Auction 49
Auction 49 - Stamps, documents, Judaica, various coins and banknotes and world stamps
By רומנו בית מכירות בולים בע"מ
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Dec 15, 2021
50 Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv (Dizengoff Center, 3rd floor, 4 gates)., Israel
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Items in this sale are Israeli stamps from 1948 until today, including envelopes and postcards, and various documents from Eretz Israel and the world.
Including coins and banknotes during the British Mandate and Israel. Means of payment (tokens, cards, and more) Markings Pins and Templar coins from all over the world.
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LOT 280:
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS "COURTIER" CRASH MAIL FROM PALESTINE TO GERMANY IN 1937.
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Start price:
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Estimated price :
$140
Buyer's Premium: 20%
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IMPERIAL AIRWAYS "COURTIER" CRASH MAIL FROM PALESTINE TO GERMANY IN 1937.
Airmail from Palestine with a 15 milliemes issue "dome of the rock" paying the rate to Germany. Jerusalem postmark with maltese cross dated September 30th, 1937. The Short S.23 "Courtier" piloted by Captain Pool crashed at Pahleron Bay, near Athens damaging the hull and sinking within minutes. The mail was recovered, but all three onboard passengers were drowned.
German Official seal on reverse of October 12th, 1937 confirming mail recovered from the crash.
