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...
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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....
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