Ref: G2969
- £75.00
1974 aerogramme to Johannesburg with a K.U.T. 70c cancelled NAIROBI 19 NOV 1974. A violet bilingual "RECOVERED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI / HERWEN VAN LUGRAMP OP 20 NOVEMBER 1974 TE NAIROBI." cachet is on the front of the aerogramme. This letter was on Lufthansa Flight 540 that crashed shortly after take-off from Nairobi, killing 59 of the 157 passengers and crew.
