£160
Cyprus. 1961 (Dec 20) Window envelope from Germany and 1967 (Oct. 9) cover from Italy, both to Cyprus, the first recovered from the B.E.A Comet London to Tel Aviv flight which crashed in a snowstorm at Ankara in December 21st 1961, with violet "SALVAGED MAIL / AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT"; the second recovered from the October 12th 1967 B.E.A Athens to Nicosia Comet flight which crashed into the sea near Castellorizo due to a bomb on board, with a violet three line Greek cachet (translating as "Salvaged Correspondence from the recent airliner disaster"). A scarce pair, the first with Nicosia and Limassol backstamps. N.611221b, 671012. (2).
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