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SALE 706
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| * = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by one star are subject to V.A.T. at 17·5%. ** = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by two stars are subject to V.A.T. at 5%. PLEASE NOTE: All lots in this auction are subject to the Buyers’ Premium of 15% (plus V.A.T. where appropriate) on their hammer prices. ALL BIDS WILL BE TAKEN AS EXCLUSIVE OF THIS PREMIUM |
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| AIRCRAFT CRASHES, ETC. FROM 1926 |
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BURMA/CANADA/U.S.A. - PROBLEMS WITH EARLY PIONEER MAIL FLIGHTS, 1926-28; Special covers from disrupted US pioneer flights; Apr. 1926 Elko-Pasco route pair (one with Pilot h.s.; 'lost' in mountain storms for 3 days), June 1926 Minneapolis-Chicago (pilot killed at Mendota), Oct. 1926 Elko-Salt Lake City (plane forced down so transferred to train), and 1926/28 quartet from forced landings (Dallas-Chicago, Indianapolis-Chicago, Buffalo-Cleveland & New York-Atlanta). Plus Nov. 1927 White Horse-Wernecke cover with special blue Airways 25c label (crashed in snow - delivered by dog-team; ? only 70 covers carried), and 14 May 1928 letter (no env.) from Calcutta with "AERO PHILATELIC CLUB OF INDIA" Sec. cachet carried by D'Oisy who crashed at Akyab. Good early lot. (9 covers + 1 letter) PHOTO.. |
£140 |
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U.S.A. - UNRECORDED(?) PURPLE "DAMAGED IN MAIL PLANE/ACCIDENT AT HURON OHIO/DEC. 20 1928 P.M."; Long 26 Dec. 1928 Cleveland stampless P.O. 'Penalty' env. (minor faults) to Monmouth, Arizona with original charred letter (no env.; hence the P.O. 'ambulance' env.) with a doubled strike in purple of this cachet on the front. Not recorded in Nierinck; believed to be only a handful of items recovered from the wreck in which the pilot was killed. Rare. PHOTO. |
£150 |
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U.S.A. - UNRECORDED(?) AIR CRASH COVER WITH PURPLE "DAMAGED BY FIRE JAN 6/FORT CROOK NEB"; Badly charred commercial Jan. 1928 env. (+ contents) to Chicago with remains of US Air Mail 5c having a mostly v. fine strike of this purple cachet, apparently not recorded by Nierinck. Plus accompanying Chicago P.O. explanatory letter (some toning) explaining that the cover was "damaged in an airplane wreck at Fort Crook Air Field, Omaha, Nebraska..." Rare pair. Plus Jan. 1929 New Orleans-Houston special env. from plane forced down in transit. (3 items). PHOTO. |
£150 |
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FRENCH COLONIES - INDO-CHINA & MADAGASCAR - 'DRAGON DE L'ANNAM' & BELGIAN CONGO CRASH COVERS; 19 Feb. 1929 env. regd. to Hanoi with France 10f & 1f50c having large purple "PAID INTERROMPU/PAR ACCIDENT/Retour a l'envoyeur" (N290219a) back & front; plus commercial 8 Jan. 1930 env. (part address inked out) to London with Fr. Madagascar 5-values franking ex Tananarive, having the v. fine purple "PAID/MADAGASCAR FRANCE/ACCIDENT DU/13 JANVIER 1930" cachet (N300113a; struck in Belgian Congo where the crash occurred) on reverse. Good pair. (2 covers). PHOTO. |
£120 |
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CANADA/U.S.A. - UNRECORDED(?) PARK CITY-UTAH CRASH CACHETS (2 TYPES), ETC.; 9/10 Mar. 1929 pair of long envs. from Seattle/San Diego to Pittsfield , Mass. (badly damaged) & Liverpool, G.B. (some toning but sound and attractive) each from the Park City-Utah crash in the snow at Park City; one (internal US cover) with mostly fine purple "AIR MAIL/DAMAGED IN PLANE CRASH/AT PARK CITY, UT 3-11-29/C. F. DUTTON, P. O. INSP." on the front, and the other (to G.B.) with cancelled Air Mail wording and mostly v. fine "Damaged in Pane Crash/PARK CITY UT 3-11-29/DUTTON P.O. INSP." on the front. Rare pair; not recorded by Nierinck. Plus Jan. 1929 Canada special flight (Halifax-St. John) env. from plane forced down at Follleigh Lake and a Mar. 1929 pair of US FF covers ex Daytone Beach-Tampa crash (plane plunged into river). Useful group. (5 covers). PHOTO. |
£200 |
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MEXICO - UNRECORDED U.S. CRASH & DELAYED FLIGHT TO CUBA COVERS; 21/23 Mar. 1929 front (badly burned) to London with Mexico 25c + 10c (both damaged by fire) tied by "SERVICIO AEREO/TAMPICO, TAM." c.d.s.'s along with Chicago P.O. Mailing Division slip stating that the "Chicago-Dallas mail plane fell and was destroyed by fire..." near Harmon, Ill.; not recorded by Nierinck and rare thus. Plus Jan. 1931 special flight env. from Vera Cruz to Havana with Mexico Air 20c (2) tied by c.d.s., from the plane that was forced down in the Gulf of Mexico near Succulo. (3 items) PHOTO. |
£120 |
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TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (U.S. RADIO MAST) CRASH COVER + G.B.-INDIA COVER DELAYED BY STORM & FLOOD; Sept. 1929 env. (charred corner) with Trinidad & Tobago 1/- + 6d franking (tied by Port of Spain 25 Sept. machine) endorsed for FF to Miami, but en route from the US to catch this flight this cover was involved in a commercial Air crash; on 13 Sept. 1929 the plane hit a radio station aerial and the pilot was killed (Nierinck 290913). Plus commercial 19 July 1929 env. from GB to Calcutta with KGV 1/- & PUC 11⁄2d tied by London c.d.s.'s, endorsed "Delayed by sandstorm..." (in Iraq en route) in pencil and then delayed by floods at Karachi also en route. Unusual pair. (2 covers). PHOTO. |
£120 |
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U.S.A. - UNRECORDED(?) WRECKS DUE TO FOG & BLIZZARDS, ETC.; Charred but attractive 26/28 Oct. 1929 env. to Columbus Oh. franked by US Air Mail 5c tied by "WALVILLE/WASH." duplex with contemporary pencil note "Recovered from Mail plane which was destroyed near Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Oct. 28 1929" (not recorded by Nierinck), due to fog; plus 10 Jan. 1930 commercial env. to Baltimore with US 10c Air Mail tied by Beverley Hills machine having purple "Delay due to wrecked mail plane/January 10, 1930." and green "RETURN...LOS ANGELES" machine of 28 June 1930! The latter was on a plane that crashed in remote mountains near Las Vegas in a blizzard, and was only recovered 51⁄2 months later (not recorded by Nierinck). Also May 1929 Pueblo-Cheyenne FF env. delayed due to crash. (3 covers). PHOTO. |
£120 |
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U.S.A. - UNRECORDED(?) CRASH COVERS DUE TO BAILED OUT PILOT & EMERGENCY LANDING; Badly charred commercial Apr. 1930 env. (+ contents; stamp lost to flames) from Santa Barbara to Philadelphia accompanied by Philadelphia P.O. slip ref. damage due to crash of plane on the "Chicago Section of the Transcontinental Night route" (not recorded by Nierinck); plus matched pair of damaged 19 Sept. 1930 env. (ex Oakland with US 5c Air Mail tied by machine) and 23 Sept. 1930 (Warren Ohio P.O. "Penalty" Ambulance env.) both to same Philadelphia address and each with fine to v. fine purple "DAMAGED IN PLANE FIRE/AT WARREN. OHIO. 9-12-30" on the front (also not recorded in Nierinck). Rare pair. (4 items). PHOTO. |
