Lot 284
 
Canal Zone 1946 crash cover (June 9), U.S. 3¢ Presidential tied by San Francisco machine cancel, June 2, on cover addressed to Lieut. Louis Guglielmino at A.P.O. 836 (Ft. Sherman, Canal Zone), redirected by army base locator to A.P.O. 826 (Ft. Amador), handstamped P.O. cachet reads "Received in Canal Zone/ Damaged in Aeroplane Accident/ June 9, 1946", backstamped A.P.O. 836 duplex, Jun 21, Fine. Inludes contents - an engraved wedding invitation.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED COVERS FROM THIS FLIGHT, THE FIRST DISCOVERED.
See The Canal Zone Philatelist, volume 35, no. 4 for an in-depth article co-authored by Mr. Leeds and Louis Guglielmino, the addressee of the cover. Enlisted personnel under the young Lt. Guglielmino actually assisted in the recovery of bodies and the retrieval of mail from the crash site. And a younger Mr. Leeds, then living in the Canal Zone, lost a friend in the crash.
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| Realized $1,300 |
