| 241 | SALVED MAIL FROM THE TORPEDOED SS ARTHUR OFF THE KATTEGAT; 1916 (23 Nov.) Registered env. London to Copenhagen (stamps floated off & distressed) with Censor label and on the reverse a large rose label "KJOBENHAVN/OVERPOSTMESTEREMBEDE Den 30.Novbr. 1916/ Beskadiget af Sovand/Forsendelsen har vaeret befordret med/Dampskibet "Arthur", der paa Rejse fra Leith/til Goteborg den 23. ds. er blevet saenket af/et tysk Krigsskib". A small part of the mails, inc. this env., were recovered by the crew after the German UBoat had sunk the Arthur. Scarce thus. (Ill. MDM pg.173). PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 242 | SEIZED MAIL FROM THE TORPEDOED SS ARTHUR; 1916 (23 Nov.) Window env. Newcastle on Tyne to Gothenburg franked with 21⁄2d. blue with censor tape covered by German censor tape with fine "SAIS I PAR/ LALLEMANGE/1916 1917" cachet on the reverse. This env., taken by the UBoat that sank the Arthur, was retained by the German censor and forwarded at the end of the war. Scarce. PHOTO PLATE 9. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 243 | INTERRUPTED MAILS FROM THE SEIZED SS VIDAR; 1916 (12/13 Dec.) Pair of env. inc. Copenhagen to Manchester franked two 10o orange resealed by German censor tape with "Part of a mail/captured by the/Germans and delayed" cachet (Ill. MDM pg.174) plus Registered Risskov to Parkstone with both British & German censor tape franked 5o green & 10o(3) orange overlapped by label with same cachet. These two env. were retained by the Germans until after the war. Attractive pair. PHOTO PLATE 9.. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 244 | INTERRUPTED MAILS FROM THE SEIZED PS PRINS HENDRIK; 1917 (19 Jan.) Pair of env. seized from the paddle steamer Prinz Hendrik inc. Registered env. Amsterdam to New York with boxed "TERUG AFZENDER" and on the reverse a Type 4a "AANGEHOUDEN/DOOR DIUTSCHLAND,/ 1916-17" cachets plus Amsterdam to London with Type 6 "AANGEHOUDEN DOOR/DUITSCHLAND. 1916/17/TERUG'AFZENDER" cachet, both resealed by German censor tape and retained until after the war. (2 items). PHOTO PLATE 9.. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 245 | SIMILAR INTERRUPTED MAILS FROM THE SEIZED PS PRINS HENDRIK; 1917 (19 Jan.) Pair of env. Registered env. Rotterdam to Paris with boxed "TERUG AFZENDER" and on the reverse a Type 4 "AANGEHOUDEN/DOOR DUITSCHLAND,/ 1916-17" cachets plus Amsterdam to Paris with same cachets on the front, both resealed by German censor tape and retained until after the war. (2 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 246 | SIMILAR INTERRUPTED MAILS FROM THE SEIZED PS PRINS HENDRIK; 1917 (19 Jan.) Three env. & a PC three with different cachets inc. two Rotterdam to London with Type 7 purple "Retour afzender/Door de oorlogvoerenden/ aangehouden en/thans vrijgegeven" cachet; Rotterdam to London with Type 2 purple "PART OF MAIL CAPTURED/BY GERMANS AND DELAYED" cachet with Official inquiry label plus PC Gravenhage to London with Type 1 purple "PART OF A MAIL CAPTURED/BY GERMANS AND DELAYED" cachet. (Four items). PHOTO PLATE 9.. | £160 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 247 | EXPLOSION AND SUBSEQUENT BEACHING OF SS NORWEGIAN; 1917 (13 Mar.) env. Newark NJ to Stockholm (stamp floated off, opened to display) with on the reverse an "Opened by/Censor/4419" label tied by Stockholm c.d.s (26.5.17) and on the front a Swedish boxed purple "Skadat av vatten under/Transporten mellan New/York och England" cachet. PHOTO PLATE 9.. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 248 | SIMILAR FROM JAPAN TO SWITZERLAND EX SS NORWEGIAN; 1917 (13 Mar.) env. Tokyo to St Imier (stamp floated off) with Tokyo & Bern c.d.s and on the reverse a label "Envoi deteriore/provenant du Japon et trans-/porte par le paquebotKamakura/Maru dans un depache de Tokio/au 3.II.1917. Causes presumees de l'a-/varie: incenide ou nuafrage du/batiment/Berne/3.IV.1917". The only known cover with this Swiss label; scarce thus. PHOTO PLATE 9.. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 249 | SS NORWEGIAN "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" ETC. CACHETS; 1917 (13 Mar.) four env. from USA inc. Seattle to London (stamp floated off) with boxed purple "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" cachet (Ill. MDM pg.178); Fort Worth to Amsterdam (stamp floated off) censor label etc. plus New York to London (stamp floated off) and Santa Barbara to London (stamp floated off) censor labels, etc. all with "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" cachets. (4 items). PHOTO PLATE 10B. | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 250 | SS SAINT LOUIS - DAMAGED BY UBOAT & TOWED TO MESSINA; 1917 (15 June) registered env. Salonika to Sheffield cancelled by FPO T.10 c.d.s.with two boxed Type 1 pink "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER - 1.S." cachet. (Ill. MDM pg.185). PHOTO PLATE 9.. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 251 | SUNK BY MINE OFF BOMBAY - SS MONGOLIA; 1917 (23 June) PS env. Stock, essex to Bombay with a fine oval "ACCIDENT AT SEA/MONGOLIA/23 6 17/*" cachet. The mails were not recovered from the sunken Mongolia but it is believed that some mail bags may have floated to the surface from the wreckage. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 252 | SS SEANG CHOON TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY U-87 OFF FASTNET; 1917 (10 July) env. Axim to Liverpool franked 1d. red (torn and creased) with fine Type 1 "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" cachet on both front & reverse. Only two covers from this wreck have so far been identified (see next Lot). Rare. (Ill. MDM pg.187). PHOTO. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 253 | SIMILAR COVER FROM THE TORPEDOED SS SEANG CHOON; 1917 (10 July) env. Sierra Leone to London (officially resealed) registered & franked with three tied 1d. red and below a fine boxed Type 2 purple "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/ IN SEA WATER" cachet (two strikes on the reverse). The second of two covers so far identified from this wreck. rare. PHOTO. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 254 | GROUNDING ON SULTAN SHOAL, SINGAPORE - SS ANDRE LEBON; 1918 (7 Apr.) printed env. Paris to Djuembe, Java (one stamp floated off) with French Military censor h.s. and, pinned by brass fastener, a hand written label in Dutch which translates to state that the envelope was from the wreck of the Andre Lebon and damaged by sea water. Very few mails are recorded from this accident and this label is unique. PHOTO PLATE 9 | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 255 | TWICE TORPEDOED MAILS FROM SS KINGSTONIAN; 1918 (11 Apr.) trio inc. Registered env. APO SZ27 to North Shields with Type 8 "(S)ALVED FRO(M)/SUBMERGeD/MAIL" cachet; env. registered Alexandria to Genoa (stamp floated off) with two fine Type 20 "NAUFRAGIO" cachet plus returned env. (distressed) originally Bradford to E Africa Exped. Force (stamp floated off) with loose Type 12 Damaged by enemy action label. Kingstonian was torpedoed and towed into Carloforte Roads where 18 days later she was torpedoed again. Fine trio. PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 256 | SIMILAR MAILS FROM SS KINGSTONIAN; 1918 (11 Apr.) trio inc. env. Alexandria to Lyon (stamps floated off) resealed with fine "BATEAU NAUFRAGE MARSEILLES" cachet on front and reverse; env. APO SZ27 to Marseilles resealed at London with "Damaged by immersion/in sea water/through enemy action" label plus env. RLS London to Port Said with contents (letter from a Gunner) and a printed notice "The accompanying article has/been damaged by enemy action...." etc. (3 items). PHOTO PLATE 10B. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 257 | SALVED LETTER, ETC FROM SS KINGSTONIAN; 1918 (11 Apr.) selection of env. inc. env. FPO(Egypt?) to Edinburgh with fine Type 5 purple "SALVED LETTER" cachet; Cairo to Berne franked with pair 5p. red held on by blue censor label with fine "PASSED/CENSOR/8" and a Type 18 purple "NAUFRAGE" cachet; Cairo to Paris (stamp floated off) with fine Type 16 purple "ACCIDENT DE SERVICE" cachet, etc. (6 items). PHOTO PLATE 9.. | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 258 | EXPLOSION AFTER A COLLISION - SS KENILWORTH CASTLE; 1918 (4 June) PPC Port Elizabeth to Oise with fine Type 7 "ACCIDENT DE SERVICE" cachet plus env. Johannesburg to Rouen (stamps floated off) with fine Type 5 purple "Postal Section L'don N.W.1/Damage by immersion/in sea water" cachet (both with the usual brown water stains for mail from this accident). The Kenilworth Castle collided with an escort destroyer off Eddystone Light causing two depth charges to explode; the ship was beached. (2 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 259 | SIMILAR MAILS FROM THE SS KENILWORTH CASTLE COLLISION; 1918 (4 June) pair of env. inc. Sydney on Val to Kilwinning franked with pair 1⁄2d. green with alongside a fine Type 3 purple "SALVED LETTER" cachet plus env. Umtata to London (brown water stains) franked 1d. red with alongside fine boxed Type 1 "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" cachet. Attractive pair. PHOTO. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 260 | SIMILAR MAILS FROM THE SS KENILWORTH CASTLE COLLISION; 1918 (4 June) Pair env. inc. Cape Town to Kendal (stamp floated off) with fine Type 4 purple "RECEIVED AT LIVERPOOL/DAMAGED BY SEAWATER" cachet plus Mortimer to London franked with 1d. red and alongside a fine Type 2 purple "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER" cachet (both brown water stained). (2 items). PHOTO PLATE 10B. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 261 | "PARCEL LOST AT SEA" FROM TORPEDOED SS SHIRALA; 1918 (2 July) Unusual green Despatch Note (official form PP No.48) completed in London and sent to Egypt with red triangular "C.O.D." label and below a fine "PARCEL LOST AT SEA" cachet. Shirala was torpedoed by U-57 in the Channel and some mail was salved. Scarce. PHOTO PLATE 10B. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 262 | TRAGIC LOSS OF THE SS LEINSTER BY TORPEDO; 1918 (10 Oct.) env. Limerick to Bordeaux (stamp floated off) officially resealed with fine boxed Type 1 purple "SALVED FROM/S.S. "LEINSTER"" cachet. The Leinster was torpedoed by U-123 the first torpedo hitting the mail room; she sank with a large loss of life. One bag of mail was washed up on the Isle of Man. Few covers are recorded from this incident; scarce thus. PHOTO. | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 263 | SS IMPERATOR - MAILS FROM THE UNRECORDED INCIDENT; 1919 (Dec.) group with a variety of marks inc. env. Los Angeles to Aberdeen with fine Type 1 purple "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" cachet; PPC Montreal to Belgium (stamp floated off) with boxed Type 3 "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" cachet; env. NY to Bern with Type 10 purple "beschdigt eingegangen" cachet, plus Type 11 and 12 cachets on covers. the damage was probably caused by very rough weather. (5 items). | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 264 | DAMAGED MAILS FROM UNIDENTIFIED VESSELS; 1920-38 quartet of covers inc. 1920 printed env. Turin to London franked with tied 10c. & 15c. with fine boxed purple "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER"; 1924 env. Kristiania to Liverpool (torn, stamp floated off) with large "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" cachet; env. Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq to London with tied 2a. and 1⁄2a(2) with v.fine "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER" cachet plus env. Tangier to Falmouth with tied 1d. red & 1⁄2d. green and fine boxed purple "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER" cachet. Good selection. (4 items). PHOTO PLATE 10B. | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 265 | SS KALYAN MAILS DAMAGED BY STORMY WEATHER; 1921 (18 Apr.) PPC Aden to Somerset franked by tied India 1a. red with alongside a fine boxed Type 4 "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER I.S." cachet plus env. India to London franked by tied 11⁄2a. brown with fine Type 1 purple "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER" cachet. Damage to the mails was discovered at Marseilles whilst unloading. Fine pair. PHOTO PLATE 10B. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 266 | SIMILAR MAILS FROM THE SS KALYAN; 1921 (18 Apr.) Trio inc. env. Alexandria to St Etienne with v.fine Type 5 blue "ACCIDENT en MER/COURRIER INONDE" cachet and env. Cairo to Paris with fine Type 6 "ACCIDENT EN MER/CORRESPONDANCE INDONEE" cachet(both with stamps floated off) plus env. Cairo to Scarborough franked by tied 5m. red with fine boxed Type 2 purple "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER" cachet. An attractive trio. PHOTO PLATE 10B. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 267 | FIRE AT FALMOUTH ONBOARD THE SS INGOMA; 1921 (6 May) env. Brussels to Paramaribo, Surinam (stamp floated off) with fine boxed Type 1 "DAMAGED/BY FIRE" cachet both on the front and on the resealing labels on the reverse. The hold fire whilst loading at Falmouth was extinguished by flooding the compartment and the mails were returned to London for drying. Few recorded, scarce thus. PHOTO PLATE 10B. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 268 | SS AQUITANIA - UNRECORDED INCIDENT; 1922 (May) env. Shanghai to Huddersfield (stamps floated off) with large fine boxed "DAMAGED BY/WATER" cachet and on the reverse an official resealing label applied in London. Scarce. PHOTO PLATE 10A. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 269 | FIRE ONBOARD SS ANGKOR AT PERIM ISLAND; 1923 (15 Oct.). env. Paris to Saigon franked with tied 25c. blue and at the left a pink label "DETERIORE PAR IMMERSION/lors de l'incendie du 15 Oct., 23/a bord du paquebot "Angkor"/et reconstitue par le Bureau maritime postal/ de Marseilles a Yokohama" plus an ambulance env. (no contents) to Saigon with similar printed cachet at an angle top right (Ill. MDM pg.214). An attractive pair. PHOTO PLATE 10A.. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 270 | FIRE AT SEA ONBOARD SS SPHINX; 1923 (13 Nov.) printed illustrated PC Halep to Paris (stamp floated off) with fine "INCENDIE DU SPHINX" cachet. Fire was discovered on the Sphinx, after leaving Alexandria for Marseilles, and extinguished by flooding the hold, damaging the mails. Few recorded; attractive and scarce. PHOTO PLATE 10A.. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 271 | GROUNDING AND SUBSEQUENT BEACHING OF SS KONG HAAKON; 1924 (7 Feb.) Possibly unique env. Bergen to Bodo (stamp floated off) with a red "Beskadjogt ved "Kong/Haakons" havarj" cachet with below, a contemporary ms. note explaining the damage. The Haakon struck a rock and was beached part of the mails being damaged by water. (Ill. MDM pg.216). Rare. PHOTO PLATE 10A.. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 272 | INCIDENT IN NEW YORK HARBOUR - SS SANTA ELIZA; 1926 (7 )ct.) env. Colon, Panama to London via NY (stamp floated off) with a typed label on the reverse "This letter was dispatched/from Colon, Canal Zone per S.S./"Santa Eliza" on September 27/and was found with other articles/in a mail sack in the waters of New York harbor on October 7 1926...." etc. Very few recorded, scarce thus. (Ill. MDM pg.219) PHOTO PLATE 10A.. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 273 | STRANDING OF THE SS LARGEAU ON THE RIVER CONGO; 1927 (23 June) env. Dongou to Brazzaville franked with tied 25c green and 25c blue Congo adhesives with alongside "COURRIER NAUFRAGE/SUR LE CONGO" cachet. Attractive. PHOTO PLATE 10A.. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 274 | SS INGOMA UNRECORDED INCIDENT; 1928 (Mar.) Possibly unique env. Grenville, Grenada to Bristol with tied 1d. brown and below a fine boxed purple "DAMAGED BY/WATER" cachet. No record of this, probably minor, incident has been found. Scarce. PHOTO PLATE 10A.. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 275 | SS GENERAL ARCHINARD UNRECORDED INCIDENT; 1929 (Jan.) env. Sedhiou to Casablanca (stamp floated off) with v.fine "Courrier parvenu mouills/a Dakar suite avarie d'eau/au vapeur ARCHINARD." cachet. PHOTO PLATE 10A.. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 276 | GROUNDING OF THE SS VILLE DE LIEGE AT DOVER; 1929 (11 Feb.) Printed env. Budapest to London with v.fine "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER" cachet and on the reverse a tied 40f. adhesive.The Ville de Liege grounded and settled, the mails being recovered the following day by the crew. (Ill. MDM pg.223). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 277 | "MAIL OVERBOARD!" - SS JOHAN DE WITT; 1929 (23 June) Part wrapper Weltvreden, Netherlands Indies to Driebergen franked with tied 4c. blue and 2c. brown and alongside a fine Type 3 purple "DOOR ZEEWATER/ BESCHADIGD" cachet. Embarrassingly 22 mail bags fell into the water whilst unloading at Genoa. (Ill. MDM pg.224). PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 278 | MAILS RECOVERED BY DIVERS FROM THE WRECK OF SS HEIMDALL; 1929 (8 Sep.) pair of env. Copenhagen to Helsingfors franked by tied 15o red & 25o blue with on the reverse a label in Swedish plus Gent to Helsingfors (stamp floated off) with on the reverse a similar label but in French. Both labels explain the incident and are tied by a Stockholm c.d.s.; PPC of Heimdall included. (3 items). PHOTO PLATE 11. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 279 | UNIQUE(?) RECOVERED MAIL FROM THE WRECK OF THE MB SAN JUAN II; 1929 (25 Dec.) env. Friday Harbor to Los Angeles (stamp floated off) with label "Damaged in wreck of mail boat/San Juan II, on December 26, 1929./HUGH ELDRIDGE, Postmaster/Bellingham, Wash.". The San Juan II was a 65' motor boat used to deliver the mails in Puget Sound; sheltering from a storm is was driven on to rocks and disintegrated. This is the only cover so far recorded from this incident; rare thus. (Ill. MDM pg.228). PHOTO PLATE 11. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 280 | HOLD FIRE ONBOARD SS COMORIN AT COLOMBO; 1930 (12 Mar.) pair inc. Sebastopol, Vic. to Kuopio (ironically addressed to Tavo Match Factory!) with tied 11⁄2d. red and a fine boxed Type 7 "DAMAGED BY FIRE/ON/S.S. COMORIN." cachet (Ill. MDM pg.230) plus NSW to Sheffield (stamp floated off, opened to display) and on the reverse a fine Type 4 purple "Damaged By/Fire On/S S Comorin." cachet. The fire was extinguished by flooding the hold. Good pair. PHOTO. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 281 | SIMILAR MAILS FROM THE HOLD FIRE ONBOARD SS COMORIN; 1930 (12 Mar.) env. Albany WA to London franked with tied 1d. red with fine boxed Type 12 "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER I.S." cachet with GPO sealing tape on reverse plus Bondi Beach to London with pair tied 1d. red with OHMS resealing label on reverse and v.fine boxed Type 7 purple "DAMAGED BY FIRE/ON/S.S. COMORIN." cachet. Good pair. PHOTO PLATE 10A.. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 282 | LOSS OF PROPELLER AND SUBSEQUENT SINKING OF THE SS TAHITI; 1930 (18 Aug.) Trio from the SS Tahiti which sank 460 miles off Rarotonga inc. env. Christchurch to Detroit with fine Type 1 "San Francisco, Calif." above Type 2 "RECOV'D FROM/S,S. TAHITI/LOST AT SEA" purple cachets; env. Auckland to NY with fine Type 3 purple "Salvaged from/SS Tahiti/Lost at sea" cachet plus large env. New Zealand to Stone, Staffs (stamps floated off) with fine boxed Type 8 purple "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" cachet. (3 items). PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 283 | SINKING OF THE SS TAHITI; 1930 (18 Aug.) Unique and fascinating photographic record on 18 PPC of the sinking off Rarotonga of the SS Tahiti from the launching of the lifeboats to the final moments of the vessel. (18 PPC). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 284 | FIRE AT SEA ONBOARD THE SS CABO SAN ANTONIO; 1933 (9 July) pair env. both franked with 10c. green & 5c. red inc. Buenos Aires to Zurich with fine Type 2 purple "Tranportee par paquebot incendie/"Cabo S. Antonio,,/Geneve AMB" cachet and Comodoro Rivadavia to Glasgow with v.fine boxed Type 1 purple "Correspondence brulee/a bord du paquebot/Cabo S. Antonio" cachet. The fire was in the mail room and destroyed many bags of mail before it could be extinguished. PHOTO PLATE 11. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 285 | SS GANGE, SS WASHINGTON & SS EMPIRE STAR UNRECORDED INCIDENTS; trio of env. inc. 1933 Manchester to Cairo, carried onboard SS Gange with tied strip of three 1⁄2d. green and on the reverse a boxed "(Egyptian script)/DAMAGED IN TRANSIT/DETERIORE DANS LE TRAJET" cachet; 1938 Jamaica to Bristol, carried by SS Washington, with tied 11⁄2d. brown and alongside fine blue "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" cachet (Ill. MDM pg.245) plus 1938 New Zealand to Middlesex (stamp floated off), carried by SS Empire Star with boxed Type 1 purple "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER" cachet. (3 items). PHOTO PLATE 11. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 286 | SINKING OF THE SS ILES DE LOS PLUS FLYING BOAT 'SCIPIO' COVER; 1935 (2 Jan.) env. Boke, French Guinea to Paris with fine "Courrier sinistre/recontitue par les soins du/Bureau de Casablanca" cachet on both sides. The Iles de Los sank on her maiden voyage; all the mails and crew were saved. 1936 env. Calcutta to London endorsed "By Air Mail" with Air mail etiquette with on the reverse a boxed purple "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER" cachet and below a ms. "SALVAGED FROM THE IMPERIAL/AIRWAYS FLYING BOAT 'SCIPIO'/22.8.36.". (2 items). PHOTO PLATE 11. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 287 | FIRES ONBOARD THE SS KOTA AGOENG & SS JAGERSFONTEIN; 1937 (31 Aug.) PPC Burgenstock to Surabaya, tied 5c green, with small label Type 1 "Beschadigd poststuk/van ms. Kota-Agoeng" cachet in blue (Ill. MDM pg.241); 1939 (10 Nov.) env. Uden to Lombok with tied 11⁄2c grey with fine purple "Beschadigd door brand/s/b Jagersfontein" cachet (Ill. MDM pg.246) plus forged cachet on 1941 env. to Batavia. (3 env. + 2 PPC). PHOTO PLATE 11. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 288 | BOMBING AND TORPEDOING OF SS VIDAR PLUS TORPEDOING OF SS EROS; 1940 (31 Jan./1 Feb.) env. Sheffield to Copenhagen (stamp floated off) with fine purple "Beskadiget af Sovand" cachet contained in transparent Danish ambulance env. Vidar was initialled bombed and then the following day torpedoed & sunk by U-21. (Ill. MDM pg.248) plus SS Eros 1940 (7 June) env. Newfoundland to London with tied 5c. purple (faults) and fine Type 3 purple "Recovered from the Sea" cachet. (Ill. MDM pg.250). (2 items). PHOTO PLATE 11. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 289 | SINKING OF THE SS EROS BY U-48 OFF IRELAND; 1940 (7 June) env. Vancouver to Paris with fine Type 2 "SALVED FROM THE SEA" and below blue "SERVICE SUSPENDU" cachets plus Toronto to BEF France with Type 2 cachet in purple, both with stamps floated off plus meter paid env. Montreal to London with boxed Type 1 purple "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" and also included is a returning Stamp Centenary env. with private Salved from the sea cachet. (four items). PHOTO PLATE 11. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 290 | SS TRIONA - CAPTURED AND SUNK BY GERMAN RAIDERS; 1940 (6 Dec.) env. Melbourne to Ocean Island with tied 2d. red and alongside a red pencil ms. "Raider Mail" possibly applied by the recipient an known philatelist. The Triona was captured and sunk by the raiders Komet & Orion and the mails were eventually returned to Sydney before being forwarded to the addressees. Scarce. (Ill. MDM pg. 252). PHOTO PLATE 11. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 291 | GROUNDING AND LOSS OF SS ALHENA OFF COUNTY DOWN; 1941 (28 Jan.) env. Nottingham to Limassol (stamp floated off) with unusually two cachet inc. fine Type 2 "SALVED FROM THE SEA" and below a boxed Type 5 purple "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" with Nicosia and Limassol c.d.s. for May 1941 on the reverse. Scarce with two cachet. (Ill. MDM pg.253). PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 292 | GROUNDING AND LOSS OF SS ALHENA; 1941 (28 Jan.) Four env. inc. Manchester to Istanbul (stamp floated off) with Type 1 "SALVED FROM/THE SEA" and boxed Type 3 purple "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER" cachets, Censor h.s. and tape, "Return to Sender" etc.; Salisbury to "Anglo Egyptian Sudan" (stamps floated off) with Type 1 "SALVED FROM/THE SEA" cachet; London to Palestine with Type 3 purple with Type 1 "SALVED FROM THE SEA" cachet plus Chichester to Tel Aviv with fine boxed Type 4 "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER" cachet. (4 items). PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 293 | INDIA/CEYLON DAMAGED MAILS FROM UNIDENTIFIED INCIDENTS; 1941 (May) pair env. Arrap to Bideford and Hatton to Brechin both with Air Mail etiquette labels and both with the same purple "SALVED FROM THE SEA" cachet; These env. were probably involved in the same unidentified incident plus Mar. 1942 env. India to Middlesborough, damaged by sea water with an official form asking the Postmaster at Nunthorpe (delivery address) to explain that the env. was "damaged by sea water". (3 items). PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 294 | ICELANDIC MAILS DAMAGED ONBOARD UNKNOWN VESSEL; Aug. 1941 env. from FPO 306 to Fordingbridge with boxed censor h.s. and fine purple "SALVED FROM THE SEA" cachet plus env. "RECEIVED FROM/H.M. SHIPS" to North Ferriby with fine boxed purple "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER" cachet. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 295 | MINING OF THE PS PORTSDOWN AT SPITHEAD; 1941 (20 Sep.) env. Bristol to Sandown IOW franked with tied 1d. red and below a v.fine purple "DAMAGED AS A RESULT/OF ENEMY ACTION" cachet. On the reverse is a complete offset of a Bristol meter mark and c.d.s. thus validating that the env. was involved in this incident. Scarce. PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 296 | SERVICE SUSPENDED MAIL TO SINGAPORE; Oct. 1941 env. London to Singapore franked with tied 2½d. blue with "NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER" and above "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER" cachet both boxed and in purple. This env. was received back in London on 9 Sep. 1942 but the vessel (possibly the SS Benvannoch) which brought it back and the incident have yet to be positively identified. PHOTO. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 297 | SOUTH AMERICAN MAILS FROM UNIDENTIFIED INCIDENTS; 1941 (Nov.) env. Buenos Aires to Liverpool with fine boxed purple "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" cachet plus 1943 (June) env. Buenos Aires to London (distressed) with large purple "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" cachet. Both from unidentified vessels/incidents. (2 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 298 | SS EMPIRE KINGFISHER - SUNK OFF CAPE SABLE AFTER HITTING A SUBMERGED OBJECT; 1942 (Feb.3) uprated 3c. PS env. Los Angeles to London (stamps floated off) resealed by censor tape with fine "SALVAGED FROM SEA" cachet. Eight mail bags were recovered by fisherman after the sinking which was not thought to be war related. PHOTO. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 299 | MAILS FROM THE MV MOSFRUIT AND SS BEAVERHILL; 1942 (3 Feb.) env. Sutton West, Ont. to "Canadian Army Overseas" with tied 3c. red and a fine "SALVAGED FROM THE SEA" cachet carried by SS Mosfruit and damaged during an onboard fire (Ill. MDM pg.266) plus env. St John NB to Sutton (stamp floated off) with fine purple "DAMAGED BY/WATER" cachet applied after the SS Beaverhill mails were recovered when she stranded at St John (Ill. MDM pg.279). (2 items). PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 300 | SALVED MAIL FROM THE STRANDED SS EBRO; 1942 (18 Mar.) env. Reykjavik to Chicago IL. resealed by censor tape with fine "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" cachet. The Ebro went aground in Strathbeg Bay, Aberdeen and the mail bags were washed up onto the beach. (Ill. MDM pg.268). PHOTO. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 301 | DAMAGED MAILS FROM UNIDENTIFIED VESSELS/INCIDENTS; 1942-3 mail inc. 1943 (Apr.) env Rio de Janeiro to Johannesburg resealed with censor tape with fine violet "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER/BESKADIG DEUR SEEWATER" cachet; 1942 (May) env. Durban to High Wycombe with fine boxed "CORRESPONDENCE DAMAGED BY SEAWATER/KORRESPONDENSIE DEUR SEEWATER BESKADIG"cachet; 1942 (Nov.) PS env. Haslemere to Capetown with purple "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" cachet and 1942 env. Funchal to London (stamp floated off) officially resealed all round with Mount Pleasant label "It is regretted that this/enclosed packet has been damaged by/fire in transit". (4 items). PHOTO PLATE 12. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 302 | DAMAGED MAILS FROM UNIDENTIFIED VESSELS; 1942-44 trio inc. 1942 (Sep.) env. Hamilton, Ont. to "US Marine Forces Jamaica" franked tied 3c. red and on reverse a label "The enclosed article was received in a United/States mail which had been damaged by fire./W.A. CAMPBELL,/Postmaster General"; 1942 (Sep.) env. Brooklyn, NY to Aberdeen (stamps floated off, top flap missing) with fine purple "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER." cachet plus 1944 (Aug.) env. Victoria BC to Wimborne franked tied 3c. red with purple "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER" cachet. (3 items). PHOTO. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 303 | UNIDENTIFIED DAMAGED MAILS FROM WEST AFRICA; trio inc. pair 1942 (26 Nov.) env. FPO 41 (Sierra Leone) to Coventry or Windsor with different boxed purple "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER." cachets presumably from the same incident plus 1942 (Oct.) env. London but redirected to W Africa Force resealed at London RLS with fine boxed purple "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER." cachet. (3 items). PHOTO PLATE 12. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 304 | SS CITY OF BARODA - TORPEDOED AND BEACHED OFF SW AFRICA; 1943(2 Apr.) pair meter paid env. inc. Wembley to Harrismith OFS with fine Type 2 purple "RECEIV'D DAMAGED/BY SEA WATER" cachet and London to Durban with v.fine Type 1 purple "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER/BESKADIG DEUR SEEWATER" cachet (Ill. MDM pg.274). Fine pair. PHOTO PLATE 12. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 305 | DAMAGED GAMBIAN MAIL FROM UNIDENTIFIED VESSEL; 1943 (15 Sep.) env. Bathurst, Gambia to Wigan franked with tied 1⁄2d. green & 2d. grey with fine boxed purple "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER." cachet. The incident and vessel have yet to be identified. PHOTO PLATE 12. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 306 | DELAYED MAILS AFTER COLLISION OR FOUND IN SECRET COMPARTMENT; 1945 (8 Jan.) env. Gorredijk to Gravenhage with tied 71⁄2c red and alongside a label "STAATSBEDRIJF DER PTT/Stuk, afkomstig uit het s.s.,,Groningen IV",/dat einde 1944 op het Ijsselmeer is gezonken/en thans is gelicht.". The Groningen IV was in collision in Jan. 1945 and sank, finally being raised in Sep. 1946 and the mails subsequently delivered 20 months late. (Ill. MDM pg.280). 1945 (Aug.) PC from New York plus newspaper from Mexico both to Santiago with fine large boxed purple "CORRESPONDENCIA RETARDADA/Y RECUPERADA DEL/S/S "JOHN BIDWELL"/1945 1960/CORREOS DE CHILE". The Bidwell was being PHOTO PLATE 12 in Philadelphia and the mails were discovered 15 years after posting in a secret compartment! (3 items). PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 307 | EXPLOSION AND FIRE ONBOARD THE SS GREENHILL PARK; 1945 (6 Mar.) env. Cloverdale BC to Canberra (stamp floated off) with v.fine "SALVAGED FROM/SHIP FIRE/VANCOUVER BC" cachet plus a copy of the PO accompanying explanatory note. The Greenhill Park was loading cargo inc. explosives and high proof whisky when there was an explosion and subsequent fire; much of the mail was destroyed. Scarce thus. (Ill. MDM pg.281). PHOTO PLATE 12. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 308 | FIRE ON THE SS SCYTHIA PLUS DAMAGED MAIL FROM GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS; 1945 (25 May) meter paid env. Toronto to Letchworth with fine Type 1 purple "DAMAGED BY FIRE&WATER" cachet. The Scythia had a fire in the mail hold in the River Mersey. (Ill. MDM pg.283) plus 1945 (24 Oct.) env. Canton Island, Gilbert & Ellice Islands to Cheshire with fine "DAMAGED BY/WATER" cachet, the cause of the damage is unidentified. (2 env. + Scythia PPC). PHOTO PLATE 12. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 309 | COLLISION AND ABANDONMENT OF THE MV CLARENVILLE; 1945 (29 Nov.) env. Flowers Cove to St Johns (stamp floated off) with fine "Salvaged Mail From M.V. Clarenville" cachet with triangular "POSTAGE/PAID/G.P.O." h.s. below. The wooden Clarenville collided with the Kelowna Park and was waterlogged and abandoned. One of only two recorded covers from this incident; rare thus. PHOTO PLATE 12. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 310 | DAMAGED MAILS FROM THE SS ARABITT, NASCOPIE ETC.; 1946 (25 Mar.) SS Arabitt env. Batov, Czechoslovakia to Gothenburg (stamps floated off) in Swedish transparent ambulance env. which has label attached "Forsandelsen har skadats under/befordran med m/s Arabritt fran/Gdansk till Norrkoping"; 1947 (21/22 July) SS Nascopie pair env. to either Basingstoke or Stirling Ont. with purple "SALVED FROM THE SEA" cachet, the latter also has an explanatory label attached (Ill. MDM pg.292); 1947 (Apr./May)Unidentified vessel env. Middletown Oh. to Singapore with label "This article was damaged by/sea water when the ship in/which the mail was carried/was involved in an accident/en route to Singapore", etc. (4 items). PHOTO PLATE 12. | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 311 | FIRE ONBOARD THE SS BENLEDI AT GENOA; 1948 (2 Mar.) env. Victoria, Seychelles to Swindon (stamps floated off) with fine boxed Type 2 purple "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER." cachet. The Benledi fire was fought with both water and steam, few of the mails survived. Scarce. PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 312 | CONGO MAILS DAMAGED CARRIED BY UNIDENTIFIED VESSEL; 1948 (May) env. Leopoldville to Graty, Belgium (stamps floated off & replaced) with label applied at Brussels "PAR SUITE D'UNE TEMPETE/EN MER PARVENU MOUILLE/A ANVERS" plus env. registered Boma to Brussels with boxed purple "PARVENU AVARIE ET RECONSTITUE/A BRUXELLES" cachet with below in ms. "Catastrophe du Lilenge"(?). Interesting pair. PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 313 | 1949 MINING OF THE SS PRINSES ASTRID IN THE CHANNEL; 1949 (21 June) env. Emmendingen (French Zone) to London franked with block of six Baden 5pf. blue with Type 1 label "Post von dem am 21.Juni 1949/im Kanal gesunkenen Dampfer/,,Princesse Astrid"/zur Weiterleitung an den/Empfanger- Absender". The Astrid struck a mine in a supposedly cleared sea lane; few of the mails were recovered. Scarce. (Ill. MDM pg.295). PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 314 | GROUNDING OF THE SS BORE 1; 1950 (6 Apr.) trio from the rescued mails inc. env. registered Mikkeli to Lubeck (stamps floated off) with Type 2 label "Endommage en naufrage"; PPC to Sweden with v.fine Type 1 purple "Skadad vid/s/s Bore 1 grundstoting" cachet (Ill. MDM pg.297) plus env. Helsinki to Munich with Type 3 purple "Avarie par l'eau a l'echouage du/paquebot "Bore I" le 6.4.1950/sur le parcours Turku-Stockholm" cachet. Fine trio. PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 315 | INCIDENTS WITH SS EXCALIBUR AND SS LIBERTE; 1950 (27 June) SS Excalibur collision env. Havana to Marrakech. Morocco (stamp floated off, distressed) with label "United States Post Office/Foreign Section - Morgan Station/Delay and condition of article caused/by collision of S/S Excalibur on June /27, 1950 in New York Harbor" plus 1950 (Sep.) SS Liberte pair of loose labels ".. damaged by water during a storm...." and a First Flight cover that was being returned, via the SS Liberte, that was damaged during the storm. (4 items). PHOTO. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 316 | UNRECORDED INCIDENT ONBOARD SS KANTARA; 1950 (Dec.) env. London to Athens franked with 1½d. brown with Greek two line purple cachet which translates to read "Damaged by water/during transit to Greece". The Kantara would have been crossing the Bay of Biscay during heavy weather and this is probably when the damage to the mails occurred. One of two covers recorded from this incident; scarce thus. PHOTO. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 317 | GROUNDING OF THE SS ANDREA F. LUCKENBACH; 1951 (11 Mar.) wine newsletter San Francisco to APO 323 (Japan) with v.fine purple "This mail damaged in/wreck of SS Andrea F./Luckenbach on 11 March/1951" cachet. The Luckenbach grounded and holed off Kauai, Hawaii; the mails were salved and subsequently handled by APO 958, Oahu. To date this is the only recorded example of this cachet; rare thus. PHOTO. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 318 | FIRE AND SUBSEQUENT HOLD FLOODING ONBOARD SS TUCUMAN; 1951 (28 Mar.) trio of env. inc. Buenos Aires to Bern forwarded from Genoa in ambulance env. which has a label "Contiene corrispondenza ordinaria/danneggiata per incendio a bordo/s/s Tucuman"; Buenos Aires to St Gall with Type 1 "Incendie en mer" cachet plus Santa Rosa to Switzerland (stamp replaced) with Type 3 "Vom verbrannten Dampfer Tucuman/aus genua eingetroffen./BERN/ POSTAUSKUNFTSAMT" cachet. (4 items). PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 319 | UNIDENTIFIED INCIDENT AND VESSEL; 1952 (Mar.) env. Paris to Safi, Morocco with fine "DEPECHE ACCIDENTEE EN MER/OBJET PARVENU MOUILLE AU BUREAU/DE TANGER:CHERIFIEN" cachet. Nothing is known of this incident. One of two covers so far recorded; rare thus. PHOTO. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 320 | FIRE ONBOARD THE SS CELEBES AT NEW YORK; 1953 (29 Apr.) pair env. inc. UN to Sourabaya and Washington DC to Bogor, Java both with purple "This article Damaged by Fire/on board S.S. CELEBES April 29/53 /Post Office, New York, N.Y." cachet. The Celebes had a fire in the mail room and much of the mail was destroyed or damaged by fire and water. Fine pair. PHOTO PLATE 13A. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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