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4 • Schmitt Investors Ltd. • Postal History Treasures • No. 8

A censored picture post card sentfrom Jerusalem early in the BritishAdministration, franked with anEgyptian Expeditionary Forcesstamp - August 2, 1918, with BluePalestine censor handstamp andAlexandria Egypt transit cancel. Animportant piece of Palestine postalhistory.

In our 53 years in business, we learned to never be surprised at the material thathas turned up in an attic in a bungalow in small town America, or at an important pieceof human communications or family history that might be found in an old family bible,photo album or cedar chest. On this page are some examples of what can sometimesturn up. If it ever happens to you, keep us in mind as the logical buyer!

Envelope carried out of Paris during the 1870 siege in theballoon "Le General Ulrich," leaving Paris at 8 am onNovember 18 and landing 36 kilometers away. A windchange blew the balloon off course and almost back intoParis. Before the Germans could reach the downed craft,French civilians managed to smuggle it, the pilot andpassengers, and mail into unoccupied France.

Damaged cover that survived a plane crash and the accompanyingfire. U.S. Post Office Dept. letter (below, reduced) states that "Theaccompanying mail was damaged by fire on airplane at 4:17 A.M. onJanuary 21, 1948, at Logan Airport, East Boston, Mass. The inconve-nience caused you is regretted. Patrick J. Connelly, Postmaster."

“Remember TheMaine!” A colorfuland outstandingpatriotic cover fromthe Spanish-American War withan early SanFrancisco machinecancel.

Unusual and rare Union Stars and Stripes patriotic cover from theCivil War. A design we have rarely encountered. Used in 1861 fromWashington, D.C. to Dekalb, Indiana.

Lundy Island to SouthAfrica. A very scarce1937 Paquebot Airmailcover dated 6thOctober 1936. Carriedon the maiden voyageof the merchant vesselDunvegan Castle andfranked with KingEdward VIII ½d and 1dstamps tied by CAPETOWN/ PAQUEBOThandstamp. Commer-cially used covers likethis from Lundy areimportant.