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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction Number 33) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 28th February 2013 | Time: | 11:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: At Stampex: Wednesday 19th-Saturday 22nd February At Argyll Etkin: Until Monday 17th February by appointment Monday 24th to Thursday 27th February 9 am to 4.30 pm and at The Regus Conference Centre: Friday 28th February 9.30 am to 11.30 am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 2 | |||
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M.V "Lochiel". 1960 (Oct 8) Cover from the Laphroaig distillery posted at Port Ellen, Isle of Islay, to Samuel Dow Ltd in Glasgow, the stamp washed off, the reverse bearing a "Found Open and Officially Secured" label tied by violet "LOCHGILPHEAD / 21 OCT 60 / ARGYLL" datestamp. Also an accompanying form from the Lochgilphead Post Office requesting the Glasgow Postmaster to deliver the letter with the explanation that it was damaged by sea water, and the original 3d stamp from the cover. The form and stamp originally attached to the cover with a paper clip, all three with faults caused by the rusting of the paper clip, the form also with old sellotape staining. The David MacBrayne M.V "Locheil", sailing on 8th October from Port Askaig to West Loch Tarbert struck the Torraturch rocks but continued for over a mile with water flooding the engine room, finally grounding in shallow water 600 yards from her destination. By the 17th October the mail and cars were removed and the vessel refloated, most mail apparently being undamaged and forwarded without any markings. A rare and interesting cover with the accompanying form, one of just two items identified from this wreck. Photo on Page 14. £300-400Great Britain & Germany Transatlantic Mails |
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| S.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. £200-250 |
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| "Hottinguer". 1850 Invoice for goods carried on the "Hottinguer", with the severely water damaged remains of the original envelope addressed to New York, endorsed "Saved from the wreck of the Hottinguer" and stuck to the outside of the invoice by the Liverpool Post Office, tied by a red wax seal impressed with the arms of the Post Office, a further wax seal on the reverse sealing the invoice. Handstamped "19 / CENTS" and "24", the reverse with oval "L / JA 19 / C" datestamp of Liverpool. The "Hottinguer" sailed from Liverpool for New York on January 10th but went onto the Blackwater Bank off Wexford on the morning of the 12th. The passengers and some crew were landed and the ship refloated and continued up the coast, but was in a poor state and suddenly bore away from the shore striking Glasgorman's Bank, eight more crew being landed. The ship finally broke up in gale force winds in the night of the 14th, one crew member being saved but the Master and four other crewmen drowning. An exceptional cover, being the only recorded item from this wreck off the Irish coast. Photo Inside Front Cover. £1,200-1,500 |
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| P.S "Africa". 1851 (Oct 24) Entire from Sheffield to Philadelphia "P. Africa" bearing a 1d red (three margins) cancelled "700", further tied by "Br. PACKET / NOV / 9 / 24" arrival c.d.s with "19 / CENTS" alongside, backstamped at Sheffield and Liverpool (Oct 25). The Cunard steamer "Africa" left Liverpool for New York on October 25th but ran aground on the Irish coast near Belfast in thick fog. She was able to return to Liverpool for repairs, passengers and mail being transferred to the P.S "Canada" which sailed from Liverpool on October 28th. A fine and scarce cover, unusually only franked 1d, therefore treated as completely unpaid. Photo on Page 14. £500-600 |
