Lot 06366

5.12.1937.Far East-Great Britain.Imperial Airways “Cygnus” crash mail (Brindisi 5.12.37).Air cover from Patras (2.12.37) via Athens (3.12.37) to England (with Currency Control censorship tape & cachet).Salvaged from the sank airplane in the mailbag (all the stamps were savedd).Forwarded to its destination by the Italian authorities, received the strike “DAMAGED BY SEA WATER” on arrival. Hellas: CF 22. ONE OF THE TWO RECORDED SO FAR FROM GREECE.