1924-26 AMUNDSEN - ELLSWORTH ATTEMPTED FLIGHT OVER THE NORTH POLE: 19 Jun. 1924 small card from Sutton Coldfield with printed address to "THE TRANS POLAR FLIGHT EXPEDITION/CHRISTIANIA/NORWAY" the reverse side headed "NORTH POLE MAIL" with Norway 5o (damaged) & 25o tied by fine "KINGS BAY" cds. Fine and rare, but philatelic. Note: the special postcards were sold by subscription to finance the Amundsen & Ellsworth attempted flight over the North Pole. They were sold in the USA and the to Norway side was usually franked with USA adhesives. The use of a GB adhesive (1½d 1924 BEE) is rare. Cross Reference: NORWAY, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

RAILWAY DISASTER MAIL - USA COVERS DAMAGED BY FIRE IN RAILWAY STORAGE CAR; 2 scarce 1937 charred envs. ex New York to Los Angeles struck with purple "DAMAGED BY FIRE / OG & LA TR.5 AUG 22" or red "DAMG'D BY/FIRE TR. AUG 22/OGDEN & L.A." cachets.Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, RAILWAY MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

SHIP WRECK MAIL - SS ST PAUL - DAMAGED BY IMMERSION IN SEA WATER: 1897 (1 Jun.) env. Lena WI to Cardiff franked tied 5c brown (Grant) with alongside a fine violet boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION IN SEA WATER" hs. The env. was carried by the SS St Paul of the International Navigation Co. but how the mails became water damaged is unknown. Hoggarth recorded 10 items, this is an additional item.Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

SHIP WRECK MAIL - COLLISION OF THE PS CHICAGO ON THE HUDSON RIVER; 1899 (31 Oct.) 2c. printed PS env. Philadelphia to New York with "POST OFFICE, NEW YORK, N.Y./This piece of mail was damaged/through the sinking of the Penn. R.R./ferryboat Chicago which occurred at/about 12.45 a.m., on October 31st, 1899." printed label to the front. Few covers recorded.Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

AIR CRASH MAIL - USA INTERNAL MAIL: Two 10 Jan. 1930 env. on plane crash in Wabash Range with fine "Delay due to wrecked mail plane/January 10, 1930" cachet; 1938 env. with "DAMAGE DUE TO AIR MAIL/INTERRUPTION NEAR/PT. REYES CALIF./NOV. 29 1938" cachet. (3 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

AIR CRASH MAIL - U.S.A. INTERNAL MAIL: 1930 env. carried on night flight Los Angeles to Salt Lake City with "Delay due to wrecked mail plane/January 10, 1930." cachet; 3 water damaged envs. carried on a est bound Salt Lake City to San Diego flight which crashed at Alhambra with "DAMAGED BY AIR PLANE WRECK/DECEMBER 22, 1930" cachets; 2 envs. (one charred) carried on flight which crashed on landing with "DAMAGED IN PLANE FIRE/AT WARREN, OHIO, 9-21-30" or "Damaged in Plane Fire/at WarreN O. 9-21-30" cachets; 28 May 1932 env. carried on flight from Salt Lake City to Seattle with "DAMAGED BY PLANE CRASH/IN WILLIAMETTE RIVER" cachet. (7 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

AIR CRASH MAIL - 1954 PRESTWICK AIR CRASH: Collection of covers from this B.O.A.C. Stratocaster "Cathay" crash inc. repaired env. to Venezuela franked 2/6d; charred part env. to Canada franked 1/3d; unfranked, undamaged "On Her Britannic Majesty's Service" env. to Canada; plus 3 to U.S.A. (2 charred). All with very fine purple boxed "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/PRESTWICK 25-12-54" cachets. (6 covers) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, CANADA, VENEZUELA (Image)

KGV 1913 ½d GREEN ON COVER TO LONDON. Small, plain cover bearing control (B12) single ½d green Downey Head type cancelled 30 Dec. 1913. No arrival mark. SG Z38aCross Reference: G.B. USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

KEVII 5d BLOCK OF SIX: Marginal block of six of KEVII 5d defin. cancelled 2 Jan. 1913. Perf. faults at right hand edge. A rare item. SG Z29 £2,400+Cross Reference: G.B. USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

JAPANESE OCCUPATION COVERS: Attractive selection of 16 covers inc. "FDC"s. Highly catalogued. (Image)

EUROPE WITH STRENGTH IN AUSTRIA, WITH SOME WORLDWIDE: 1860s-1990s mixture, mainly fine to good used and with some duplication. Strength in Europe but interesting foreign material. Davo illustrated album Austria Vol II 1944-80's fine used, with additional loose on stock cards (1000+). Small red album of Greece and blue stock book with some mint sets; Better stamps inc. Norway 1863 24sk cat.£140 and Vietnam 1951 Refugees 100p (cat. £90); Small collection of Luxemburg, and off paper Europe. (c. 3,500) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, GREECE (Image)

SHOEBOX OF COVERS/CARDS WITH STRENTH IN G.B. inc a good range of items bearing 1d reds inc. imperfs with numbers in MX, a good variety of 1d reds with cancellations inc. a few duplex and "spoons". Also a large number of postcards inc a small number of "silks. Also a range of commonwealth covers, mostly being modern but some with better cancellations. (Few 100 items). (Image)

QV-QEII SHOEBOX OF BRITISH EMPIRE COVERS & CARDS with many countries represented in varying quantities, inc. registered item, FDC,s, military with P.O.W. items, camp postmarks, some higher values, registered envelopes and much more. (c 400 covers). (Image)

1892-1996 THE ACCUMULATION OF NON BRITISH EMPIRE COVERS AND CARDS inc. small but interesting sections of many countries inc Japan, China, Switzerland, France and Colonies, USA and some military inc. P.O. W. items . A most interesting lot. (c 380 covers). (Image)

1918 1p INDIGO WITH 'SPECIMEN' OVERPRINT [S.1] fresh example without gum, as issued. Handwritten Rosen cert. (2010). (Image)

1918 1p COBALT OVERPRINTED 'SPECIMEN' [S.2] in fresh block of four, without gum as issued. Tsachor cert.(2010). (Image)

1918 1p BLUE SHADES [1, 1a, 1b], cobalt [2], ultramarine shades [3 & 4] – all fresh examples, super group, cat £1,200. (10) (Image)

1918 1p INDIGO [1] in 'A18' corner marginal control blocks from all four transfer plates; fine and fresh. 'F' with light marginal bend and Muentz cert.(1992). Cat. £3,330. (16) (Image)

1918 1p INDIGO [1] 'A18' control block of 4 (F) fresh; also 4 fu examples inc. one on piece with APO/SZ 44 cds. Cat. £1,200. (8) (Image)

1918 1p DEEP BLUE top marginal example tied by crisp APO/SZ 44 cds (Jerusalem) of 22 FE 18 on printed cover to Alexandria; army censorship. Fresh. (Image)

1918 5m ON 1p COBALT [2] in fresh corner marginal control block B18 A (transfer G) with 'knee' variety; couple of light tone spots. Signed Diena & Sorani, BPA cert. (1952). Cat. £1,200. (Image)

1918 5m ON 1p COBALT [2] vfu with APO cds 25 FE 18; signed Tsachor. Cat £1,000. (Image)

1918 5m ON 1p COBALT [2] vfu on small piece with complete cds APO/SZ 45 of Jaffa; stamped 'Muentz'. Cat £1,000. (Image)

1918 5m ON 1p COBALT [2] on PPC to Cairo tied by light APO/SZ 44 (Jerusalem) cds; doubly censored. Signed Tsachor, Muentz cert. (1978). Cat. £1,500. (Image)

1918 5m ON 1p COBALT [2] on PPC to Cairo, tied by light strike of an APO/SZ 44 (Jerusalem) cds (light glue stain on card), two censor cachets overstruck. Signed Tsachor & Sorani. Cat. £1,500. (Image)