wreck mail of the americas and west indies - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 229 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - west coast - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History 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 and cargo all being salvaged. This was the only P.M.S. Co Steamer to use a named cachet on mail. A very scarce and attractive cover, ex Lichtenstein collection. Photo on Page 42. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - west coast |
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 Lot 245 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryP.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. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast |
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 Lot 261 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.V "Lewis". 1827 (Jan 25) Entire letter from Le Havre to Boston "p. Lewis" with red New York c.d.s (Mar 8) and "SHIP", charged 20 cents. The SV "Lewis" sailed from Le Havre bound for New York but was wrecked on 6th March near Sandy Hook, New Jersey. All passengers and crew were saved and the cargo unloaded in good order. The only item recorded from this wreck and the earliest recorded wreck cover from North America. A unique and important exhibition item. Photo on Page 48. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail |
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 Lot 277 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.S "St Paul". 1897 (June 15) Cover from New York franked 5c, a front from New York with the stamp washed off and a 2c stationery envelope piece from Muncie, Ind. (June 14) with other stamps washed off, all with violet boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER" and a red London Paid c.d.s (June 24). All sent on the "St Paul" which left New York on June 16th arriving at Southampton on the 23rd, the mails having been water damaged, probably the result of flooding of the mail hold. (3). Photo on Page 53. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail |
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 Lot 293 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies west indies and the caribbean - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.S "Bergenseren". 1890 (Feb 18) Cover from Kingston, Jamaica, to London endorsed "per s/s Bergenseren via America" bearing Jamaica 4d pair, a third stamp missing with red boxed "JAMAICA PAID / 22 PE 1870" applied below, the reverse with the explanatory label "This Postal-Packet was contained in the Mail / Bag from Kingston for New York via Port Maria, / Jamaica, for despatch per S.S "Bergenseren," / which Mail Bag was washed away in the "Haughton / River" near Annotto Bay, on the night of Tuesday / the 18th instant, and which was subsequently re- / covered. / FRED. SULLIVAN / Postmaster for Jamaica. / General Post Office, / 21st Feb., 1890", tied by a Kingston squared circle (Feb. 24), a London arrival c.d.s of March 15th. The Annotto Bay to Port Maria mule cart was washed away whilst crossing the Houghton river and one bag of letters intended for the S.S "Bergenseren" sailing to New York was submerged for nearly 24 hours; it was taken to Jamaica where the letters were dried, a number have lost some or all their stamps. Opened out to display the label, edge tear at base, otherwise fine. An interesting item, only about ten covers recorded. Photo on Page 58. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies west indies and the caribbean |
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 Lot 304 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies south and central america - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryM.V "Cabo San Antonio". 1933 (8-20 June) Covers from Bolivia to France or England, and from Argentina to Switzerland, one cover from Potosi with the stamps washed off and two Bolivian stamps then reapplied, the other two covers undamaged. The cover to Paris with the cachet "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS / Correspondance retardee par suite / de l’incendie d’un Paquebot / Reconstitue par le Service Francais / NE PAS TAXER" on the reverse, the cover to England with violet boxed "Correspondence brulee / a bord du paquebot / Cabo S. Antonio", and the cover to Switzerland with red "Transportee par Paquebot incendie / "Cabo S. Antonio" / Geneve AMB.". All carried on the M.V "Cabo San Antonio" which left Buenos Ayres for Spain on June 22nd with a large South American mail. The mail room was found to be on fire on July 9th; this was extinguished and the ship returned to Las Palmas but was found to be undamaged and so left later that day. A fine group, showing three of the five recorded cachets from this incident. (3). Photo on Page 61. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies south and central america |
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 Lot 240 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.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 front of the cover, the reverse with the printed explanation fine. The wooden hulled steamer "Metropolis" set sail for Brazil on January 28th carrying employees of P. & T. Collins who were going to build a railway, and materials for the proposed railway. On January 30th rails shifted in the hold opening the ships seams and letting in water, and a huge wave then washed away the smoke stack and saloon, seven of the eight lifeboats, and drowned the ships fires. The ship set sail for Currituck Beach but grounded on the outer bar 100 yards off shore and turned broadside to the waves. The one remaining lifeboat reached shore but all attempts to get a line to the ship failed and those aboard jumped or were washed into the sea, 90 people drowning. Ten of the eleven mailbags were washed ashore but eight were plundered, leaving two intact mailbags with the Postmaster at Norfolk. No covers are known from the wreck, but six of these special printed ambulance envelopes have been recorded. Photo on Page 44. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast |
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 Lot 256 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.S "Excalibur". 1950 (June 14) Long cover from St. Louis, MO., to Alexandria, Egypt, the stamp washed off and the edges stained, bearing the explanatory 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", with an Egyptian censor cachet. The American Export Lines S.S "Excalibur" left Jersey City on a 43 day Mediterranean cruise on June 27th but collided with the Danish MV "Colombia" in the narrows of New York Harbour. The "Excalibur" beached in Brooklyn with a 15 foot hole in her side, from which some mail bags and cargo drifted; she was later refloated and repaired. Photo on Page 48. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast |
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 Lot 272 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.S "Oregon". 1886 (Feb 8) Cover sent from Wilkes Barre, PA. to Stanley Gibbons in London with "T / 15 / CENTIMES / N.Y" and a "3d" charge mark, marked "Refused" with London and Returned Letter Office backstamps (Feb 19-20) and returned to the USA on the Oregon. The stamp washed off, with the very scarce Dead Letter Office explanatory label on the reverse. A fine and interesting cover, on the "Oregon" because Stanley Gibbons refused to pay a 3d postage due charge! Photo on Page 53. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail |
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Lot 288 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies canada and newfoundland - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1967 (June 14) Window envelope from Montreal paid with a 5c meter mark, the reverse with an offset of an adjacent letter to Hong Kong (this item presumably therefore also addressed there), handstamped "DAMAGED BY FIRE / AT SEA", the vessel involved not yet identified. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies canada and newfoundland |
