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INDIA-GB..1947 AIR CRASH BAHRAIN.. [23952]
1947(Aug 22)Envelope endorsed “By Air Mail” to London bearing India GVI definitive 12a tied Bombay-2 cds & with framed DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER cachet having been carried on the ill fated B.O.A.C. flight Hong Kong – GB of the following day 23 Aug that crashed into the sea when landing at Bahrain…(Nierinck 470823) with 25 people aboard 15 were rescued with 11 uninjured & mail coming from various far Eastern countries was partially salved….Various contemporary Press cuttings accompany this item
Specifications
- Country
- Arabian Gulf, Bahrain, Great Britain, India, Persian Gulf
- Subject
- Airmail, Crash, Wreck & Damaged Mail, GB George VI, Imperial Airways, India Post WW2, Instructional Marks, Interrupted Mail
- Year
- 1947
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