1892, steamer Eider stranded on Isle of Wight Jan. 31: U.S. stationery card 2 C. blue canc. "NEW YORK JAN 20 1892" to Strassburg/Elsass w. arrival of March 6. Violet two line "Frankirter Brief aus / gestrandetem D. Eider geborgen" (franked cover recovered from stranded Str. Eider).
Value Add Taxes (19%) will be added to the hammer price and the buyers premium. (Image)

1936/37, disaster air mail: two air mail covers Tel Aviv-Europe, 1936 to Germany with on reverse printed label "From the airplane crashed near Crete. Mails arrived in wet. Officially sealed" (Imperial Airways G-ABFB). And 1937 to Holland w. four-line 'SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS / Correspondance retardee / par accident d'Avion / Priere de ne pas taxer' in violet, on reverse French Officially Sealed labels. From the crash of the "Cygnus" at Brindisi. (Image)