380. Auktion

MARABOE CRASH: 1935, King Prajadhipok 10 s. and  25 s. tied by cds. "BANGKOKG 13. 7. 35" to an airmail envelope to Sweden via the Batavia-Amsterdam air route, crashed on 17th July in transit on the take-off runway in Bushire, where only 23 kg of the badly damaged mail could be recovered and later embarked in the ´Rietvink`; with accompanaying forwarding envelope "Correspondance détériorée et retardée par suite catastrophe avion-transporteur ligne néerlandaise Amsterdam-Bandoeng", front cds. "GRAVENHAGE -2. VIII 5" and reverse arrival cds. "STOCKHOLM 3 8. 35"; exceptional Siamese origin for this very unusual crash flight (Nierinck 350717)

MARABOE CRASH: 1935 Siam, King Prajadhipok 10 s. and  25 s. tied by cds. "BANGKOKG 13. 7. 35" to an airmail envelope to Sweden via the Batavia-Amsterdam air route, crashed on 17th July in transit on the take-off runway in Bushire, where only 23 kg of the badly damaged mail could be recovered and later embarked in the ´Rietvink`; with accompanaying forwarding envelope "Correspondance détériorée et retardée par suite catastrophe avion-transporteur ligne néerlandaise Amsterdam-Bandoeng", front cds. "GRAVENHAGE -2. VIII 5" and reverse arrival cds. "STOCKHOLM 3 8. 35"; exceptional Siamese origin for this very unusual crash flight (Nierinck 350717)

1929/1970 (ca.), Airmail of India, sophisticated collection of apprx. 600 covers, mainly First and Special Flights and main focus on 1930s, some with slight postal/age wear, mainly fine.

Südamerikanische Luftpost: 1920/30 (ca.), kleine Sammlung SCADTA, Condor und Varig mit einigen besseren Werten und 14 Belegen