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Lot 829 (D)
SG
221
NEWFOUNDLAND: 1932 Transatlantic West to East PER DO-X:
Attractive ...more NEWFOUNDLAND: 1932 Transatlantic West to East PER DO-X: Attractive
small format envelope franked the special Airmail stamp for the
flight surcharged in red $1.50 on $1 deep blue (SG 221). St Johns
cds May 19 1932 (DAY OF ISSUE), addressed to England. Endorsed "Via
Dornier DO X". Central fold, otherwise VF. Scarce piece.
Automatically generated translation:
NEWFOUNDLAND: 1932 Transatlantic West to East PER DO-X: Attractive small size envelope franked the special Airmail stamp for the flight surcharged in red $1.50 on $1 deep blue (SG 221). St Johns Cds May 19 1932 (DAY OF ISSUE), addressed to England. Endorsed "Via Dornier DO X". Central fold, otherwise VF. Scarce piece.
Attractive ...more NEWFOUNDLAND: 1932 Transatlantic West to East PER DO-X: Attractive
small format envelope franked the special Airmail stamp for the
flight surcharged in red $1.50 on $1 deep blue (SG 221). St Johns
cds May 19 1932 (DAY OF ISSUE), addressed to England. Endorsed "Via
Dornier DO X". Central fold, otherwise VF. Scarce piece.
Automatically generated translation:
NEWFOUNDLAND: 1932 Transatlantic West to East PER DO-X: Attractive small size envelope franked the special Airmail stamp for the flight surcharged in red $1.50 on $1 deep blue (SG 221). St Johns Cds May 19 1932 (DAY OF ISSUE), addressed to England. Endorsed "Via Dornier DO X". Central fold, otherwise VF. Scarce piece.
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Lot 4969 (D)
SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH COVER from Germany to Cape
Town, ...more SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH COVER from Germany to Cape Town,
South Africa bearing a strike in violet of the English/Afrikaans
cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI /
HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI." Cover bears
90pfg stamp. Crash damaged as expected. Lufthansa 540 from
Frankfurt to Johannesburg crashed on takeoff from Nairobi Embakasi
airport on the morning of 20 November 1974. The flight crew of the
Boeing 747 "Hessen" were Captain C Krack, First Officer HJ Shacke
and Engineer R Hahn. There were 61 fatalities; the aircraft was
completely destroyed by fire. Investigation determined that the
cause of the crash was a stall at low altitude precipitated by
pilot error in not extending the leading edge flaps for takeoff.
This procedure is now automated on 747's in current service.
Recovered mail (mainly destined for South Africa) was forwarded on
after receiving the bilingual English/Afrikaans cachet.
Automatically generated translation:
SA: 1974 NAIROBI Lufthansa crash cover from Germany to Cape Town, South Africa Gleit Lager a strike in violet of the English / Afrikaans cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR crash ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI. " cover bears 90 pfg stamp. Crash damaged as expected. Lufthansa 540 from Frankfurt to Johannesburg crashed on takeoff from Nairobi Embakasi airport on the morning of 20 November 1974. The flight crew of the Boeing 747 "Hessen" were captain C crash, First Officer HJ Shacke and Engineer R cock. There were 61 fatalities; the aircraft what completely destroyed by fire. Investigation determined that the cause of the crash what a stud at low altitude precipitated by pilot error at need extending the leading edge flaps for takeoff. This procedure is now automated on 747s in current service. Recovered mail (basically destined for South Africa) what forwarded on anus receiving the bilingual English / Afrikaans cachet.
Town, ...more SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH COVER from Germany to Cape Town,
South Africa bearing a strike in violet of the English/Afrikaans
cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI /
HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI." Cover bears
90pfg stamp. Crash damaged as expected. Lufthansa 540 from
Frankfurt to Johannesburg crashed on takeoff from Nairobi Embakasi
airport on the morning of 20 November 1974. The flight crew of the
Boeing 747 "Hessen" were Captain C Krack, First Officer HJ Shacke
and Engineer R Hahn. There were 61 fatalities; the aircraft was
completely destroyed by fire. Investigation determined that the
cause of the crash was a stall at low altitude precipitated by
pilot error in not extending the leading edge flaps for takeoff.