£140 |
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U.S.A. - UNRECORDED(?) CRASHES DUE TO ENGINE-TROUBLE, CRASH-LANDING & BLIZZARDS; 10 Jan. 1930 pair of commercial long envs. from Los Angeles/Long Beach to New York each with mostly v. fine purple "Delay due to wrecked mail plane/January 10, 1930." on the front (not recorded by Nierinck) due to plane crashing in blizzards near Las Vegas (both with green L.A. returned machine marks of 28 June due to remote mountain-location of wreck!); plus Mar. 1931 long commercial env. (+ contents) to S.F. with damaged US 5c Air Mail tied by Seattle machine with v. fine fancy purple "Damaged in fire at Roseburg. Ore" with separate "MAR 3 - 1931" (not recorded by Nierinck) on the front, and Dec. 1930 badly charred env. to L.A. with part 5c stamp and Idaho cancel having mostly fine purple "DAMAGED BY AIR PLANE WRECK/DECEMBER 22 1930" (not recorded by Nierinck) on the front. Rare lot. (4 covers). PHOTO. |
£200 |
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AUSTRALIA & SOUTHERN AFRICA - ALOR STAR & 'CITY OF CAIRO' CRASHES, ETC.; 3/4 Apr. 1931 Experimental FF env. to Australia by 'City of Cairo' that crashed on Timor but was carried on to Port Darwin by Kingsford Smith on 'Southern Star', 19/20 Nov. 1931 FF envs. (one battered with GB PO resealed labels) from Adelaide/Melbourne to GB carried on plane that crashed in jungle at Alor Star (Straits Settlements) so carried from there by Kingsford Smith in 'Southern Cross' (N.311126), 28 Jan. 1932 FF env. from Salisbury to GB with S. Rhodesia 10d & similar FF env. to GB but from Joburg with SA 1/- & 4d, both of which suffered two crashes en route ('City of Basra' on take-off & 'City of Delhi' at Broken Hill; N320129; only 389 covers carried)!! (4 covers). PHOTO. |
£180 |
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FRENCH COLONIES - INDO-CHINA - 4 DIFFERENT SAIGON-ROUTE CRASHES; 1931/32/32/34 quartet of covers (varying faults - one entirely stampless, two with some stamps lost) involved in different wrecks on the route between France & Saigon; June 1931 env. regd. to Paris with v. fine N.3106070a "COURRIER ACCIDENTE/LE 7 JUIN 1931" tying the one remaining stamp, Mar. 1932 env. to Paris with fine black boxed N.320316 "COURIER ACCIDENTE" on the front with PO resealing labels, Aug. 1932 env. ex Paris (very stained address) with fine black N.320813 "Lettre Parvenue Deterioree/Suite Accident Courrier Avion" on reverse, and Jan. 1934 fine env. to Gironde with mostly fine N.340106 "COURRIER RAPIDE/EMERAUDE/SAIGON-PARIS" on the front. The crashes occurred at Akyab, Calabria, Beyrout & Gwalior respectively. (4 covers). PHOTO. |
£200 |
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ARGENTINA/BRAZIL - MAIL FROM PLANES WRECKED OR FORCED DOWN IN THE SEA; Feb. 1932 damaged env. (stamps washed off) from B. Aires (redirected to London) with spectacular v. fine giant purple N.320227a "Accident d'Avion/Correspondences recuilles en mer/NE PAS TAXER" (only recorded in black by Nierinck?) on the reverse; the plane crashed off the coast of Brazil & the mail was washed up on a beach near Sarita. Plus June 1935 fine env. to Switzerland with Brazil $3.50 & $7 tied by Bahia machine but from Tornado forced down in sea (N.350629; this is the exact cover illustrated by Nierinck on p.549)) and taken on by SS Westphalen's seaplane, being refuelled by Graf Zeppelin en route across the Atlantic! Scarce pair. (2 covers). PHOTO. |
£150 |
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FRANCE/MOROCCO - P.O. "SERVICE" COVER WITH "CORRESPONDENCE AVION...." CACHET; May 1933 stampless official French P.O. env. (charred at top) to Dundee (G.B.) with fair Toulouse c.d.s. but also having a mostly fine purple N.330509 "CORRESPONDANCE AVION/retardee et deterioree/par suite de l'accident aerien/survenu le 9 MAI 1933" cachet on the front; presumably this OHMS envelope originated in the French P.O. in Casablanca, Morocco. Rare thus. PHOTO. |
£100 |
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DUTCH EAST INDIES + N.Z. - K.L.M. "POSTJAGER" & "UIVER" WRECK COVERS & INDIA/N.Z. MAILS FORCED DOWN; Dec. 1933 & Dec. 1934 (2) trio of covers all from Holland to the Dutch East Indies with 6c + 30c frankings ex the KLM "Postjager" flight (N331209; forced down near Rome) and "Uiver" crash (N341220; came down near Rutbar in the Syrian desert) respectively; one of the 1934 covers with charred corner. Plus May 1933 FF env. from Karachi to Belgaum (via Poona; forced down by monsoon) and May 1935 aborted FF env. from NZ to GB via Australia 'Southern Cross' which had engine trouble over the Tasman Sea and was forced back. (5 covers). PHOTO. |
£140 |
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U.S.A. - UNRECORDED(?) "PLANE FELL IN RIVER" COVER, PIECES FROM CRASHED PLANES, ETC.; 28 July 1933 stampless long commercial env. to LA ex Kansas (stamp washed off) with v. fine large green "DAMAGED AT KANS CITY/JUL 8.33 WHEN PLANE/FELL IN RIVER" cachet (not recorded by Nierinck) on the front, plus June/Oct./Nov. 1934 trio of annotated pieces of fabric from planes wrecked at Livingston Manir NY (with two photos of wreckage), Highway 40 near Columbia (two pieces) and Amasonia, Mo. respectively; weird 1 July 1934 FDC (with 6c Air Mail stamp) made from fabric taken from Mongaup Mountain wrecked plane, and June 1935 NY-Rome aborted flight env. Intriguing group. (9 items). PHOTO. |
£140 |
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WORLDWIDE BALLOON MAILS + EXPEDITIONS/HOVERCRAFT/HELICOPTERS, ETC.!; 1933 oval "CRASHED" cachet on Chicago Exhibition "Stratosphere" Balloon flight cover, 1936 Gordon Bennett ballon-cachet on flimsy from Brussels to Warsaw flight that crashed in Russia, 1935 FF env. that failed in Cape Verde Is., 1934 Little America "DIFFICULTIES" cover, 1939 aborted British Guiana Expedition env., 1954 Sweden interrupted balloon flight env., 1960 Saltoro Mountaineering PC, and modern group (16) inc. 9 failed Ballon flight items, etc. Unusual lot. (23 covers) PHOTO. |
£200 |
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ROCKET CRASH COVERS - OUTER HEBRIDES, HOLLAND, FRANCE, U.S., ETC.; Unusual lot of 1934-78 covers inc. charred July 1934 env. with Zucker "WESTERN ISLES/ROCKET PPOST" stamp and "Damaged by first/explosion at/Scarp HARRIS" cachet, Dec. 1934 signed and charred Roberti Rocket Post env. with Dutch 6c, similar Sept. 1935 "Roberti" env. (fine but with "ACCIDENT" cachet on reverse) ex France, 1961 US env. with "RECOVERED/FROM FIELD'S/POND SWAMP" d.s., etc.(7 covers). PHOTO. |
£150 |
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'CITY OF KHARTOUM' WRECK COVERS - WITH SINGAPORE P.O. NOTICE OR UNMARKED TO PALESTINE; Dec. 1935 pair of envs. ex GB to Palestine (unmarked but very toned & with KGV 11⁄2dx2) or to Singapore (stamps washed off but with separate original printed Singapore P.O. slip ref. "Seaplane 'City of Khartoum' wrecked off Alexandria". Good pair; the Singapore label is particularly scarce. (3 items). PHOTO. |
£120 |