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| S.S "Schiller". 1875 (Feb 4) Registered cover to Baltimore franked G.B 1872 4d plate 13 and 1875 3d plate 16 tied by Braintree 112 duplexs with red Registered datestamps of London (Feb 9) and New York (Feb 20) and circular framed "NOT FOUND", therefore returned to the sender on the German steamer "Schiller". Endorsed "no contents of value", the reverse with a superb boxed "Saved from the wreck of / the" with "Schiller" written in manuscript. The "Schiller" left New York for Hamburg on 27th April, running into thick fog near Europe. After three days of such conditions the ship miscalculated its position and ran into the Retarrier Ledges in the Scilly Islands, half a mile from the Bishops Rock lighthouse, on the night of May 7th. Various lifeboats capsized or were washed away, the ship's deckhouse and bridge being washed away during the night with the loss of 314 passengers and crew, just 41 lives being saved the following day. 139 of the 253 mailbags were salvaged over the next four weeks, most mail receiving no explanation for its damage and delay, but unclaimed mail being returned to G.B did receive an explanatory handstamp, using the 1862 "Colombo" cachet with the word "Colombo" excised and "Schiller" written in its place. Just seven covers recorded from this wreck, only three of which bear the cachet. Part of one side flap missing, otherwise superb, an exceptional cover. Photo on Front Cover. £2,000-2,500 |
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| S.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. £80-100 |
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| S.S "Eider". 1892 (Jan 20/22) Covers showing the three different cachets applied to mail recovered from the wreck, comprising a cover from New York to Germany with the stamp washed off and violet two line "Frankirter Brief aus / gestrandetem D. Eider geborgen.", reverse with an Officially Sealed label of Frankfurt; cover from Pittsburgh to Austria with boxed violet "Gehoben aus dem / gescheiterten Schiff / "Eider"." and black "FRANCO", reverse with an Officially Sealed label of Vienna tied by arrival datestamps; and a cover from Philadelphia to London with the stamp washed off, recovered from the wreck on March 2nd with red "LONDON / PAID / 5 MR 92" c.d.s and violet boxed "Saved from wreck / of S.S "Eider".", US "T/85" charge mark crossed out, the reverse with three "Found Open and Officially Sealed" labels. A good trio. (3). £300-350 |
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| S.S "Eider". 1892 (Jan 22) Cover from Philadelphia to London, the stamp washed off, recovered from the wreck on March 2nd with red "LONDON / PAID / 4 MR 92" c.d.s. Handstamped violet boxed "Saved from wreck / of S.S "Eider"."; the reverse with a "Found Open and Officially Sealed" label tied by London S.E c.d.s. Addressees name neatly erased, otherwise fine. £80-100 |
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| S.S "Eider". 1892 (Jan 18) Cover from Colombia to Vienna franked 20c backstamped at New York (Jan 21) and Vienna (Mar 8), recovered from the S.S "Eider" on March 2nd handstamped with fine violet boxed "Gehoben aus dem / gescheiterten Schiff / "Eider"." and black "FRANCO", two sides repaired in Vienna with Officially Sealed labels. A very unusual origin for "Eider" wreck mail. Photo on Page 14. £200-250 |
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| S.S "Eider". 1892 (Jan 23) Registered cover from New York to Germany franked 15c (faults), a second stamp washed off, the reverse with a manuscript endorsement written on by the Bremen Post Office explaining that it was damaged by water in the wreck of the "Eider". The right edge sealed with a Bremen Officially Sealed label, the reverse with a red wax seal impressed with the Post Office Crown and Posthorn and "Bremen". An unusual manuscript endorsement on a registered cover. Photo on Page 14. £120-150 |
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| 61 | |||
| S.S "Eider". 1892 (Jan 22) Cover from New York to Germany, the stamp washed off, handstamped violet "Frankirter Brief aus / gestrandetem D. Eider geborgen", the reverse with an Officially Sealed label of Bremen, very fine. Photo on Page 17. £120-140 |
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| S.S "Eider". 1892 (Jan 16) Cover from San Francisco to Scotland, the stamp washed off, apparently from a final mailbag found in the "Eider" when she was refloated on March 29th, with a red "LONDON / PAID / 31 MR 92" c.d.s and violet boxed "Saved from wreck / of S.S "Eider".", the reverse with a "Found Open and Officially Sealed" label and Perth datestamps (Apr. 1). Fine and scarce, the only cover recorded from this final salvaged mailbag. Photo on Page 17. £120-150 |
