380th Auction
16-17 & 20-25 March 2023 in Wiesbaden
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)
1900, "Aus der mit dem untergegagangen Dampfer *Mexican* beförderten Post aus Capstadt Bahnpost No. 15", schwarzer L4 rückseitig auf Brief mit Kap der Guten Hoffnung 1/2 P. hellgrün (weitere Marken abgefallen) nach Leipzig mit Ankunftsstempel, übliche Randfehler und Flecken, selten
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)
Condition
6Catalogue no.14
1860, HUNGARIAN: Victoria 6d. violet tied by duplex "LONDON FE 8 60" to Fredericton, New Brunswick. The Ship wrecked on Cape Sable, Nova Scotia on the 20th during a gale, 237 lives were lost in this disaster with no survivors, some of the mail bags were washed ashore, reverse with red manuscript "Saved from "SS Hungarian", faults as to be expected, very rare with only 3 covers known from this wreck