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S.S "Cobequid". 1914 (Jan 1) Cover from Barbados to Halifax, Nova Scotia, the stamp washed off, with a superb cachet "FROM WRECK OF S.S "COBEQUID". The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. S.S "Cobequid" was on her first return trip from the West Indies to her home port of Halifax when she struck the Trinity Ledge rocks, near the entrance of the Bay of Fundy on the Nova Scotia coast, during a gale and blizzard on January 13th. The passengers and crew stayed on the ship’s superstructure which remained above water until rescued the following day. A fine cover. Photo on Page 58.
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