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| 63 | |||
| S.S "Spree". 1892 (Nov 21) Registered cover from Geneva to New York, the stamps washed off, the reverse with the printed explanatory label "POST OFFICE, NEW YORK, N.Y. / This piece of mail was dam- / aged by water through the / breaking of the shaft on the / steamship "SPREE" which / sailed from Southampton, Nov- / ember 23d. / CORNELIUS VAN COTT / Postmaster.", and a New York datestamp (Dec. 12). The German liner "Spree" sailed from Bremen to New York on November 22nd but broke her shaft on the 26th, flooding the after hold and some cabins, and drifting in the North Atlantic. The S.S "Lake Huron" towed her the 700 miles back to Queenstown arriving there on December 3rd, the mails being transferred to the Cunard liner "Etruria" which left the following day. A fine and scarce cover. Photo on Page 17. £300-350 |
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| S.S "Spree". 1892 (Nov 18) Registered cover from Paris to New York franked 75c (perfined "CNE"), the reverse with the cyclostyled explanatory label "Post Office, New York, N.Y / This piece of mail was / damaged by water / through the breaking / of the shaft of the / steamship "Spree" which / sailed from Southampton / November 23d. / C. Van Cott / Postmaster." tied by a New York c.d.s (Dec. 13). Fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 17. £400-500 |
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| S.S "Elbe". 1895 (Jan 23) Cover from Germany to a crew member on the S.S "Wittekind" at Hoboken, New Jersey, with 10pf pair tied by Lehe datestamps, handstamped violet "Geborgen aus der / Postladung des untergegangenen / Dampfers "Elbe". / Postamt 1 Bremen." and red boxed "Frei! Marke abgefallen. / Paid! Stamp lost", the left edge water damaged and repaired by a Bremen Officially Sealed label, backstamped at Hoboken (Mar. 11). The German S.S "Elbe" left Bremen bound for Southampton and New York on January 29th, but on the morning of the 30th was rammed by the Cunard liner "Crathie" whilst crossing the North Sea about 45 miles from Lowestoft. The "Elbe" quickly sank with the loss of 334 lives, just 20 survivors escaping in one boat, the "Crathie" simply continuing on to Holland. Several mailbags were recovered by fishermen and landed at Lowestoft or Harwich, others being washed up on the Suffolk and Kent coasts over the next three weeks. A fine and attractive cover, unusually having the "Stamp lost" cachet despite the stamps remaining on the envelope. Photo on Page 17. £200-240 |
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| S.S "Elbe". 1895 (Jan. 18) Cover from Odessa to USA bearing the same two cachets as the previous cover, the lower corners damaged by water, the reverse with a Russia 10k stamp largely covered by a Bremen Officially Sealed label, arrival backstamps of New York (Mar 7) and Indiana, PA. An unusual origin for mail from this wreck. Photo on Page 17. £180-220 |
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| S.S "St. Louis". 1897 (Jan 27) USA 5c Postal stationery envelope to Antwerp posted on board the S.S "St Louis", cancelled by "UNITED STATES / SEA P.O / 3" duplex, handstamped by magenta boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER", Antwerp arrival backstamp (Feb. 4). A most unusual use of such a 'Damaged' cachet on a cover actually posted in a Sea Post Office, the only item so far recorded from this incident, the cause of which is not known. Photo on Page 17. £180-240 |
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| S.S "St. Paul". 1897 (June 15) Cover from New York to England franked 5c, with red "LONDON / PAID / 24 JU 97" c.d.s and violet boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER", Leeds arrival backstamp. Several covers are recorded damaged by water on the "St. Paul" which left New York on June 16th arriving at Southampton on the 23rd, probably the result of flooding of the mail hold. A fine cover. Photo on Page 17. £180-220 |
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| S.S "St Paul". 1897 (June 15) Front with printed adverts for Isaac Pitmans Shorthand sent from New York to England, the stamp washed off, and a piece cut from a 2c stationery envelope (other stamps washed off) sent from Muncie, Ind. (June 14), both items with red "LONDON / PAID / 24 JU 97" c.d.s and violet boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER". (2). £100-120 |
