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7564

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1900, USA, Railway accident, cover from Ypsilanti 1.10.1900 to Des Moines with scorch marks and straight line "RAILROAD DAMAGE", next-day arrival mark on reverse.

Condition: Cover (1036727) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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

7565

Ganzsache (Complete)

Desaster Mail

1900, 20 October, USA, Railway accident, stationery envelope Washington 2c. pink used from "Omaha, Nebr., 16.10. with ms. endorsement "Damaged by water Mail car and baggage car fell in river at Eddy, 6 miles west of Missoula a ton of mail went in river. Mont 10-20-00 West bound N.P. with home seekers" on front. The 1st section of westbound train no.3 was knocked out of the rails due to a boulder slide. All mail and baggage cars and the engine were piled up in a heap across the tracks.

Condition: postal stationery (1036959) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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

7566

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1902, 11 September, India, Mangapatnam accident, 205 miles from Madras, the Madras-Bombay mail train crashed into the river, due to the collapse of a bridge caused by heavy flooding. Two covers to London resp. to Hamburg/Germany, both bearing ms. endorsement "Damaged in Railway accident" resp. "Damaged by water in Madras Mail Train smash of 11 Sep '02"+boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION IN XXX WATER" ("SEA" before "WATER" blocked out, correctly), and both with arrival marks 29.9.02.

Condition: Cover (1036709) (Image) (image1) (image2) (image3) (All Scans)

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

7567

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1903, 9 January, USA, Railway accident, large fragment of burnt cover with Christmas wishes, bearing straight line "DAMAGED IN BIG 4 WRECK / AT MORO ILL. JAN 9-03".

Condition: Cover (1036962) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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

7568

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1903, 1 November, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, Southern Pacific Railroad, Tehama, Cal., cover from Woodland 31.10., with label "Damaged in a railroad wreck near Tehama, Cal., Nov. 1, 1903. Forwarded by Superintendent Railway Mail Service, San Francisco, Cal.".

Condition: Cover (1036688) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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

7569

Ganzsache (Complete) Ansichtskarte (Picture postcard)

Desaster Mail

1905, 21 June, USA, Railway accident at Mentor, Ohio, two entires from Chicago to New York, each with label "POST OFFICE, NEW YORK, N.Y. / The enclosure was damaged in the wreck of the "20th Century Linited" train on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern R.R., that occurred at Mentor, Ohio, Wednesday, June 21, 1905. / WILLIAM R. WILLCOX, Postmaster.". The accident took place about 9.20 p.m., the train no. 26 with engine no. 4686 and five cars (thereof four sleeping cars) was travelling at full speed, 60-70 mph, when it hit an open switch at Mentor station and derailed. It was telescoped, and coals from the fire box immediately ignited the baggage/buffet car behind the engine.

Condition: postal stationery/Picture Post Card (1036966) (Image) (image1) (image2) (image3) (All Scans)

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

7570

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1905, 21 June, USA, Railway accident at Mentor, Ohio, two entires: heavily burnt return receipt; and cover from Chigago, Ill., 21.6.1905 to Hopkinton, NH with accompanying label "From L.S.&M.S. Tr 26 /wrecked at Mentor, O / June 21, 1905". In addition a letter of Concord P.O. to addressee. The accident took place about 9.20 p.m., the train no. 26 with engine no. 4686 and five cars (thereof four sleeping cars) was travelling at full speed, 60-70 mph, when it hit an open switch at Mentor station and derailed. It was telescoped, and coals from the the fire box immediatelly ignited the baggage/buffet car behind the engine.

Condition: Cover (1037105) (Image) (image1) (image2) (image3) (image4) (image5) (image6) (image7) (All Scans)

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

7571

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1905, 21 June, USA, Railway accident at Mentor, Ohio, cover from Minneapolis, Minn. 20.6. to Stuttgart/Germany with label "Post Office, Boston, Mass. / The enclosure was damaged in the wreck of the "20th Century Linited" train on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern R.R., that occurred at Mentor, Ohio, Wednesday, June 21, 1905. / GEO. A. HIBBARD, Postmaster.", and upon arrival officially sealed by Stuttgart P.O. with label "Mit beschädigtem Umschlag eingegangen, deshalb amtlich verschlossen...". The accident took place about 9.20 p.m., the train no. 26 with engine no. 4686 and five cars (thereof four sleeping cars) was travelling at full speed, 60-70 mph, when it hit an open switch at Mentor station and derailed. It was telescoped, and coals from the the fire box immediatelly ignited the baggage/buffet car behind the engine.

Condition: Cover (1037104) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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

7572

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1905, 21 June, USA, Railway accident, cover to Genova/Italy with red straight line "L.S.M.S. Train wreck Jun 21 05" on reverse, delivered and redirected to Aix-les-Bains with arrival mark 9.7.

Condition: Cover (1036964) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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

7573

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1906, 19 January, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, near Beernaerts factory at Wetteren/Belgium, two postal cards to Turkey, each with label "correpondance endommagee a la suite de l'incendie survenu a la voiture-poste-ambulant Ostende-Verviers le 19 janvier 1906"

Condition: Cover (1036506) (Image) (image1) (image2) (image3) (All Scans)

SOLD for €280.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7574

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1906, 30.Dezember, Dt.Reich, Eisenbahnunglück bei Ottersberg, vier Belege (dreimal Dt.Reich, einmal Dänemark) je mit L3 "Beschädigt beim Eisenbahnunglück in Ottersberg" (vier verschiedene Typen!). Am 30.Dezember um 0.45 Uhr kollidierte in dickem Nebel der Eilzug aus Hamburg mit einem wartenden Güterzug.

Condition: Cover (1036968) (Image) (image1) (image2) (image3) (image4) (image5) (image6) (image7) (All Scans)

SOLD for €420.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7575

Ganzsache (Complete)

Desaster Mail

1908, USA, Railway accident, sationery card McKinley 1c. black from New York 11.3.1908 to Birmingham with straight line "Damaged in wreck Train n.204, Mel", arrival mark Birmingham and redirected to Hot Springs, Ark, with arrival mark 19.3. on reverse.

Condition: postal stationery (1036730) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

SOLD for €65.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7576

Ansichtskarte (Picture postcard)

Desaster Mail

1908, USA, Railway accident, ppc from Buffalo 13.5.1908 to Muskogee, Okla. with straight line "DAMAGED IN WRECK AT MUSKOGEE, OKLA".

Condition: Picture Post Card (1036732) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

SOLD for €65.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7577

Ganzsache (Complete)

Desaster Mail

1908, 27 May, Canada, Railway accident at Paquette Dam, stationery envelope 2c. from Craik, Saskatchewan 23.5.08 to Dorking, England, with straight line "DAMAGED IN A WRY WRECK" on reverse. Shortly before midnight on 27 May a wave of 200 million cubic feet of water, 20 foot high, began surging down the Current River Valley. The Paquette Dam collapsed, leaving a 150 yard break and washing away the ballast on the approach to the Canadian Pacific Railway bridge. Five were killed, incl. the three train crew, when the train left the tracks and plunged into the swollen Current River. The Paquette Dam was never rebuilt.

Condition: postal stationery (1036978) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

SOLD for €80.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7578

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1909, 24 July, USA, Railway accident, cover from Kansas City 24.7. to St.Louis with straight line "Damaged.Wab.Wreck" and washed off adhesive. The Wabash passenger train no. 4 bound for St.Louis crashed into the Missouri river on 24 July 1909 when the railway embankment collapsed having been undermined by flood waters.

Condition: Cover (1036772) (Image) (image1) (image2) (All Scans)

SOLD for €65.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7579

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1910, 28 July, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, Mexico-France-Germany, postal card from Mexico 15.7.10 to Cologne/Germany, with ms. endorsement "Gerettet aus verbrannter Amerikapost vom Dampfer La Lorraine via Havre am 28.7.10." (Saved from burnt mail from America originating from steamer La Lorraine via Havre 28.7.10). German officials erroneously stated the damage to be caused by a naval accident; however the mail went ashore intact and this cover was recovered from the French railway car which had burned at Pont St.Marene station (France) on 28 July 1910.

Condition: Cover (1036923) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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

7580

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1910, 28 July, Fire in Postal Railroadcars, USA-France-Denmark, cover from Hoboken 20.7.10 to Copenhagen/Denmark, re-sealed and with ms. endorsement "Beskadigt under Befordringen ved en Brand i Frankrig" + straight line "Kjobenhavns Brevpostkontor" + signature on reverse. This card was recovered from the French railway car which had burned at Pont St.Marene station (France) on 28 July 1910.

Condition: Cover (1036937) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

SOLD for €100.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7581

Ansichtskarte (Picture postcard)

Desaster Mail

1910, 21 December, USA, Railway accident at Chicago, Ill., two ppc with scorch marks and straight lines "Damaged by Fire Pitts.&Ohi. /R.P.O. Chicago Yards, Dc. 21st" resp. "Delayed In Wreck / PITTS.&CHI.TR 16 /At Chicago DEC 21'10". Crossing an open switch, a locomotive crashed into the tender of the eastbound Pittsburgh&Chicago's fast passenger train no. 16 at 57th street, Chicago, Ill. The wreck overturned the train's tender, a RPO car and baggage car. The locomotive's boiler exploded and the resultant fire burned the railway cars that had overturned. Local firefighters were summonded, they fought the blaze until it was finally extinguished.

Condition: Picture Post Card (1036993) (Image) (image1) (image2) (image3) (All Scans)

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

7582

Ganzsache (Complete)

Desaster Mail

1910 (around), Fire in Postal Railroadcars, USA, stationery envelope Franklin 1c. olive-green used from "FORT WORTH TEXAS" (without date) to Ithaca with straight line "Damaged by fire in mail car at Mitchell Ill."

Condition: postal stationery (1036698) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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

7583

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1912, 3 October, USA, Railroad accident, cover from Hartford, Conn. 3.10.12 to St.Louis with straight line "DAMAGED IN WRECK / OF TR53.OCT.3" and washed off adhesive.

Condition: Cover (1036808) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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

7584

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1912, 3 October, USA, Railway accident at Westport, Conn., burnt fragment of cover with related P.O. label "The attached piece of mail matter was damaged by wreck of Bos. Spring & N Y RPO tr 53 at Westport Conn October 3 1912. The damage is regretted. Postmaster Boston Mass". Trying to make up lost time and travelling at 60 mph, the Springfield express jumped off the rails when attempting to cross from outside to inside track. The gas tank and boiler exploded, setting fire to the parlor car, and then spreading to others. Seven persons were killed.

Condition: Cover (1037002) (Image) (image1) (image2) (image3) (All Scans)

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

7585

Brief (cover)

Desaster Mail

1913, 20 May, USA, Railroad incident, two heavily burnt fragments of mail each bearing straight line "Burnt in Fire / at Santa Fe Depo / Merced Cal. / May 20 13". In the morning hours of 20 May 1913, a fire broke out in the baggage room of Santa Fe Railroad depot at Meced, Cal., which destroyed virtually all of the stored mail, only a few items out of the middle of the bundles could be saved in a reasonably readable condition.

Condition: Cover (1036755) (Image) (image1) (image2) (image3) (All Scans)

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

7586

Brief (cover) Ganzsache (Complete)

Desaster Mail

1913, 4 November, France, Railroad accident, two entires, ppc and official cover "Republique Francaise / Chambre de Deputes" with straight line "President / de la Chambre / des Deputes", each with straight line "Accident de service". At 9.40 p.m. the express train no.2 Marseille-Paris collided with post train no.11 of Lyon near Melun station.

Condition: Cover/postal stationery (1036822) (Image) (image1) (image2) (image3) (All Scans)

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

7587

Ganzsache (Complete)

Desaster Mail

1916, 5 June, USA, Railroad accident, stationery envelope Franklin 2c. from Floydada, Tex. 5.6.16 to Louisville, Ky with straight line "Recd from Newt. o. / 14 Wreck of June 5th / KC Terminal R.P.O. Jun 20".

Condition: postal stationery (1036824) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

SOLD for €80.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7588

Brief (cover)

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) (image2) (image3) (All Scans)

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

7589

Brief (cover)

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) (image2) (image3) (image4) (image5) (All Scans)

SOLD for €150.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7590

Brief (cover)

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) (All Scans)

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

7591

Brief (cover)

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) (image1) (image2) (image3) (All Scans)

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

7592

Brief (cover)

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) (image2) (image3) (All Scans)

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

7593

Brief (cover)

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) (Image) (image1) (image2) (All Scans)

SOLD for €80.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7594

Brief (cover)

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) (All Scans)

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

7595

Brief (cover)

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) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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

7596

Brief (cover)

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) (All Scans)

SOLD for €400.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7597

Brief (cover)

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) (Image) (image1) (All Scans)

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

7598

Brief (cover)

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) (Image)

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

7599

Brief (cover)

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) (All Scans)

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

7600

Brief (cover)

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) (All Scans)

SOLD for €80.00
Closing..Feb-20, 01:00 AM

7601

Brief (cover) Ansichtskarte (Picture postcard)

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) (image2) (image3) (All Scans)

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

7602

Brief (cover)

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) (All Scans)

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

7603

Brief (cover)

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 (1036999) (Image) (image1) (image2) (All Scans)

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