This procedure is now automated on 747's in current service.
Recovered mail (mainly destined for South Africa) was forwarded on
after receiving the bilingual English/Afrikaans cachet.
Automatically generated translation:
SA: 1974 NAIROBI Lufthansa crash cover from Germany to Cape Town, South Africa Gleit Lager a strike in violet of the English / Afrikaans cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR crash ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI. " cover bears 90 pfg stamp. Crash damaged as expected. Lufthansa 540 from Frankfurt to Johannesburg crashed on takeoff from Nairobi Embakasi airport on the morning of 20 November 1974. The flight crew of the Boeing 747 "Hessen" were captain C crash, First Officer HJ Shacke and Engineer R cock. There were 61 fatalities; the aircraft what completely destroyed by fire. Investigation determined that the cause of the crash what a stud at low altitude precipitated by pilot error at need extending the leading edge flaps for takeoff. This procedure is now automated on 747s in current service. Recovered mail (basically destined for South Africa) what forwarded on anus receiving the bilingual English / Afrikaans cachet.
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Lot 5493 (D)
SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH: Registered cover from
Netherlands ...more SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH: Registered cover from Netherlands
to Cape Town bearing a strike in violet of the English/Afrikaans
cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI /
HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI." Bearing Dutch
stamps tied Gravenhage Central Station cds 18.XI.74 and backstamped
Maitland Depot 11XII 74. Some faults as usual, nice unusual
acceptance, scarce.
Automatically generated translation:
SA: 1974 NAIROBI Lufthansa crash: Registered cover from Netherlands to Cape Town Gleit Lager a strike in violet of the English / Afrikaans cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR crash ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI. " Gleit Lager Dutch stamps tied Gravenhage Central station Cds 18. XI. 74 and backstamped Maitland depot 11 XII 74. Some faults as usual, nice unusual acceptance, scarce.
Netherlands ...more SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH: Registered cover from Netherlands
to Cape Town bearing a strike in violet of the English/Afrikaans
cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI /
HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI." Bearing Dutch
stamps tied Gravenhage Central Station cds 18.XI.74 and backstamped
Maitland Depot 11XII 74. Some faults as usual, nice unusual
acceptance, scarce.
Automatically generated translation:
SA: 1974 NAIROBI Lufthansa crash: Registered cover from Netherlands to Cape Town Gleit Lager a strike in violet of the English / Afrikaans cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR crash ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI. " Gleit Lager Dutch stamps tied Gravenhage Central station Cds 18. XI. 74 and backstamped Maitland depot 11 XII 74. Some faults as usual, nice unusual acceptance, scarce.
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Lot 750 (D)
SG
415&416var
1970 Lufthansa 25c & 50c IMPERF PAIRS (SG 415&416var)
Superb
UM.
...more 1970 Lufthansa 25c & 50c IMPERF PAIRS (SG 415&416var) Superb
UM.
Automatically generated translation:
1970 Lufthansa 25 c & 50 c IMPERF pair (SG 415&416 var) Superb about.
Superb
UM.
...more 1970 Lufthansa 25c & 50c IMPERF PAIRS (SG 415&416var) Superb
UM.
Automatically generated translation:
1970 Lufthansa 25 c & 50 c IMPERF pair (SG 415&416 var) Superb about.
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Lot 6324 (D)
SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH: Christmas First Day Cover
from ...more SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH: Christmas First Day Cover from
Great Britain to Johannesburg bearing a strike in violet of the
English/Afrikaans cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 NOVEMBER
1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE
NAIROBI." FDC bearing British 8p tied Croydon, Surrey cds 27 NO 74.
Some faults as usual, nice unusual acceptance, scarce. Lufthansa
540 from Frankfurt to Johannesburg crashed on takeoff from Nairobi
Embakasi airport on the morning of 20 November 1974. The flight
crew of the Boeing 747 "Hessen" were Captain C Krack, First Officer
HJ Shacke and Engineer R Hahn. There were 61 fatalities; the
aircraft was completely destroyed by fire. Investigation determined
that the cause of the crash was a stall at low altitude
precipitated by pilot error in not extending the leading edge flaps
for takeoff. This procedure is now automated on 747's in current
service. Recovered mail (mainly destined for South Africa) was
forwarded on after receiving the bilingual English/Afrikaans
cachet. One makes the initial assumption that an incorrect date was
used in Croydon cds. However we have had sight of commercial mail
from Leeds with cds also of 27 NOV and the crash cachet. From these
we believe that these letters were not on the ill-fated aircraft
but that due to the delay in forwarding the recovered mail some
mail arriving later got mixed up with the crash mail and also
received the cachet in error.
Automatically generated translation:
SA: 1974 NAIROBI Lufthansa crash: Weihnachten First Day cover from Great Britain to Johannesburg Gleit Lager a strike in violet of the English / Afrikaans cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR crash ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI. " First Day Cover Gleit Lager britisch 8 p tied Croydon, Surrey Cds 27 NO 74. Some faults as usual, nice unusual acceptance, scarce. Lufthansa 540 from Frankfurt to Johannesburg crashed on takeoff from Nairobi Embakasi airport on the morning of 20 November 1974. The flight crew of the Boeing 747 "Hessen" were captain C crash, First Officer HJ Shacke and Engineer R cock. There were 61 fatalities; the aircraft what completely destroyed by fire. Investigation determined that the cause of the crash what a stud at low altitude precipitated by pilot error at need extending the leading edge flaps for takeoff. This procedure is now automated on 747s in current service. Recovered mail (basically destined for South Africa) what forwarded on anus receiving the bilingual English / Afrikaans cachet. One makes the initial assumption that at incorrect date what used in Croydon Cds. However we have had sight of commercial mail from Leeds with Cds well, of 27 NOV and the crash cachet. From hypothesis we believe that hypothesis letters were adversity on the ill-fated aircraft but that due to the delay in forwarding the recovered mail some mail arriving later got mixed up with the crash mail and well, received the cachet in error.
from ...more SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH: Christmas First Day Cover from
Great Britain to Johannesburg bearing a strike in violet of the
English/Afrikaans cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 NOVEMBER
1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE
NAIROBI." FDC bearing British 8p tied Croydon, Surrey cds 27 NO 74.
Some faults as usual, nice unusual acceptance, scarce. Lufthansa
540 from Frankfurt to Johannesburg crashed on takeoff from Nairobi
Embakasi airport on the morning of 20 November 1974. The flight
crew of the Boeing 747 "Hessen" were Captain C Krack, First Officer
HJ Shacke and Engineer R Hahn. There were 61 fatalities; the
aircraft was completely destroyed by fire. Investigation determined
that the cause of the crash was a stall at low altitude
precipitated by pilot error in not extending the leading edge flaps
for takeoff. This procedure is now automated on 747's in current
service. Recovered mail (mainly destined for South Africa) was
forwarded on after receiving the bilingual English/Afrikaans
cachet. One makes the initial assumption that an incorrect date was
used in Croydon cds. However we have had sight of commercial mail
from Leeds with cds also of 27 NOV and the crash cachet. From these
we believe that these letters were not on the ill-fated aircraft
but that due to the delay in forwarding the recovered mail some
mail arriving later got mixed up with the crash mail and also
received the cachet in error.
