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Desaster Mail
1916, Juni, Postwagenbrand, deutsche Feldpost, Vordruck-Päckchenadresse an die "Kgl.Sächs.Schwere Proviantkolonne Nr. 1 XII. A.K. zugeteilt der 11.Armee Südosten" mit
Datumsstempel "Leipzig 13 / 19.6.1916" und mit Stempel "Durch Wagenbrand beschädigt / Postamt Wien 24 / Norwestbahnhof" sowie hs. "6/27".
Condition: Cover (1036996) (Image) (image1)
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| 4455 |
Ansichtskarte (Picture postcard) |
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Desaster Mail
1917, March, France-London-Belgian Congo, ppc from Dieppe 11.3.17 to a Belgian officer in London, with straight line "RETARDEE PAR SUITE D'INCENDIE", which happened
most likely en-route by railway in France (but the entire without damage), redirected to Belgian Congo with arrival marks Stanleyville 22.5., Irumu 9.6. and Bogoro 18.+20.6.
Condition: Picture Post Card (1037137) (Image) (image1)
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| 4456 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1917, August, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, Belgrade, registered letter from Vienna to Constantinople with blingual label "Durch Postwagenbrand beschädigt /
Etappenpostamt Belgrad 1...", Austrian censor marks and Constantinople arrival marks on reverse.
Condition: Cover (1036521) (Image) (image1)
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| 4457 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1917, 30 August, Salonicco, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, after German bombardment, group of four French field post covers/card each with straight line "INCENDIE WAGON
POSTE" (various types).
Condition: Cover (1036528) (Image) (image1)
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| 4458 |
Ganzsache (Complete) |
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Desaster Mail
1917, September, South Africa, Railroad accident, censored registered stationery envelope from Jeppestown/Johannesburg to Durban with ms. endorsement "Crashed by
Rail", one adhesive being washed off.
Condition: postal stationery (1036830) (Image) (image1)
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| 4459 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1918, 23 January, USA, Railroad accident, War department official mail cover from Jeffersonville 21.1. to Philadelphia, badly damaged, with accompanying letter of
Philadelphia P.O. "The enclosed damaged mail matter was received from New York & Pittsburgh Railway Post Office train 22, due to leave Pittsburgh, Pa., at 11.14 p.m., January 22, and arrive North Philadelphia Station 7.19 a.m., January 23. This train
was wrecked at Girard Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa., January 23, 2.10 p.m."
Condition: Cover (1036835) (Image) (image1)
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| 4460 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1918, Brief ab Esslingen 6.2. nach Zittau mit rs. L2 "in Bietigheim unter Zug geraten" sowie mit Verschlusssiegel des Postamtes und Stempel 7.2.18.
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| 4461 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1918, Dt.Feldpost, Postwagenbrand, Feldpostkartenbrief 11.7.18 mit amtlicher Fixierung und Klebezettel "Beschädigt infolge Brandes eines Eisenbahnwagens. Deutsche
Feldpost 970".
Condition: Cover (1036649) (Image) (image1)
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| 4462 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1918, 20 December, France-Belgium, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, railway line Brussels-Paris, three covers/card from France to Belgium, bearing instruction mark in
Dutch (1) and in French (2), one cover charged with Belgian postage dues 1.2.19 upon delivery.
Condition: Cover (1036591) (Image) (image1)
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| 4463 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1919, 18 March, France, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, field post cover 18.3.19, officially re-sealed and label "Incendie dans le service", arrival mark Faye L'Abbesse
23.3.19 on reverse.
Condition: Cover (1036894) (Image) (image1)
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| 4464 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1919, 14.April, Postwagenbrand Zug 32 Wismar-Luwigslust, zwei Brief je mit Klebezettel des Postamtes Ludwigslust, einmal Ankunftsstempel Bernburg 24.4.19.
Condition: Cover (1036616) (Image)
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| 4465 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1919, 21.September, Postwagenbrand Zug D 91 Köln-Altona bei Haltern, zwei Karten mit Klebezettel "Beschädigt durch Brand des Bahnpostwagens. Postamt Haltern." (in
grau und in schwarz, dieser unvollständig), einmal eingehende Karte aus Niederländisch-Indien.
Condition: Cover (1036620) (Image) (image1)
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| 4466 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1919, 26 October 12.15 p.m., Fire in Postal Railroadcars, Dutch Indies, Badoeng-Soerabaja express train, Koetawinangan accident, PTT cover from Weltevreden to
Djakarta, with label "Portvrij Uitreiken / Beschadigd en vertraagd door brand / spoorwegpostwagen op 26-10-1919".
Condition: Cover (1036692)
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| 4467 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1919, 3 November, USA-France, Railroad accident, shortened cover from Milwaukee, Wis. to France, train Paris-Lyon crashed at Pont-sur-Yonne on 3 November, officially
re-sealed at Paris 7.11. with ms. "Accident du 3 Novembre 19", next-day arrival mark alongside.
Condition: Cover (1036841) (Image) (image1)
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| 4468 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1919, 3 November, France, Railway accident, registered cover from Paris 3.11.19 to Annecy (opened out for display), officially re-sealed with PTT label and ms.
endorsement "Catastrophe Pont sur Yonne", arrival mark 6.11.19.
Condition: Cover (1037141) (Image) (image1)
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| 4469 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1919/1920, Trinidad to Australia, Railroad accident, cover from Trinidad 3.12.19 to Canterbury/NSW/Australia with straight line "DEMAGED (sic!) BY FIRE IN / CHI&CBL,
FS TR. 7.19..", Sydney arrival 24.2. on reverse. Place of accident and origin of mark is unclear, most likely could be a transit via Panama CZ Railway (to save time, freight was often unloaded and transported by train), or possibly after arrival in
Australia. American design of used letters in instruction mark speaks for a use in American controlled CZ.
Condition: Cover (1036846)
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| 4470 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1920, 17 January, Japan-USA-Germany, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, POW cover from Narashino to Germany, train 56 of line Chicago-Minneapolis-St.Paul, fire broke out
near Columbus about 1.30 a.m., with straight line "Damaged by fire / in Mail Car / Columbus, Wis. / 1-17-20", transit mark "SAINT PAUL FEB 2 1920".
Condition: Cover (1036670) (Image) (image1)
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| 4471 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1920, 17 January, Thailand, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, commercial cover from Bangkok to New York, train 56 of line Chicago-Minneapolis-St.Paul, fire broke out near
Columbus about 1.30 a.m., with straight line "DAMAGED BY FIRE IN MAIL CAR AT COLUMBUS, WIS. JAN. 17, 1920".
Condition: Cover (1036668)
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| 4472 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1920, 31 December, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, commercial cover from Kyoto to Plantsville, Conn., line Chicago-Minneapolis-St.Paul, with straight line "St.Paul,
Minn. Damaged in Mail Car Fire at Luverne, No. Dak. Dec. 31st 1920.".
Condition: Cover (1036674) (Image) (image1)
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| 4473 |
Ansichtskarte (Picture postcard) |
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Desaster Mail
1920, 31 December, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, ppc from Nagoya to Columbus, ohio, line Chicago-Minneapolis-St.Paul, with straight line "St.Paul, Minn. Damaged in
Mail Car Fire at Luverne, No. Dak. Dec. 31st 1920.".
Condition: Picture Post Card (1036676) (Image) (image1)
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| 4474 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1921, 26 July, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, Sterling, Ohio, heavily burnt commercial cover, with inclosure "WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE Division of Mails / July 28/21
/ The inclosed mail was damaged by fire which occured in a mail car near Sterling, Ohio, on July 26".
Condition: Cover (1036679)
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| 4475 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1921, Dt.Reich, Eisenbahnunglück, Karte ab Berlin-Schöneberg 14.10.21 nach Reutlingen, auseinandergerissen mit hs. Vermerk "Durch Eisenbahnunglück beschädigt" und mit
zwei Verschlusssiegeln des Postamtes Berlin-Schöneberg wieder fixiert.
Condition: Cover (1036863) (Image) (image1)
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| 4476 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1921, December, Great Britain-France, Fire in Postal Railroadcards, cover from London 14.12.21 to France with ms. endorsement on reverse "Incendie d'un vagon poste en
gare de Paris", officially re-sealed and postmark Marseille 17.12.
Condition: Cover (1037238) (Image) (image1)
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| 4477 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1921, 18 December, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, train 71 Vlissingen-Gennep, two entires to Dresden resp. to Stockholm, each bearing label of German railway P.O. 15
Oberhausen (different types).
Condition: Cover (1036534) (Image) (image1)
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| 4478 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1921, 18 December, Netherlands, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, between Vegel and Uden, train D 71 from Vlissing to Germany, cover from London 17.12. to Stockholm, with
Swedish label "Försendelsen har brandskadats a Holländskt omrade" (This mail was damaged by fire on Dutch territory), arrival mark Stockholm 28.12.
Condition: Cover (1036624) (Image) (image1)
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| 4479 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1921, 18 December, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, train 71 Vlissingen-Gennep, cover from London to Berlin, bearing label of German railway P.O. 15 Oberhausen.
Condition: Cover (1037190) (Image)
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| 4480 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1922, USA, Railway incident, cover from Boston 18.8. to Kingston/Jamaica with label on reverse "POST OFFICE NEW YORK, U.S.A. (Foreign Station, Irr 726) / This letter
is part of the contents of a poach (mail sack) found December 3, 1922 under a passenger platform of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York, when railroad employees were repairing a conveyer. The pouch was from Boston, reached New York by train
no. 171 August 19 and had evidently been rifled.", finally delivered 20.12. and redirected locally.
Condition: Cover (1036744)
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| 4481 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1923/1926, USA, Railway incident, cover from Boston 27.1.23 to Canton, Ohio with two instruction marks alongside "IMPORTANT / Please note postmark on this piece of
mail, JANUARY 27th 1923. / This mail was in pouch which was stolen while in custody of the Penna.R.R.Co. at the Canton Ohio Station, Sunday, January 28th, 1923. The pouch and mail was recovered by the Canton, Ohio Post Office under the direction of
A.P.OWEN, Post Office Inspector, February 15th, 1926. / Leonard T. Cool, Postmaster.".
