| 161 | BRAZIL - TRANSATLANTIC MAIL TO GERMANY: 1852 E to Gera ex Rio de Janeiro by the RMSPC ship 'Severn'; scarce 2-ring SEEBRIEF PER ENGLAND UND AACHEN (struck over flap) plus several German TPO transits and an array of charges. PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 162 | RARE FIRST EAST-TO-WEST ATLANTIC STEAMER CROSSING COVER - CARRIED BY THE S.S. 'SIRIUS'; 30 Apr. 1838 EL (minor dusting and slightly weak folds but attractive) from "New York" to Liverpool endorsed on the front to be carried "P. [Ship] North America", but this then changed to "Pr [S.S.] Sirius" (presumably when the sender learned of the new-fangled steamer's taking letters fro Britain); charged "1/9" with a mostly fine red boxed step-type "FALMOUTH/SHIP LETTER" and fine orange-red 22 May "LIVERPOOL" c.d.s. on the top flap. Amusing contents with the tantalising note that "I have received the [trading] House's letter of the 31st Ult[im]o [i.e. 31 Mar.] by the Sirius."; what a challenge it would be to find that cover to put with this one! Rare cover carried on the first Atlantic crossing from America by a Steam vessel. Important Exhibition Item for any Transatlantic Mails Collection. [Not previously recorded; recently discovered by Cavendish's describers in a mixed Ship Letters collection! A similar East-to-West 'Sirius' cover was sold in Cavendish's Sept. 2003 auction for £2,070.] PHOTO. | £1000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 163 | WWII AND LATER British Naval mail with a variety of marks plus a range of US Navy covers; also worldwide, (mainly) post-WWII paquebot covers etc. Inspection recommended. (Approx. 150 items) | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 164 | 'INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY' OCEAN DRIFT-CARDS - WASHED UP IN FRANCE, GERMANY, DENMARK, ICELAND,PORTUGAL, SPAIN. SWEDEN, & HOLLAND; 1954/55 group of commercial English cards 'posted' from aeroplanes over the Atlantic to test world ocean currents and washed up in various countries on the Continent, being returned duly stamped to the senders for rewards; few were found as far afield as Iceland, Spain & Portugal!. 15 from France. Good lot. (32 cards). [See similar lots under Faeroes, Norway and GB.] PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 165 | POST WWII SHIPPING: Well written up & attractively presented collection of mainly post-WWII covers illustrating a variety of maritime cancellations etc. inc. ranges of Paquebot marks, commemorative cancellations, Ferries, Cruise Liners (1935 S.S. "Normandie" maiden voyage cover noted), Polar (inc. T.A.A.F. 1999 "Marion Dufresne" pair), German Patrol Boats, Scandinavian "Fra" marks & Sea P.O.'s, U.S. Sea Post, etc. An extensive lot illustrated with PPCs of Ships. (Approx. 120 plus PPCs). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 166 | M.V. 'ATHOLL FOREST' - HAND ILLUSTRATED COVERS 1978-79: Group of attractive Captain 'Bryan Hill' covers mailed on the 'Atholl Forest' during August 1978-May 1979 , all with 'Seamen's Mail' labels and MAILED ON BOARD cachets - illustrated with drawings by the Ship's Master of ships, cachets of whales, with home-made commemorative labels etc. - mailed from various ports with paquebot marks and additional h.s. Viewing recommended. (30 items) | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 167 | PAQUEBOTS ETC. - NORWAY (INC. MANUSCRIPT "Paquebot"), CYPRUS, ADEN, EGYPT, ETC.; 1886-c.1947 covers/cards inc. 1886 "IONA STEAMER" backstamp, Port Said/Taufiq boxed "PAQUEBOT" marks (5 inc. superb 1905 on Egypt 1pi, GB KEVIII, etc.), 1911 Aden, 1928 "SEA P.O./CYPRUS" c.d.s. cancel, 1934 PPC with GB KGV 1½d tied by NARVIK machine with rare crayon "Paquebot" alongside, 1938 purple boxed Oslo "Paquebot" on GB KGVI 1½d, etc. Useful lot. (Plus c.20 loose stamps, mostly 1d lilacs with Iona Steamer cancels). (22 covers + c.20 pieces/stamps). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 168 | SURINAM - WEST INDIES PACKET SERVICE: 1856 EL from Dutch Guiana to Prussia with Paramaribo & Demerara cds, London transit plus fine and scarce 2-ring SEEBRIEF PAR ENGLAND UND AACHEN. Unusual item. PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 169 | TRANSATLANTIC MAIL TO GERMANY: 1833 EL ex Bahia with Altona m/s forwarding endorsement, Hamburg T&T office d.s. and fine 'Nach Abg, der Post'; also 1853-63 quartet of covers to different destinations ex USA via Aachen or Hamburg with range of rate marks. (5 items) | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 170 | TRANSATLANTIC MAIL - DOUBLE CROSSING MAIL FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AMERICA: Trio of covers to New York (2) or Newbury Port via the U.K. inc. 1861 Rio de Janeiro item with boxed 'Br.Service' and endorsed 'p.Oneida'; also 1862 EL ex Guayaquil with Panama cds and 2-line PAID-TO/PANAMA, the third ex Acapulco with STEAMSHIP/10 h.s. (3 items) PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 171 | TRANSATLANTIC MAIL FROM RUSSIA: 1856 Pair of covers from St Petersburg to Washington by Prussian mails with rare circular AACHEN/PAID 50Cts (or 25Cts) and New York or Boston British Packet PAID d.s.; also 1866 E ex Aachen to New York with red 'AACHEN/PAID 23 Cts' d.s. (3 items) PHOTO. | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 172 | TRANSATLANTIC MAIL EX S. AMERICA: 1866-76 Trio to France inc. Montevideo pair with Ligne K paquebot cds and French '20' or '40' rate h.s.; the third E is from Guayaquil with 3-line dated PANAMA/TRANSIT, London 'T/1-70' accountancy h.s. (overstruck) and French '23' h.s. (3 items) PHOTO. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 173 | TRANSATLANTIC MAIL - PERU TO FRANCE: 1869 ELto Paris ex Arequipa with fine strike of the scarce British P.O. cds ISLAY, hexagonal 'GB/1F90c' plus London transit and French '12' h.s. charge. PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 174 | TRANSATLANTIC MAIL- DOUBLE CROSSING: 1871 E ex Bahia (Brazil) to New York carried by French paquebot to Bordeaux - septagonal 'FR/2F96c' accountancy mark - and thence to London and Liverpool for the second crossing to New York; range of charge marks. Interesting item. PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 175 | AGENTS LETTER REGARDING THE WRECK OF A SLOOP OFF LEITH; 1791 EL Edinburgh to Grangemouth but redirected to Carronshore written by an Agent to "John Logan Shipmasters" regarding "recover .. the balance of the price of the sloop that was wrecked off the citadel of Leith..", charged 3d. plus 1d. for redirection. An interesting and early wreck letter. | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 176 | HM BRIG SKYLARK BLOWN PAST FALMOUTH TO IRELAND; 1840 (9 Jan.) EL Rio de Janeiro to London sent as a duplicate copy via HM Brig Skylark (original by 'William Mitchell'), rated "2/-" but re-rated "2/9" the original charge being overstruck by a superb Dublin Inspectors crown alongside a v.fine Rio-Janeiro d.s. Skylark was blown past Falmouth and had to put into Valencia Harbour, Ireland on 2 March, the mails being forwarded vis Dublin. Scarce and attractive. PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 177 | P&O SS AVA WRECKED OFF TRINCOMALEE; 1858 (16 Feb.) E Calcutta to Cheltenham (much distressed stamp floated off) was one of the first to be recovered from the wreck of SS Ava off Trincomalee, with, on the front, a red boxed "INDIA/PAID", 20 Ap. London Paid h.s. alongside a fine "Saved from the wreck/of the Ava." h.s. Despite condition a scarce cover. PHOTO. | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 178 | WRECK OF THE SS COLOMBO COVER AND CONTENT WITH AMBULANCE ENVELOPE; 1862 (19 Nov.) Melbourne to Neath, front (distressed) and contents along with a blue OHMS ambulance envelope (faults). The ambulance env. has a fine rare red boxed "Saved from the wreck of/the Colombo"(neat horizontal tear through when opened), the front has a similar mark in black. Forwarded as Registered mail from London 31 Dec. 1862 as the contents included a ring. Despite the not unexpected poor condition a scarce complete story. PHOTO PHOTO 2 | £300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 179 | WRECK OF THE SS COLOMBO; 1862 (19 Nov.) Env. Sydney to London (stamped floated off) salved from the wreck of the SS Colombo with red London (22 Jan. 63) d.s. and on the reverse a fine boxed "Saved from the wreck of the Colombo" (2nd Type) h.s. PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 180 | STRANDING AND SINKING OF THE SS GERMANIA; Scarce 1869 (7 Aug.) env. Cuba to Bonn salved from the stranded SS Germania which ran aground off Newfoundland and eventually sank. On the front is a NY c.d.s. & Havana agents h.s. and on the reverse a two line label in German which translates "Recovered from the sunken mail/Steamship Germania" tied by Hamburg c.d.s. (25 Aug. 69). Very few covers have been recorded from the