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| S.S "Labrador". 1899 (Feb 16) Cover from St. Johns, Newfoundland to London bearing a Newfoundland 5c stamp, handstamped violet "RECOVERED FROM WRECK / OF SS 'LABRADOR'". The S.S "Labrador" sailed from St. John, New Brunswick to Halifax leaving for Liverpool on February 21st, but overran her position in thick fog and was wrecked on the Mackenzie Rock, near the Skerryvore lighthouse in the Hebrides, on the morning of March 1st. The ship quickly split in two and broke up, the crew and passengers all being rescued by the steamer "Viking". Seven mail bags were washed ashore on the islands of Mull, Coll and Tiree, six being taken to Glasgow where letters received a "Damaged" cachet; another bag was taken to Liverpool, the mail receiving the specific S.S "Labrador" cachet. A fine cover, this very scarce cachet only used on the one mailbag dealt with by the Liverpool Post Office. Photo on Page 19. £250-300 |
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| S.S "Labrador". 1899 (Feb 17) Cover from St. John, New Brunswick, to Edinburgh, the stamp washed off, handstamped violet boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER" and endorsed "Recovered from wreck Labrador", the reverse with a G.P.O Glasgow "Found Open and Officially Sealed" label tied by datestamps of Glasgow (Mar. 18) and Edinburgh. A fine cover. Photo on Page 19. £130-150 |
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| S.S "Labrador". 1899 (Feb 14) Cover from Pekisko, Alberta to England, the stamp washed off, handstamped violet boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER", redirected from Kendal, backstamped at High River, Alta., Calgary, Glasgow (Mar. 11) and Kendal. The cover is accompanied by a handwritten letter from R.C Tombs, the Bristol Postmaster, "Bristol 23 Mar. 1899, Dear Sir, I beg leave to return you the enclosed envelope and to inform you that the Steam Ship "Labrador" which conveyed the mails from Canada was wrecked off the coast of Scotland recently". An interesting item, the addressee A.W Wakefield having evidently sent the cover to the Post Office at Bristol asking for an explanation of the water damage. (2). Photo on Page 19. £200-240 |
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| R.M.S "Titanic". 1912 (Apr 12) Printed facing slip "New York Foreign Mixed / From SEA POST (6) LETTERS" bearing a fine clear strike of the datestamp of the Sea Post Office aboard the ship, "TRANSATLANTIC POST OFFICE / AP 10 / 12 / 7" and the cachets "O.S. WOODY" and "TITANIC". The "Titanic", the most famous of all shipwrecks, sunk on the night of the 14th April after hitting an iceberg in mid-Atlantic, with the loss of some 1,500 lives. O.S Woody, one of three American postal clerks on the ship, prepared a small quantity of letter sorting facing slips, applying the ship's handstamp to them on April 10th, the day the ship left Southampton. Woody died in the disaster, these slips being found on his body after it was recovered from the sea by the "Mackay Bennett". A rare and poignant survivor from this famous maritime disaster. Photo on Back Cover. £6,000-8,000 |
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| R.M.S "Titanic". Two fine original 1912 photos, one showing the ship, cut into a vertical oval shape and mounted on card, the other of Captain Edward John Smith and another Officer taken on the ship's deck, the two photos framed. £200-300 |
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| R.M.S "Titanic". 1912 Paper napkin souvenir headed "In Memory of the Captain, Crew and Passengers who lost their lives by the Wreck of the TITANIC" with a picture of the ship below, a border of flowers, a little light folding and staining but unusually fine for one of these fragile paper souvenirs which were produced immediately after the disaster. £180-220 |
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| R.M.S "Titanic". 1917 Cheque for 8/- given by The Titanic Relief Fund to Mrs H. Hale, whose husband Reginald (of Rodney House, Cheddar), a second class passenger on the "Titanic", was lost in the disaster. £100-120 |
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| S.S "Imperator". 1919 (Dec 6) Registered cover from Canada to London with KGV 3c and 5c stamps tied by Hamilton datestamps, handstamped with oval framed "R" and boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN WATER", backstamped in London (Dec. 30). The S.S "Imperator" left New York on December 11th arriving at Southampton on the 21st, much of her mails being water damaged, probably the result of the appalling weather conditions on the voyage. A fine and attractive cover. Photo on Page 19. £100-120 |
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| S.S "Imperator". 1919 (Dec 8) Cover from Toronto to Scotland, the stamp washed off, handstamped boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER", opening tear at upper edge, otherwise fine. £70-100 |
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| S.S "Mongolia". 1921 (Sep 6) Cover from Rutherford, New Jersey, to London, the stamp washed off, handstamped "DAMAGED BY SEA / WATER", Golders Green arrival backstamp (Sep. 20). The "Mongolia" left New York on September 8th arriving in London on the 19th, the mails being water damaged en route by a cyclone or hurricane. An attractive and scarce cover, very few recorded. Photo on Page 19. £160-200 |
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| S.S "Washington". 1938 (Nov 8) Cover from Port Morant, Jamaica, to England with violet "T / JAMAICA / Centimes / 10" and triangular framed "T", the stamp washed off, handstamped violet boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN WATER", the reverse with printed label "The Postmaster / much regrets that / this packet has / been accidentally / damaged" with "by sea-water" added in manuscript and bearing a Plymouth (Nov. 25) c.d.s. Carried on the S.S. "Washington" from Jamaica to Plymouth, the mails storm damaged when approaching Europe. A scarce cover from Jamaica, just three covers recorded from this incident. Photo on Page 19. £250-300 |
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S.S "American Challenger". 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 Challenger" which was damaged by fire at Havre on 8th September 1967 whilst en route from New York to London. £70-100France and Spain |
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| S.S "Russie". 1901 (Jan 4/5) Covers comprising France 5c postal stationery envelope from Matemore, Oran, a little water stained, handstamped red "NAUFRAGE DE LA RUSSIE", backstamped at Marseille (Jan. 25) and Besancon; and a severely damaged part front and letter franked France 15c tied by "TIEMCEN A ORAN" T.P.O datestamp, with the similar but slightly larger "Russie" cachet in magenta. The "Russie" sailed from Oran to Marseille on January 7th but stranded at Faraman near Marseille, the passengers and crew finally being taken off four days later. The ship was later refloated, reaching Marseille on January 24th. An attractive pair, the larger magenta cachet rare. (2). Photo on Page 19. £150-200 |
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| S.S "Liban". 1903 Cover from Paris to Bastia, Corsica, the stamp washed off, backstamped with the blue cachet "NAUFRAGE du LIBAN" and datestamps of Marseille (June 25) and Bastia (June 28). The S.S "Liban", sailing from Marseille to Bastia, collided with the steamer "Insulaire" off the Isles Maire on the afternoon of June 7th, sinking within 20 minutes with the loss of over 100 lives. 13 Mailbags were recovered after nearly two weeks under water and returned to Marseille. £70-100 |
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| S.S "Liban". 1903 (June 6) Newspaper wrapper from Paris to Bastia with "JOURNAUX PARIS / P.P.93" and Marseille (June 26) datestamps and blue "NAUFRAGE du LIBAN", very unusual. Photo on Page 21. £100-120 |
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| S.S "Sirio". 1906 Argentinean 6c postal stationery postcard from Buenos Aires to London, the reverse with a printed message from Lind & Low advising that letters sent to the firm between July 25th and August 5th were lost in the wreck of the "Sirio". The Italian ship "Sirio" was wrecked close to Cape Palos whilst approaching Carthagena on August 4th, with the loss of 442 lives. No mail is known to have been salvaged from the wreck. An interesting item. £50-70 |
