Schooner "C. Kennedy". 1904 (Dec 22) Cover franked 2c from Newark, N.J to a U.S Marine on Midway Island, backstamped at San Francisco (Dec 26) and Honolulu (Mar 28 1905), the cover with extensive staining around the edges and a couple of small edge tears, explained by the violet cachet "Returned from / wreck of Ken’dy", the two lines applied separately. The Schooner "C. Kennedy" left Honolulu for Midway Island on 9th February, arriving at...
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Lot #225 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies hawaii / midway island
Lot #226 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies alaska
S.S "Ohio". 1909 (Aug 16) Cover from Orlando, Illinois, to the U.S Hospital at Fort Liseum, Alaska, the stamp washed off, endorsed "Recovered Oct 26 1909 from Sunken Steamship Ohio. Ohio sunk in Hiekish Narrows, Alaska". The Alaska S.S Co Steamer "Ohio" was en route from Seattle to Juneau and other Alaskan ports when it struck a submerged rock at the entrance to Hiekish Narrows, British Columbia; the ship took on water but managed to reach...
Lot #227 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies alaska
S.S "Yucatan". 1910 (Feb 11) Cover (letter enclosed) with "VALDEZ" c.d.s, addressed to Juneau, the stamp washed off, handstamped violet "S.S. YUCATAN / WRECK 3 13 1(0)". The Alaska Steamship Co. S.S "Yucatan" was on a voyage down the Alaskan coast when she struck an iceberg in Icy Straits and sank after being beached in Mud Bay on February 16th. The mail was salvaged shortly afterwards and the ship refloated on May 22nd, only to be lost...
Lot #228 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies alaska
S.S "Yucatan". 1910 (Feb 10) Cover (letter enclosed) to North Yalima, Washington State, with a "CORDOVA / ALASKA" c.d.s, the stamp washed off, with the Post Office ambulance envelope of Seattle, in which the cover was forwarded, which bears the printed explanation "The mail in this envelope was delayed and damaged by the sinking of the steamer "Yucatan", at Goose Island, Icy Straits, Alaska, on Feb. 16. 1910. This mail reached Seattle Feb....
Lot #229 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - west coast
P.S "Winfield Scott". 1853 (Nov 23) Cover to Freeport, Illinois, with "NEVADA CITY CAL / 3 PAID" c.d.s, curved "PAID / 3" and red "STEAMER / WINFIELD SCOTT", traces of water staining and a repaired hole to the address panel. The Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Paddle Steamer "Winfield Scott" stranded in thick fog on December 2nd on Anacapa Island in the Santa Barbara Channel off California whilst en route from San Francisco to Panama, the mail...
Lot #230 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - west coast
S.S "Laurelbank". 1898 (Oct 15) Cover from Glasgow franked 21⁄2d to a crew member on the ship "Laurelbank", c/o Portland Flour Mill Co, Oregon, handstamped violet "Ship Letter No. (21) / Ship lost at sea", backstamped at New York, Astoria, Oregon (Jun. 12) and the Dead Letter Office (June 22). The "Laurelbank" left Shanghai on August 31st bound for Portland, Oregon, but disappeared without trace. A scarce and attractive cover, very few...
Lot #231 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - west coast
S.S. "Mariposa". 1889 (Apr 16) Registered cover from Waterloo, New South Wales to Riverside, California franked 1888-89 2d pair + 6d each cancelled by the numeral "194" with oval framed "PAID ALL" below, backstamped at Waterloo, Redfern and Sydney (all Apr. 16) and upon arrival at San Francisco (May 13). Some damage, mainly to the lower edge and lower right corner, explained by the bright orange label "San Francisco, Cal. / May 13, 1889. /...
Lot #232 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - west coast
S.S "Pomona". 1908 (Mar 16) Cover from San Francisco to Eureka, Cal., the stamp washed off and some rust staining, explained by the violet cachet "FROM WRECK OF S.S POMONA / MARCH 17 1908". The "Pomona" sailed from San Francisco to Eureka on March 17th but struck Monterey Rock 60 miles north of San Francisco that evening. The Captain got her off the rock and decided to beach on the shore, but struck another submerged rock and stranded, the...
Lot #233 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - west coast
S.S "Pomona". 1908 (Mar 16) 2c Postal stationery envelope from Los Angeles to Arcatra, Cal., edge wear and further stamps washed off, with the violet cachet "FROM WRECK OF S.S. POMONA / MARCH 17 1908", the second line of the cachet incomplete as is the case of most of the few recorded covers. Very scarce. Photo on Page 42.
Suggested price: £ 400-500
Lot #234 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - west coast
1908 (June 23) Picture postcard franked 2c from Oakland to France, the left edge burnt, bearing a green typed explanatory label "Damaged by / Fire & Water" and initialled in red ink. One other example of this label is recorded on another card posted at Oakland on June 30th, the incident unknown. Photo on Page 42.
Suggested price: £ 120-150
Lot #235 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - west coast
S.S "Cuba". 1923 (Aug 23) Cover from San Salvador to San Francisco, the stamp washed off, with violet cachet "RECOVERED FROM WRECKED / S.S. CUBA", the reverse with two U.S Officially Sealed labels and a Santa Barbara c.d.s (Sep 26). The S.S "Cuba", sailed from Panama to San Francisco, but struck a reef on San Miguel Island, Santa Barbara, on September 8th. Most crew and passengers were saved but nine crew were reported missing in an open...
Lot #236 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - west coast
MV "San Juan II". 1929 (Dec 24) Cover with Friday Harbor Wash. c.d.s, to Los Angeles, stained and the stamp washed off, bearing the explanatory label "Damaged in wreck of mail boat / San Juan II, on December 26, 1929. / HUGH ELDRIDGE, Postmaster / Bellingham, Wash. / Seattle P.O - 12-30-29-500". The MV "San Juan II" operated out of Bellingham, supplying the communities around Puget Sound and carrying their mail. The ship sailed from Friday...
Lot #237 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - west coast
MV "Ocean Mail". 1955 Cover (letter enclosed) franked Canada 2c tied by Sanitarium P.O Ontario machine cancel, addressed to Penang, Malaya, the edges fire damaged, with the red cachet "DAMAGED IN SHIP FIRE / AT SEATTLE". The MV "Ocean Mail" collided with the MV "Arizona" on November 22nd, in the Colombia River. Whilst undergoing repairs on the 30th a fire broke out in the mail room, which was quickly extinguished, and the vessel resumed...
Lot #238 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
Brig "Phoebe Ann". 1822 (Apr 18) Entire letter from "Balize, mouth of the Mississippi River" to Toughkeepsie, N.Y with red New York c.d.s (May 6) and "SHIP", charged 12c, endorsed "Ship Ohio, Capt. Gifford". The writer reports how in attempting to go to sea in a strong wind "Phoebe Ann" got on the bar and was holed, probably by the anchor of a previous wreck, and took on water in the hold; the cotton was saved but all other cargo was thrown...
Lot #239 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
Schooner "Edenton Packet". 1838 (Mar 15) Entire letter with a red New York c.d.s, sent to Edenton, N.C, charged 12c. The contents comprise a detailed statement of the insurance claim for repairs to the "Edenton Packet" which struck a shoal near Teachers Hole whilst en route to New York, causing the vessel to leak badly and return to Edenton for repairs.
Suggested price: £ 70-80
Lot #240 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
S.S "Metropolis". 1878 Philadelphia Dead Letter Office envelope with "United States Postal Service" embossed in the upper right corner, the reverse with the printed explanation "The inclosed letter was recovered from the wreck of the / steamer Metropolis, lost on Currituck Beach, / North Carolina, January 31, 1878." addressed to Demerara, British Guiana, backstamped at George Town (Mar 6), much of the address unfortunately cut out of the...
