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Collecting Air Crash CoversCollecting Air Crash Covers
Program 7 of a series sponsored by The American Air Mail Society
An Affiliate of The American Philatelic Society
Copyright 2010
Collecting Air Crash CoversBy Ken Sanford
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What is an Air Crash Cover?
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• Crash – Incomplete flight due to aircraft accident resulting in damage to or destruction of the aircraft, with mails (if not lost or destroyed) forwarded by other aircraft or other means (sometimes referred to as “recovered mail” or “salvaged mail”).
• Interrupted Flight – A flight which is interrupted or delayed en route, resulting in an unscheduled or forced landing, usually due to adverse weather conditions or an aircraft mechanical problem. Flight continued later by the same aircraft, or to expedite mail, another aircraft.
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Earliest Air Crash Covers
Paris balloon crash in Norway“Ville d’Orleans” – November 1870
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Earliest Regular Air Mail Service Crash
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U.S. Government Air Mail Service – 1918
Interesting CachetsEarly U.S. Post Office Cachets
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Interesting CachetsPost Office Notice
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Interesting CachetsPostmaster manuscript – Rubber Stamp
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Collecting by Airline
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Earliest Airline Service Crashes
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Air Transport & Travel Ltd.
Crashed at Eltham, Great Britain – 22 August 1920
Varney Air Lines
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1st flight crash - Jordan Valley, Oregon - 6 April 26
United Air Lines
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Crash on the beach at
Point Reyes, California – 29 November 1938
American Airlines
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Crash at Goodwin, Arkansas – 14 January 1936
Pan American Airways
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Crash in Gulf of Mexico – 15 August 1928
Collecting by Continent
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South America
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SCADTA crash in Colombia – 16 May 1929
SCADTA crash in Colombia – 16 May 1929
Explanation of the condition of the mail
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Africa
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Imperial Airways “Corsair” flying boatCrash in Belgian Congo – March 1939
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Collecting by Aircraft Type
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Pan American Airways Sikorsky S-40“American Clipper” – Barranquilla, Colombia
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Imperial Airways - Short S23 Flying Boat
Crashed in Lake Habbaniyah, Iraq – 27 Nov. 38
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BOAC – Boeing 707
Crashed at London, England – 8 April 1968
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Imperial Airways Lockheed Electra
Crash at Luxeuil, France – 11 August 1939
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Gordon Bennett Balloon Race Crash – 4 May 1985
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Military Mail Crashes
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U.S. Army Emergency Airmail Service
Crashed at Greenville, South Carolina – Feb. 1934
Autographed by pilot
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U.S. Military Flight
Crash in Pacific - November 1944
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Collecting by Stamp
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Western Air Express crash at Alhambra, Calif.
22 December 1930 – with beacon stamp
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Pacific Air Transport Crash
Burbank, California
16 May 1932 – 5 cent Winged-Globe stamp
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Collecting by Country
India
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Imperial Airways Flying Boat “Centurion”
Crash at Calcutta, India – 12 June 1939
Portugal
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Pan American Airways “Yankee Clipper”
Crash at Lisbon, Portugal – 22 February 1943
Trans Oceanic Record Flight Crashes
Alcock & Brown Crash – Ireland - 1919
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Pilot Autographed Crash Covers
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Imperial Airways “Artemis” Crash – 10 Feb. 1936Pietersburg, South Africa – pilot autograph
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Schlessinger Air Race - Cover carried &
autographed by A.E. Clouston, who crashed at Felixburgh, Southern Rhodesia – 30 Sep. 1936
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AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN
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Imperial Airways “Dardanus” - Shot down by
Japanese fighters over Waichow Island – Nov 1939
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El Al Israel Airlines – Lockheed Constellation
Shot down by Bulgarian fighter over Tsirbanova, Bulgaria – 27 July 1955
Z. Alonicollection
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CRASHES INVOLVING TERRORISM
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British Airways – Vickers VC-10 – Hijacked by
Muslim terrorists at Dubai – 21 November 1974
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Pan American World Airways – Boeing 747
Blown up by a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland – 21 December 1988
Famous CrashesGerman Zeppelin “Hindenburg” – Crashes at
Lakehurst, NJ – 6 May 1937
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Postcard from National Postal Museum in Washington
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Counterfeit Air Crash Covers
Counterfeit “Hindenburg” Crash Cover
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Cachet Unknown on U.S. Domestic Crash Covers
Crash which supposedly happened at
Berry Islands, Bahamas
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“Ambulance” CoversFrom crash of National Air Transport aircraft
20 December 1928
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Unidentifiable Air Crash Covers
Cover from World War 2 Crash which is unrecorded and can’t be identified
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Cover from U.S. Army accident which is unrecorded and can’t be
identified
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Air Crash Cover References
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The American Air Mail Catalogue6th Edition
Volume One – Interrupted Flights Section
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Recovered Mail – Volumes 1 & 2 by Henri Nierinck
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Crash Covers, An Aerophilatelic Challenge
By Joseph L. Eisendrath
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The Australian Air Mail Catalogue – 8th Edition
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Irish Crash Airmails – by Ronny Vogt
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World Directory of Airliner Crashes
By Terry Denham
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Wreck & Crash Mail Society Quarterly Journal
http://wreckandcrash.org
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Hindenburg Crash Mail, by Arthur Falk
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American Air Mail Societyhttp://www.americanairmailsociety.org
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British Air Mail Societyhttp://www.britishairmailsociety.co.uk/
Other Major Aerophilatelic Societies
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Australian Air Mail Society
Canadian Aerophilatelic Society
Air Mail Society of New Zealand
Aerophilatelic Society of Southern Africa
Irish Air Mail Society
Metropolitan Airpost Society
Crash Covers Sources
• Auction Houses
• Stamp Show Dealers
• eBay
• Trading with Other Collectors
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Credits
• Material Sources:
Ken Sanford, U.S. National Postal Museum, National Library of Australia, and Z. Aloni,
• Presentation : Ken Sanford
• Edited by: Alan P. Bentz
• Narration by: Arthur A. Pignataro
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This has been a presentation by the American Air Mail Society.
This, and other aerophilatelic programs of the American Air Mail Society, can be obtained from the American Philatelic
Society at: www.stamps.org/directories/dir_slideform.htm
For further information on the AAMS go to the Website:
www.AmericanAirMailSociety.org
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