Automatically generated translation:
SA: 1974 NAIROBI Lufthansa crash: Weihnachten First Day cover from Great Britain to Johannesburg Gleit Lager a strike in violet of the English / Afrikaans cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR crash ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI. " First Day Cover Gleit Lager britisch 8 p tied Croydon, Surrey Cds 27 NO 74. Some faults as usual, nice unusual acceptance, scarce. Lufthansa 540 from Frankfurt to Johannesburg crashed on takeoff from Nairobi Embakasi airport on the morning of 20 November 1974. The flight crew of the Boeing 747 "Hessen" were captain C crash, First Officer HJ Shacke and Engineer R cock. There were 61 fatalities; the aircraft what completely destroyed by fire. Investigation determined that the cause of the crash what a stud at low altitude precipitated by pilot error at need extending the leading edge flaps for takeoff. This procedure is now automated on 747s in current service. Recovered mail (basically destined for South Africa) what forwarded on anus receiving the bilingual English / Afrikaans cachet. One makes the initial assumption that at incorrect date what used in Croydon Cds. However we have had sight of commercial mail from Leeds with Cds well, of 27 NOV and the crash cachet. From hypothesis we believe that hypothesis letters were adversity on the ill-fated aircraft but that due to the delay in forwarding the recovered mail some mail arriving later got mixed up with the crash mail and well, received the cachet in error.
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Lot 6325 (D)
SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH: Cover from Great Britain to ...more
SA: 1974 NAIROBI LUFTHANSA CRASH: Cover from Great Britain to
Johannesburg bearing a strike in violet of the English/Afrikaans
cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI /
HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI." Bearing British
stamps tied Leeds cds 27 NO 74. Some faults as usual, nice unusual
acceptance, scarce. Lufthansa 540 from Frankfurt to Johannesburg
crashed on takeoff from Nairobi Embakasi airport on the morning of
20 November 1974. The flight crew of the Boeing 747 "Hessen" were
Captain C Krack, First Officer HJ Shacke and Engineer R Hahn. There
were 61 fatalities; the aircraft was completely destroyed by fire.
Investigation determined that the cause of the crash was a stall at
low altitude precipitated by pilot error in not extending the
leading edge flaps for takeoff. This procedure is now automated on
747's in current service. Recovered mail (mainly destined for South
Africa) was forwarded on after receiving the bilingual
English/Afrikaans cachet. One makes the initial assumption that an
incorrect date was used in Croydon cds. However we have had sight
of commercial mail from Leeds with cds also of 27 NOV and the crash
cachet. From these we believe that these letters were not on the
ill-fated aircraft but that due to the delay in forwarding the
recovered mail some mail arriving later got mixed up with the crash
mail and also received the cachet in error.
Automatically generated translation:
SA: 1974 NAIROBI Lufthansa crash: cover from Great Britain to Johannesburg Gleit Lager a strike in violet of the English / Afrikaans cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR crash ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI. " Gleit Lager britisch stamps tied Leeds Cds 27 NO 74. Some faults as usual, nice unusual acceptance, scarce. Lufthansa 540 from Frankfurt to Johannesburg crashed on takeoff from Nairobi Embakasi airport on the morning of 20 November 1974. The flight crew of the Boeing 747 "Hessen" were captain C crash, First Officer HJ Shacke and Engineer R cock. There were 61 fatalities; the aircraft what completely destroyed by fire. Investigation determined that the cause of the crash what a stud at low altitude precipitated by pilot error at need extending the leading edge flaps for takeoff. This procedure is now automated on 747s in current service. Recovered mail (basically destined for South Africa) what forwarded on anus receiving the bilingual English / Afrikaans cachet. One makes the initial assumption that at incorrect date what used in Croydon Cds. However we have had sight of commercial mail from Leeds with Cds well, of 27 NOV and the crash cachet. From hypothesis we believe that hypothesis letters were adversity on the ill-fated aircraft but that due to the delay in forwarding the recovered mail some mail arriving later got mixed up with the crash mail and well, received the cachet in error.
Johannesburg bearing a strike in violet of the English/Afrikaans
cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI /
HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI." Bearing British
stamps tied Leeds cds 27 NO 74. Some faults as usual, nice unusual
acceptance, scarce. Lufthansa 540 from Frankfurt to Johannesburg
crashed on takeoff from Nairobi Embakasi airport on the morning of
20 November 1974. The flight crew of the Boeing 747 "Hessen" were
Captain C Krack, First Officer HJ Shacke and Engineer R Hahn. There
were 61 fatalities; the aircraft was completely destroyed by fire.
