RARE BURNT POSTMARK, BALLOON MAIL EATEN BY MICE, COMIC PPCs, LLOYD'S OF LONDON WRAPPERS, ETC.: An eclectic mix of cards & covers inc. a rare 1901 2½c Dutch p.stat. PC cancelled by the "Vulcanus" cancelling machine which burned a postmark - only lasted for 45 days!; v. rare 1910 part 5pf p.stat. env. carried by balloon over the town of Springe in Brunswick (only 11 items recorded) subsequently eaten by mice when the mail was dropped into a barley field and lost for 2 months!; 1924 cloth postal tag addressed to London with Registration etiquette for "Stockholm-Postcongressen/Congres Postal Universal" attached to a corresponding postal label joined together with corresponding lead seal; 1894 env. posted in Tunis franked 10c + strip of 5 x 1c perfin "T" with v. large holes for use as p.dues; also 4 Herst's moving comic PPCs, 4 wrappers sent to Lloyd's of London ex Austria (1, 1897) & Japan (3, 1895-1905), and an 11 page display on mounting stamps demonstrating different methods. A wide & varied lot. (14 cards/covers/wrappers + qty stamps) (Image)

ANTI-TERRORIST MEASURES TO PROTECT RECIPIENTS OF MAIL: A box containing a 1977-2000s display on 102 pages outlining the history of various measures to check the mail during security scares mainly for the 2001 Anthrax scare, but also inc. the 1985 Stock Exchange bombing and other examples of security measures elsewhere (inc. embassies). Inc. a wide variety of hs's (all v. fine); 9 Fruit & Veg. FDC envs., with corresponding stamps, entitled "DR. HANS BLIX PROPAGANDA ENVELOPE" nos. 1-8 (2 x no. 1, though different) depicting caricature 'scenes' relating to the Anthrax Scare; and many press cuttings, etc. Seldom seen material, particularly in quantity! (121 covers/PCs) (Image)