By: Corinphila Auction AG
lot # 2953 - sammlungen/posten weltweit
1908/60: Interesting group of 7 disaster covers – Envelope from 'CHEZARD', Switzerland, 1908 to Panama, with an affixed notice from the US post: 'The piece of mail herewith was recovered from wreck of steamer Finance, which was sunk through collision with steamer Georgic...'; R-cover from 'ALEXANDRIA' to 'PARIS', closed by the French post, with line cancel 'BATEAU NAUFRAGE...'; Cover from Brazil, 1926, to 'COLOGNE', closed by Brazilian postal authorities with a handwritten note on reverse; Another cover, 1934, from ? to 'CASABLANCA', sealed as the previous; an insured cover, 1918, from 'FOUNDIOUGNE', Senegal to Paris, closed and sealed by postal authorities, repair or censorship? An envelope from 'CHAUX-DE-FONDS' to 'BRUXELLES' with a gutter pair 15 c and Belgian due stamps 1F20 x2, boxed 'PARVENU ENDOMMAGE...'.And lastly a plane crash cover from Denmark to Ivory Coast 1960 (Nierninck 600829).
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