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lot # 274 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail
S.S "Oregon". 1886 (Mar 4) 1d Postal stationery envelope from Ireland to Kamloops, British Columbia, bearing a 1d lilac with a further stamp washed off, cancelled at Greystones and backstamped at Newtown Mt Kennedy. The reverse bears the explanatory label "This letter is a portion of / the mail forwarded per steamer / OREGON. It was damaged be- / fore being taken from that vessel / which was sunk off Fire Island on / the 14th March, 1886. / H.N. CASE, / Postmaster. / Hamilton, Canada." with a printed circle alongside in which a Hamilton c.d.s (Mar 31) has been applied, the label tied by datestamps of Victoria (Apr. 7) and Kamloops (Apr. 11). The reverse with a piece torn from the upper right corner and replaced, otherwise fine and very rare, just two examples of this Canadian "Oregon" wreck label recorded. Photo on Page 53.
Suggested price: £ 600-700
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