41 | Air Mail Crash Covers

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1961. BARCELONA to SANTIAGO, CHILE. The Iberia Airlines plane flying from MADRID to SANTIAGO, CHILE crashed during descent at the beginning of the runway at Sao Paulo Airport on March 6, 1961. The plane caught fire, and the crew and passengers were rescued. Some of the correspondence was recovered and distributed in an envelope marked CORRESPONDENCIA DANIFICA- / DA, SALVA DO AVIAÑO / SINISTRADO EM / 6-3-61, EM S. PAULO-BRASIL, written on the back in violet. MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ENVELOPE.