Correo Aéreo Accidentado

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Yvert 603, 945. 1974. 25 cts dark blue and 35 cts blue green, two stamps. Airmail from ROTTERDAM to JOHANNESBURG (SOUTH AFRICA). Lufthansa company plane that covered the GERMANY-SOUTH AFRICA line, crashes shortly after taking off from Nairobi airport, killing 59 passengers. A portion of the mail is retrieved and forwarded to recipients marked RETRIEVED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 / NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI, in red. MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE.