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Symbol

Catalog No.

Descrip

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7524

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

LBK 81a, Si.214 C

Zeppelin Mail - Europe

1933, LIECHTENSTEIN, 2.Südamerikafahrt bis Barcelona auf R-Brief ab Triesenberg mit Mi.-Nr.107B,99B, LBK 436.-

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): LBK 81a, Si.214 C (1045432) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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SOLD for €72.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7525

Brief (cover)

Si. 219 B

Zeppelin Mail - Europe

1933, 3rd South America Trip, Connecting Flight, Latvian Mail, registered cover with provisional registration label from "SLAMPE 28.VI.33" to Pernambuco, both flight cachets alongside, on reverse despatch mark "BERLIN 30.6.33" and Pernambuco arrival 5.VII.

Condition: Cover

Catalog number(s): Si. 219 B (1039566) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7526

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

LBK 90a, Si.238

Zeppelin Mail - Europe

1933, LIECHTENSTEIN, 8.Südamerikafahrt Chicago-Dreiecksfahrt bis Pernambuco auf Liechtenstein-Zeppelin-Karte ab Triesenberg mit u.a 2x Mi.-Nr.107B, 109, LBK 1080.-

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): LBK 90a, Si.238 (1045438) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7527

Brief (cover)

Si 286

Zeppelin Mail - Europe

1934, Zuleitung zur Weihnachts-Südamerikafahrt, eingeschriebener Umschlag mit Vatikan/Italien Mischfrankatur, eingeschriebener Umschlag (deutliche, großflächige Bräunungen) mit vorderseitig grünem Sonderbestätigungsstempel (Unterscheidungsbuchstabe d = Bordpost) und argentinischem Einschreib-Stempel, rückseitig Transitstempel von Rom und Mailand sowie Ankunftstempel aus Buenos Aires.

Condition: Cover

Catalog number(s): Si 286 (1033936) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7528

Brief (cover)

Zeppelin Mail - Europe

1936, 10th Flight to South America (G543 - Graf Zeppelin). Commecial cover from London to Rio de Janeiro with meter franking. GB zeppelin covers with meter frankings are extremely rare.

Condition: Cover (1042589) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

SOLD for €90.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7529

Brief (cover)

Zeppelin Mail - Europe

1936, Graf Zeppelin shuttle flight (G 575): Switzerland acceptance, commercial cover from Bern addressed for Buenos Aires, endorsed per Deutsche Lufthansa, routed via Marseilles instead of Germany (thus no red staging cachet), most elusive from Switzerland

Condition: Cover (1042577) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

SOLD for €130.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7530

Brief (cover)

Zeppelin Mail - Europe

1936, 16th Flight to South America (H48 - Hindenburg), Switzerland via Marseilles (22/10), where DLH took over (thus no red staging cachet). The DLH airplane had already departed Frankfurt 22/10 0045, 21 hours and 17 min after depature of Hindenburg. At Bathurtst, Gambia (23/10 0220) mail was transferred to the Hindenburg with mail drops at Natal (23/10 2317) and Recife (24/10 0152).
Postage SFr 1.90 per 5 g airmail, SFR 0.30 surface rate. Swiss mail via Marseilles flown by Graf Zeppelin are recorded a few, this is one of only two of Swiss mail via Marseilles flown by Hindenburg. Unrecoded in any catalogue.

Condition: Cover (1042574) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7531

Brief (cover)

Zeppelin Mail - Europe

1936, 16th Flight to South America by Hindenburg (H 48), French acceptance, Paris to Recife, Brazil, endorsed via Marseille. Fine and scarce.

Condition: Cover (1042593) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

SOLD for €90.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7532

Brief (cover)

Zeppelin Mail - Europe

1936, 18th Flight to South Amerika (H51-Hindenburg), London to Rio de Janeiro, fine and scarce. British Hindenburg mail is uncommon. ÷ 1936, 18. Südamerikafahrt, Zuleitung aus London. Britische Hindenburg-Post ist nicht häufig.

Condition: Cover (1042407) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

SOLD for €90.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7533

Brief (cover)

Sieger 31B,Japan 175 (5)

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

Japan 1929, japanische Frankatur (u. a. 2x 50 Sen und 1 Yen) auf großformatigem Geschäftsbrief der Firma Audoyer (übliches Format z. B. für Verschiffungskonnossemente oder Wechsel) ab Yokohama mit GRAF ZEPPELIN an "The Silk Center Building" New York; Luftpost-/Zeppelin-Rate 3,10 Yen. Zunächst mit privatem Beförderer von Yokohama 21.08.29 nach Tokio, dann ab Tokio Zentralpostamt 21.8.29 weiter per LZ 127 Tokio-Los Angeles-Lakehurst. Deutlich lesbarer Stempel "GRAF ZEPPELIN Round-The-World-Flight 1929 TOKIO C.P.O." in Rot sowie rückseitig Landungsstempel LAKEHURST N.J. AUG 29, 1929 in Grün. Tolle Optik und sehr gute Erhaltung!

Condition: Cover

Catalog number(s): Sieger 31B,Japan 175 (5) etc. (1033888) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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SOLD for €480.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7534

Brief (cover)

Si. 59E

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1930 Südamerikaflug: Cover from Recife to Habana, Cuba via Lakehurst, franked by Brazilian Zeppelin Company 10,000 r. red optd. "Graf Zeppelin / USA" and three definitives, all tied by special Recife '24 MAI 30' cds, similar '28 MAI 30' despatch cds and special US Zeppelin cachet on front, transit and Haban arrival datestamps on the reverse. Only 118 covers were flown by Zeppelin from Recife to Cuba.

Condition: Cover

Catalog number(s): Si. 59E
Value Add Taxes will be added to the hammer price and the buyers premium. (1042468) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7535

Brief (cover)

Si. 105 Cy

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1931 "Egypt Flight": Bilingual Zeppelin datestamp "PORT SAID GRAF ZEPPELIN/10.4.31" tying Egyptian Zeppelin stamp 100m. to cover from Port Said to Berlin, second strike alongside, and backstamped Friedrichshafen '13.4.31', fine. The scarce Post Said Zeppelin dater.

Condition: Cover

Catalog number(s): Si. 105 Cy (1046302) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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SOLD for €130.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7536

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

Si.139

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1932, BRASILIEN, 1.Südamerikafahrt, Brief ab Rio 24.3.32 nach Friedrichshafen und dann mit Kolumb. "Tobon"-Expressmarke und ZuF nach Cali, zusätzlich Originalunterschrift des Luftschiffkapitäns Lehmann

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): Si.139 (1047025) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7537

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

Si.151C

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1932, KOLUMBIEN, 3.Südamerikafahrt, Brief ab Cali mit u.a. Kolumb. "Tobon"-Expressmarke und Flugpost nach Rio von dort mit u.a. 3500 Rs. Zeppelinmarke mit Luftschiff nach Deutschland

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): Si.151C (1047063) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7538

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

Si.151C

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1932, BRASILIEN, 3.Südamerikafahrt, Brief ab Rio 21.IV. (Stempelfehler 21.VI.) mit u.a. 3.500 Rs. Zeppelinmarke nach Friedrichshafen von dort nach Hamburg und dann per Schiff bis Baranquilla, weiter mit SCADTA-Flug mit u.a. 20 C. SCADTA-Marke nach Cali/Kolumbien, seltene Variante

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): Si.151C (1047070) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7539

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

Si.155A

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1932, PARAGUAY, 3.Südamerikafahrt, R-Brief ab Ascuncion nach Lorch mit u.a. komplettem Satz Zeppelin Dreiecksmarken, sehr dekorativ

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): Si.155A (1047083) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7540

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

Si.158D

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1932, BRASILIEN, 4.Südamerikafahrt, Brief ab Rio mit u.a. 3.500 u. 7.500 Rs. Zeppelinmarken nach Friedrichshafen von dort bis Baranquilla und weiter mit kolumb. MiF nach Buenaventura, seltene Variante, zusätzlich Originalunterschrift vom Flugkapitän Schiller

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): Si.158D (1047115) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7541

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

Si.171

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1932, TRIPOLITANIEN, 5.Südamerikafahrt, R-Karte ab Tripoli mit bunter, beidseitiger MiF nach Recife

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): Si.171 (1047143) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7542

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

Si.172A

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1932, KUBA/BRASILIEN, 5.Südamerikafahrt, Brief von Habana/Cuba mit Luftpost nach Rio, seltene Zweiländerfrankatur, weiter mit Luftschiff über Friedrichshafen nach Hamburg, außergewöhnliche Variante

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): Si.172A (1047133) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7543

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

Si.172Aa

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1932, PERU, 6.Südamerikafahrt, Brief aus Lima mit Luftpost nach Rio mit Leitvermerk "...con el Dirigible Zeppelin", offensichtlich zu spät für den Zeppelin eingetroffen und ohne weitere Flugstempel mit regulärer Post befördert, seltene Variante

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): Si.172Aa (1047135) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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SOLD for €160.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7544

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

Si.181B

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1932, CHILE, 2.Südamerikafahrt, R-Karte ab Concepcion mit fehlerhaftem Flugstempel "V" statt "X" und attraktiver MiF nach Deutschland

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): Si.181B (1046954) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7545

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

Si.181D

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1932, CHILE, 6.Südamerikafahrt, R-Bedarfsbrief ab Santiago mit schwarzem Flugstempel ohne Datum nach Salzburg

