Stamps, Coins & Postal History (#449) Closed Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-3 of 3. Previous|1|Next Lot 226 AUSTRALIA - Mail involved in Incidents or Interruptions in transit to Australasia: 21 Aug.1936 roughly opened cover London-Melbourne, participant in the famed 'Desert incident', where Horsa on Aug 29, during Imperial Airways service flight IE473 (departed Aug.22), overshot Bahrain Aerodrome by 100kms at night, a consequence of the airfield lights not having been switched on, the pilots becoming lost and making a forced-landing in the desert, at Salwa Wells. The aircraft was found 40 hours later, SymbolC View details Estimate$2,000 - $2,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 227 AUSTRALIA - Mail involved in Incidents or Interruptions in transit to Australasia: Dec.1942 airmail cover recovered from RAAF Beaufort A-119 (7 Squadron), which ditched in the sea on 9 December, near Wednesday Island (off Thursday Island), 'DAMAGED MAIL/SALVAGED FROM SEA' label affixed, signed and tied by 'FIELD P.O./0101' cds of Thursday Island. One of the rarest crash covers of Australia, missing from most major aerophilately collections. Unlisted AAMC and Nierinck. SymbolC View details Estimate$2,000 - $2,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 228 AUSTRALIA - Mail involved in Incidents or Interruptions in transit to Australasia: 16 Nov.1974 airmail cover from Bristol to Perth (WA) franked Machin 5p for 2nd Class rate, carried by British Airways VC10 flight London to Far East which was hi-jacked Nov 22 in Dubai, recovered mail for Western Australia receiving a handstamped 'DELAYED EN ROUTE/- AIRCRAFT HI -JACK'. Unlisted AAMC and Nierinck. SymbolC View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next