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RAILWAY STRIKE MAIL AIR MAIL. 1929 envelope to Bulawayo bearing a 2d ...more
RAILWAY STRIKE MAIL AIR MAIL. 1929 envelope to Bulawayo bearing a 2d cancelled NDOLA 15 FEB 29 that was carried by the R.A.F. during the railway strike on the Copperbelt.. This R.A.F. Plane left Cairo on February 12th on the annual Cairo to Cape Town flight. It arrived at Ndola on February 25 where it picked up the mail. From there it went to Livingstone (Feb 27) and arrived in Bulawayo on February 28. All the covers known (11) are addressed to Duly & Co in Bulawayo. All are crumpled as they were rescued from a waste paper basket. An extremely rare cover and one of very few that has 'R.A.F.' written on the back in ink
1984 envelope from Cambridge to Sussex that has been badly damaged by ...more
1984 envelope from Cambridge to Sussex that has been badly damaged by fire and water (when extinguishing the fire) which has washed off the stamp. A Post Office letter states 'that the item has been damaged by a very serious fire in a railway coach at Cambridge Railway Station on 19 December 1984.' Very little mail seems to have survived this incident and this is only the third cover recorded to date from it. A rare train incident
1907 post card to Australia bearing a 1d cancelled S. O. TWEESPRUIT ...more
1907 post card to Australia bearing a 1d cancelled S. O. TWEESPRUIT RAIL 23 SEP 07. A very scarce cancellation, first recorded in 1904. Tweespruit was in the Thaba 'Nchu district and the post office was situated on the farm Floraville. Tweespruit Rail telegraph office was about a half mile away, on the railway line. This is the first time I have seen this canceller!
1908 envelope to Deloraine with a pair of 1d's cancelled STANLEY NO 2 ...more
1908 envelope to Deloraine with a pair of 1d's cancelled STANLEY NO 2 08. On the back is a fine strike of T.P.O. No 4, NO 3 08 as well as a Deloraine arrival c.d.s. This T.P.O. was used on the Western Line Railway. The cover has been opened out and rebacked for display
1899 WRECK OF THE 'CHICAGO'. The Pennsylvania Rail Road Ferryboat ...more
1899 WRECK OF THE 'CHICAGO'. The Pennsylvania Rail Road Ferryboat ‘Chicago’, whilst bound from Jersey City to New York, sank in the Hudson River after a collision with the steamer ‘City of Augusta’ at midnight on 30/31 October 1899. The ‘Chicago’ was subsequently raised on the 6 December. All the mail was salvaged and was delivered within a couple of days of the disaster occurring. However, as it appeared that all the mail had been damaged by water to a greater or lesser extent and the adhesives had floated off, labels was affixed to covers by the New York Postmaster. There were three different types of label used, this one believed locally and individually typed in Hoboken. (Hoggarth & Gwynn type 1) A fine example of this uncommon shipwreck, of which less than 20 covers are known and less than 5 with this label
1894 envelope to Germany franked with a pair of 2d cancelled by a ...more
1894 envelope to Germany franked with a pair of 2d cancelled by a superb strike of the very scarce P.K. AGENT VENTERSBURG ROAD AP 2 94 datestamp. On the back are Cape Town and London transit cancels and a Halle 22.4.94 arrival c.d.s. This canceller was used at the Ventersburg Road Rail Office. A rarely seen canceller
1917 South Africa ½d post card censored to Denmark with an ...more
1917 South Africa ½d post card censored to Denmark with an additional Kings Head ½d and 1d added, cancelled by a violet KALKVELD RAIL 3 MAY 1917 datestamp. A circular 'Passed Censor C. 12.' cachet is on the card. Commercial, with a full message in German to an unusual destination
1897 envelope to Irvine bearing a 3c tied by a barred obliterator ...more
1897 envelope to Irvine bearing a 3c tied by a barred obliterator with a ST. JOHNS OC 15 97 datestamp alongside. A feint Railway datestamp of OC 15 is on the back
1917 censored envelope to Windhuk bearing a South Africa Kings Head ...more
1917 censored envelope to Windhuk bearing a South Africa Kings Head 1d cancelled by a very good strike of the rubber single circle REHOBOTH RAIL 17 MAY 1917 datestamp in black green. (Putzel B 1a. He states “Good impressions are rare”! and gives it 3200 points.) The cover was opened and resealed by bilingual 'Field Censor' tape. On the back is a Windhuk 19 MAY 17 arrival c.d.s. A fine example of this scarce canceller
1908 post card to the USA with a 1d stamp cancelled UMSUMBI RAIL FE ...more
1908 post card to the USA with a 1d stamp cancelled UMSUMBI RAIL FE 22 08. This appears to be a completely unrecorded cancellation by both Kantey and Putzel. Umsumbi (now Umzumbe) is on the coast at the Mzumbe River Mouth in Southern Natal. An important item and a major new edition to Natal postmarks
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