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HONG KONG/SINGAPORE/INDIA/AUSTRALIA - 'SCIPIO' FLYING BOAT WRECK COVERS COLLECTION - ALL DIFFERENT CACHETS; Remarkable Aug. 1936 collection of 8 covers to GB all with different wreck mail cachets; fine Hong Kong env. with KGV 50c tied by HK c.d.s. and v. fine purple boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER" (N.360822b), stampless env. ex Singapore with fine red "Damaged by Sea Water" (N.360822c), similar black mark but with "SEA WATER" on India env., v. fine N.360822d "DAMAGED-BY/SEA WATER" on Australia env. (1/6x2 + 1d), similar N.360822f on large India part env., similar N.360822g on India env., and large "DAMAGED/BY/SEA WATER" (N.360822h) ex Australia. Good lot. (9 covers) PHOTO. |
£200 |
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PALESTINE/INDIA - 'SCIPIO' FLYING BOAT CRASH COVERS INC. SCARCE LABEL & DOUBLE CACHET ITEM; Aug. 1936 covers to GB/Germany from this crash inc. stamp washed off env ex Jerusalem to Bavaria with scarce German Munich explanatory label (N.360822u), spectacularly red-stained env. (opened out) from India with v. fine black "Damaged by SEA WATER" (N.360822c?) on the front and GB PO resealed label on flaps tied by v. fine red boxed "DAMAGED BY WATER" (n.360822 a + c)the same red boxed mark on stamp washed off env ex India, similar env. but with two different black cachets (N.360822g + i) on reverse, and 3 other India envs. (one with stamps intact) having unframed "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" (two Type g & one scarce Type d). Good lot. (7 covers) PHOTO. |
£200 |
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MAURITIUS/INDIA - 'BOADICEA' WRECK COVERS PAIR - WASHED UP IN G.B. & IN FRANCE; Wrinkled Meter Frank Sept. 1936 env. ex London to Mauritius with French resealed label on reverse (tied by Kenya c.d.s.) with red N.360925b cachet) also with fine boxed "FOUND IN THIS CONDITION" - Mauritius? - on the front; plus similar battered GB 11⁄2d P. Stat. env. (stamp washed off) to India with accompanying London PO 'Ambulance' env. and original separate purple printed London PO slip (N.360925d). Very scarce pair from the crash in the English Channel from which mail was washed up on each country's coasts. (4 items). PHOTO. |
£150 |
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G.B. KG 'SEAHORSES' COVER TO AUSTRALIA WITH "Salvaged from Air Liner/ATHENA" CACHET; Remarkable large 22 Sept. 1936 env. (just fits album page; burned away at foot, and at top right just affecting 3d, but attractive) from London to Sydney franked ny GB KGV 10/-, 2/, 1/- & 3d all tied by London rubber c.d.s.'s, having Air Mail label at left but also with very fine "Salvaged from Air Liner/ATHENA" (N.360929c)on the front. Exhibition Item. Plus charred & stained 22 Sept. 1936 env. from Sydney to Orissa with KGV 6d but no Crash marks. (2 covers). PHOTO. |
£150 |
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U.S.A. - UNRECORDED SALT LAKE CITY & IDAHO WRECK COVERS (TWO NOT FOUND FOR 7 MONTHS!); 14 Dec. 1936 pair of commercial envs. (one a fine uprated long P. Stat. env.; the other with stamp washed off) to Chicago/NY from California (Ontario/Glendale) each with v. fine purple "DAMAGE DUE TO AIR MAIL/INTERRUPTION NEAR/SALT LAKE CITY/DEC 15, 1936" on the front (not recorded in Nierinck); in fact the pilots were killed on a remote mountain and the wreck & mails were not found for 7 months - each with addressees' arrival d.s. (17/21 Jan. 1937). Plus 16 Dec. 1936 long commercial env. (6x3c tied by Chicago duplexes) to Spokane having small brown paper label; "Delay due to Air Mail/interruption near/Calder, Idaho, Dec./18, 1936" (not recorded in Nierinck) on the front, and an interrupted FF Miami-Newark 19 dec. 1936 env. (4 covers). PHOTO. |
£160 |
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AUSTRALIA/EGYPT/PALESTINE - 'COURTIER' FLYING BOAT WRECK COVERS GROUP; Sept. env. (stamps washed off) from Sydney to London with purple boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER" (N.371001d), 29 Sept. 1937 env. (stamp washed off; with contents) from Aboukir RAF to GB with mostly v. fine purple boxed "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER/IN AIRPLANE/ACCIDENT" (N.371001f), and Palestine pair (one with stamp washed off & one with fine 13m) ex Haifa/|Jerusalem to Germany/GB with mostly v. fine N.371001f 4-line mark and the other with German 'Closed' label and v. fine purple "Aus verunglucktemFlugzeug/durchn asst geborgen" (N.371001c) on reverse. Good lot. (4 covers). PHOTO. |
£150 |
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Similar lot - 'Courtier' wreck covers ex Egypt/Palestine INC. UNRECORDED "DAMAGED BY/WATER" MARK; 30 Sept. 1937 env. to Berlin with Palestine 15m tied by Haifa c.d.s. having German 'Closed' label and v. fine N.371001c "Aus verung...." cachet on the reverse, Sept. 1937 env. (stamps washed off) from Cairo to GB with v. fine boxed 4-line N.37001f cachet on the front, and Regd. 28 Sept. 1937 env. from Cairo to London with v. fine purple "DAMAGED BY/WATER" cachet (not recorded in Nierinck) on the front. This latter mark is recorded for Aug. 1936 & Oct. 1937 Scipio & Antares wreck covers, but not for Courtier mail; perhaps it was only used on Regd. mail? Good trio. (3 covers). PHOTO. |
£120 |
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BELGIUM/GERMANY - COVER FROM THE WRECK THAT KILLED THE DUKE OF HESSE; 15 Nov. 1937 commercial env. (stamp washed off and some charring; N.371116) from Wasungen to GB accompanied by a 16 Dec. 1937 letter from the senders of the Wreck cover explaining that it had been returned to them in Germany but sending it again under cover "as memento"! The Duke of Hesse and much of his family were killed in this crash. Rare thus; Nierinck only records two covers. (2 items). PHOTO. |
£140 |
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AUSTRALIA/CEYLON/EGYPT/INDIA/NEW ZEALAND - FLYING BOAT 'CYGNUS' WRECK COVERS COLLECTION; Nov./Dec. 1937 lot ex Ceylon (fine KGV 25c+15c+10c franking ex Trincomalee), Australia (2; one with 1788 commem. 9d & with stamp lost), New Zealand (stamp lost), India (with o.p. 71⁄2as), and Egypt (2; both with stamps lost); all having "DAMAGED..." cachets, N.371205a(3)/b(2)/c(2). Good study. (7 covers). PHOTO. |
£200 |
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NEW ZEALAND/SAMOA/U.S.A. - UNRECORDED(?) WRECK COVERS INC. LABEL & CACHET; 31 Dec. 1937 FF env. from NZ to GB via Samoa that crashed off Hawaii (fine condition so no cachet), battered & charred commercial Jan. 1938 env. (+ contents) from Oregon to New Jersey (stamp mostly burned away) with fine small red printed label on front; "Delayed and damaged in wreck of/airmail plane, A.M. 3-2, en route/Seattle to Chicago, near Bozeman,/Montana, January 10, 1938" ON FRONT (not recorded in Nierinck; it crashed into a mountain), and attractive uprated commercial 28 Nov. 1938 US P. Stat. env. from Spokane to SF with v. fine "DAMAGE DUE TO AIR MAIL/INTERRUPTION NEAR/PT. REYES, CALIF/NOV 29 1938" cachet (not recorded in Nierinck) on the front (the plane ran out of petrol and crashed in the sea). Scarce lot. (3 covers). PHOTO. |
