RAILWAY DISASTER MAIL - GREAT BRITAIN/SWEDEN/PORTUGAL/HOLLAN...

Hammer

£140

RAILWAY DISASTER MAIL - GREAT BRITAIN/SWEDEN/PORTUGAL/HOLLAND/USA: 1954-84 collection on leaves inc. 1954 PPC ex Sweden on train which crashed at Rorvik with partial purple "Denna forsandelse har forse[?]/och skadats genom tagolycka/Rorvik den 6/9/1954./Postdirektionen i St[?]"cachet, also env. from same crash with a different cachet; 1963 charred small portion of env. ex GB forwarded in stamped Ambulance env. with Post Office covering letter (most unusual); 1965 env. ex Italy to Portugal recovered from crash at Villar de los Alamos with large boxed "Nota da Estacao Central des Correios/LISBOA/Correspondencia recuperada dos/salvados postais do desastre ferro-/viario corrido com o Sud-Expre-/nas proximidades Salaman[ca.]" cachet on back; 1984 large env. ex UK (lightly charred) with large purple "THE POST OFFICE/regrets delay damage/DUE TO RAILWAY/FIRE ON 19.12.84" cachet; plus other related examples, some with Post Office explanatory letters. (16 items) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, RAILWAY MAIL, GREAT BRITAIN, SWEDEN