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1939 Guinea Airways Darwin – Adelaide crash cover with Type A label version 1

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1939 Guinea Airways Darwin – Adelaide crash cover with Type F label. (Eustis 843).

18 January 1939 Darwin to Adelaide Guinea Airways Lockheed 14 Karanga crashed into Katherine River, NT. Explanatory labels used at Melbourne. Cancelled Bradford 6 JAN 1939.

Label setting type A Version 1. R of R.N. over D of Deputy and B of Boat over h of when.

Label type B has additional words from Darwin after enroute. Different versions can also be identified by examining the signature.