£120 |
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FRANCE/G.B./FRENCH GUINEA/SWITZERLAND - FRENCH CACHET & UNRECORDED GERMAN LABEL; Mar. 1938 front to Switzerland with French Guinea franking and v. fine purple "CORRESPONDENCE AVION/retardee et deterioree/par suite de l'accident aerien/parvenu/ 23 MARS 1938" (N.380323a; v. scarce); plus commercial 10 Aug. 1938 env. (charred) from GB to Switzerland with KGVI 11⁄2d (charred; N.390811) having a small orange paper typed label on the front; "Flugzeug-Absturz/am 11. August 1939/bei Luxeuil, France" (not recorded in Nierinck) on the front. Good pair. (2 items). PHOTO. |
£120 |
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G.B. - FLYING BOAT WRECK MAIL EX 'CALPURNIA' & 'CHALLENGER' - CACHETS & RARE W.A. LABEL; Nov. 1938 trio of envs. to NZ (2; stamps washed off with v., fine purple N.381127a "RECEIVED IN DAMAGED CONDITION/FROM BOAT CALPURNIA", and part red N.381127bb) and to W.A. (lower part lost; with rare N.381127qq printed label on reverse; "the accompanying posta/article was salvaged from the/Flying Boat 'Calpurnia', which/crashed in Lake Habbaniyah, Irak....F.W. Arnold/Deputy Director, - Perth" ). Plus pair of Apr. 1939 envs. to Durban (one regd. with KGVI 8d still in place & one with stamp lost) each with mostly v. fine purple bilingual "FLYING BOAT CORRESPONDENCE DAMAGED BY SEAWATER" cachet. Good lot. (5 covers). PHOTO. |
£200 |
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SINGAPORE/AUSTRALIA/N.Z. - FLYING BOAT 'CENTURION' WRECK - 3 DIFFERENT CACHETS ON COVERS; June 1939 trio all with stamps washed off; W.A. to Isle of Man (Darwin backstamp & London PO resealed label on back) with v. fine scarce ERROR of spelling "SALVAGED MAIL/EX: CENTURIA" in red on front (N.390612c), Singapore to Scotland with resealed label on back and red N.390612b (correct spelling) on front, and NZ to London with brown PO tape and unusually BOTH N.390612a red "CENTURION" cachet and unrecorded(?) black boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER" mark on the front. Good trio. (3 covers) PHOTO. |
£150 |
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SOUTH AMERICA TRIO - MAIL EX 'AMPHIBIAN' & 'YANKEE CLIPPER' WRECKS, ETC.; 7 Aug. 1939 env. (tears at left) from NY to Rio with US 20c(2) having v. fine "ACCIDENTE DE AVIAO" (N.390813b; scarce) on the front - ex the Panam 'Amphibian' crash at Rio; plus Feb. 1943 Air env. (stamps lost etc.) from P. Cabello (Venezuela) to GB with mostly fine purple boxed truncated "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" (N.430111b) on the front ex the 'Yankee Clipper' crash at Lisbon, and Nov. 1941 env (stamp washed off - probably from a ship wreck) from B. Aires to GB with v. fine purple boxed truncated "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" on the front. Good trio. (3 covers) PHOTO. |
£120 |
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U.S.A. - WORLD WAR II CRASHES INC. UNRECORDED(?) A.P.O. CACHET, V-MAIL "DAMAGED", ETC.; 1942-45 lot inc. Apr. 1942 window env. ex Tacoma with v. fine purple "DAMAGE DUE TO AIR MAIL/INTERRUPTION NEAR/NEW YORK N.Y./APR 11 1942" on flap (not recorded in Nierinck) - crashed in Flushing Bay - Feb./Mar. 1943 pair ex the 'Yankee Clipper' crash at Lisbon (both ex US to GB); one with v. fine purple boxed truncated "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" (N.430222b) - but the other with accompanying letter from a Mrs. Agnew explaining that it had been delivered by accident to another address still wet, while stuck to the back of another letter!! (naturally without P.O. mark) - Feb. 1945 env. (stamp lost etc.) from Brooklyn to APO772 with rare red "DMG. IN PLANE WRK./FWD. BY APO 111" (not recorded in Nierinck) on the flaps, and unusual Mar. 1945 V-Mail photo-letter with "DAMAGED" (N.450313a). Good lot. (6 items) PHOTO. |
£200 |
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CHINA/BURMA/NORWAY/U.S.A./FR. CAMEROONS - VARIED POST-WAR CRASH COVERS; 1946-47 lot inc. Aug. 1946 charred env. to London with Fr. Cameroons 20f tied by Douala c.d.s. endorsed "Avion Accidente" on front (N.460904; crash at Le Bourget), Dec. 1946 badly charred env. to Chicago with Norway 11⁄2k + 40o (latter charred; probably from N.461228 Shannon Airport wreck - no special marks recorded)Jan. 1947 PO 'Penalty' usage of US P. Stat. 2c env. from Galax, Va. to Ohio with fine purple "DAMAGE DUE TO AIR MAIL/INTERRUPTION NEAR/GALAX VIRGINIA/JANUARY 12 1947" (not recorded in Nierinck), and attractive Aug. 1947 trio from the 'Portland' Flying Boat wreck at Bahrein (each with N.470823a/f cachet) with China, Burma & India frankings (varied damage). Good lot. (6 covers) PHOTO. |
£200 |
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INDIA/HOLLAND/U.S.A. - 'MALABAR PRINCESS', DUM DUM, FRANKFURT KLM WRECK COVERS, ETC.; 1949-52 covers inc. Nov. 1949 NY-Texas charred env. with m/s "Damaged in an Air Mail accident at Dallas, Tex,. 11.29/49" (N.491129A), battered long Nov. 1950 env. (+ matching London OHMS 'ambulance' env.) ex Egypt with m/s "From aircraft crash in Alps" (N.501103; v. scarce), Dec. 1951 battered env. ex India with v. fine purple "SALVAGED NIGHT AIR MAIL/DUM DUM CRASH 21st NOV 51" (N.511121a), and charred Mar. 1952 env. ex Italy (3 stamps) to Holland with scarce printed "Amsterdam C.S./Het bijgevoegde stuk is/beschadigd in verband met/vliegtuigogeluk bij/Frankfurtmain." label (N.520322a; scarce) on front. Good group. (4 covers) PHOTO. |
£140 |
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37 |
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MALAYA - 'COMET' CRASHES (AT ELBA & CALCUTTA) COVERS EX SINGAPORE, KLANG & KUALA LUMPUR; Apr.1953 Air Letter ex KL to GB with Malaya 5c+25c tied by v. fine purple "SALVAGED MAIL/'Comet' Crash, Near Calcutta/2nd May 1953" cachet (N.530502c); plus 4 Jan. 1954 envs. (one the 'ambulance' env. for another) each with v. fine red "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER/COMET MAIL" mark (N.540110a) on the front - ex Klang & Singapore (2). Good group. (5 covers) PHOTO. |
£200 |
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38 |
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JAPAN/ITALY/U.S.A. - 'CLOUD MASTER' MID-AIR EXPLOSION DOUBLE-CACHET COVER & UNRECORDED CRASH; Attractive Jan. 1954 env. to Liverpool with Japan 100s (2) + 30s tied by Kobe c.d.s.'s having two different crash cachets of the mid-air explosion wreck of the DC6 'Cloud Master' at Rome; mostly fine Italian N.540114a and GB mostly v. fine "DAMAGED IN/PAL-AIRCRAFT CRASH" (N540114f) both on the front. Plus Feb. 1954 env. (stamp lost) from San Diego to Minneapolis with partly fine purple strikes of "DELAY caused by/Air Mail Interruption/Near GILLETTE. WYO/FEB. 26, 1954" (not recorded in Nierinck) on the front. Good pair. (2 covers) PHOTO. |
£120 |
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39 |
