1955 Postal Incident - Plane shot down

Ref: G1909
  • £630.00

1955 envelope from Romania to Israel that was on an El-Al flight from the Netherlands via London and Istanbul to Tel Aviv that strayed off course and was shot down by the Bulgarian air force on 27 July 1955. All the occupants were killed. A boxed Hebrew cachet describes the incident. A very scarce item from this incident.