Page 123 - 148 Years of the Royal Philatelic Society London

In 1988: Pan-Am 747 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland; George Bush elected U.S. President;

Congress warned about global warming; CDs outsell vinyl records for the first time.

At the RPSL: The RPSL organises a ladies only display.

RPSL Presidents were John H. Levett and Patrick Pearson, VRD.

Patron H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. Membership 1490-1591.

PAN-AM LOCKERBIE CRASH

From the collection of N. E. Polakow, RDPSA, FRPSL.

Member since 1994. Lives in South Africa.

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On 21st December 1988

Pan-Am's New York

• bound Boeing 747 flight
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exploded 31,000 feet

over Lockerbie, Scotland

due to a terrorist bomb.

259 passengers and 11

ground casualties

perished. This air letter

was sent by the writer via
tllt.ll "'41., '-' ~" If en)'ll\lngillenclosedrhi31etrer
ll"l'\M- 41tlr IDA'llhl' .t.'ll!Cl maybeseotbyO<d111al)' Mail courier to his corporate
office in Canada for

onward mailing, as no

direct airmail service

existed between Ethiopia
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and South Africa. It joined
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AIR LETTER ,. 11 , Flight 103 at Frankfurt .
•
, - Following the disaster the
AEROGRAMME
courier case was retained

for investigation for some
,.,.t'll- rart; 11.1:~vr

Addressee's""""' and acldress six months prior to

forwarding. The letter

was then franked and

mailed to the addressee.

Only about ten items of

mail are known to have

been recovered from

the flight.