The Wreck & Crash Mail Society

 

INDEX TO "LA CATASTROPHE"

 

Quarterly publication of the Wreck & Crash Mail Society

 

January 1995 - December 2007

 

Index for following years under construction

 

                                                         Compiled by             Kendall C. Sanford

                                                                                            613 Championship Drive

                                                                                            Oxford, CT - USA 06478-3128

                                                                                           

 

Subject

Issue

Volume/Number

Page

Unlisted Incidents

 

 

 

Cover postmarked San Juan, PR - Oct 10, 1946

Jan-Mar 1995

1/1

cover, 3

Damaged By Fire at Luttig, South Africa on 17 June 1924

Jan-Dec 2005

11

21 & 22

Label cachet “Damaged by fire incident to/plane crash”

Jan-Mar 1995

1/1

????

Crash of French Postal Aeroplane - 10 Nov 1929

Apr-Jun 1995

½

35

 

 

 

 

Articles

 

 

 

Cover Found From Unlisted 1946 Air Crash, by Philip McCarty

Jan-Mar 1995

1/1

3

A First Flight Gone Awry - History of Pacific Seaboard Air Lines’ 1934 New Orleans to Chicago Flight, by Marcel J. Jaffe

Jan-Mar 1995

1/1

4 & 5

The 1844 Wreck of the Isabella, by Brian Peace

Jan-Mar 1995

1/1

6-10

The 1802 Stranding of the Williamson, by John Attwood

Jan-Mar 1995

1/1

10 & 11

Interesting Handstamp From a 1963 British Train Fire, by H.S. Wilson

Jan-Mar 1995

1/1

12 & 13

Mail Saved from the 1865 Wreck of the Paddle Steamer “Samphire”, by Dennis Rolf

Apr-Jun 1995

½

20 & 21

Maritime Postal History of the Mexican, which Foundered in 1900, by L.G. Price

Apr-Jun 1995

½

21-25

Recovered Mail from the R.M.S. “Lochiel”, run Aground in 1960, by G. Howard Longden

Apr-Jun 1995

½

25-27

Handling of Air Crash Covers - series, by Kendall C. Sanford

Apr-Jun 1995

Jul-Sep 1995

Oct-Dec 1995

Jan-Mar 1996

Apr-Jun 1996

Jul-Sep 1996

Oct-Dec 1996

½

1/3

¼

2/1

2/2

2/3

2/4

30-33

45-47

63-65

16-19

31-33

46-49

77-79

Train Wreck on Lake Champlain, New York, in 1894, Damages Transatlantic Mail, by L.G. Price

Jul-Sep 1995

1/3

39 & 40

Mail From the 1946 Railway Mishap on New Zealand’s Manawatu River, by Henry J. Berthelot

Jul-Sep 1995

1/3

41 & 42

An Addendum to the 1946 Railway Mishap on New Zealand’s Manawatu River, by Henry J. Berthelot

Oct-Dec 1995

¼

69 & 70

1901 Fire at the Pennsylvania Railroad Station in Jersey City, New Jersey Damages Mail, by Henry J. Berthelot

Jul-Sep 1995

1/3

43

Second Marking Variety Seen From 1963 British Train Fire

Jul-Sep 1995

1/3

44

Swedish Crash Mail From the 1934 Stockholm to Paris Flight, by Tony Williams

Jul-Sep 1995

1/3

48

1897 Mishap in New York Harbor Damages Mail, by Norman W. Hoggarth

Jul-Sep 1995

1/3

49


 

Mail Saved From the 1855 Wreck of the “Imperatrice”, by Michael Champness

Jul-Sep 1995

1/3

50 & 51

Wreck and Crash Covers at Auction, by Kendall C. Sanford

Jul-Sep 1995

1/3

52-55

1938 Ski Landing on Alaska’s Lake Spenard Unsuccessful, by John Attwood

Oct-Dec 1995

¼

59

More on South African Airways Crash Off Mauritius in November 1987, by Kendall C. Sanford

Oct-Dec 1995

¼

60 & 61

1930 Disaster Above the Flanders Plain, by Henri Nierinck

Oct-Dec 1995

¼

62

The 1905 Wreck of the “ C Kennedy”, by A.J. Woolfe & R.D. Gwynn

Oct-Dec 1995

¼

66 & 67

Baggage Car Fire in 1956 Damages Mostly Christmas Parcel Post Mail, by Henry J. Berthelot

Oct-Dec 1995

¼

68 & 69

Researching Accidents, by Norman W. Hoggarth

Oct-Dec 1995

¼

70-72

The Foundering of the “Mexican” in April of 1900, by Dean Matthew

Jan-Mar 1996

2/1

3-6

The 1950 Wreck of the Excalibur, by Jon Douglas

Jan-Mar 1996

2/1

7 & 8

An Interesting Cachet, One of Two Associated With Mail Salvaged From a 1910 French Railway Accident, by Rod Dyke

Jan-Mar 1996

2/1

9 & 10

1959 Railway Car Fire in Canada Damages Mostly Yule Mail, by L.G. Price

Jan-Mar 1996

2/1

10 & 11

Mail Pouch Lost During 1933 Exchange of Mail on the Fly, by Henry J. Berthelot

Jan-Mar 1996

2/1

12

Crash of the Flying Boat “Ville de Bone” in 1938, by Tony Williams

Jan-Mar 1996

2/1

13

The 1925 Crash of the “Shenandoah” (ZR-1), by Oded Eliashar

Jan-Mar 1996

2/1

14 & 15

Runaway Express: The 1906 Great Northern Crash at Grantham, England, by W.B. Barrell

Apr-Jun 1996

2/2

22-26

Burning of German Mail Car in 1935 Damages Mail Shipment, by Henry J. Berthelot

Apr-Jun 1996

2/2

26 & 27

Swedish Train Mishap in 1954 Damages Mail Shipment, by Oded I. Eliashar

Apr-Jun 1996

2/2

27

Explosion in 1979 Aboard Aircraft Damages Mail, by John M. Hotchner

Apr-Jun 1996

2/2

28 & 29

Engine Failure During 1953 Take Off Causes Plane to Crash Into Caribbean Sea Off Jamaica, by Norman Hoggarth

Apr-Jun 1996

2/2

30 & 31

Wreck and Crash Covers at Auction, by Michael Champness

Apr-Jun 1996

2/2

34

The 1917 Sinking of the Steamship “City of Florence”, by Philip E. Parker

Apr-Jun 1996

2/2

35 & 36

The 1899 Wreck of the Ferryboat “Chicago”, by Sean Hamilton

Apr-Jun 1996

2/2

36-38

“Hindenburg” Crash Mail: The “Paquebot Pieces”, by Ian Nutley

Jul-Sep 1996

2/3

43 & 44

The 1954 K.L.M. Crash at Shannon, Ireland, by Tony Williams

Jul-Sep 1996

2/3

45

The 1899 Wreck of the “Bore”, by John Woolfe

Jul-Sep 1996

2/3

50-54

The 1860 Loss of the S.S. “Connaught”, by Michael Champness

Jul-Sep 1996

2/3

55

Other Salvaged Mail Markings Reported From the 1910 French Railway Car Fire, Henry J. Berthelot

Jul-Sep 1996

2/3

56-59

Society Meeting Held at Autumn Stampex 1996

Oct-Dec 1996

2/4

62-64

The 1878 Wreck of the “Metropolis”: a Maritime Postal History, Henry J. Berthelot & Ron C. Trosclair

Oct-Dec 1996

2/4

65-72

More Markings From the 1954 Swedish Train Mishap, Norman W. Hoggarth

Oct-Dec 1996

2/4

74-75

Capex ‘96 Report, Kendall C. Sanford

Oct-Dec 1996

2/4

76

Wreck & Crash Covers at Auction, by Kendall C. Sanford

Jan-Mar 1997

3/1

18-20

Mail Recovered from the 1955 Sabotage of UAL Flight 629, by Jon Douglas

Apr-Jun 1997

3/2

23-25

Alaska Airlines Crash in September 1971 Damages Mail

Jan-Mar 1997

3/1

11

Mail Recovered from Crash of “LOT” Plane in November 1937 Scarce

Jan-Mar 1997

3/1

10

Eyewitness Account of the 1935 Collision Between The “Empress of Britain” and the “Kafiristan”

Jan-Mar 1997

3/1

14-15

The Disastrous 1855 Maiden Voyage of the Royal Mail Clipper “Schomberg”

Jan-Mar 1997

3/1

12-13

Saved From the 1860 Wreck of the “Malabar”

Jan-Mar 1997

3/1

16-17

Botched Railway Mail Car Robbery in 1923 Burns Mail

Jan-Mar 1997

3/1

5-9

Dutch Train Fire in 1995 Damages Mail

Jan-Mar 1997

3/1

3-5

The Paddle Steamer “Forth” – Missing in 1849 – Believed Lost, by Michael Champness

Apr-Jun 1997

3/2

26

Another Marking Variety From the 1899 Wreck of the Ferryboat Chicago

Apr-Jun 1997

3/2

27

Another Marking Variety From the 1954 Swedish train Mishap

Apr-Jun 1997

3/2

28

Addendum to the Report on the 1901 Pennsylvania Railroad Station Fire in Jersey City, New Jersey

Apr-Jun 1997

3/2

28

Post World War II Markings That Denote Services Suspended Due to Hostilities

Apr-Jun 1997

3/2

29-35

Truck Fire in 1965 Damages New Zealand Mail

Apr-Jun 1997

3/2

36

The 1945 “Green Hill Park” Disaster

Jul-Sep 1997

3/3

44 & 45

The 1854 Wreck of the Steamer Franklin

Jul-Sep 1997

3/3

46-48

English Mails Damaged in 1902 Indian Mail Train Accident

Jul-Sep 1997

3/3

49

Indian Railway Fire in 1951 Burns Mail

Jul-Sep 1997

3/3

50