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MALAYA/NEW ZEALAND/AUSTRALIA - 'BELFAST' CRASH AT SINGAPORE COVERS; Mar. 1954 covers to Pakistan & G.B. (4) ex NZ (2; battered inc. one to Pakistan) & Australia (3; one quite fine, one badly charred with separate 'ambulance' env., and one badly damaged with stamp burned away) all but one with v. fine red boxed "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/SINGAPORE 13.3.1954" (N.540313a) on the front. The cover with the 'ambulance' env. (which has the special matching Crash imprint; N.540313b) has no mark. Good variety. (6 covers). PHOTO. |
£140 |
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40 |
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IRELAND/ITALY/CANADA/U.S.A. - 1950s CRASH COVERS INC. T.C.A. 'NORTH STAR' & "K.L.M. CRASH AT SHANNON"; Apr. 1954 battered charred part env. ex Canada with v. fine "SALVAGED FROM/T.C.A. WRECK" (similar to N.540408Ab but apparently a new type) with PPC of the 'North Star' in flight, Sept. 1954 env. ex Indonesia to NY with mostly fine scarce purple "SALVAGED FROM K.L.M. CRASH AT SHANNON" (N.540905b) on the front, Dec. 1954 env. ex Italy to NY with mostly fine "DAMAGE DUE TO AIRMAIL INTERRUPTION/NEAR N.Y. INTL AIRPORT. DEC. 18. 1954" (N.541218a) across the stamps, and Dec. 1954 pair ex GB to Toronto (one Meter Frank, one 6d Air Letter) with stains and v. fine purple boxed "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/PRESTWICK 25-12-54" on the front. (5 covers + 1 card) PHOTO. |
£150 |
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41 |
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ISRAEL/BULGARIA/ROMANIA - RARE PAIR OF COVERS FROM THE EL AL PLANE 'ACCIDENTALLY' SHOT DOWN OVER BULGARIA; July 1955 pair of envs. ex Romania (one with stamp washed off, the other with fine franking being regd. & "AR") to Israel each with v. fine purple boxed Hebrew cachet (N.550727a), translation; "This cover was recovered from the El Al airplane that was shot down over Bulgaria on 27.7.1955". Rare pair. (2 covers). PHOTO. |
£160 |
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42 |
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BRAZIL/FRANCE/U.S.A. - PAIRS OF UNRECORDED(?) US INTERNAL & ORLY AIRPORT CRASH COVERS; Dec. 1955 pair of badly charred US covers to Miami/NY ex NY/Miami with v. fine purple "DAMAGED IN PLANE CRASH/HOLLYWOOD, S.C. 12/17/55" (not recorded in Nierinck) and faint purple "DAMAGED IN PLANE CRASH" (not recorded in Nierinck) on the front respectively; plus May 1969 env. (with 'ambulance' env. & printed French PO notice) ex DC4 fire at Orly having fine black "COURIER ACCIDENTEE/en COURS de TRANSPORT" (N.690528b; with red CORRESPONDANCE ACCIDENTEE/EN COURS DE TRANSPORT" on the 'ambulance' env.; N.690528c), and battered July 1973 env. ex Brazil to GB with fine "CORRESPONDANCE ACCIDENTEE/EN COURS DE TRANSPORT" ex Orly crash (N.730711a; with separate printed PO slip). Scarce lot. (7 items). PHOTO. |
£120 |
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43 |
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COLOMBIA/G.B./ISRAEL/INDIA/NIGERIA - SCARCE GROUP OF AIR CRASH COVERS; June 1956 long worn env. to GB with Nigeria 3d + 1/- having PO 'ambulance' env. (faults) with very scarce v. fine purple "ENCLOSED LETTER SALVAGED FROM/AIR CRASH AT KANO (24-6-56)" (N.560624b), Apr. 1968 GB to Israel env. (stamp lost) with v. fine purple boxed Hebrew "This postal item was received from abroad damaged as it was recovered from an aircraft accident" (ex BOAC crash at Heathrow; N.680408a), pair of June 1982 envs. (stamps lost) ex Air India 707 crash at Bombay (one without crash mark but with 'ambulance' env. & inventory of regd. letters; the other with v. fine purple "DAMAGED IN AIR ACCIDENT/TO FLIGHT NO. A1 403 AT/BOMBAY AIR PORT ON 22-6-1982" as well as India P.O. printed slip), N.820622a/b/c, and 21 Nov. 1982 Machin env. ex GB to Colombia with v. fine red "Envio Rescatado del Accidente/Avion HK-1803" on the front (too recent for Nierinck; probably caused by terrorist bomb). Good group. (9 items). PHOTO. |
£200 |
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44 |
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CYPRUS (B.F.P.O. 53)/G.B. - 'COMET' CRASH COVER OF ANKARA WITH CYPRUS B.F.P.O. NOTICE; Rare 19 Dec. 1961 env. (charred edge, but with contents) with GB Wilding 3d tied by Hunstanton machine addressed to "B.F.P.O. 53" (which was in Cyprus), accompanied by special matching printed note from B.F.P.O. 53 Postal Services" in Cyprus ref. "Delay and Damage to Mail" (N.611221c; rare). Rare thus. PHOTO. |
£150 |
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45 |
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CANADA/ISRAEL - 'COMET' CRASH (AT ANKARA) COVER WITH ISRAEL P.O. NOTICE; Scarce Jan. 1962 env. ex Quebec to Israel with CANADA 5c (part burned; other stamps lost) having the Israel P.O. Hebrew notice; This mail has been delayed and damaged because of the B.E.A. plane crash near Ankara. We regret the unpleasantness and damage cause to you, The Postmaster" (N.611221a). Rare thus. PHOTO. |
£120 |
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46 |
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DENMARK/HOLLAND/K.U.T./S. AFRICA - PAIR OF NAIROBI 'JUMBO' WRECK COVERS EX DENMARK & HOLLAND; Nov. 1974 pair of envs. (with Denmark franking or Amsterdam Meter Frank) to Joburg each with faults and mostly v. fine red-purple bilingual "RETRIEVED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20/NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI" marks (N.741120a). Good pair. (2 covers). PHOTO. |
£140 |
| MARITIME WRECKS, ETC. FROM 1837 |
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47 |
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LIVERPOOL LETTER REF. SUNK PACKET + FRENCH "NAUFRAGE du LIBAN" WRAPPER; Oct. 1837 EL posted from Liverpool to Edinr. with contents ref. news of loss of a "very fine American Packet...all on board drowned"; plus battered June 1903 printed matter wrapper from France to Corsica(?) with v. fine blue "NAUFRAGE du LIBAN" on reverse, but returned to sender with m/s "Inconnu" etc. (2 covers) PHOTO. |
£120 |
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48 |
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LUNDY ISLAND (DEVON) - TELEGRAM ABOUT & PPCs OF WRECK OF H.M.S. MONTAGUE; 30 May 1900 P.O. telegram form (no env.) from Weymouth to London with brief message; "Accident to ship; husband safe" - sent on the day that HMS Montague was stranded on rocks at Lundy. Plus 2 PPCs of the wreck (one a real photo type posted in 1912 - stamp removed). Also a 1972 "DELAYED BY STORM/LUNDY" cover. (4 items) PHOTO. |
£100 |
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49 |
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BELGIUM/FRANCE - UNRECORDED 1907 WRECK CARD & 1909 "VILLE D'ALGER" COVER; 1(?) May 1907 grubby PPC to Dublin with Belgium 5c pair tied by "NEDERBRAN.." c.d.s.'s and by a corner of a mostly v. fine purple boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA-WATER"; no wreck has yet been identified of this date. Plus Feb. 1909 env. (stamp lost) from Constantine to Paris with scarce large blue crayon "Naufrage de la Ville d;Alger" on the front (scarce; see Hoggarth p.141), and a PPC of the ship. (3 items). PHOTO. |
£100 |
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50 |
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"EMPRESS OF IRELAND" WRECK COVER WITH SUPERB RED WAX P.O. SEAL; Unusual May 1914 large grubby P.O. O.H.M.S. env. (coincidentally returning a Regd. letter from Ottawa's "DEAD LETTER OFFICE") to London with Canada 2c+5c tied by oval-framed "R" marks having a mostly v. fine purple "Recovered by divers from wreck of S.S. Empress of Ireland" on the front, with a lovely red wax Dead L. O. Chief Superintendent" crowned seal on reverse. Plus 2 real photo PPCs of the ship. (3 items). PHOTO. |
£120 |
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51 |
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WORLD WAR I - VARIED WRECK MAIL INC. "FOUND BROKEN..." LABEL; Mar. 1916 GB KGV 1d Letter-card to India with part purple boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN WATER" on front (ex S.S. Sussex), unusual June 1916 letter(no env.) home from the front enclosing a rare "FOUND BROKEN AND RE-PACKED..." Parcel Post label of "R.E.P.S." which came on a parcel from GB, battered June 1917 regd. env. ex S.S. St Louis wreck, battered front from the same wreck, and June 1917 letter ex Egypt ref. mails home being lost. (5 items). |
£120 |
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52 |
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S.S. NORWEGIAN - WRECK MAIL STUDY INC. P.O. PARCEL POST LABEL USED AS SEAL; Feb. 1917 PPC (ex Hawaii; rare thus), and 3 envs. (all with stamps washed off; 2 ex NY + 1 ex Curacao and registered) all to GB and each with very fine distinctive black "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" marks showing varying letters missing, all from this freight liner that was beached on the Irish coast due to a mine explosion. These wreck covers had previously wrongly been allocated to the Wreck of the SS Laconia. Scarce group. (4 covers). PHOTO. |
£150 |
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53 |
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PALESTINE - COLLECTION F.P.O. COVERS TO G.B. EX WRECK OF S.S. 'KINGSTONIAN'; Unusual group of Mar. 1918 stampless OAS covers (7; inc. one Honour env.) and a card to GB all ex FPOs in Palestine (SZ14 at Deir el Belah/Rehovot, SZ38 at Beer Sheba, ?SZ23 at Beer Sheba, D52 in Arsuf area, ?229 at Jerusalem, CZ at Jericho, APO K at Kantara, and FPO161 somewhere in Palestine) all showing Wreck marks of the S.S. Kingstonian incident (torpedoed twice off Sardinia). 5 with boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN WATER" (H Type 1; one in black, others purple), one with v. fine purple "DAMAG[E]D BY SEA WATER" (H Type 4), one with v. fine purple "SALVED LETTER" (H Type 5; scarce), and the honour env. with no mark. Remarkable assembly that took Ben years to complete! (8 covers). PHOTO. |
£200 |
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54 |
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EGYPT - COLLECTION OF S.S. KINGSTONIAN WRECK MAIL - ALL WITH DIFFERENT CACHETS/LABELS; Mar. 1918 group of covers all ex Egypt (6 stampless OAS ex British FPOs inc. an Honour env. with enclosed floral cards + 2 civil censor covers to Italy/France) with marvellous range of S.S. Kingstonian Wreck marks; H Types 1& 2 in purple, Type 2 in black, Type 4 in purple (2l; "DAMAGE D" and "DAMAGD" varieties), Type 11 Label (R.E.P.S.; v. scarce), and Type 20 "NAUFRAGIO" (to Italy). The cover to France with no mark or label. Good lot. (8 covers) PHOTO. |
£240 |
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55 |
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WRECK OF S.S. KINGSTONIAN - BALANCE OF THE COLLECTION; Mar. 1918 covers ex this wreck all ex Egypt to GB (except one to Italy) inc.stampless OAS Honour env, plain env. & PC all with H Type 1 cachets, stampless OAS env. & stamp-lost civil env. with purple Type 2, stamp-lost civil env. to Italy with v. fine Type 20 "NAUFRAGIO", and a pair of envs. (stamp lost civil mail) to the very same Liverpool address without marks (presumably because they were accompanied by an ambulance env. with the H Type 12c plural label). Good group. (8 covers). |
£140 |
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56 |
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PALESTINE/CZECHOSLOVAKIA/AUSTRALIA/SOUTH AFRICA - 'BETWEEN THE WARS' WRECKS MAIL; 1918-c.1939 lot inc. June 1918 stained env. with S. Africa 1d to GB from SS Kenilworth Castle wreck off Eddystone Rock, Apr. 1921 env. (stamp lost) from India to Ireland with v. fine black boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER I.S." mark used for SS Kalyan mails, Mar. 1930 env. to GB with Australia 1d having v. fine boxed "DAMAGED BY FIRE/ON/SS COMORIN" on reverse, c.1939 stamp-lost PC from Czechoslovakia to Jerusalem with accompanying trilingual English/Arabic/Hebrew P.O. slip, and ?? SS City of Baroda (Mar. 1943!) env. (stamp lost) to Cape Town with bilingual Cape "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER" in purple. Further research required! (5 covers). PHOTO. |
£160 |
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57 |
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PALESTINE/CANADA/YUGOSLAVIA/G.B./FRANCE - S.S. EROS & S.S. ALHENA WRECK MAIL INC. TWO 'SERVICE SUSPENDED' ITEMS; May 1940 env. (stamp washed off after salvage but in transit) from Canada to France but with v. fine purple "SALVED FROM T[HE SEA]" due to Wreck of SS Eros on north Irish coast (see Hoggarth p.249) and then undeliverable because of the fall of France (!) and so with v. fine blue "SERVICE SUSPENDU"; plus 3 covers to Palestine (2) or Yugoslavia (also returned eventually due to Service being Suspended!) from Wreck of SS Alhena (see Hoggarth p.253) having 3 different Damage cachets; v. fine purple boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER" (to Yslavia), large black "SALVED FROM/THE SEA" and purple "SALVED FROM THE SEA" (latter two to Palestine), Scarce group. (4 covers). PHOTO. |
£140 |
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58 |
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CRETE/PALESTINE - S.S. ALHENA WRECK COVERS; Jan. 1941 envs. (4) ex GB to the Med. area inc. one (stamp torn away) redirected from APO 725 to "CRETE" but after the island fell so with v. fine black "SALVED FROM THE SEA" as well as "Addressee/Reported Missing" in purple, one (with GB 21⁄2d) to Cairo redirected to Jerusalem with fine purple rough-lettering "SALVED FROM THE SEA", and similar marks in black on stamp-lost envs. to Palestine APO725 or much travelled. Good lot. (4 covers) PHOTO. |
£140 |
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59 |
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ISLE OF WIGHT - RARE P.S. PORTSDOWN "DAMAGED AS A RESULT/OF ENEMY ACTION" COVER; 19 Sept. 1941 env. (some wear & stamp lost as usual) from London to the Isle of Wight with v. fine purple "DAMAGED AS A RESULT/OF ENEMY ACTION." on the front. Rare example of this kind of Enemy Action mark on internal G.B. wartime mail. PHOTO. |
£150 |
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60 |
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SIERRA LEONE, SOUTHERN RHODESIA & UNIDENTIFIED WRECK COVERS; Sept. 1942 env. (stamp lost) from GB to "R.A.F West Africa" [S. Leone] and redirected with v. fine purple truncated framed "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" on front (ex the FPO 141 mail wreck; see Hoggarth p.271), Mar. 1943 env. (GB KEVIII Meter Frank) to S. Rhodesia with v. fine bilingual Cape "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER" cachet on front die to Wreck of SS City of Baroda, and 1941/42 trio (all with stamps) with GB (2; to FPO Iraq and e FPO in Palestine) & India (to GB) frankings all with mostly v. fine purple "DAMAGED"/"SALVED" marks (all different) but from wrecks that have yet to be identified. Good research project! (5 covers). PHOTO. |
£150 |
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61 |
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BALANCE OF THE WORLD WAR II WRECKS COLLECTION - SOUTH AMERICA, MALTA, INDIA, ETC.; 1943 (8) covers all with wreck cachets inc. 2 ex B. Aires, 1 ex Montevideo, India Air Letter front, one to unidentified HM Ship, one ex Palestine FPO 121, etc.; plus Malta 1940 env. with stains but no cachet, and 1942/4 trio ex US/S. Africa/Reunion with slogan marks ref. Gossip sinking ships. Good nucleus for further expansion & research. (12 covers). PHOTO. |
£200 |
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62 |
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THE POST-WAR MARITIME WRECKS COLLECTION; 1947-c.1967 covers with a wide range of countries and cachets involved; inc.June 1947 India to GB v. fine purple "DAMAGED BY/WATER", 1947 RMS Nascopie Canada "SALVED FROM THE SEA", June 1949 stamp-lost env. from Essen to GB from tragic post-war mine sinking of SS Princesse Astrid with German label, pair of Sept. 1950 US envs. with SS Liberte wreck notes, Nov. 1950 stained env. to GB with S. Africa 1d and framed purple "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER" (see Hoggarth p.302; only one other known), Feb. 1961 env. (stamp lost) from Poland to Israel with red Hebrew cachet (see Hoggarth p.320), etc., etc. Good variety. (14 covers). PHOTO. |
£200 |
| RAIL CRASHES, ETC. FROM 1925 |
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63 |
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SOUTH AFRICA - RARE BILINGUAL "DAMAGED BY FIRE" MARK ON RAIL CRASH COVER; 30 Apr. 1925 env. (understandable slight stains etc.) with GB 11⁄2d tied by Plymouth machine addressed to "Grahamstown, Cape Province, S. AFrica" but having a very fine purple boxed "DAMAGED BY FIRE/BESKADIGD DEUR BRAND" on the front. Thought to have been in the early June 1925 accident on the train between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. We have recorded only one other item from this incident; illustrated on p.137 of Hopkins' Wreck Mail book. PHOTO. |
£150 |
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64 |
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U.S.A. - CALIFORNIA & OHIO MAIL TRAIN ACCIDENT CACHETS; Apr. 1937 long env. (staining and damage along edges) ex Dallas to Torrence Cal. with US perfin 6c having a mostly fine purple "DAMAGE (OR DELAY) DUE TO/MAIL TRAIN INTERRUPTION AT/GARDENA, CALIF. APR. 29, 1937" on the front; with charred July 1959 long env. (Chicago Meter mark) to Columbus with v. fine large purple "MAIL DAMAGED BY/FIRE IN MAIL CAR/AT LIMA, OHIO" on the front, and similar charred Jan. 1960 env. to LA with St. Paul Min. Meter having a mostly v. fine purple "DAMAGED I FIRE IN RAILWAY/MAIL CAR AT CADIZ, CALIF." on the front. Rare trio; none recorded by Hopkins. (3 covers). PHOTO. |
£150 |
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65 |
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U.S.A. - NAVAL FORCES MAIL & CALIFORNIA COVERS WITH TRAIN ACCIDENT CACHETS; 1944 long Official Penalty env. ("NAVY DEPT./U.S. NAVAL TORPEDO STATION/NEWPORT R.I." imprint) to USS Fulton c/o Fleet P.O., S.F. with v. fine purple "DAMAGED IN TRAIN/WRECK JUL 3 1944" on the front, badly charred Feb. 1960 env. (stamp lost) from Canada(?) to Gadena Cal. with mostly v. fine purple "DAMAGED IN FIRE IN RAILWAY/MAIL CAR AT CADIZ, CALIF." on the front along with matching PO 'ambulance' env., and Mar. 1960 "NEWSPAPER" wrapper from NY to Honolulu (stamp lost) with v. fine purple "DAMAGED IN FIRE/IN RAILWAY MAIL CAR/DAGGETT, CALIFORNIA" on the front (see Hopkins p.146). Rare lot. (4 covers). PHOTO. |
£150 |
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66 |
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SWITZERLAND & G.B. - TRAIN WRECK COVERS; Nov. 1958 long env. (stamp lost) from Visp to Zurich sealed with two Swiss PO seals having a typed message on the back authenticated by a v. fine blue Bern c.d.s.; "this letter is from a train accident in Laldon near Brigg 7th Jan. 19548 and it was unfortunately damaged and found 3 Feb. 1958 under the snow". Rare thus. Plus Dec. 1984 badly charred env. from Cambridge to Surrey with ambulance env. and slip ref. the fire at Cambridge Station, and Sept. 1986 env. to London but never posted because it was in the personal belongings found after the Staffordshire Train Disaster at Colwich Junction and later forwarded to the addressee under cover (with accompanying Railway supervisor slip). Rare trio. (3 covers). PHOTO. |
£140 |
| OTHER DAMAGED IN TRANSIT MAILS FROM 1898 |
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67 |
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GREAT BRITAIN - DAMAGED IN TRANSIT (BOMB, SNAILS, OIL, ETC.) MAILS COLLECTION; 1898-1991 covers (all but one being QEII) inc. 1898 "Received open and resealed/at the S.W. District Office" (with red wax PO seals; no address!), rare July 1979 local Birmingham env. with uncanceled stamp but having PO "Postmaster regrets...[Bomb Damage]" label on reverse, 1979 stained env. with tied manuscript Camberley P.O. label ref. damage by oil in post box (to Saudi Arabia!), 1966 Barnet damaged in Fire env., 100% ink-covered 1969 Sheffield env. (cancellation machine leak!), and 1965/1980/c.1985 trio "Eaten by Snails" (Truro. Plymouth & ?). Good variety. (31 covers).PHOTO |
£150 |
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68 |
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INDIA - QUETTA EARTHQUAKE - FREE & UNDELIVERABLE MAIL CACHET COVERS, ETC.; June 1935 collection inc. 4 stampless covers (one internal & three to GB) with scarce large red "Quetta Earthquake/Postage Free" beside London "I.S." in triangle Inspector's Mark, and 3 with the black "QUETTA EARTH QUAKE POSTAGE FREE" marks, as well as ingoing 8 June env. (India 11⁄4as) to Quetta with fine purple "Undelivered owing to/earthquake disaster/Returned to sender" on reverse; plus an Aug. 1930 env. (India 1a tied by Jacobabad c.d.s.) to Belu with "AIR MAIL" label endorsed "EMERGENCY/SIND FLOODS" by sender. (6 covers). PHOTO. |
£200 |
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69 |
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LONDON 'BLITZ' COVER - RARE RED BOXED "DELAYED AND DAMAGED/BY ENEMY ACTION" COVER; 18 Oct. 1940 local London env. with KGVI 1d (damaged) tied by machine cancel having a very fine and spectacular large red boxed "DELAYED AND DAMAGED/BY ENEMY ACTION" on the front. Early London Blitz cover; there was no example of this mark in the 'John Daynes' Collection. Rare. PHOTO. |
£200 |
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70 |
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LONDON 'BLITZ' COVER - UNRECORDED(?) PRINTED "...ENEMY ACTION..." LABEL; 28 Apr. 1941 env. (+ contents; both charred) from Darlington to Chiswick franked by KGVI 21⁄2d tied by machine, endorsed "Rec'd under cover Thurs. 30th" by addressee in pencil on reverse (presumably originally in a P.O. 'ambulance' env.) with a small crudely printed green paper label attached to the front with the message; "THE G.P.O. REGRET THIS POSTAL ITEM/WAS DAMAGED BY FIRE/WATER DURING/RECENT ENEMY ACTION". Rare thus; we cannot recall having seen this kind of P.O. label before. PHOTO. |
£150 |
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71 |
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WWII LONDON 'BLITZ' "BOMB" & 2-LINE "ENEMY ACTION" MARKS - PROOF STRIKES ON KGVI P. STATIONERY COVER; Fine c.1945 unused KGVI 21⁄2d Blue P. Stat. env. with superb Proof-like strikes of both the "DAMAGED AS A RESULT/OF ENEMY ACTION." and "DELAYED BY/[BOMB]ENEMY ACTION" marks in red on the front. These marks were very little used during the war, but a few Proof-like strikes such as these (though usually on plain paper - as the example in the John Daynes sale - rather than on a cover like this) are known. Attractive. PHOTO. |
£120 |
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72 |
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GLASGOW/LONDON/COVENTRY - 'BLITZ' & ENEMY ACTION COVERS; Long 29 May 1940 env. (stamp lost) from Canada to London with v. fine purple boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" on the front along with the original large (re-used!) P.O. 'ambulance' env. endorsed "Contains prepaid postal packet which has been damaged at Sea by enemy action and reconditioned at Glasgow" (clearly from the SS 'Eros' wreck; but Hoggarth does not note mail being sorted in Glasgow); plus rare 15 Nov. 1940 PPC with KGVI 2d tied by intaglio "CY" cork cancel (with covering notes stating that the card was "Posted...the morning after the blitz" and that "the P.O. at Coventry was...flattened..."), badly stained 1928 Swedish FF cover stated to have been damaged in the Marquis of Bute's collection in a London vault in the Blitz, and a printed circular from Gt. Ormond St. Hospital about their mail being lost in the Blitz. Rare group. (7 items). PHOTO. |
£150 |
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73 |
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U.S.A. - MAIL DAMAGED/DELAYED IN TRANSIT COLLECTION - FIRES, "FOUND IN SUPPOSEDLY EMPTY EQUIPMENT", ETC.; Good 1899-1991 lot of covers with all kinds of marks, inc. 1899 ex India with purple "Received at Detroit, Mich/In Bad Order" mark, similar 1940 Portland Me. marks on env. to Jerusalem, superb purple "DAMAGED BY FIRE/ENROUTE/JAN 15 1944" on internal env. ex Philadelphia, July 1948 env. ex GB with v. fine black "DAMAGED BY FIRE/TERRE HAUTE IND./AUG 6 1948", 1964 "FOUND IN SUPPOSEDLY/EMPTY EQUIPMENT" on env. ex GB to Park Forest Ill., local Mar. 1974 SF env. with v. fine red "DAMAGED DUE TO/FIRE IN TRANSIT", etc., etc. Good nucleus for expansion. (31 covers). PHOTO. |
£240 |
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74 |
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OTHER COUNTRIES DAMAGED MAIL (NON-G.B./U.S.) - INC. FIRE, FLOOD, SALVAGED, BULLET-HOLE(!), ETC.; 1915-88 covers with wide variety of marks inc. remarkable June 1915 FPO T.1 stampless OAS env. to GB with bullet-hole (through env. + contents!) endorsed "Done by a German suner...(?)" and "Received in this condition...", Nov./Dec. 1986 trio from Cayman Is.(2) & Bermuda to Malta with "RECEIVED IN/THIS CONDITION" (2 sizes; red & black) or PO resealed tape, c.1942 Mexico window-env. with v. fine purple "DAMAGED BY FLOOD", Apr./July 1945 env. (stamp lost) ex Canada to GB with mostly v. fine purple "DAMAGED BY FIRE & WATER", July 1945 FPO env. with v. fine purple "SALVAGED MAIL", etc., etc. (23 covers) PHOTO. |
£200 |
| INTERRUPTED/DELAYED MAILS FROM 1902 |
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"DIVERTED...MAIL APPARATUS" LIABLE ON COVER REGISTERED WITH FRAGILE CONTENTS; Rare 11 Aug. 1902 env. (crumpled but attractive) to Huddersfield franked by KEVII 1d+2d tied by part "TOWCESTER/808" duplexes with purple rubber "LOIS WEEDON" village c.d.s. on the front, but clearly originally enclosing something with an odd shape, so deemed no to be suitable for sending by the T.P.O. automatic mail-transfer system, and so having an "E[Crown]R" label at top (opened out for display); "This Packet has been diverted from the usual route, as it appeared to be too fragile for transfer by the Mail Apparatus", precancelled (as usual) with Towcester duplex. Rare on cover, and the first of its kind we have seen from a village P.O. PHOTO. |
£150 |
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"MAIL APPARATUS" DIVERSION LABEL ON PARCEL TAG & CANADA/US TRAIN DELAY MARKS; 23 June 1906 parcel tag from London (Scientific Instrument Makers) to Sedbergh with an "E[Crown]R" "...diverted...Mail Apparatus" label as per the previous lot on reverse with "CARNFORTH" c.d.s. of the same day; diverted from the Carnforth-Whitehaven TPO route because the attached package was presumably a thermometer or some such! Plus 1905 Canada PPC with NY "MAIL DELAYED IN ARRIVAL" machine over Toronto Station c.d.s. cancel, and 1900 Patriotic (Boer War period) PPC from GB to US with id Lilac having "MAIL DELAYED/TRAIN LATE" US mark on back. (3 items). PHOTO. |
£140 |
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WORLDWIDE DELAYED/RETURNED MAIL INC. SERVICE SUSPENDED, POW, WWI, ETC.; 1911-39 covers inc. 1913 PO notice on PC asking for town of addressee, 17 Aug. 1914 PPC with Naval dumb cancel on GB 1⁄2d denying that the writer's ship had been sunk(!), Jan. 1915 Swiss pair to France/Belgium returned as Services suspended, 1915 PC File-holes) ex Ipswich to POW in Germany but with German Return label tied by rare purple framed "PLACE OF DETENTION/NOT TRACED", June 1915 German FPO PC with 'Delayed for Military Reasons' mark, 1915/9 Spain-Holland env. with "RELEASED BY THE BRITISH MILITARY AUTHORITIES" (similar 1915/9 Holland-Germany env. with German 1917 label, 1916 Irish 'Troubles' PC with GB 1⁄2d tied by Emergency "DUBLIN" parcel cancel, 1919 "NOT ON BOARD/R.M.S. BALMORAL CASTLE" d.s., Mar. 1929 Mexico FF env. with m/s note ref. a month's delay due to "Revolution"(!), Regd. 1930 FF env. NZ-Gaza and returned to sender, much travelled 1936 env. ex GB to Egypt but much redirected with Jerusalem PO resealed labels & "T |