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lot # 277 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail
S.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.
Suggested price: £ 280-320
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