Lot Number: 223

(Helicopter) SABENA first scheduled helicopter mail service, Brussels-Maastricht, arrival ds on front, plain cover franked 90cx2 canc special commemorative ds, red helicopter cachet.

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Date: 1953, Aug 10
Est. price: £8.00 £6.80
Category: Helicopter

Description: SABENA first scheduled helicopter mail service, Brussels-Maastricht, arrival ds on front, plain cover franked 90cx2 canc special commemorative ds, red helicopter cachet.

Lot Number: 224

(Helicopter) SABENA first scheduled helicopter mail service, Brussels-Bonn, bs 5/10, plain cover franked 90cx2 canc special commemorative ds, red helicopter cachet.

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Date: 1953, Sep 1
Est. price: £8.00 £6.80
Category: Helicopter

Description: SABENA first scheduled helicopter mail service, Brussels-Bonn, bs 5/10, plain cover franked 90cx2 canc special commemorative ds, red helicopter cachet.

Lot Number: 357

(Recovered/Salvaged) BOAC COMET Jet Liner DH 106 crash on take off from Dum Dum airfield, Calcutta, on a flight from Johore to London, imprint airmail etiquette cover, franked 70c Johore stamps, violet Type b cachet "SALVAGED MAIL/Comet Crash, Near Galcu***/2nd. MAY 1953" ('G' for 'C' error) Ni 530502b. Exhibit item.

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Date: 1953, May 2
Est. price: £225.00 £191.25
Category: Recovered/Salvaged

Description: BOAC COMET Jet Liner DH 106 crash on take off from Dum Dum airfield, Calcutta, on a flight from Johore to London, imprint airmail etiquette cover, franked 70c Johore stamps, violet Type b cachet "SALVAGED MAIL/Comet Crash, Near Galcu***/2nd. MAY 1953" ('G' for 'C' error) Ni 530502b. Exhibit item.