SOUTH AFRICA
Postal History
POSTAL HISTORY
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| AS385 |
| 1974 (November), CRASH MAIL incoming airmail window envelope from Germany franked with a machine cancellation (18 Nov). The cover was carried on the ill-fated Lufthansa Boeing 747 which crashed on take-off at Nairobi on the 20th November 1974. Bearing the bilingual cachet ‘RETRIEVED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 / NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI. / HERWIN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 / NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI.’ struck in purple. |
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