Germania and this is the only one known from Cuba. Rare thus. (Ill. in MDM pg. 46). PHOTO. | £500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 181 | WRECK OF THE SS CARNATIC GULF OF SUEZ; 1869 (13 Sep.) env. Kirkcudbright to Seetapoor, India (reduced and extensively repaired) endorsed "Officers letter" salved from the wreck of the SS Carnatic which ran aground off Shadwan Is. Tied 6d. lilac and on the reverse a label 'Recovered from the wreck of the "Carnatic"'' tied by Bombay, Seetapoor, etc d.s. Scarce recovered Officers mail. PHOTO. | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 182 | RARE CANADIAN LABEL FROM THE SINKING OF THE SS OREGON; 1886 (14 Mar.) PS env. Greystones, Ireland to Kamloops, B.C. uprated with 1d. lilac (further stamp floated off) recovered from a mail bag washed out of the wreck. On the reverse is a scarce Canadian type label "This letter is a portion of/the mail forwarded per steamer/OREGON. It was damaged be-'fore being taken from that vessel/which was sunk off Fire Island on/14th March, 1886/H.N.CASE/Postmaster/ Hamilton, Canada" tied by Hamilton, Victoria BC & Kamloops c.d.s. Only one of two recorded, a rare survivor. (Ill. MDM pg.69). PHOTO PLATE 6. | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 183 | SS OREGON "DEAD LETTER OFFICE" TYPE LABEL; 1886 (14 Mar.) Unpaid env. Wilkes Barr, Pa. to London (addressed to Stanley Gibbons!) with ms. "Refused" on the reverse thus being returned on the SS Oregon. On the reverse is a label "This article was contained in the mail/matter recovered from the Steamship/'Oregon,' wrecked near New York,/N.Y., March 14th, 1886, and sent to the/Dead Letter Office for identification and/delivery"; variety of d.s. on reverse of env. Only two examples of this label are recorded by Hoggarth & Gwynn. PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 184 | SS OREGON TYPE I LABEL; 1886 (14 Mar.) Registered env. London to New York franked with tied pair 1d. lilacs (another stamp floated off), and on the reverse a Type 1 PO New York Mar.16th 1886 label tied by NY receiving d.s. PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 185 | SS OREGON TWO TYPE I LABELS PLUS SCARCE "AVERAGE ADJUSTER" LABEL; 1886 (14 Mar.) Registered env. London to New York (much distressed) with two Type 1 PO New York Mar.29th 1886 labels, one tied by NY receiving d.s. plus a scarce ""JACOB R. TELFAIR, Average Adjuster" label alongside. This is the only recorded salved mail from any wreck with this label and despite condition scarce thus. PHOTO PLATE 6. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 186 | SS OREGON TYPE 2 LABEL WITH MS. DATE ALTERATION; 1886 (14 Mar.) wrapper Winterthur, Switzerland to La Crosse,Wi. in two parts joined together by a Type 2 PO New York Apr. 12th 1886 label with ms. "27" date amendment (see MDM pg.68). Unusual. PHOTO PLATE 6. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 187 | SS OREGON TYPE 2 LABEL; 1886 (14 Mar.) env. Marklissa, Germany to Washington DC (stamp floated off) with Type 2 PO New York Apr. 28th 1886 label tied by NY "BOX DEPARTMENT" c.d.s with Washington & NY d.s. alongside. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 188 | SS OREGON TYPE 3a & 4a LABELS; 1886 (14 Mar.) pair of env. inc. London to New Jersey (stamp torn off) with on the reverse a Type 3a PO New York Apr. 29th 1886 label tied by NY and Orange NJ d.s. plus Liverpool to Minihaha (stamp floated off) with on the reverse a Type 4a PO New York July 6th 1886 label. (2 env.). PHOTO PLATE 6. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 189 | SS OREGON TYPE 4b LABEL; 1886 (14 Mar.) env. Glasgow to Brooklyn with 21⁄2d lilac (faults) tied by Glasgow numeral d.s. and on the reverse across the flap (opened to display) a Type 4b PO New York July 6th 1886 label. PHOTO PLATE 6. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 190 | UNIQUE(?) NEWSPAPER RECOVERED FROM THE SINKING OF THE PS STADT LINDAU; 1887 (8 0ct.) entire folded newspaper "Ostschweizerisches Wochenblatt" dated 8 Oct. addressed to Memmingen with ms. "Aus dem versunkenen Schiff v. 8/X" (From the sunken ship on 8/X) with large label (meaning unknown) attached. The Stadt Lindau sank in Lake Constance with the loss of three passengers and was raised 14 days later. Sole recorded item of mail from this sinking and rare thus. PHOTO. | £300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 191 | SCARCE POSTCARD RECOVERED FROM THE SINKING OF THE SS ATLAS; 1888 (Oct.23) 2ct PC Port Limon, Costa Rica to Bremerhaven uprated with tied 1ct green recovered from the SS Atlas with "PO New York, October 26, 1888/This letter is part of the mail recovered/from the SS Atlas, from Port Limon,/sunk in New York harbor by collision on/the afternoon of the 23d instant. etc" label on the front and NY c.d.s. (27 Oct.) alongside. Only 3 covers plus this PC have so far been recorded from this sinking. Scarce. PHOTO. | £300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 192 | STRANDING OF THE SS EIDER OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT; 1892 (31 Jan.) Milwaukee to Vienna PC (stamp floated off) with "WIEN" c.d.s. (8 Mar.) and below a v.fine and scarce purple boxed "Gehoben aus dem/gescheiterten Schiff 'Eider'" cachet plus 2c. PS env. Philadelphia to Birmingham (uprated but stamp floated off) with red London Paid d.s. and below a fine purple boxed "Saved from the wreck/of s.s. 'Eider'" cachet with official sealing label on the reverse (Ill. in MDM pg.75). Eider did not sink and was refloated but found to be irrepairable. Attractive pair. PHOTO PLATE 6. | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 193 | SS EIDER TWO LINE GERMAN CACHET; 1892 (31 Jan.) env. New York to Frankfurt (stamp floated off) with fine purple "Frankirter Brief aud/gestrandetern D.Eider geborger" cachet and on the reverse resealed with a buff "KAISERL. DEUTSCHES/POSTAMT/Frankfurt/(Main)/1" label. (Ill. MDM pg.76). PHOTO PLATE 6. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 194 | DAMAGED BY WATER COVER FROM SS SPREE; 1892 (26 Nov.) Registered E Rome to San Francisco (stained/ faults) with on the reverse, tied by NY Regd. d.s. a label "POST OFFICE NEW YORK, N.Y./This piece of mail was dam-/aged by water through the/breaking of the shaft on the/steamship "SPREE" which/sailed from Southampton, Nov-/ember 23d". Despite 130 bags of mail being damaged very few examples of this mail are recorded; scarce thus. PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 195 | DAMAGED BY SEA WATER OR FIRE; 1893 (May) env. Bahia to London endorsed "per Valparaiso" with a v.fine purple boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" cachet on the front plus 1894 (May) env. Rembang, Java to Djoewana with several ships cachets, damaged at the top by burning and with a ms. endorsement which translates to "Damaged by fire/on SS van Diemen". Both the only recorded copies of these incidents. (See MDM pgs. 79 & 80) PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 196 | THE WRECK OF THE SS WAIRARAPA; Pair of env. (both with stamps floated off) inc. Sydney to Auckland with straight two line violet "Saved from the wreck of the/'WAIRARAPA'" cachet plus (GB?) to Waiuku, New Zealand with a similar slightly curved example of the hand stamp, both with Auckland (3 Nov.) c.d.s on the reverse. (2 env.). PHOTO. | £300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 197 | SINKING OF THE SS ELBE; 1895 (30 Jan.) env. Cologne to Milwaukee (stamps floated off) with v.fine red boxed "Frei! Marke abgefallen./Paid! Stamp lost." h.s. and above in purple a fine "Geborgen aus der/Postdalung des untergegangenen/Dampfers "Elbe"./Postamt 1 Bremen" cachet, resealed on the reverse by a blue embossed Bremen PO seal. The SS Elbe was in collision with SS Crathie and 334 were lost from the Elbe; the Crathie did not even stop. PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 198 | SINKING OF THE SS AILSA, NEW YORK HARBOUR; 1896 (29 Feb.) env. Watkins, NY to Old harbour, Jamaica (stamp floated off) with on the reverse a label "This article of Mail has/been recovered from the wreck of/S.S. "Ailsa" which sank in New/York Harbour on 29th February,/1896" applied by the Jamaica PO with Kingston and Old Harbour d.s. alongside. Only a few covers from this sinking are recorded; scarce thus. PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 199 | UNRECORDED ACCIDENT ON THE SS PAUL; 1897 (June) env. with contents Morristown NJ to London (stamp floated off) with red London Paid d.s. and alongside a purple boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" cachet, the envelope having been officially resealed in London. Little is known about this incident. (Ill. MDM pg.90). PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 200 | WRECK OF THE SS LABRADOR NEAR SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE; 1899 (1 Mar.) env. St Johns to London (distressed/stamp probably from another env. in the same incident) recovered from the Labrador wreck and processed at Liverpool (16 Mar.) with fine purple two line "RECOVERED FROM WRECK/OF SS LABRADOR" h.s. This hand stamp names the ship whereas mail sorted at Glasgow used a generic h.s.; scarce thus. PHOTO. | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 201 | MAIL SORTED AT GLASGOW FROM THE WRECK OF THE SS LABRADOR; 1899 (1 Mar.) env. Seaforth, Ont. to London (stamp floated off, top left front portion missing) recovered from the Labrador wreck and processed at Glasgow (10 Mar.) with fine purple boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" h.s. with tied GPO Glasgow resealing label on the reverse. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 202 | UNRECORDED INCIDENT ON SS KAISER WILHELM DER GROSSE; 1899(March) 1d. PC Dunedin to Ewell, Surrey (uprated stamp floated off) endorsed "Via San Francisco" with purple boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" h.s. overstruck by Epsom c.d.s.; two PPC of the ship included. (3 items). PHOTO. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 203 | COLLISION OF THE PS CHICAGO ON THE HUDSON RIVER; 1899 (31 Oct.) 2c. printed PS env. Philadelphia to New York with "POST OFFICE, NEW YORK, N.Y./This piece of mail was damaged/through the sinking of the Penn. R.R./ferryboat Chicago" which occurred at/about 12.45 a.m., on October 31st, 1899." printed label to the front. Few covers recorded. PHOTO. | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 204 | COLLISION OF THE PS CHICAGO - HOBOKEN LABEL; 1899 (31 Oct.) env. Jersey City to Hoboken (stamp floated off) with on the reverse a typed "THIS PIECE OF MAIL WAS DAMAGED/THROUGH THE SINKING OF THE PENN./R.R. FERRYBOAT "CHICAGO", WHICH OCCURRED/AT ABOUT 12.45 A.M. ON/OCT 31 1899" label applied at Hoboken. Note that this does not have the misspelled "FERYYBOAT" as reported in MDM pg.103. Scarce. PHOTO. | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 205 | COVER WITH AMBULANCE ENVELOPE FROM THE SINKING OF THE SS BORE OFF SWEDEN; 1899 (31 Dec.) env. Finland to Stockholm (stamp floated off) recovered from the sunken wreck of the SS Bore and forwarded by the Stockholm PO (20 Jan. 1900) in a specially printed "Innehaller en forsandelse tillhorande forolyckade angf. BORES post." ambulance env. (roughly opened). A fine and scarce matched pair. (Ill. MDM pg.105) PHOTO. PHOTO 2. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 206 | SINKING OF THE SS BORE - THE PINK LABELS; 1899 (31 Dec.) Trio inc. PC Finland to Norrkoping (stamp floated off) forwarded on 19 Jan. 1900 with pink Type 1 label "Tillhor/Angf. BORES/post."; env. Finland to Linkoping (stamp floated off) forwarded on 3 May 1900 with Type 2 label plus 10p. PC Finland to Stockholm forwarded on 24 Aug. 1900 with Type 3 label. Fine. (3 items). PHOTO | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 207 | COLLISION AND SINKING OF THE SS MEXICAN; 1900 (5 Apr.) Pair with the English wreck cachet inc. env. Durban to Birmingham franked with 1d. red tied by Durban c.d.s. part overstruck with fine red "RECOVERED FROM/ WRECK OF MEXICAN" h.s. plus 1⁄2d. PC Van Wyks Viei to Prince Albert Ont. uprated with 1d. red with similar h.s. Good pair. PHPHOTOOTO. | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 208 | THE SS MEXICAN - TWO DIFFERENT GERMAN CACHETS; 1900 (5 Apr.) Pair with the two different German cachets inc. 1d. PC COGH to Potsdam with fine Type 2 "Aus der mit dem/uniergegangenen Dampfer *Mexican*/beforderter Post aus Capstadt/Bahnpostamt No. 15" h.s. plus env. COGH to Hamburg franked 1⁄2d. (another stamp floated off) and on the reverse a Type 2a cachet with "der mit" now as one "dermit". A fine and attractive pair. PHOTO. | £300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 209 | STRANDING OF THE SS RUSSIE; 1901 (7 Jan.) pair of env. recovered from the stranded SS Russie inc. Arzew, Oran to Le Mans (stamp floated off) with v.fine purple "NAUFRAGE DE LA RUSSIE" cachet (Ill. MDM pg.112) plus Tlemcen, Oran to La Ferte Mace with similar cachet in red. Fine pair. PHOTO. | £160 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 210 | SCARCE WRECK COVER FROM THE SS GEFION; 1901 (19 Jan.) env. Sweden to Skive, Denmark (stamp floated off) recovered from the sunken SS Gefion; on the reverse in blue "Post fran/(??)olyckade ang. gefion/Malmo den 20 Jan. 01" cachet applied at