G.B. - WW2 Enemy Action. c.1940 Naval censored cover to Sussex, fire damaged, with violet "DAMAGED BY ENEMY ACTION"; and 1943 (Apr 11) cover from Cape Town to England, fire and water damaged with the stamp washed off, reverse with violet "DAMAGED AS A RESULT / OF ENEMY ACTION". (2).
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G.B - Train Crashes. 1963-84 Covers comprising 1963 (May 19) cover from Liverpool to Somerset, fire damaged at edges, reverse with a label "packet accidentally damaged/delayed in the post" bearing violet "TRAIN / FIRE" cachet and "Returned Letter Office Liverpool" c.d.s (May 21), from the Liverpool to Crewe train which caught fire at Hertford; 1974 (July 9) wrapper with enclosed papers from Dublin to England, fire damaged, bearing an "accidentally damaged/delayed" label with violet "Planning Section Milton Keynes" c.d.s (July 15), also a letter from the Milton Keynes P.O forwarding a copy of a newspaper article about the fire on the July 11th Holyhead to Euston mail train; and 1984 (Apr 2) fire damaged cover from Andover recovered from a fire on the London to Bournemouth train with a faded G.P.O explanatory letter and news cutting. Also an 1874 cover from Weston Super Mare to Switzerland with enclosed letter mentioning his wife's delay in reaching Weston due to the derailment of her train. (4).
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1940-88 Covers, mainly G.B including letter box fires (4); 1969 cover from Cornwall with stamp and part cover eaten, endorsed "damaged and stamp eaten by snails in letter box"; cover delayed by industrial action at H.M Customs; also 1940 Australian ambulance envelope from Melbourne handstamped "DAMAGED BY FIRE / IN LETTER RECEIVER". (7+).
