Number of results: 105
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Air Crashes: 1928 to 1974, a collection on leaves, incl. 1928 (Sept. 15) cover from U.S.A. to France, Catapult plane forced down in the Scilly Isles with small two line cachet ''Mail rescued at Sea from Plane/Abandoned 400 miles from Paris'', 1935 (Dec. 20) Pan American Clipper capsized and sank upon landing bearing straight line cachet ''ACCIDENT D'AVIATION'' cover from New York to Rio, 1936 (Aug. 22) ''Scipio'' two crash covers, one with label, other with cachet, 1937 (Aug. 30) diplomatic envelope from Ecuador to Washington with types ''Received August 5, 1937 in air/mail pouch from American Legation at/Montevideo, Uruguay. Pouch recovered/August 3, 1937 from Pan American plane/N.C. 15065 lost at sea off Cristobal/Canal Zone, August 2, 1937'', 1937 (Oct. 1) flying boat ''Courtier'' envelope from Jerusalem to Poland, bearing German cachet and sealing label, 1937 (Dec. 5) hydroplane ''Cygnus'' sank on take off from Brindisi, three covers with different cachets, 1938 (Nov. 27) flying boat ''Calpurnia'' crash at Lake Habbaniya, Iraq, two covers with different cachets, 1970 (Feb. 21) Swissair jet ''Coronado'' crash caused by bomb in a mail bag, bearing cachet in French, etc. (46 items). Price Realised £1850 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1843 (Aug. 4) Paddle Steamer ''Memnon'' wrecked off the African coast at Cape Guardafui on a voyage from Bombay to Suez. Letter only headed Calcutta June 10th. 1844, with manuscript note ''From the wreck of the Memnon, Rec'd Jany 17 1844''. Also a letter only from Birmingham written by the same person who made the wreck notation. Described in Hopkins, very rare as only three items recorded. Photo. Price Realised £780 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1844 (June 22nd) Barque ''Isabella'' sailed from Melbourne bound for London, during a storm in the Bass Strait, the Isabella was totally wrecked and the passengers and crew managed to get to Flinders Island. Some boxes were washed ashore over the next few weeks, one which contained a small amount of mail. Entire posted in Melbourne on June 11th. and reached London on 13th. February 1845. It was redirected to Malta. Extremely rare as stated only three items known. Photo. Price Realised £1350 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1849 (Sept. 1) ''Hibernia'', departed Halifax N.S. on August 29th., on September 1st. ran aground at Chebucto Head. She returned to Halifax and transferred the mails to the ''Canada'', An entire to London. Rare as stated only five items recorded. Photo. Price Realised £650 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1854 (Mar. 28) Steamer ''Australian'', sailing from Australia to London, ran aground at Green Point near Cape Town. The passengers, mail and gold were landed and forwarded on H.M.S. Marauder. Cover endorsed ''Per Steam Ship Australian'' with Adelaide Paid datestamp. Rare, stated only four items recorded from this wreck. Photo. Price Realised £500 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1857 (Sept. 11) ''Emeu'' bound from Aden to Suez, stranded on the Guttal el Bunna coral reef in the Red Sea. The mails were taken off and shipped to Suez and placed on another ship going to Southampton. Envelope to London franked 6d. Hexagon. No special cachet was used. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1858 (Feb. 16) S.S. ''Ava'' wrecked off the coast of Ceylon. Envelope from India to Bath, bearing a good strike of the two line ''Saved from the wreck/of the Ava'' cachet, scarce. Photo. Price Realised £520 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1859 (Aug. 20) ''Northam'' sailed from Sydney on July 14th. and ran aground on the Shab Baraja Reef near Jeddah on August 20th. The mails were loaded onto the island of Myetta along with the passengers. Five days later the vessel was refloated and the mail and passengers reloaded. Entire from Port Albert, Victoria to Devon. Stated one of ten reported. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1862 (Nov. 19) S.S. ''Colombo'' wrecked at Shebar River, West Africa, two envelopes to England, both bearing on face or reverse a fine boxed ''Saved from the wreck of/the Colombo'', scarce. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1869 (Aug. 7) Steamer ''Germania'' wrecked near Cape Race. Wells Fargo 10c. stationery envelope, sent from Victoria B.C. to England, has no salvage label, but dated at New York the 3rd. August and with London receiving mark of 23rd. August. On reverse has manuscript ''Been to the bottom of the Atlantic/taste the paper + see'' , badly water damaged and stamps washed off, stated one of only six reported. Photo. Price Realised £650 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1869 (Sept. 13) P & O Steamer ''Carnatic'' sailing from London to Bombay, and was wrecked off Shadwan Island in the Gulf of Suez with the loss of 30 lives. Some mail bags were recovered by divers. Opened out letter with stamps washed off, bearing label ''Recovered from wreck of the Carnatic''. Photo. Price Realised £400 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1881 (April 29) Steamer Tararua sailed from Port Chalmers and struck a reef in thick fog. Seven mail bags were recovered and returned to Port Chalmers, another washed ashore a few days later, Envelope from New Zealand showing two line ''SAVED FROM WRECK/OF ''TARARUA'', rare. Stated one of nine reported. Photo. Price Realised £650 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1886 (Mar. 14) Steamer ''Oregon'' was lost off Fire Island, New York after a collision with a schooner. Envelope from London to New York with manuscript ''p 'Oregon'' Cunard Stmr/Foundered off Long Island Mar 14 1886/Rec'd April 12 1886'', another envelope with the printed label, also envelope with manuscript endorsement ''From the Oregon''. (3 items). Photo. Price Realised £150 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1892 (Jan. 31) S.S. ''Eider'' ran aground off Isle of Wight. Two envelopes and a card, all from the U.S.A., two to Austria, the other to Syria, both with violet boxed cachet ''Saved from wreck/of S.S. Eider.''. Photo. Price Realised £260 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1892 (Nov. 23) Steamship ''Spree'', sailed from Southampton on November 23rd., and on the 26th. in the middle of the Atlantic, the shaft broke causing a puncture in the hull below the waterline flooding the mail. Envelope with label ''Post Office, New York, NY/This piece of mail was/damaged by water through the/breaking of the shaft on the/steamship ''Spree'' which sailed/from Southampton, Nov. 23rd./Cornelius Van Bott/Postmaster'' on reverse. Stated one of ten examples reported. Photo. Price Realised £720 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1894 to 1961 a collection on leaves, incl. 1894 (Nov. 1) ''Wairarapa'' totally wrecked at Great Barrier Island with two line cachet ''Saved from wreck of the/WAIRARAPA'', 1903 (June 7) Steamer ''Liban'' was sunk after a collision with the steamer ''Insulaira'' off the Isles Maire, envelope bearing straight line ''NAUFRAGE de LIBAN'', 1909 (Feb. 28) ''Ville D'Alger'' collided with the ''Orléanais'' outside Marseille, two envelopes bearing two line cachet ''NAUFRAGE DE LA/VILLE D'ALGER'', 1955 (Nov. 22) M.V. ''Ocean Mail'' was in collision with the ''Arizona'' in the Columbia River, cover bearing two line cachet in red ''DAMAGED IN SHIP FIRE/AT SEATTLE'', range of W.W.II wreck covers, Torpedoed Ships, postcards , prints of wrecks from the London Illustrated News, etc. (61 items plus ephemera). Price Realised £2700 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1895 (Jan. 30) S.S. Elbe, collided with another ship about 50 miles from Lowestoft, the mail bags thought lost but some later washed up. Envelope from Germany to U.S.A., bearing four line ''Geborgen aus der/Postladung des untergegangenen/Dampfers Elbe/Postamt 1 Bremen'' in violet and bilingual red boxed ''Paid! Stamp lost''. Photo. Price Realised £200 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1896 (Feb. 29) S.S. ''Ailsa'' was anchored in New York harbour, when in thick fog the French Steamer ''La Bourgogne'' collided with her and started to sink. The captain was able to beach the vessel. Envelope from New York to Jamaica, on reverse has printed label ''This article of Mail matter has/been recovered from the wreck of/S.S. Ailsa which sunk in New/York harbour on 29th February,/1896''. Stated to be one of ten recorded. Photo. Price Realised £300 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1897 (June) the ''St. Paul'' was wrecked near Long Island, New York a short time after it left New York City on a transatlantic voyage. After the mail was salvaged it was sent on to Great Britain. Envelope bearing violet boxed ''DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER'', also has officially sealed label on reverse. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1898 (Apr. 30) opened-out soldier's envelope from Haifa, endorsed ''From No. 3619 Pte J. Ferguson 1st. Cameron/Stamps not Procurable'' and countersigned, on reverse has straight line ''Wet through collision on the Nile'', rare. Photo. Price Realised £500 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1899 (Feb. 28) S.S. ''Labrador'' sailing from Nova Scotia to Liverpool, ran aground on Mackenzie Rock in the Hebrides, two covers, one with two line ''RECOVERED FROM WRECK/OF SS LABRADOR'', other with boxed ''DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER'' both in violet. Photo. Price Realised £700 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1899 (July 30) envelope from Frankfort, U.S.A. to Manila, bearing three line cachet ''DAMAGED MAIL/off S.S. Morgan City/Manila P.I, 9-19-99''. The ''Morgan City'', a troopship, went down of the south east coast of Japan at Innosimo. The mail could not be removed at the timeof sinking but was later salvaged by divers. Water damaged and stamp washed off. Extremely rare as stated only five examples known. Photo. Price Realised £2100 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1899 (July 30) envelope from Frankfort, U.S.A. to Manila, bearing three line cachet ''DAMAGED MAIL/off S.S. Morgan City/Manila P.I, 9-19-99''. The ''Morgan City'', a troopship, went down of the south east coast of Japan at Innosimo. The mail could not be removed at the timeof sinking but was later salvaged by divers. Water damaged and stamp washed off. Extremely rare as stated only five examples known. Photo. Price Realised £2100 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1899 (Oct. 30) Ferryboat ''Chicago'' sank when it collided with the steamer ''City of Augusta''. Long envelope from Jersey City to Staten Island, bearing printed label ''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''. Photo. Price Realised £300 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1899 (Dec. 31) Steamer ''Bore'' sailing from Stockholm, ran aground between Soderarm and Furusund, Sweden due to bad weather, slipped off the rocks and sank. Ten bags of mail were salvaged, postcard and envelope bearing small and larger perforated labels ''Tillhor/Angf. Bores/post'', scarce. Photo. Price Realised £210 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1900 (Apr. 5) S.S. ''Mexican'', after collision with the troop transport ''Winkfield'' sank 80 miles from port. All crew and passengers saved and almost all the mail was transferred to the ''Winkfield''. Envelope bearing two line ''RECOVERED FROM/WRECK OF MEXICAN'' in red and postcard with the rare four line cachet in German, both from Cape of Good Hope, former to England, latter to Germany. Photo. Price Realised £350 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1901 (Jan. 20) Steamer ''Gefion'' sank off Malmo, Sweden. Advertising envelope from Linkoping, Sweden to Copenhagen, bearing on reverse a three line cachet ''Post fran/forolychade ang. Gefion/Malmo den 20 Jan 01'' in blue. Stated one of five reported. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1901 (Feb. 22) S.S. ''City of Rio de Janeiro'' when entering San Francisco Bay struck a ledge of rocks and sank. Japanese 4s. stationery card to London, bearing three line cachet ''Damaged in wreck/of S.S. Rio de Janeiro/Feb 22 1901''. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1907 (Feb. 21) Steamship Berlin on a voyage from Harwich struck the breakwater on the river Maas, the ship breaking in two with only 15 surviving out of 120 passengers and 60 crew. Envelope nearing two line cachet ''BESCHADIDG DOOR RAMP/HARWICH BOOT''. Photo. Price Realised £90 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1907 (Mar. 18) S.S. ''Jebba'' wrecked on Bolt Tail, South Devon, three covers, one from Southern Nigeria, one from Lagos, other from Sierra Leone, all bearing two line ''SALVED FROM/SS JEBBA'' in violet. Photo. Price Realised £520 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1907 (Mar. 3) Steamer Dakota on a voyage from Seattle to Yokohama and Hong Kong, wrecked two miles from Noshima lighthouse near Tokyo. Envelope from Troy, N.Y. to Nagasaki, bearing bilingual label ''Soaked and damaged in the wreck/of ''Dakota''. Tokio Post Office'', on reverse has three Japanese Officially sealed labels. Photo. Price Realised £400 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1908 (Mar. 17) S.S. ''Pomona'' sailing from San Francisco to Eureka, California, went ashore near Fort Ross. The mail was lying in 30 feet of water and 200 bags of mail were salvaged. Envelope from Ohio to Eureka, bearing faint (as usual) cachet ''FROM WRECK OF S.S. POMONA/MARCH 17 1908''. Stated to be one of five reported. Photo. Price Realised £550 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1908 (Nov. 26) Steamer ''Finance'' bound for Colon, collided with the liner ''Georgic'' off Sandy Hook, New York, a bag of mail was picked up the next day. Postcard from Ireland to Peru, bearing on picture side a printed label ''Post Office, New York, N.Y./INQUIRY DEPARTMENT/The piece of mail herewith was recov-/ered from wreck of Steamer Finance, which/was sunk through collision with Steamer/Georgic, Thursday, Nov. 26, 1908'', rare. Stated one of only ten reported. Photo. Price Realised £680 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1910 (Feb. 10) S.S.''Yucatan'' was wrecked in Icy Strait, Alaska, envelope from Berry to Chicago with manuscript note ''Februari 16 taken from sunken steamer Yucatan, reached Seattle Feb. 23 (Goose Island) Alaska'', very rare. Stated one of only four recorded. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1910 (Feb. 10) Steamer ''Général Chanzy'' sailing from Marseilles to Algeria, wrecked off the north coast of Minorca, with only one survivor and a few bags of mail washed ashore. Envelope bearing two line ''NAUFRAGE DU/GENERAL CHANZY'', scarce. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1914 (Feb. 10) ''Empress of Ireland'' sailing from Quebec to Liverpool, was struck by the Norwegian collier ''Storstad'' off Father Point on the St. Lawrence river. Two envelopes, both with ''Recovered by divers from wreck of S.S. Empress of Ireland''. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1915 (Jan. 22) S.M.S. ''Blucher'' sunk in the battle of Dogger Bank. Feldpostcarte with German cachets ''Ship Sunk'' and ''Return'', also 1914 postcard from the ship, 1916 (June 1st) S.M.S. ''Pommern'' sunk at the battle of Jutland, envelope endorsed ''Marine Post'' with German cachets ''Ship Sunk'' and ''Return'', also 1916 postcard from the ship. Price Realised £350 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1916 (Jan.) The steamer Appam was bound for Liverpool when it was captured 60 miles north of Madeira. She was retained as a prison ship and arrived at Norfolk, Virginia in the charge of a German prize crew in February. The mail was released, with manuscript endorsement ''January 1916, Captured by the German Gun Boat, and run into America by German Sailors but afterwards handed over to British Government by the American Government''. Large envelope (slightly reduced at left), from Sierra Leone to England, bearing 1d. (3) and 6d. (faults), endorsed ''Appam''. An interesting item. Photo. Price Realised £580 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1916 (Feb. 14) ''Newton'', caught fire in Sunderland harbour, postcard from France to Russia, bearing boxed cachet ''Avarie par incendie/a bord du paquebot/''Newton'' à Sunderland/le 14 février 1916'', scarce. Photo. Price Realised £450 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1916 (Mar.) Torpedo ship S.S. ''Sussex'' was torpedoed by the German Submarine UB29 while crossing the Channel. Envelope returned to England and forwarded twice, then sent to Italy where it was charged 25c. postage due, has boxed ''DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN WATER''. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1916 (Sept. 20) envelope to Ryde, Isle of Wight. carried on the ferry ''Portsdown'' which struck a mine and sank near Ryde, bearing two line ''DAMAGED AS A RESULT/OF ENEMY ACTION'' cachet in violet, stamp washed off. Photo. Price Realised £120 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1916 (Nov. 23) envelope from London to Copenhagen via Leith, carried on the steamship ''Arthur'' which was sunk by a German warship en route to Göteborg. With censor label and wax seal, the stamps washed off. Reverse shows large printed label in Danish 'Copenhagen Postmaster 30 Nov. 1916. Damaged by Sea Water. This item has been transported on the steamship Arthur'. One of only five reported items. Photo. Price Realised £1050 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1916 (Dec. 16) envelope from Stuttgart to Argentine, with manuscript ''Tauchboot-Brief'' , has three line cachet ''ZURUCK/Wegen Einstellung des Tauchboot/briefverkehrs zuruch an Absender'' (Return to Sender as submarine mail service is suspended). The letter was returned to the sender who acknowledged receipt of the refund of two marks on reverse. The envelope was sent to the Bremen P.O. and endorsed in manuscript on the front ''Tauchboot Gebuhe Erstattet'' (Submarine Fee Refunded). A most interesting item. Photo. Price Realised £300 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1917 S.S. ''Karmala'' attacked by submarine, north of Sicily, but managed to escape undamaged. The following day the ship struck rocks near Vada, south of Livorno, and the ship was dry docked. Envelope from Western Australia to England, bearing red boxed ''DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER,-I.S.''. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1918 (May 2) S.S. Kenilworth Castle whilst sailing in convoy from South Africa on June 4th. in the Channel was in collision with one of the escorting destroyers, setting off two depth charges. The ship was towed into Plymouth Sound and beached. Two envelopes, one to France bearing ''ACCIDENT DE SERVICE'', the other to England showng ''DAMAGED BY SEA WATER'' cachet. Photo. Price Realised £220 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1921 (Apr. 18) S.S. ''Kalyan'' during unloading in Marseilles it was found that a large quantity of sea water had penetrated the ventilators and badly damaged some bags of mail. Envelope from India to Paris, bearing on reverse printed label in French ''Correspondances reçues de/Genève dans un sac etiqueté/Correspondanees naufragces'' in violet. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1927 envelope from Oubangui to France, with two line cachet ''COURRIER NAUFRAGE/SUR LE CONGO''. Steamer Largeau got into trouble a short distance from Brazzaville. The ship was badly damaged and some bags of mail were salvaged. Stated only ten reported. Photo. Price Realised £180 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1929 S.S. ''Fort Victoria'' sailing from New York to Bermuda, rammed by S.S. ''Algonquin'' and sank in New York harbour. Long envelope bearing on reverse a printed label ''Post Office, New York, N.Y./This article (damaged by water) is part of/the contents of the mail sacks for Bermuda on/board the S.S. Fort Victoria, which vessel, in a/dense fog, was rammed by the S.S. Algonquin/and sank in New York Harbor December 18, 1929.'', rare. Photo. Price Realised £520 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1930 (Mar. 12) P & O Steamer ''Comorin'', caught fire as she was about to sail from Colombo, postcard bearing boxed ''DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER'' in violet. Photo. Price Realised £80 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1932 (June) ''El Golea'' was lost on a run from Algeria to France near the Balearic Islands. Envelope from Constantine to Paris, bearing unframed ''ACCIDENT DE MER'' with French sealing tape on reverse. Photo. Price Realised £110 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1933 (July 9) M.V. ''Cabo San Antonio'' sailing from Buenos Aires to Genoa, put in at Las Palmas on fire. envelope bearing boxed ''Correspondence brulee/a bord du paquebot/Cabo S. Antonio'' cachet in violet, scarce. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1936 (Dec. 23) S.S. ''Cesare Battisti'' sank due to boiler explosion at Massowah, Eritrea. Postcard from Italy to Somalia, bearing printed label ''Recuperato dal s/s Cesare Battisti/Sinistrato OL 23/12/1936 - XV'', extremely rare as stated one of only two recorded. Photo. Price Realised £440 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1937 (May 13) the ketch ''Yvonne'', was wrecked on the Coromandel Peninsula, transporting cargo and mail from Sunday Island in a semi-official capacity to Auckland, some cargo and a little mail was saved. Envelope endorsed ''Sunday Island no stamps available'', addressed to Auckland, with red manuscript ''Salvaged from/Ketch Yvonne''. Stated one of only two recorded. Photo. Price Realised £650 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1938 (Feb. 13) S.S. Uruguay, caught fire on the way from Buenos Aires to New York. Envelope showing boxed ''POSTAGE STAMP/REMOVED/BEFORE RECEIPT/AT THE/G.P.O. N.Y.'' cachet and two line ''Received in Bad Condition/ G.P.O. N.Y. (D.M.)''. Stated to be fewer than ten items reported. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1940 (Dec. 6) envelope from Melbourne, sent on board the steamer ''Triona'', which was attacked, captured and sunk by German surface raiders Komet and Orion on her way to Ocean Island. The passengers and mail were landed on Emirau Island, New Guinea on December 21st. The mail was then returned to Sydney on January 23rd. 1941 and there endorsed in red ''Raid Mail''. Stated one of only eight reported items. Photo. Price Realised £720 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1942 (Feb. 4) M.V. ''Mosfruit'', sailed from New Brunswick to England but due to an outbreak of fire the vessel had to return to port. Envelope with part ''SALVAGED FROM SEA'' cachet in violet, on reverse has ''OFFICIALLY SEALED IN THE/POST OFFICE'' label. Stated one of ten recorded. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1943 On Active Service envelope from a British Navy ship to London, with red ''POST/OFFICE/MARITIME/MAIL'' and Navy censor cachet, on reverse has two line ''DAMAGED AS A RESULT/OF ENEMY ACTION'' cachet in violet, no indication of how the damage occurred. Photo. Price Realised £120 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1943 (Aug. 31) the tug boat ''Sprig'' owned by the Red Salmon Canning Co., was carrying mail semi-officially from Naknek on Bristol Bay, Alaska to Ugashik village, went aground and broke up during a storm. Of four pouches and three sacks of mail only one pouch survived. Envelope from Pilot Point to Washington, endorsed in manuscript ''Salvaged from Pouch lost in/wreck of M.S. Sprig Aug. 17th 1943 outside mouth Ugashik River''. Stated the only item recorded from this disaster. Photo. Price Realised £520 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1945 (Jan. 8) Steamer ''Groningen IV'' foundered as a result of a head-on collision with the Steamer ''Jan Never''. Envelope with explanatory label in Dutch. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1945 (Mar. 6) ''Greenhill Park'' was docked and unloading at Vancouver when an explosion occurred on board. She was being towed into Burrard inlet when a further three explosions rocked the ship. Envelope bearing three line ''SALVAGED FROM/SHIP FIRE/VANCOUVER BC'', stated one of ten reported. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1945 (Nov. 29) M.V. ''Clarenville'' collided with the ''Kelowna Park'' in the Bay of Islands, Newfoundland. Envelope from Flowers Cove to St. John's, bearing ''Salvaged Mail From M.V. Clarenville'', scarce. Photo. Price Realised £550 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1946 (Mar. 31) M.S. ''Arabritt'' wrecked between Gdansk and Norrköping, Sweden. Envelope from Turkey to Sweden, with transparent 'ambulance' envelope bearing printed label ''Forsandelsen har skadats under/befordran med m/s Arabritt fran/Gdansk till Norrköping''. Photo. Price Realised £190 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1947 (May 6) Steamship ''Allegheny Victory'' collided off Galveston, Texas with the oil tanker ''Esso Greenville''. The envelope is damaged by fire, water and oil, placed in a post office 'ambulance' envelope (reduced at left) with explanatory label. Stated to be the only example of mail from this wreck. Photo. Price Realised £620 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1953 (Jan. 31) Steamer ''Princess Victoria'' sank in a gale between Stranraer and Larne. Fifteen weeks later one of her mail bags was picked up by a trawler. Window envelope from London, bearing two line ''DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER''. Stated one of only ten recorded. Photo. Price Realised £520 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1953 (July 28) American barge ''Y.B.10'', a fire broke out on a barge towed from Honolulu to Maui, which completely destroyed almost everything on board. Only three sacks of damaged mail were recovered. Envelope bearing three line ''DAMAGED BY FIRE ON SHIP/HONOLULU, HAWAII/JUL 28 1953'' in violet. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1955 (July 29) ''Star of Malta'' ran into a reef off Dragonera Point at Sliema Creek, Malta. Envelope from New York to Malta, bearing two line cachet ''DAMAGED BY SEAWATER/EX STAR OF MALTA 29.7.55'' on reverse has Officially Sealed label. Stated one of only ten recorded. Photo. Price Realised £520 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1966 (Nov. 10) ''Kypros'' on its regular run from Brindisi to Haifa, went up in flames in Haifa harbour. Envelope from Bucharest to Haifa, bearing violet boxed Israeli wreck cachet in Hebrew. Stated one of only ten reported. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: 1972 Shirly Lykes suffered an explosion while at sea. Large envelope from U.S.A. to South Africa, bearing a bilingual label ''DAMAGED BY EXPLOSION ON BOARD/SHIP AT SEA EX NEW ORLEANS, USA./TO CAPE TOWN''. Stated one of five recorded. Photo. Price Realised £230 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Ship Wrecks: A collection of p.p.c.'s depicting ships before and after incidents, incl. liners, sailing ships, military vessels, river steamers, submarines, etc. (412 items) Price Realised £850 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Siege Mail: 1870 (Aug. 30) Siege of Metz, entire from Lille to Metz, franked by Laureated 20c. tied by ''2046'' lozenge, undelivered due to the siege which ended on 27th. October 1870, eventually delivered in April 1871. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Siege Mail: 1870 (Nov. 9) Le Daguerre ballon monté entire to Cherbourg, franked 20c. lightly cancelled by ''892'', with Paris La Chapelle St. Denis c.d.s. of Nov. 9th, and backstamped Cherbourg arrival mark dated 29th. November.The Daguerre was brought down by Prussian fire and four of its five bags of mail captured. This item would have been fortunate enough to have been in a fifth bag which was jettisoned over the forest of Ferrières. Lhéritier 28. Photo. Price Realised £140 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Siege Mail: 1870 (Nov. 16) Lettre-Journal entire with Gazette des Absents issue 8 (Nov. 16) flown by the Général Ulrich, addressed to Albano, Rome, readdressed upon arrival and franked Cérès 10c. and Laureated 40c. tied by étoile ''35'' and ''MINISTERE DES FINANCES PARIS'' c.d.s., red framed ''PD'', backstamped Rome receiving mark of Nov. 30, fine. Photo. Price Realised £480 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Siege Mail: 1870 (Nov. 21) Ville D'Orleans Ballon Monte, Lettre Journal entire, Gazette des Absents no. 10. The balloon was blown off course and landed in Norway. On approaching the coast of Norway, one bag of mail was cast overboard. Stamp washed off and water stained. Mentioned in the letter is a dépêche-réponse card unused, scarce. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Siege Mail: 1870 (Dec. 28) Boule de Moulins, entire from Bordeaux addressed to Paris, and endorsed''Par Moulins, Allier'', bearing Laureated 80c. and Bordeaux 20c., cancelled by ''532'' lozenges with Bordeaux despatch c.d.s. below, most letters from boules committed to the river tending to be water-affected to some degree, but this has no trace, fine and very scarce. Photo. Price Realised £750 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Siege Mail: 1899 to 1970, a collection on leaves, incl. 1899 (Oct. 18) envelope from Cape Town to Kimberly with ''Post Suspended'' in violet due to the Boers besieging the town, 1900 (Feb. 19) cover from Ladysmith to England endorsed ''Natal Field Force Stamps Unobtainable'' with ''10c'' due mark cancelled by ''FB'' mark, 1915 Siege of Przemysl, 1941 Siege of Leningrad, 1948 Arab Israeli war Siege of Jerusalem, etc. (24 items) Price Realised £920 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Siege Mail: Mafeking: 1900 (April 13) envelope to Cape Town franked type 1 serifed overprint 3d. on Cape 1d. pair (standing Hope) well tied, on reverse has Found Open and Officially Sealed label cancelled by Mowbray c.d.s., rare. S.G. 3. Photo. Price Realised £1150 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Siege Mail: 1915 (Nov. 16) envelope from England, addressed to a Captain Floyd of the 2nd Br Norfolk Regt., c/o Judea Office London, blue crayon ''P.O.W.'' and two line ''UNDELIVERED THROUGH/CAPITULATION AT KUT'' and boxed ''R.E. (S.R.)/A.P.S.'' both in violet, scarce. Photo. Price Realised £400 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Siege Mail: 1942 (Feb. 8) Siege of Corregidor, official envelope from the 4th. Marines, addressed to Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington D.C., with U.S. Navy cancellation and ''PASSED BY CENSOR'' cachet. Possibly sent out by Submarine U.S.S. ''Swordfish''. Photo. Price Realised £600 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1814 (Nov. 28) entire letter from New Orleans to New York via ship with manuscript ''25'' rate mark and faint New Orleans c.d.s. This was due to there being no overland or river route at the time. New Orleans was under blockade by the British Navy, preparatory to the attack which occurred in early 1815. Mail was slipped through the blockade and the dangerous waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic. The letter tells of British ships patrolling the coast to maintain the blockade among other military details. This is stated to be the only cover reported from this blockade. Photo. Price Realised £1750 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1860-65 American Civil War stampless envelope with manuscript ''Letter of Prisoner of War by Flag of Truce via Hilton Head'', also envelope with 3c. and Confederate States 10c. with manuscript ''By flag of Truce via Fortress Monroe'', few faults. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: Civil War-Blockade Runner: 1862 (Aug. 20) envelope from Pendleton S.C. addressed to the Spanish Consul in Charleston, with Pendleton datestamp and ''PAID/5'' both in blue. This was part of the mail from the captured ''Nuestra Signora De Regal'' ship on its way to Cuba and intercepted at Port Royal where confiscated contraband material was sent to Philadelphia to be awarded by a prize court. Has red manuscript initials ''H.H.E.'' (Henry H.Elliot the Court Officer), rare. Photo. Price Realised £920 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: Civil War-Blockade Runner: 1862 (Oct.) envelope addressed to Richmond, Virginia, with manuscript ''12'', oval framed ''STEAM-SHIP'' and ''CHARLESTON/OCT/10'' transit mark. This item probably sent from the Bahamas. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1875 (June) Japanese 1s. stationery card from Kiban to Tokyo via Osaka, due to flooding has a red chop denoting ''delayed'', scarce. Price Realised £320 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1879 (Dec 28) envelope from Forres (Dec. 27) to Aberdeen (Dec. 29) from the Tay Bridge disaster. The train fell into the River Tay when the railway bridge collapsed on December 28th with the loss of all seventy-people on board. Two mailbags were washed ashore and were taken to Dundee to be dried. Extremely rare and interesting item from the most infamous railway disaster in British history. Only eight examples have been recorded. Photo. Price Realised £2300 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1890 (Feb. 18) envelope from Kingston, Jamaica to New York, the mail bag, which was carried on a donkey cart, spilled into the river and was washed away in the Houghton River, being recovered on February 21st. The reverse shows printed label ''This Postal-Packet was contained in the Mail/Bag from Kingston for New York via PortMaria/ Jamaica, for despatch per S.S. Bergenseren/which Mail Bag was washed away in the Houghton/River near Annotto Bay, on the night of Tuesday/ the 18th instant, and which was subsequently re-/covered''. A most interesting and rare item. Photo. Price Realised £270 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1894 (Dec. 3) envelope from Montreal, Canada to England, carried on the Rouses Point & Albany R.P.O. train which was wrecked about 12 miles north of Port Henry, N.Y., the mail car being demolished and falling into Lake Champion. Has three line cachet ''Damaged caused by wreck/of mail train on Lake/Champion New York'' in violet, scarce. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1896 (Nov. 16) envelope from San Francisco to Eureka, California, bearing printed label ''On November 16, 1896, while attempt-/ing to cross Ten Mile Creek near Layton-/ville Cal., stage was upset. Driver and/two horses drowned. The letter to/which this label is attached was in a/pouch which was submerged in stream/until Nov. 20, 1896''. A rare item as stated only one of five reported. Photo. Price Realised £450 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1897 (Oct. 24) envelope from Saranac Lake, N.Y. to New York, on reverse has label ''Post Office New York, NY/October 25 1897/This piece of mail matter/was damaged in an accident/on the NYW & HRRR near/Garrison N.Y. on October 24 1897/C Van Cott/Postmaster''. Stated only ten items reported. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1902 (Sept. 11) envelope from India to London, bearing red boxed ''DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER'' (''SEA'' deleted). Cover recovered from the wreck of the Madras-Bombay mail train which plunged into a river near Mangapatam after heavy floods caused the bridge to collapse, killing 62 people. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1906 to 1964, a selection of covers interrupted by natural disasters, incl. broken dam, earthquakes, floods, storms, etc. with some p.p.c.'s. (27 items) Price Realised £1100 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1906 (July 23) the Havre and Spokane train derailed on emerging from a tunnel near Elk, Washington, plunged over a 75 foot embankment into the waters of Diamond Lake, the mail car being submerged in 20 feet of water and not recovered until four days later. Postcard from England to Washington showing two line ''Damaged in wreck near/CAMDEN. WASH. JLY 23'', scarce. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1908 to 1979, a selection of covers and cards, incl. 1941 (Aug. 6) registered cover from London to Birmingham, stamps cancelled by skeleton c.d.s. of the temporary P.O. used during the Blitz, 1970 (Apr.) cover from Gouda to Delfzijl and due to ice the mail van skidded into a river with explanatory violet cachet in Dutch, 1979 (July 7) envelope used in Birmingham, burnt and bearing label ''The Postmaster/is very sorry that/this packet has/been accidentally/in the post'' and manuscript ''BOMB DAMAGE'', etc. (21 items). Price Realised £1050 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: Train Wrecks, 1909 to 1954, four covers and two cards, incl. 1909 Wabash wreck, card bearing three line ''RECEIVED/IN BAD CONDITION/N.Y.P.O. Foreign St.'', 1954 (Sept. 6) cover and card from the Swedish train wreck with different cachets, etc. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: Prisoner of War mail, an all World selection of covers and cards, incl. World War I and II with Germany, Great Britain, Japan 1917 envelope to Shanghai with straight line ''Sec DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE'' in red, Russia, U.S.A., good range of Instructional marks, censor marks and labels, etc. (91 items). Price Realised £750 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1922 (July) opened-out envelope from Thurles to U.S.A. with manuscript ''Opened in Raid on Mail Car 15 July 22'' re-sealed by sheet margins, scarce I.R.A. item. Photo. Price Realised £270 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1937 (Jan.) envelope from Jeffersonville to San Francisco, bearing two line ''REFUSED (deleted) Damaged by/Ohio River Flood'', label on reverse with manuscript ''Recd Open/Sealed by C.D.S'' cancelled ''CHI. TERM. R.P.O./MAR.7'', scarce. Photo. Price Realised £120 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1937 (Apr.) due to extensive flooding around London, Ontario, a train was derailed and landed in the river. Envelope from Ecuador to Ontario, bearing two line cachet in blue ''DAMAGED BY WATER/DUE TO TRAIN WRECK''. Photo. Price Realised £110 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1946 Airmail envelope from Shanghai to Chefoo, bearing Chinese cachet stating 'Postal Route Blocked, Return to Sender', this due to Communist Forces occupying most part of Shantung and having established 'Liberated Areas' there, unusual. Photo. Price Realised £110 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: Other Interruptions: 1971 damaged and soiled Indian 10p. stationery card from New Barrackpore, bearing three line cachet in violet ''SALVAGED MAIL/Mail Destroyed By Pakistan./Army in April 1971''. Unusual. Photo. Price Realised £210 |
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| Sale number: 62 The Jerry Santangelo Interrupted Mail: 1972, a selection of Bangladesh Official mail with Independence overprints, etc., also a few other items, etc. (27 items). Price Realised UNSOLD |