Bean who lost her life in the disaster of the "Cloud of Iona", July 31st 1936, aged 29 Years and 10 Months, in original envelope; Holborn Empire, Stalls 3/- First House theatre tickets (3, nos 0024, 0178, 0193); Findlay, The Chemist, Blenheim, Discount Coupons nos 1596 and 1824, handwritten and initialled; German cigarette card check No.7; card stamped 'New Zealand Y.M.C.A.' and written 'Two Bottles 2D Refund', and another card stamped 'Y.M.C.A. Refund 2d'. Good - very fine. (21)

The "Cloud of Iona" was a passenger aircraft operated by Jersey Airways. On 31 July 1936 the aircraft went missing on a night flight from Guernsey to Jersey during poor weather conditions. Debris from the aircraft was found several hours later about 28km off Jersey. All on board, eight passengers and two crew were killed.