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Lot 765
Accident at sea.
Mongolia. 1917 (May 31). Cover from London to Calcutta, water stamping and the stamp washed off, hand-stamped oval "ACCIDENT AT SEA / MONGOLIA / 23.6.17", back stamped at Bombay and Calcutta (July 26). The "Mongolia" struck a mine sixty miles from Bombay and sank with the loss of 23 lives.
Lot 766
Crash cover
India 1937, From October the service between Karachi and London was operated by Short S23 Empire flying boats. The S23 flying boat Cygnus left Karachi on 2 December and crashed when taking off from Brindisi in Italy on 5 December. A steward and a passenger were killed. This cover is postmarked November 1937 in Wellington and joined flight IW 604 that had left Brisbane on 25 November. It is one of 8,000 from New Zealand salvaged after spending several hours underwater. The cachet DAMAGED BY SEA WATER was applied in London. There is a faint handstamp on the front (presumably applied by the receiving company) with the date 15 December.
Lot 767
Postal History
Australia 1937 Maritime Fremantle WA Paquebot (Machine Mark) tying 1 1/2d. stamp to Calcutta India. cover carried on Orient Line steamer
Lot 768
Accident at sea.
Mongolia. 1917 (May 31) Cover from London to Calcutta, entertaining, with 1d stamp hand, stamped oval "ACCIDENT AT SEA / MONGOLIA / 23.6. 17", back stamped at Bombay and Calcutta (July 3). The "Mongolia" struck a mine sixty miles from Bombay and sank with the loss of 23 lives.
Lot 769
Rocket Mail.
AUSTRALIA 1935, Rocket Mail Cover 28 October 1935 Riverview to Moggill rocket mail cover. Conducted by the Australian Rocket Society. Stamped with special cachet in red. In celebration of the jubilee of King George V. With blue Silver Jubilee vignette. The cover Including Young's signature. VERY RARE. 1935 AUSTRALIA Silver Jubilee rocket mail souvenir sheet - EZ 4C3
Lot 770
Rocket Mail.
Belgium. 1935 Duinbergen Belgium Rocket Mail Cover w/ Cinderella Imperfs Roberti No -10
Belgique Rocket-flown on SEPT 4, 1935; postmarked DUINBERGEN. "RV 3" rocket used by Karl Roberti, rocket experimenter. Blue NRB label; red RV3 cachet; two-line stamped cachet on reverse. Cover was numbered 59 and signed by Roberti in green ink. EZ 5C1b - no rocket stamp; no "Control Cachet
Lot 772
Rocket Mail.
AUSTRIA SCHMIEDL 1933, 'V16' ROCKET MAIL FLIGHT. Sept. 27, 1933, on specially created tissue 3g vermilion stamped envelope, additionally franked with 1st rocket mail stamp tied by 'St. Jacob, Mixnitz, 27.IX.33' CDS, with purple rocket cachets. Very Fine, one of only 52 flown covers bearing this rocket post issue (EZ-19C1a
Lot 773
Rocket Mail.
AUSTRIA 1935, Notverordnungsrakete N1 from Schmiedl, dated 25.02.1935 ,Edelschrott cancelled, org. signed
Lot 774
Rocket Mail.
AUSTRIA 1933, F. SCHMIEDL Rocket mail, 2 letters with vignette mail rocket GEFLOGEN MIT POSTRAKETE V17 & V18,
Lot 775
Rocket Mail.
AUSTRALIA 1936, Cover was rocket-flown on July 13, 1936 by Alan Young and Australian Rocket Society. RIVERVIEW cancel 13 JU 36. R.T.6 rocket stamp tied to cover by blue Australian Rocket Society cachet. E-Z 6C1 - only 299 covers were flown. Very good condition.
Lot 776
Rocket Mail.
ROCKET MAIL Rocket-flown on August 12, 1935 by Alan Young - Queensland Air Mail Society. PIALBA QUEENSLAND cancel 12 AU 35. Triangle rocket stamp (green imperf) tied to cover by red AIRMAIL SOCIETY cachet. E-Z 3C1 - signed "A.H. Young" by the rocket experimenter. Good condition.