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): Si.181D (1046957) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7546

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

Si.184A

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1932, PERU, 7.Südamerikafahrt, Brief (leicht Patina) ab Lima via Rio in Zweiländer-MiF nach Lorch

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): Si.184A (1046973) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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SOLD for €130.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7547

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

Si.188

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1932, PARAGUAY, 7.Südamerikafahrt, R-GA-Karte mit u.a. 4 u. 16 P. Zeppelinmarken nach Lorch

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): Si.188 (1047054) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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SOLD for €50.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7548

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

Si.190A

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1932, BRASILIEN, 8.Südamerikafahrt, Brief ab Sao Paulo mit 500 u. 200 Rs. Freistempel und Zeppelinmarke 3500 Rs., seltene Kombination nach Deutschland

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): Si.190A (1047036) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7549

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

Si.190C

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1932, KOLUMBIEN, 8.Südamerikafahrt, Brief ab Cali mit u.a. 3 halbamtlichen Express-Marken "Connexion Ribon" via Barranquilla nach Rio von dort mit u.a. 3.500 Rs. Zeppelinmarke nach Deutschland, seltene Variante

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): Si.190C (1047089) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7550

Flugpostbrief (Flight cover)

Si.191

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1932, ARGENTINIEN, 8.Südamerikafahrt, R-Bedarfsbrief ab Rosario mit u.a. 90 C. Zeppelinmarke nach Deutschland

Condition: Air mail

Catalog number(s): Si.191 (1047046) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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SOLD for €50.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7551

Brief (cover)

Si 409 S

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1936, 1. Nordamerikafahrt 1936, Jamaican Mail, 'First Flight Hindenburg' cover with ½d green, 1½d brown and 2 x 1s orange, tied by cds from Liguanea, MY 5 36, besides Zeppelin cachet 'Lakehurst - Frankfurt-am-Main' addressed to Salisbury in England, Zeppelin slogan cancel 'Frankfurt(Main) 14.5.36' on reverse, slight toning, otherwise F/VF condition. Scarce! Si.1.500.-€

Condition: Cover

Catalog number(s): Si 409 S (1042134) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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SOLD for €200.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7552

Brief (cover)

Si. 440

Zeppelin Mail - Overseas

1936 (1.10.) Rückfahrt von Nordamerikafahrt - Zuleitung Cuba zu amerikanischer Post: Brief von Havanna nach Obersäckingen in Baden via New York und mit LZ 129 nach Frankfurt, frankiert mit 50 C. gest. "HABANA CUBA SEP 29 1936", mit blauem Kastenstempel "TRANS-ATLANTIC-BY-"HINDENBURG" ... DE HABANA-CUBA", und rückseitig mit Landungsstempel "Flug- und Luftschiffhafen RHEIN MAIN"-"FRANKFURT (MAIN) 3 10 36 17-18 a". EIne seltene Zuleitung zur Rückfahrt.

Condition: Cover

Catalog number(s): Si. 440 (1047142) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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SOLD for €270.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

Disinfection Mail

Lot

Symbol

Catalog No.

Descrip

Opening

7553

Brief (cover)

Disinfection Mail

1835, "NETTA DENTRO E FUORI", clear strike, together with disinfection slits on the front of an cover from Genoa addressed for Rome, "ROMA 3 SET 1835" on the reverse, taxed 9 on front.

Condition: Cover
This lot is "Gebotslos". The Minimum Bid is 20 €, it will be sold at the HIGHEST BID (not one bidding step above the second highest bid).
Value Add Taxes will be added to the hammer price and the buyers premium. (1047805) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

SOLD for €40.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

Desaster Mail

Lot

Symbol

Catalog No.

Descrip

Opening

7554

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1880 6 April, USA, Railway accident, cover to New York with label of N.Y.P.O. "...April 6th, 1880 / SATURATION OF MAIL MATTER WITH WATER AND OIL THROUGH RAILROAD ACCIDENT. / The accompanying is a portion of the mail matter which, through an accident on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, at 2.30 A.M. of this date, was thrown into a swamp, and thus became saturated with water and oil, and its delivery was greatly retarded. The entire mail in question had to be forwarded from New Haven, and on its receipt in New York was, of necessity, dried, re-assorted, etc." plus datstamp "APR 7 1880" on reverse, postage (with postmark) has been washed off.

Condition: Cover (1036943) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

SOLD for €120.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7555

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1886, 7 April, USA, Railway accident, cover with despatch mark of Boston & Troy line to Boston, adhesive washed off, and with straight line "IN FITCHBURG R.R. / DISASTER APL 7-1886" on front. A train of the Boston & Troy line ran into a washout near West Deerfield, Mass., and fell down an embankment 200 feet into the river. The post car was washed down the stream carrying the mail with it. This was recovered and forwarded to their destinations.

Condition: Cover (1036944) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

SOLD for €120.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7556

Ganzsache (Complete)

Desaster Mail

1887, 4 January, USA, Railway accident, stationery envelope Washington 2c. brown used from West Troy 3.1.1887 to Boston with scorch marks and straight line "Damaged be R.R. accident at W.Springfield, M's. Jan. 4.87". When approaching Mittineagua,Mass., the Boston&Albany train no. 14, left the track, owing to the break of a journal, collided with a freight train and was wrecked. The wreck took fire which consumed nearly all the mail except the charred remains of 1,300 letters, 800 of which were forwarded from Springfield and 500 from Boston to destination.

Condition: postal stationery (1036945) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

SOLD for €120.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7557

Ganzsache (Complete)

Desaster Mail

1891, 16 October, USA, Railway accident, stationery envelope Washington 2c. green used from Cincinnati 15.10.91 to New York with label "Post Office New York NY October 19, 1891 / This piece of mail matter was damaged in an accident on the C.C.C.+St.L. Railway, near Steubenville, Ohio, on the morning of October 16, 1891. Cornelius van Cott, Postmaster" and underneath circular instruction mark "RECEIVED IN BAD ORDER N.Y.P.O. 3D DIV".

Condition: postal stationery (1036946) (Image) (image1) (image2) (image3) (All Scans)

SOLD for €120.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7558

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1894, 3 December, Canada-USA, Railway accident, cover from Montreal 1.12.94 to Freux/Belgium with straight line "Damaged caused by wreck of mail train on Lake Champlain New York", adhesive washed off. About 1 p.m. on 3 December 1894, the Delaware&Hudson Railroad train no. 4 was passing Lake Champlain near Port Henry, NY, when it suddenly lurched, apparently due to high speed, fell down the embankment and some of the cars even into the lake. This cover was forwarded to Europe with London transit mark 13.12. alongside, it was officially sealed on reverse, and with Freux arrival mark.

Condition: Cover (1036949) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7559

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1897, 11 April, Mexico-USA, Railway accident, cover from Mexico 8.4.97 to New York with scorch marks and label "Post Office New York NY / This piece of mail was damaged in a Railway wreck which occured on the Southern Railway near Charlotte, NC on April 11th 1897... Postmaster" plus postmark 13.4. on reverse, private receiving mark 14.4. on front.

Condition: Cover (1036950) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

SOLD for €120.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7560

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1897, 26 June, USA, Railway accident at Wabash, Indiana, Post Office official cover from Liberty, Mo, 26.6.97 to P.O. Winchester, Ky, heavily soiled, with message (inquiry request), arrival mark Winchester 29.6.97 on reverse. On 26 June 1897, a cloudburst caused the river to swell up to a torrent stream which severely damaged the Wabash trestle bridge. A nearby farmer recognised the peril situation and waited for nearly an hour by the ruins to signal the danger to the coming train. Unfortunally, the storm reached its peak when the train was approaching, and the engineer, in the midst of the blinding thunderstorm, couldn't see the warning. The engine managed to get over, but the tender went down with the crumbling bridge. The baggage car toppled off on its side, while the mail car, which followed, pitched into the stream.

Condition: Cover (1037110) (Image) (image1) (image2) (image3) (All Scans)

CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7561

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1897, 24 October, USA, Railway accident, cover from Tupper Lake 23.10.97 to New York with label "Post Office New York NY October 25 1897 / This piece of mail matter was damaged in an accident on the N.Y.S.&R.R.R. near Garrison, N.Y. on October, 24, 1897 C.Van Cott, Postmaster" plus postmarks 25.10. on reverse, adhesive washed off. Train no. 46 of the New York, Weehawken and Hudson River Railroad fell into the Hudson river when the retaining wall of the rail track collapsed on 24 Oct. 1897 near Garrison, 50 miles north of N.Y.

Condition: Cover (1036953) (Image) (image1) (image2) (image3) (All Scans)

SOLD for €120.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7562

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1899, 5 February, USA, Railway accident, heavily burnt cover with railway despatch mark "CHI.&W.LIB.R.P.O. DAY FEB 5 TR 19 1899" to Mendota, Ill., bearing 10c. Special Delivery stamp, and postage washed off, with straight line "From R.I. & L. Tr. 50 / FEB 5 1899 / J.H. Clingenpeel. CANTON, ILL." and same-day Mendota arrival mark on reverse.

Condition: Cover (1037106) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

CLOSED
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7563

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1900/1901, South Africa Boer War, Train Raid, OHMS cover from Cape Town 31.7.00 to a Capt. of Worcester Regiment, with ms. endorsement "Retaken from Boers after capture of Supply Train Klip River", delivered with FPO arrival mark 24.1.01.

Condition: Cover (1036913) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

SOLD for €130.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM