

NEW BOOK – The History of Mail
Bombs – published by The Wreck & Crash Mail Society – click here for details
NEW BOOK – Railway Disaster
Mail – published by The Rossiter Trust – click here for
details
Horseshoe Route Cover. Small cover postmarked Alexandria, Egypt 9
Oct. 1942, addressed to New York, NY - USA. Egyptian censor tape on left
and U.S. censor tape on right. Manuscript "VIA DURBAN" to
indicate that it was to go by the "Horseshoe" route. Nice clean
cover. $50.00
9 Oct 42 Horseshoe route cover
SPECIAL CLEARANCE
625A. AUSTRALIAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE, 1990, 5th Edition. Edited by Nelson
Eustis, published by Hobby Investments Pty Ltd. 307 pp. We have a few new
copies left. Special clearance price. $30.00 plus $3.75 surface
postage. Airmail is extra
World War II Mail from Switzerland to Great Britain, Canada & the United
States - A Postal History Handbook, by Charles J. LaBlonde. Published
by the American Helvetia Philatelic Society. Totally revised and updated from
published articles. Extensive archival material. Over 230
illustrations. 5 new appendices on interesting and related topics.
Expanded bibliography. Separate postal rate overview & summary.
75% airmail, but from an integrated postal history perspective (rates,
routes & markings). Spiral bound to lay flat. Out of stock, but
we might be able to find a copy
Train Wreck Cover - On 11 September 1932, a
Southern Pacific Railroad train derailed in the High Sierra Mountains of
California. Five railway mail clerks were carried 150 feet down a steep
embankement in one of the mail cars that rolled down the canyon. Small
size window envelope (2cent stamped envelope + a one cent stamp) from New York,
probably to Oakland, Calif. Rubber stamp cachet "Received in bad
condition at/Oakland, Calif." plus manuscript "From Train Wreck
9/12/32" (it actually occurred on the 11th) and then a rubber stamp "CLYDE
E. SMITH/CARRIER #63 M./OAKLAND, CALIF.". Backstamped Oakland Sep.
13. Scarce. $50.00. Scan or fax copy available on request
Items from fire, which destroyed the
Burlington, Iowa Depot. It is a check which was being mailed to a
hospital services association, which was badly burned. There are two
mimemograph explanations from the Burlington Post Office, which explain why the
check is badly burned. The original envelope in which the check was being sent,
is gone. Unusual items. $75.00. Scan or fax copy available on
request
AIR CRASH MAIL OF IMPERIAL AIRWAYS &
PREDECESSOR AIRLINES, by Kendall C.
Sanford. A new publication by the Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund.
See Book List
Volume One, Sixth Edition - AMERICAN AIR MAIL
CATALOGUE. This 500 page catalogue contains revised and repriced listings of
the following sections:
U.S.
Pioneer Covers - 1910-1916
U.S. Governmental Flight Covers
U.S. Air Express Covers
Crash Covers
Airport Dedication Covers
Mexico First Flight Covers - 1917-1939
US$42.00 plus
actual postage
SPECIAL CLEARANCE - 263. LES BALLONS MONTES -
BOULES DE MOULINS, PIGEONGRAMMES, PAPILLONSDE METZ, Gerard Lheriter. Valeur Philatelique, Nice, France, 1989,
253 pp.Very good & concise history of the Paris Balloon Posts. Gives background
on personalities of the Siege, separate chapters on the more spectacular
flights like the "Ville d'Orleans" & "Le Normandie".
Describes all the various markings & cachets, including their value. Gives
departure dates & mail postmark dates for each balloon. Lists all the
aeronauts & passengers, lists those balloons from which plis confies are
known, lists rarity of covers from each balloon, and gives weight of mail
carried on each, and value of covers in French francs, including value according
to country of destination. All illustrations in color. Complete listingof all
lettre journals published & values. HC, NEW. SPECIAL SALE PRICE $38.50
AIRMAILS OF NEW ZEALAND, VOLUME
3 - INTERNATIONAL AIRMAILS 1940-1970, by Robin M. Startup, June 1997. Details
the international airmail services from wartime flying boat era up to the jet
age, and is a sequel to Vol. 2. See Item 638 in Book List.
CORSAIRVILLE, THE LAST DOMAIN OF THE FLYING
BOAT, Graham Coster. The story of the crash of the Imperial Airways
“Corsair” in the Belgian Congo in 1939. The complete story of the extreme
effort to repair and fly the Short flying boat out, which took 9 months.
See Item 680 in Book List.
KATALOG DER DEUTSCHEN LUFTPOST, Teil 13:
Erstflüge 1991-1999 - ohne Deutsche Lufthansa (Catalog of German Airmail,
Volume 13: First Flights of airlines to/from Germany, except Lufthansa German
Airlines), by Erich Haberer, 2000. See Item 647 in Book List.
TURBULENCE ON THE GROUND - PANAM AND BEYOND, Ed
Parrey. Pub. by author, 2000. Nostalgic trip out of the past.
