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...
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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
Lot #250 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
S.S "Turrialba". 1912 (Dec 14) Cover from San Jose to New York bearing Costa Rica 10c, a tear at upper left corner but otherwise undamaged, endorsed in pencil "Saved from S.S Turrialba on Jersey Coast and landed by Revenue Cutter Seneca 12/25/12", the reverse with "United Fruit Company, Dec. 26 1912, Purchasing Agent" recipients cachet. The United Fruit Co. steamer "Turrialba" left Jamaica for New York on December 20th with 137 crew and...
Lot #251 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
U.S.S "Simpson". 1934 (May 7) Cover franked 2c cancelled by "U.S.S / SIMPSON / IN CRASH / MILWAUKEE" duplex, with cachet "U.S.S Simpson on course / 045 true speed 12 at 2159 / crash port bow LAT 16 39N / LON 74 32W". The U.S.S "Simpson" collided with the U.S.S "Milwaukee" and required repair at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Suggested price: £ 60-70
Lot #252 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
S.S "Uruguay". 1938 (Nov 7) Picture postcard from Buenos Ayres to Washington D.C, the stamp washed off and part of another card adhering to the front covering the picture, with a printed label applied "DAMAGED BY FIRE / IN MAIL TRAIN", the second line altered in manuscript to "On Ship". Enclosed within a New York Post Office ambulance cover with a New York machine (Dec. 1) and the cachet "UNADDRESSED / N.Y.P.O. - INQ. SECTION". A fire...
Lot #253 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
S.S "West Kebar". 1940 (Dec 21) Cover from Monrovia to New York bearing three Liberia stamps, extensively stained by oil and water damaged, handstamped "Received in bad condition at" with a N.Y Wall St. c.d.s of January 22nd alongside, and an accompanying explanatory notice "The accompanying letter is one of a large number received from Monrovia, Liberia, per S.S West Kebar via Boston. The oil soaked condition of the letter was evidently...
Lot #254 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
S.S "Santa Elisa". 1942 (Jan 15) Stampless cover from Annapolis, Md., to U.S.S "Warrington" in New York, with the violet cachet "RECOVERED FROM / SS SANTA ELISA". The "Santa Elisa" left New York on January 16th for the Canal Zone but collided with S.S "San Jose" off Atlantic City the following day. The United Fruit Co. steamer "San Jose" sank whilst No. 1 hold on the "Santa Elisa" stove in and caught fire. This was extinguished and she...
Lot #255 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
S.S "Santa Elisa". 1942 Window envelope with a New York meter mark and a similar "Santa Elisa" cachet in black. Photo on Page 46.
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #256 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
S.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...
Lot #257 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
M.V "Celebes". 1953 (Apr 15) Window envelope with a Philadelphia meter mark and violet cachet "This Article Damaged by Fire / on board S.S CELEBES April 29/53 / Post Office, New York, N.Y.", minor edge singeing, the reverse with a USA Officially Sealed label tied by oval New York Foreign datestamp (June 17). The Dutch MV "Celebes" was en route from New Orleans to Sourabaya, Indonesia, via New York and Alexandria when she suffered a fire in...
Lot #258 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
S.S "Celebes". 1953 (Apr 9) Long cover with two differing 3c stamps tied by "U.S.S. / QUINCY" duplex, to H.M.S "Michael" c/o F.M.O Singapore, bearing a similar violet S.S "Celebes" cachet to the previous lot, but reading "Delayed by Fire" instead of "Damaged by Fire", very fine. Photo on Page 48.
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #259 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast
S.S "Mormacpine". 1964 (March) Stampless Brazilian Post Office cover to New York with an unclear Brazil Poste Restante c.d.s and the black cachet "MAIL INVOLVED IN FIRE ABOARD THE / SS MORMACPIN, MAIL RECEIVED IN / WET CONDITION. INSPECTORS CASE / NY30309", arrival backstamp of April 16th. The S.S "Mormacpine" was en route from Santos to Quebec when she reported a fire in No.4 hold on March 27th. The hold was flooded and she proceeded to...
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