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1947(Aug 16) Airmail env to Loughborough bearing King Prajadhipok (Rama V11) 2b & 80s [SG 261 & 259] tied Bangkok d/s with back flap missing, water staining & showing movement of adhesives due to immersion in water & w/framed Damaged By/Sea Water h/s in violet………..On 23 August a B.O.A.C. flying boat G-AHZB on the “Dragon” route from Hong Kong to UK crashed into the sea whilst attempting to land at Bahrain..Ref: A History of Wreck Covers, A.E. Hopkins & Recovered Mail 1937-88, Henri L. Nierinck