The good and the bad at Pan American World Airways. The reader will be
able to see what happens primarily on the ground at various airports. It is at
times funny, sad and romantic. The action and adventures at those places
are hectic, therefore part of the title "Turbulence on the
Ground". Entertaining, interesting, humorous, intriguing. See
Item 683 in Book List.
PAN AMERICAN'S PACIFIC PIONEERS, THE REST OF
THE STORY, by Jon E. Krupnick. Pub. by Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.,
Missoula, MT - USA, 2000, 700 pp. 9 x 12 inch format. A pictorial history of
Pan Am's Pacific First Flights - 1935-1946. Most complete collection of
rare survey flight & first flight covers are shown in color as well as
aircraft photos, poster/baggage label/timetable art, etc. A fantastic book. An
update of No. 633, which was published in 1997. See Item 684 in Book List.
WINGED COURIER, by Harry Klein. Pub. by Howard
B. Timmins, Cape Town, South Africa, 1955, 130 pp. A history of aviation in
Southern Africa. Excellent coverage of the early airmail services, including Union
Airways, Imperial Airways, BOAC and South African Airways. Very good black
& white photos. See Item 732 in Book List.
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NEW Aerodacious - From the "Aviation
top 100" Aerodacious: Web-Catalog of First Flights including Pioneer,
Government,
CAM's, FAM's, JETs, Post-Deregulation, Canadian, World-Wide First
Flights -
Lots More & Everything Air Mail - Covers, Stamps & Labels
Rudy Pinto's
Aerophilatelic Blog - Miscellaneous aerophilatelic items connected with
India
Faces of the Hindenburg -
short profiles of the 97 people who were onboard the Hindeburg when it crashed
Zeppelin Study Group
The "Jenny"
Stamp One Frame Exhibit
National Postal
Museum - Hindenburg Crash Mail
Arago
- Images of all U.S. Airmail Stamps
Aerophilately
& Postal History
Benjamin
Lipsner Airmail Collection – National Postal Museum
SE Air Mail Society -
Chapter of the American Air Mail Society in the Southeastern U.S.A
Dick's
Rocket Dungeon - Rocket Aerophilately
Boeing 747SP Flight Covers
The Canadian Aerophilatelic Society
The
Harold G. Dick Zeppelin Postcard Collection
Mike Piggin Auctions - Worldwide Postal History with good selections of Air Mail,
Maritime, Military, POW & Internees, Disaster Mail, etc.
The Pan Am
Flying Boat Service via Wake Island - Stamps & Covers - Dirk H.R.
Spennemann
FIP
Aerophilately Commission - The international philatelic federations are
united in FIP (Fédération Internationale de Philatélie). FIP sponsors
international philatelic exhibitions and has created regulations for the
judging of airmail exhibits at such exhibitions.
The Romanian Air Mail Service - Bibliography of articles on Romanian air mail services
Ephemeral Treasures -
Aviation history and personal aviation experiences figure heavily on Bob
Ingraham's Ephemeral Treasures
web site. Most pages include illustrated images of contemporaneous stamps,
covers, and postcards.
Postal Label Study Group - Publisher of the
Worldwide Airmail Label Catalog
Airmails of Siam - A
Handbook, by Nils Ramm-Ericson
NEW Aerophilately
Auctions - Johannes E. Palmer
NEW Indian Night Air Mail
Service - January 1949
NEW Netherlands
Airmail Covers For Sale
NEW Charles
Lindbergh - U.S. Air Mail Service Pioneer
NEW The Development of
Airmail in Bahrain
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Crash Covers
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The Wreck & Crash
Mail Society was formed in the latter part of 1994, and is devoted to the
collecting and study of all aspects of delayed and/or damaged mail and
interrupted mail services. Currently the Society is composed of four
study groups, namely: the Air Crash Study Group, The Railroad Wreck Study
Group, the Ship Wreck Study Group, and the Suspended Mail/Conflicts Study
Group.
The Society publishes a quarterly journal
"La Catastrophe", which contains articles on all aspects of wreck and
crash mail, as well as news on new cover discoveries, auction realizations on
wreck and crash mail, and questions from members who are seeking information on
their crash and wreck covers and the stories behind them.
The Wreck & Crash Mail Society normally
holds an annual meeting (so far, all have been held in London), where members
display parts of their collection, meet other collectors of wreck and crash
mail, and exchange information and material with fellow members.
If you have an interest in this area of postal
history, the organisers believe that the Wreck & Crash Mail Society will
fulfill your interest. Annual membership dues are UK£15.000 or US$25.00,
which includes a subscription to four issues of "La Catastrophe".
Next Meeting of the Wreck & Crash Mail Society
ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING (AGM)
will be held on Saturday 17 September 2011 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closest Underground Station is Angel.
Each member attending the meeting is asked to bring at least 16 album
sheets from his/her collection to show and discuss. There will also
be a short business meeting and elections.
Those who will attend should notify Ken Sanford, at Email:
,
phone/fax 1 203 888 9237 or the address shown at the top of this website
Go to: The Wreck & Crash Mail Society
for details and a membership application form
Rev. 22 July 2010