David Morrison
Los G2969 (D)
1974 aerogramme to Johannesburg with a K.U.T. 70c cancelled ...mehr
1974 aerogramme to Johannesburg with a K.U.T. 70c cancelled NAIROBI
19 NOV 1974. A violet bilingual "RECOVERED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20
NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974
TE NAIROBI." cachet is on the front of the aerogramme. This letter
was on Lufthansa Flight 540 that crashed shortly after take-off
from Nairobi, killing 59 of the 157 passengers and crew
David Morrison
Los G3045 (D)
1St Imperial Airways Experimental Flight cover to Australia with ...mehr
1St Imperial Airways Experimental Flight cover to Australia with a
1/- and 4d cancelled BRISTOL APR 2 31. The flight left London on
April 4 and was due to arrive in Melbourne on April 20 but only
arrived on the 29th. This cover has been signed by Charles
Kingsford Smith who carried the mail on part of the journey from
Akyab to Darwin. This flight ran out of fuel at Soepang so was
delayed. The cover has a Melbourne 29 APR 1931 backstamp. B.P.A.
certificate of authenticity
David Morrison
Los G4361
BALLON MONTE. 1870 ‘Per Ballon Monte’ letter to Sisteron, a town ...mehr
BALLON MONTE. 1870 ‘Per Ballon Monte’ letter to Sisteron, a town in
south eastern France, that was on the ill fated ‘Ville d’Orleans’
flight (the 33rd) that left Paris just before midnight on 24
November. It was carrying four post bags, each containing one day’s
mail, with a total weight of around 250 kilos. There was a
southerly breeze, which should have enabled the “Ville d’Orléans”
to reach northern France or Belgium without problems. However, as
dawn broke on November 25, the balloon began to drop through the
dispersing fog and they realized that they were descending and
flying over the North Sea. They jettisoned ballast, parcels and the
largest mail bag into the sea. Then a while later, through a break
in the fog, they realized that they were over some mountains, but
they still had no idea where they were. With difficulty, they
managed to bail out of the balloon’s basket into the snow at a
place called Lifjell, about 100 kilometers southwest of Oslo. They
were, however, unable to secure the balloon, which drifted away
with the rest of the mail. They had been in the balloon for 14
hours, 45 minutes, covering almost 1,300 kilometers. The balloon
itself, with its basket intact, was found on Friday, November 25,
on a hillside about 80 kilometers from its first landing, near
Tunet farm. This cover arrived at its’ destination on 13 December,
a 19 day delay. A fine and scarce letter that has inside the
official Siege of Paris mini newspaper for the 63rd day of the
Siege.
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