David Morrison
Lot G2232 (D)
![4460: Mozambique](https://cdn.philasearch.com/A09535/S1/vG2232.jpg)
AIR CRASH. On 1 May 1939, the Imperial Airways flying ...more
AIR CRASH. On 1 May 1939, the Imperial Airways flying boat
â₽˜CHALLENGER' crashed on landing at Lumbo Harbour, Mozambique.
Two members of the crew were killed and the remaining four and one
of the passengers injured. This envelope to Cape Town is from
BANGKOK, THAILAND. The stamps have been washed off on the reverse
but there are two partial Bangkok cancellations. It has the boxed
bilingual (English and Afrikaans) explanatory cachet that was
applied to the mail on arrival in South Africa. A rare country of
origination for this crash
David Morrison
Lot G3602 (D)
![4460: Mozambique](https://cdn.philasearch.com/A09535/S1/vG3602.jpg)
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1939 “CHALLENGER” MOZAMBIQUE. On the 1st May 1939, the ...more
1939 “CHALLENGER” MOZAMBIQUE. On the 1st May 1939, the Imperial
Airways Short S23 Class Flying Boat “Challenger” struck a boat
while coming in to land at Lumbo, in Mozambique, killing two
members of the crew. The mail was recovered and forwarded on the
flying boat ‘Canopus’. Mail was processed on arrival in South
Africa. This cover from Southampton has the boxed two line
bilingual – English and Afrikaans - explanatory
cachet. In the lower left corner is a circular handstamp with a knight in armour with a sword and 'CHALLENGER' written around the top. Could this have been an envelope from on board the plane?
cachet. In the lower left corner is a circular handstamp with a knight in armour with a sword and 'CHALLENGER' written around the top. Could this have been an envelope from on board the plane?
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