Malmo where the mails were returned to for drying. Very few covers known; scarce thus. (Ill. MDM pg. 113). PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 211 | MAIL FROM THE WRECK OF THE SS RIO DE JANEIRO; 1901 (22 Feb.) Registered advertising env. Tokyo to Dresden (stamps floated off registration label intact) with fine purple "DAMAGED IN WRECK/OF S.S. RIO DE JANEIRO/ FEB 22 1901" cachet on the front and a Dresden (13.3.01) d.s. on the reverse. Scarce and attractive. PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 212 | TWO DIFFERENT CACHET ON A RECOVERED SS RIO DE JANEIRO COVER; 1901 (22 Feb.) Returning undeliverable and readdressed env. Japan to France with on the reverse a purple "DAMAGED IN WRECK/OF S.S. RIO DE JANEIRO/ FEB 22 1901" cachet on a label used to reseal the env. and alongside a purple "(Da)m(a)ged in Wrec(k)/Of SS Rio De Janeiro/Feb 22 1901" h.s. Unusual and scarce with both cachets. PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 213 | WRECK OF THE SS LIBAN; 1903 (7 June) pair of env. from Paris and Marseilles to Corsica (stamps floated off) both with v.fine blue"NAUFRAGE du LIBAN" cachets on the reverse applied at Marseilles. (2 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 214 | SALVED MAILS FROM THE STRANDED SS CAIRO; 1905(6 Mar.) Trio of salved envs./PC inc. env. S Pietro Apostolo to Cairo (distressed) with v.fine "SAUVE DU NAUFRAGE DU "CAIRO"/SAVED FROM THE WRECK OF S.S. "CAIRO"" cachet; env. Paris franked 25c blue & PC Montmedy franked 5c blue both to Alexandria struck with the same v.fine cachet but in purple, etc. (4 items). PHOTO PLATE 8A. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 215 | WRECK OF THE SS BERLIN OFF THE RIVER MAAS; 1907 (21 Feb.) Printed env. London to Amsterdam franked with tied 1⁄2d. green and alongside a fine purple "BESCHADIGD DOOR RAMP/HARWICH BOOT" cachet and on the reverse an Amsterdam c.d.s. dated the same day as the disaster plus 1d. PC London to Amsterdam with similar black cachet with inverted "B" in "BESCHADIGD"plus four associated PPC's. (6 items). PHOTO PLATE 8A. | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 216 | TYPE 4 CACHET FROM THE WRECK OF THE SS BERLIN; 1907 (21 Feb.) Env. London to Amsterdam (stamp floated off) with fine purple Type 4 "BESCH. RAMP S.S. BERLIN" h.s. plus seven PPC of the ship, the wreck etc. (8 items). PHOTO PLATE 8A. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 217 | AMBULANCE ENVELOPE & CONTENTS FROM WRECK OF THE SS DAKOTA;1907 (3 Mar.) Printed invoice sent from Paris to the French Military Attache at Tokyo, recovered from the wreck and forwarded in a printed "Tokyo Post Office" ambulance env. with a Type 4 label attached, three lines of Japanese characters followed by "Soaked and damaged in the wreck/of 'Dakota'/Tokio(sic) Post Office" all in purple and forwarded to the Attache on 14 March 1907. Attractive and scarce. (2 items). PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 218 | TYPE 5 & 6 CACHETS ON MAIL FROM THE WRECK OF THE SS DAKOTA; 1907 (3 Mar.) Env. Dresden to Kobe (stamp floated off) with single line Type 5 red "Received by Dakota" cachet plus env. New York to Manila (stamp floated off, 1" tear top left) with v.fine Type 6 red "DAMAGED MAIL FROM/S.S. DAKOTA - - WRECKED" cachet; both resealed on reverse by brown Japanese "OFFICIALLY SEALED" labels. Scarce pair. PHOTO. | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 219 | STRANDING OF THE SS JEBBA ON THE DEVON COAST; 1907 (18 Mar.) Registered env. Lagos to Halstead Essex, franked with tied 1d. purple & black with very fine Type 4 purple "SALVED FROM/S.S. JEBBA" cachet alongside. This is the scarcer of the hand stamps used for this recovered mail. (Ill. MDM pg.132). . PHOTO PLATE 8A | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 220 | SCARCE TYPE 5 CACHET FROM THE SS JEBBA; 1907 (18 Mar.) PPC Canaries(?) to Newcastle on Tyne cancelled with a Plymouth Paquebot (25.3.07) c.d.s partly overstriking a fine Type 5 purple "PLYMOUH/SALVED FROM/$ S JEBBA" cachet (note missing "T" and "$"). Few recorded and scarce thus. (Ill. MDM pg.132). PHOTO. | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 221 | WRAPPER WITH TYPE 3 CACHET FROM THE SS JEBBA; 1907 (18 Mar.) Part wrapper Accra to "Liverpool or London" franked with tied 1⁄2d. purple & green with above a v.fine Type 3 purple "SALVED FROM/S S JEBBA" cachet (remains of two 21⁄2d. purple & blue adhesives on the reverse) plus small group of contemporary pictures, PPC's etc. of the survivors and stranding. (Wrapper + 12 items). PHOTO PLATE 8A. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 222 | PAIR WITH TYPE 1 CACHET VARIANTS FROM THE SS JEBBA; 1907 (18 Mar.) Env. & PPC both from Freetown to London and Newport, Mon. respectively and franked with 1d. purple & red with different settings of the Type 1 purple "SALVED FROM/ S S JEBBA" cachet. Attractive pair. PHOTO PLATE 8A. | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 223 | PAIR WITH TYPE 2 CACHET VARIANTS FROM THE SS JEBBA; 1907 (18 Mar.) Pair franked env. from S Nigeria & Lagos to Bournemouth and Scotland respectively with different settings of the Type 2 purple "SALVED FROM/ S S JEBBA" cachet. (2 covers). PHOTO PLATE 8A. | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 224 | BLACK & PURPLE TYPE 3 CACHET VARIANTS FROM THE SS JEBBA; 1907 (18 Mar.) Pair PPC both from Calabar to Jersey franked with 1d. carmine with different settings of the Type 3 (sans serif) cachet "SALVED FROM/ S S JEBBA" one unusually in black the other in purple. Scarce pair. PHOTO PLATE 8A. | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 225 | SS KRONPRINZ WILHELM IMMERSION IN SEA WATER; 1907 (July) PPC Toronto to Sussex (stamp floated off) with v.fine boxed purple "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER - I.S." cachet plus franked env. Gravenhage to London with fine boxed purple "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" cachet; both from an unrecorded incident to mails carried by the SS Kronprinz Wilhelm. (2 items). PHOTO PLATE 8A. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 226 | RARE MAIL FROM THE WRECK OF THE SS POMONA OFF CALIFORNIA; 1908 (17 Mar.) env. San Francisco to Eureka, Ca. (stamp floated off, rust stains) with v.fine red "FROM WRECK OF S.S.POMONA/MARCH 17 1908" cachet. Less than 10 covers recorded so far and this is the finest example of this hand stamp seen. Rare thus. (Ill. MDM pg.134). PHOTO PLATE 8B. | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 227 | STRANDING OF THE SS AEON OFF THE CHRISTMAS ISLANDS; 1908 (18 July) env. Weston Super Mare to Christchurch (slight water damage) franked with 1d. red and alongside a v.fine "DAMAGED IN WRECK/OF S.S. AEON" cachet, Christchurch receiving (8.10.08) d.s. on reverse. This is the only recorded GB mail from the stranding; all crew & passengers were saved but had to wait on Christmas Island for over two months before being rescued. Scarce. PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 228 | COLLISION AND SINKING OF THE SS FINANCE; 1908 (26 Nov.) env. Hamburg to Iquique, Chile franked 40pf. recovered off New York from the SS Finance with a printed label "Post Office, New York, N.Y/INQUIRY DEPARTMENT/The piece of mail herewith was recov-/ered from the wreck of Steamer Finance, which/was sunk through collision with Steamer/Georgic, Thursday, Nov. 26, 1908." attached. Iquique arrival (13.7.09) d.s. on reverse. Scarce. PHOTO PLATE 8B. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 229 | COLLISION AND BEACHING OF THE SS VILLE D'ALGER; 1909 (28 Feb.) Trio inc. env. Alger to Belgium franked with tied 25c. blue (damaged) with v.fine Type 1a "NAUFRAGE DE LA/VILLED'ALGER" cachet; env. Mostaganem to Bescancon (stamp floated off) with similar v.fine Type 1 cachet plus env. Alger to Leipzig with across the reverse a fine Type 2 purple "NAUFRAGE DE 'LA VILLE/D'ALGER'" etc. Fine. (3 env. +PPC) PHOTO PLATE 8B. | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 230 | MAIL WASHED ASHORE FROM THE WRECK OF THE SS GENERAL CHANZY; 1910 (10 Feb.) env. Viplair to Batna, Algeria (stamp floated off) recovered from washed ashore mails at Minorca with fine purple "NAUFRAGE DU/GENERAL CHANZY" cachet plus a PPC of the vessel at Marseilles. Scarce. (Ill. MDM pg.144). (2 items). PHOTO PLATE 8B. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 231 | STRANDING & LOSS OFF NOVA SCOTIA OF THE SS COBEQUID; 1914 (13 Jan.) env. with contents (Barbados Market Review) Barbados to Halifax, N.S. (stamp floated off) with a fine "FROM WRECK OF S.S. 'COBEQUID'" cachet. Scarce. PHOTO PLATE 8B. | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 232 | COLLISION AND SINKING OF THE SS EMPRESS OF IRELAND, ST LAWRENCE RIVER; 1914 (29 May) pair of env. (both with stamps floated off) Annapolis Royal, NS to London with v.fine purple "Recovered by divers from wreck of S.S. Empress of Ireland" cachet plus env. Peterboro, Ont. to Rochester, Kent with matching cachet in emerald green; both have matching colour Ottawa Dead Letter Office d.s. on the reverse. One of the "forgotten" disasters with over 1,000 crew & passengers being lost. PPC of the vessel inc. (3 items). PHOTO PLATE 8B. | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 233 | DAMAGED BY SEA WATER; 1915 (Apr.?) env. Kobe to Malvern franked by tied pair 5sen purple with alongside a v.fine "RECEIVED AT LIVERPOOL/DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" cachet. The vessel involved is unidentified but the damage presumably would have occurred on the Trans Atlantic crossing.(See Lot 689 Cavendish auction 5 June 2003). PHOTO PLATE 8B. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 234 | RARE SUBMARINE INTERCEPTED MAIL FROM SS HAAKON VII; 1915 (17 Aug.) printed env. Amot, Sweden to Leeds, franked by tied 20ore blue, resealed with Censor label and on the reverse a fine purple "Forsinket ved opbringelse/av 'Haakon 7.' post" cachet (Delayed by capture etc.). The Haakon was intercepted in the North Sea by a German submarine and some of the letter mails were seized; the Germans handed the mails to the PO at Bergen who subsequently forwarded them. Few recorded, rare thus. PHOTO PLATE 8B. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 235 | DAMAGED BY FIREFIGHTING WATER ONBOARD SS ROTTERDAM; 1915 (2 Sep.) pair inc. PPC California to The Hague (stamp floated off) plus uprated 2c. PS env. Mankato to Den Haag both with fine Type 1 purple "Beschadigd door brand a.b SS,,ROTTERDAM"" cachet. The Rotterdam caught fire at Rotterdam and the mails were damaged by water during the firefighting. Nice pair. PHOTO. | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 236 | DAMAGED UNDERCOVER MAIL FROM SS ROTTERDAM; 1915 (2 Sep.) env. New York to Berlin via an agent to prevent interception, subsequently posted in Amsterdam and franked with tied 121⁄2c blue, the address rewritten after being washed off during firefighting, with explanatory ms. note in Dutch across the rear flap which translates to read "Through Fire and Water/on board s.s. ,,Rotterdam"/badly damaged. H.Oyend & Sohne/Amsterdam". Unusual and scarce. (Ill. MDM pg.163). PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 237 | GERMAN POW MAIL FROM THE TORPEDOING OF THE SS HESPERIAN BY GERMAN U-BOAT; 1915 (6 Sep.) env. Geestemunde to Amhurst Canada addressed to a German POW with "POST FREE" h.s. with part overstruck "RECOVERED FROM SS HESPERIA(N)" cachet. The Hesperian was torpedoed by U20 and the attempt to tow her to a harbour failed and she sank; how the mails were recovered is unknown. Few recorded and scarce thus. PHOTO. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 238 | TYPE 1 & 2 CACHETS FROM THE DAMAGED MAILS AFTER FIRE ON SS NEWTON; 1916 (14 Feb.) PPC New York to Europa, Finland with v.fine (but overstruck) boxed Type 2 (French) cachet plus env. London to Sweden with v.fine boxed Type 1 (Swedish) cachet. The French h.s. translates to read "Damaged by Fire/on board the mailboat/ "Newton" at Sunderland/the 14 February 1916" the Swedish hand stamp translates to say "Damaged by extinguishing/water ..." etc. Fine pair. PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 239 | MAIL WASHED ASHORE FROM TORPEDOED SS SUSSEX; 1916 (24 Mar.) Pair of env. from washed up mail following the torpedoing of SS Sussex inc. London to Bombay (stamp floated off) with fine boxed Type 1 purple "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" cachet plus London to Bombay franked 1⁄2d. green (one stamp floated off), resealed at reverse with fine boxed Type 2 "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN WATER" cachet(Ill. MDM pg.168). Fine pair. PHOTO. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 240 | MAILS SEIZED BY GERMAN UBOATS FROM SS KONINGIN REGENTES & ERISSOS; 1916 (Nov.) Seized mail inc. Registered PC Overveen to Angers seized by U Boat UB-19 with large Type 3 "AANGEHOUDEN/DOOR DUITSCHLAND,/ 1916-17" and below boxed "TERUG AFZENDER" cachets (this PC was returned after the war) plus env. Greece to London (corners trimmed, cut to display) franked with Censor label and fine Type 1 purple "PART OF A MAIL CAPTURED/BY GERMANS AND DELAYED" cachet (Ill. MDM pg.172). (2 items). PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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