Investigation determined that the cause of the crash was a stall at
low altitude precipitated by pilot error in not extending the
leading edge flaps for takeoff. This procedure is now automated on
747's in current service. Recovered mail (mainly destined for South
Africa) was forwarded on after receiving the bilingual
English/Afrikaans cachet. One makes the initial assumption that an
incorrect date was used in Croydon cds. However we have had sight
of commercial mail from Leeds with cds also of 27 NOV and the crash
cachet. From these we believe that these letters were not on the
ill-fated aircraft but that due to the delay in forwarding the
recovered mail some mail arriving later got mixed up with the crash
mail and also received the cachet in error.
Automatically generated translation:
SA: 1974 NAIROBI Lufthansa crash: cover from Great Britain to Johannesburg Gleit Lager a strike in violet of the English / Afrikaans cachet: "RECOVERED FROM AIR crash ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI. " Gleit Lager britisch stamps tied Leeds Cds 27 NO 74. Some faults as usual, nice unusual acceptance, scarce. Lufthansa 540 from Frankfurt to Johannesburg crashed on takeoff from Nairobi Embakasi airport on the morning of 20 November 1974. The flight crew of the Boeing 747 "Hessen" were captain C crash, First Officer HJ Shacke and Engineer R cock. There were 61 fatalities; the aircraft what completely destroyed by fire. Investigation determined that the cause of the crash what a stud at low altitude precipitated by pilot error at need extending the leading edge flaps for takeoff. This procedure is now automated on 747s in current service. Recovered mail (basically destined for South Africa) what forwarded on anus receiving the bilingual English / Afrikaans cachet. One makes the initial assumption that at incorrect date what used in Croydon Cds. However we have had sight of commercial mail from Leeds with Cds well, of 27 NOV and the crash cachet. From hypothesis we believe that hypothesis letters were adversity on the ill-fated aircraft but that due to the delay in forwarding the recovered mail some mail arriving later got mixed up with the crash mail and well, received the cachet in error.
Filat AG
Lot 5540 (D)
1. Österreich Segelflugpost Wien-Semmering auf Postkarte mit ...more
1. Österreich Segelflugpost Wien-Semmering auf Postkarte mit
Originalfoto " Robert Kronfeld" vom 19.1.1933
Automatically generated translation:
1. Austria gliding mail Vienna-Semmering on postcard with Original photo" Robert Kronfeld" from 19.1.1933
Originalfoto " Robert Kronfeld" vom 19.1.1933
Automatically generated translation:
1. Austria gliding mail Vienna-Semmering on postcard with Original photo" Robert Kronfeld" from 19.1.1933
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Lot 5541 (D)
1.Österr. Segelflugpost Wien-Semmering auf Brief in die Schweiz
vom ...more 1.Österr. Segelflugpost Wien-Semmering auf Brief in die Schweiz vom
4.1.1933
Automatically generated translation:
1. Austria gliding mail Vienna-Semmering on cover to Switzerland from 4.1.1933
vom ...more 1.Österr. Segelflugpost Wien-Semmering auf Brief in die Schweiz vom
4.1.1933
Automatically generated translation:
1. Austria gliding mail Vienna-Semmering on cover to Switzerland from 4.1.1933
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Lot 5552 (D)
Flugbrief Einschreiben mit der K.L.M. von Shameen nach Chur am ...more
Flugbrief Einschreiben mit der K.L.M. von Shameen nach Chur am
22.4.1937 versandt und Ankunft am 8.5.1937 in Chur. Frankiert mit $
1.90 Ausgabe Chinesisches Postwesen.
Automatically generated translation:
Airletter registered with the K. L. M. From Shameen to Chur at the 22.4.1937 shipped and arrival at the 8.5.1937 in Chur. Franked with $ 1.90 issue Chinese postal service.
22.4.1937 versandt und Ankunft am 8.5.1937 in Chur. Frankiert mit $
1.90 Ausgabe Chinesisches Postwesen.
Automatically generated translation:
Airletter registered with the K. L. M. From Shameen to Chur at the 22.4.1937 shipped and arrival at the 8.5.1937 in Chur. Franked with $ 1.90 issue Chinese postal service.
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