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 Lot 260 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.V "Barbados". 1815 (June 20) Entire letter from Charleston to Scotland, extensively waterstained, the address panel also with a small hole and large tear (stuck together internally with a white label, which could easily be removed and the repair greatly improved), handstamped "LIVERPOOL / SHIP LETTER" with a red Edinburgh c.d.s (Aug 1). Carried on the S.V "Barbados" which sheltered off the Isle of Wight for repairs after being damaged and driven off course, some of its mail clearly being seriously damaged by seawater. A scarce early item. Photo on Page 48. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail |
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Lot 276 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.S "Eider". 1892 (Jan 20) Cover from Philadelphia to England, water stained with the stamp washed off, with a red "LONDON / PAID / 16 FE 92" c.d.s, the reverse with a "Found Open and Officially Sealed" label tied by a Bradford arrival c.d.s, and a further Philadelphia duplex. The German steamer "Eider" sailed from New York to Southampton but stranded on January 31st on the Atherfield Ledge near St. Catherine’s Point on the Isle of Wight. The passengers and some mail were landed the following evening, with the majority of the mails salvaged by February 8th. A further 15 sacks were salvaged on March 2nd, a final sack apparently being found in the "Eider" when she was refloated on March 29th. A fine cover, from the first mails recovered from the ship, apparently delivered before the explanatory handstamps were prepared. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail |
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 Lot 271 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.S "Oregon". 1886 (Feb 12) Cover from New York to Pemberton Wilson & Co., publishers of the Philatelic Record in London, but marked "Gone Away" and therefore returned to the USA on the "Oregon", backstamps of London or the Returned Letter Office London (Feb 22-24). The stamps washed off, an explanatory label applied in the New York Dead Letter Office "This article was contained in the mail / matter recovered from the Steamship / "Oregon" wrecked near New York, / N.Y., March 14th, 1886, and sent to the / Dead Letter Office for identification and / delivery", with a triangular Dead Letter Office datestamp (Mar. 24). The explanatory label folded over the left edge of the cover, tear at base, otherwise fine, this DLO label very scarce. Photo on Page 51. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail |
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 Lot 266 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.S "North Briton" - Civil War Blockade Runner. 1861 (Nov 1) Cover (letter enclosed) from Quebec to New Orleans directed "via Liverpool, England" in order to avoid the Northern blockade of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. Handstamped with Quebec and "PAID / LIVERPOOL / COL PACKET / 23 NO 61" datestamps, "PAID", "5/CENTS" and "6d Stg Paid 71⁄2d Cy" all in red, the upper flap endorsed "From wreck of Nth Briton, WE". The cover sent to Liverpool on the Allan Line steamer "North Briton", which left Quebec on July 2nd. On July 5th the steamer was caught in a storm and lost on the rocks off Parroquet Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. All crew and passengers were saved and some mail salvaged and forwarded on the following Allan Line steamer "Anglo-Saxon". The flaps have all become detached from the cover, one side flap now missing, the other three flaps all now rejoined, the upper flap previously attached with a paper clip which has caused rust staining to the flap and front. The only recorded cover from this wreck, and an exceptional blockade runner routing. Photo on Page 51. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail |
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Lot 282 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.S "American Charger". Undated cover from Cutchogue, New York State, to England paid by a 6c meter mark, handstamped green boxed "DAMAGED BY / SEA-WATER / M.P / I.S" applied in the London Inland Section at Mount Pleasant. Believed to have been part of the mail aboard the "American Charger" which was damaged by fire at Havre on 8th September 1967 whilst en route from New York to London. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail |
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 Lot 261 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.V "Lewis". 1827 (Jan 25) Entire letter from Le Havre to Boston "p. Lewis" with red New York c.d.s (Mar 8) and "SHIP", charged 20 cents. The SV "Lewis" sailed from Le Havre bound for New York but was wrecked on 6th March near Sandy Hook, New Jersey. All passengers and crew were saved and the cargo unloaded in good order. The only item recorded from this wreck and the earliest recorded wreck cover from North America. A unique and important exhibition item. Photo on Page 48. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail |
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 Lot 277 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.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. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail |
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 Lot 272 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.S "Oregon". 1886 (Feb 8) Cover sent from Wilkes Barre, PA. to Stanley Gibbons in London with "T / 15 / CENTIMES / N.Y" and a "3d" charge mark, marked "Refused" with London and Returned Letter Office backstamps (Feb 19-20) and returned to the USA on the Oregon. The stamp washed off, with the very scarce Dead Letter Office explanatory label on the reverse. A fine and interesting cover, on the "Oregon" because Stanley Gibbons refused to pay a 3d postage due charge! Photo on Page 53. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail |
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 Lot 267 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.S "Germania". 1869 (July 30) Stampless cover to Saxony with St. Louis MO. duplex and "NEW YORK / DIRECT" c.d.s (Aug 3), rated "6" in blue crayon, the reverse with the explanatory label "Aus dem untergegangenen Post-Dampf- / Schiffe Germania geborgen", tied by an arrival c.d.s (Aug 25), a further "2 Ausgabe" c.d.s alongside. Sent on the Hamburg-American Line steamer "Germania" which left New York on August 3rd bound for Hamburg via Plymouth and Cherbourg. The ship encountered dense fog on August 7th and ran onto a reef in Freshwater Cove, Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland. All passengers and crew were evacuated in eight boats and reached land safely, going on to Europe by the "Cimbria" which left St. John’s on August 14th reaching Plymouth and Cherbourg a week later and Hamburg on the 23rd. The mail was salvaged and also sent on the "Cimbria", the labels applied upon arrival in Hamburg. A fine and scarce cover. Photo on Page 51. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail |
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 Lot 262 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryP.S "Columbia". 1843 (June 5) Entire letter from Havana to London endorsed "Columbia", the reverse with the forwarding agent’s endorsement "N. York Jun 26/29, yr. ot. sts, Crocker, Sale & Warren", carried on the Cunard Line paddle steamer from Boston, bound for Liverpool via Halifax on 1st July. The ship ran aground the following day on the Black Ledge reef off Seal Island, Nova Scotia, the weather fortunately calm with all passengers, crew and mails safely landed. News of the wreck reached Halifax on July 4th and the Cunard steamer "Margaret" left at once, collecting all passengers and mails and returning them to Halifax on July 7th and then on to Liverpool, arriving on July 23rd, this letter backstamped in London the following day and charged 1/-. The "Columbia" became a total loss, the first suffered by the Cunard Line, but its cargo and moveable parts were salvaged. Vertical file folds, otherwise fine, very few letters recorded from this wreck. Also an 1843 (July 10) letter from Boston to Huth & Co, carried on the Great Western with a Liverpool Ship datestamp, which tells of receiving a letter from Mr Meinhertzhagen reporting the loss of the "Columbia" upon which he and Mr Huth were passengers. (2). Photo on Page 48. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail |
