£140
Egypt /Greece - Crash Covers. 1933 Covers flown from Alexandria, comprising March 5th cover from Cairo to Athens, the flight making a forced landing in rough sea off Cape Suniun due to a lack of petrol, then towed into Phaliron Bay by a Greek Coastguard trawler; and May 5th covers from Cairo to Candia or Alexandria to Corfu carried on the "Scipio" which damaged a wing tip attempting to land in rough sea off Heraklion, took off again and subsequently landed at Mirabella Bay, where the plane floundered. Scarce, just 18 covers carried from Egypt on this May "Scipio" flight; the mail was taken to Heraklion on the 26th but one of these covers received an arrival datestamp for the 24th, the date of the initial intended landing. (3).
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