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    Dec 10, 2021 2 minutes

    ruce Gillham’s enthusiasm for the subject of ‘Disastrous Mail’ was evident at the recent meeting, as he displayed a variety of stamps, covers, photos and documents associated with disasters involving balloons, pigeons, forgery, earthquakes and many others. Disasters foster ingenuity and there were examples of microfilm used in the 1800s, mail floated down the Seine in metal canisters (many are still missing!) and rocket mail. Some

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