Condition: Cover (1036750) (Image) (image1)
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| 4482 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1923, 7 March, Train Raid, USA, cover from Garfield, N.J. 7.3.23 to Reading, Penn., with straight line "MAIL FROM RIFLED POUCH / N.Y. & GEN. TR 29 MAR 7-23 / RECD MAY
25 1923".
Condition: Cover (1036995) (Image) (image1)
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| 4483 |
Brief (cover) Ansichtskarte (Picture postcard) |
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Desaster Mail
1923, 27 September, Railway accident, USA, legal size cover from Casper, Wyo., 27.9.23 to Des Moins, Iowa, with straight line "Salvaged From / Coal Creek Wreck / Near
Casper, Wyo", plus related real-photo ppc. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy passenger train no. 30 left Casper, Wyo., on time at 8.35 p.m., when it reached 15 miles east the bridge near Lockett spanning over the Coal Creek. The bridge had been
undermined by high waters due to heavy enduring rainfall, and just collapsed under the train; several cars fell into the river. Forty persons were killed.
Condition: Cover/Picture Post Card (1037000) (Image) (image1)
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| 4484 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1923, 11 October, USA, Railroad incident, legal size business cover from Portland, Or. 10.10.1923 to Alameda, Ca., with straight line "DAMAGED IN WRECK OF
ASHLAND-GERBER TRAIN 13 AT SISKIYOU, OREGON OCT. 11, 1923". The train was held up by robbers, and the mail truck was blown up by dynamite.
Condition: Cover (1036870) (Image) (image1)
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| 4485 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1923, 11 October, Train Raid, USA, heavily burnt fragment of cover and related P.O. label "This mail damaged by fire and dynamite in hold-up of Ashland & Gerber Tran
No. 13, at Siskiyou, Oregon, October 11, 1923." This raid was conducted by the DeAutremont Brothers, was unsuccessfull but cost the life of four crewmen. After a nationwide manhunt, they were finally arrested in 1927.
Condition: Cover
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| 4486 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1924, 25.Januar, Postwagenbrand, Karte ab Döbeln nach Nortorf, mit Klebezettel "Beschädigt durch Brand in der Bahnpost amtlich verschlossen Postamt Chemnitz 4
Chemnitz".
Condition: Cover (1036661) (Image) (image1)
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| 4487 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1924, 23 March, Netherland-France, Railway accident, printed matter envelope from Amsterdam to Schiltigheim, France, officially re-sealed and with label "Endommage
par suite / d'un accident de chemin / de fer a Benesstroff le 27/3 24". On 23 March, about 2 p.m., the express train Oostende-Basel crashed into a waiting freight train, due to a wrong assignment of tracks to be used (the local traffic superintendent
had fallen asleep). Nine people were killed, 15 (severely) injured.
Condition: Cover (1037130) (Image) (image1)
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| 4488 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1924, August, Bordeaux station, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, caused by an explosion, two covers each with straigth line "DETERIOREE PAR INCENDIE DANS
WAGON-POSTE".
Condition: Cover (1036536) (Image) (image1)
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| 4489 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1924, 22 December, Italy-Netherlands, Railway accident, cover from Rome 22.12. to Utrecht, heavily soiled and re-sealed with three official labels
"Spoorwegpostkantoor Rotterdam Nr. 2." and ms. endorsement "Door trein ongeval beschadigd", adhesive washed off, and with mirror-inverted offset of postage from neighbouring letter. Most unusual.
Condition: Cover (1037127) (Image) (image1)
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| 4490 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1925, May, South Africa, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, two incoming covers from Great Britain, both with boxed bilingual straight line "DAMAGED BY FIRE / BESKADIGD
DEUR BRAND" on front, one cover with ms. endorsement "This letter was on the Mail Train which caught fire between Capetown and Port Elizabeth in May 1925" on reverse (unclear whether this in official/contemporary).
Condition: Cover (1037205)
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| 4491 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1925, 7 June, USA, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, Spencer, Wis., two commercial covers, each with label "Recovered from Mail Car Fire At Spencer, Wisconsin June 7,
1925", one with washed off adhesive.
Condition: Cover (1036681) (Image) (image1)
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| 4492 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1925, 26 October, USA, Railroad accident, cover from R.P.O. TR 19 26.10.1925 to Forrest Glenn, with ms. endorsement "Damaged by train at" and postmarked Forrest Glenn
27.10.1925, re-sealed with four labels.
Condition: Cover (1036865) (Image) (image1)
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| 4493 |
Brief (cover) |
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Desaster Mail
1926/1930 (ca.), Dt.Reich, großformatiger Brief ab Darmstadt nach Aachen, stark beschädigt mit Teilen fehlend, Klebezettel "Beschädigt, weil vom Zuge überfahren.
Postamt 1".
Condition: Cover (1036875) (Image) (image1)
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