Lot #241 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
S.S "Atlas". 1888 (Oct 23) Cover to New York "pr Atlas" franked Haiti 5c pair with a central numeral cancel (New York Foreign Mail?), the reverse with the explanatory label "P.O, NEW YORK, October 26, 1888. / This letter is part of the mail recovered / from the S.S Atlas, from Port Limon, / sunk in New York harbor by collision on / the afternoon of the 23d instant. / HENRY G. PEARSON. / Postmaster / N.Y.P.O PRINT" tied by a 27th October New...
Lot #242 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
S.S "Cienfuegos". 1895 (Jan 21) Cover from the French P.O in Tripoli, Syria, to the USA bearing French P.O 1pi on 25c, handstamped blue triangular framed "T" and "COLLECT / POSTAGE / 10 CENTS", the reverse bearing a cyclostyled label "Post Office, New York, N.Y. / February 12, 1895 / This piece of mail matter / was damaged in the wreck of / S.S Cienfuegos on Feb. 14, 1895 / Charles W. Dayton / Postmaster", tied by a Worcester arrival c.d.s,...
Lot #243 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
P.S "Chicago". 1899 (Oct 31) Cover from Jersey City to New York, the stamp washed off, the reverse with the printed explanatory label "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 12.45am., on October 31st, 1899. / CORNELIUS VAN COTT, / Postmaster.", and an arrival c.d.s (Nov 1) and "IRR / No. 352 / N.Y" handstamp. The Jersey City to New...
Lot #244 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
P.S "Chicago". 1899 (Oct 30) Cover from Philadelphia to South Orange, N.J, the stamp washed off, with the scarce cyclostyled explanatory label (the wording the same as the printed label) applied to the front, backstamped with circular "IRR / No. 352 / N.Y", fine. Photo on Page 44.
Suggested price: £ 280-320
Lot #245 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
P.S "Chicago". 1899 (Oct 30) Cover from Jersey City to Hoboken, N.J, the stamp washed off, the reverse with a typed explanatory label on white paper apparently applied at Hoboken (the wording identical to the New York labels), also backstamped with circular "IRR / No. 352 / N.Y." and a Hoboken c.d.s (Nov. 1). Fine, the Hoboken label very scarce. Photo on Page 44.
Suggested price: £ 300-350
Lot #246 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
S.V "Harry Knowlton". 1907 (July) Postcard made of sailcloth, postally used within Rhode Island franked Jamestown 1c, the reverse with "Piece of sail from Wreck of Schooner Harry Knowlton at Quonocontaug R.I. Wrecked by Collision with Steamer Larchmont, February 11, 1907" printed upon it. Also a postcard showing the wreck. Some 150 poeple people were killed in this collision. (2).
Suggested price: £ 80-100
Lot #247 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
S.S "Finance". 1908 (Nov 16) 2c Postal stationery envelope from Los Angeles to the British Consul in Panama, two stamps washed off, the reverse with the explanatory label "Post Office, New York, N.Y / INQUIRY DEPARTMENT / The piece of mail herewith was recovered from / wreck of Steamer Finance, which was sunk / though collision with Steamer Georgic, Thurs- / day, Nov. 26, 1908. / E.M. MORGAN / Postmaster", tied by a Panama arrival c.d.s....
Lot #248 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
S.S "Finance". 1908 (Nov 17) Cover to Trujillo, Peru, with the stamps washed off, water damaged, the reverse with the larger type 1 New York P.O explanatory label (the wording identical to the previous label) and a Trujillo arrival c.d.s (Jan 27), the front with circular "CENTIMES / 30" postage due handstamp, a little rust staining to the cover and label, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo on Page 46.
Suggested price: £ 280-320
Lot #249 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
S.S "Finance". 1908 (Nov 17) Post Office Official Business card from Mount Carmel, PA., to Cristobal, Canal Zone, acknowledging receipt of a registered letter, a little water stained, recovered from the wreck of the "Finance" but without any explanatory label, probably because it is largely undamaged and did not lose a stamp. Photo on Page 46.
Suggested price: £ 180-220
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