Correo Aéreo Accidentado

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1936. Airmail from JERUSALEM to KITZINGEN (GERMANY). Airplane of the ORIENTE-GREAT BRITAIN line (Imperial Airways), crashed in Mirabella Bay (Island of Crete) on August 22, 1936 making an emergency landing. The mail was retrieved and forwarded to the recipients by applying a label in German explaining the reason for the delay. MAGNIFICENT AND RARE.