Lot 729

Description

World, Crash Covers and other Air Mail Covers as a collection, all housed on yellow sheets in plastic sheet slip covers in a cliplock album, includes detailed descriptions and photographs of plane types etc., crashes includes Imperial Airways cover 29 Sept. 1936 (illustrated, edge burnt); another 23 Nov.1938 near Baghdad, carried 60 mail bags, cover Auckland from South Kensington; another Sydney to London water damage June 1939 (illustrated); another Moose Jaw Canada April 8, 1954 crashed and partially burned; another London-Sydney crash 13.3.1954 and another as an aerogramme; another BOAC Prestwick crash 25.12.54; another crash July 5 1970 Bombay to Toronto; together with a wide selection of India Air Mail Covers (noted Censored covers, 7 covers); Registered Air Mail - Aden to India 31 Oct 1945), another Kerala to Toronto 31.1.47; Inaugural flights 8 June 1948 (3), many others of the early 1950s including BOAC; Qantas flight Coronation 2 June 1953 Singapore - London; mostly India issues special flights 1960s, noted early cover - Bombay to Canton Feb-March 1936 (illustrated); profusely illustrated throughout. Mostly fine except for damaged by crash covers, some rare, an interesting lot. (76)

Ex John Cresswell Collection.