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| S.S "Ville d'Alger". 1909 (Feb 26) Cover and a picture postcard to Paris, both with their stamps washed off, showing differing "NAUFRAGE DE LA / VILLE D'ALGER" cachets in black (types 1 and 1a, the first with Ville D'Alger in inverted commas), the cover with a Paris arrival datestamp (Mar. 2). The "Ville D'Alger" collided with the S.S "Orleanais" when approaching Marseille harbour on February 28th and was beached off Joliette where she lay half full of water. All mail was recovered by divers shortly afterwards and the ship refloated on April 6th. (2). £130-160 |
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| S.S "Ville d'Alger". 1909 (Feb 25) Cover from Alger to Marseille, torn and the stamp washed off, the reverse sealed by a piece of stamp edging which is tied by violet "NAUFRAGE DE "LA VILLE / D'ALGER"" (cachet type 2). Photo on Page 19. £90-120 |
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| S.S "General Chanzy". 1910 (Feb 7) Cover from Paris to Constantine, the stamp washed off with a 10c stamp from another cover applied, the reverse with a sealing label tied by violet "NAUFRAGE DU / GENERAL CHANZY". Also a picture postcard of the ship. The "General Chanzy" left Marseille for Algiers on February 9th, being swept off course in stormy weather and striking rocks off the Northwest coast of Minorca the following morning. The boiler exploded destroying the ship and killing 159 passengers and crew, a few mailbags subsequently being washed ashore. Amazingly one passenger survived after being blown into a cave by the force of the explosion, and imprisoned there for a day and a night before emerging to the astonishment of the locals. A scarce cover. Photo on Page 23. £160-180 |
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| S.S "Cordilliere". 1921 Front of a cover from Bombay to Switzerland, the stamp washed off, the front glued onto a French Returned Letter envelope and further attached with a Returned Letter Office sealing label applied at each corner, handstamped violet "ACCIDENT en MER / COURRIER INONDE". Backstamped "DIRECTION DE LA SEINE / REBUTS" c.d.s (May 23) and upon arrival at Arbon. Believed to have been on the "Cordilliere", which arrived in Marseille on May 2nd with storm damaged mails. An unusual use of the Returned Letter envelope as an ambulance envelope with the remnants of the damaged mail pasted upon it. Photo on Page 23. £80-100 |
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| S.S "Kalyan". 1921 Covers to Paris with the stamps washed off, the first from Cairo (Apr. 11) with the cachet "ACCIDENT EN MER / CORRESPONDANCE INONDEE"; the other possibly from India backstamped with the violet cachet "ACCIDENT en MER / COURRIER INONDE" and "DIRECTION DE LA SEINE / REBUTS" c.d.s (May 11). Carried on the P.&O. steamer "Kalyan" which arrived at Marseille on April 18th, a large quantity of mail found to have been damaged en route by a gale in the Mediterranean. (2). Photo on Page 23. £160-200 |
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| S.S "Sphinx". 1923 (Nov 12) Cover from Alexandria to the stamp dealer Theodore Champion in Paris, the stamp washed off and very minor fire damage to the edges, handstamped "INCENDIE DU SPHINX". Also a picture postcard of the "Sphinx". On November 13th No. 2 hold on the "Sphinx", bound from Beirut and Alexandria for Marseille, was found to be on fire. This was extinguished by flooding the hold, resulting in damage to the mails. Flap missing, otherwise fine and attractive, very few covers recorded. Ex. Hardeman Smith, described by Hopkins (Page 90) as the first cover seen from the wreck. Photo on Page 23. £200-250 |
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| 92 | |||
| 1932 Covers from Constantine to Paris, the first franked Algeria 50c (June 4, Philippeville c.d.s), the other with the stamp washed off and a French Officially Sealed label on the reverse. Both covers handstamped "ACCIDENT DE MER" with Marseille Gare c.d.s of June 6th. Both covers from the same unknown incident, probably a fire during the Mediterranean crossing from Algeria to Marseille. (2). Photo on Page 23. £120-150 |
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1937 (Dec 16) Cover from Brazil to Bordeaux franked 100r, the reverse with four French Officially Sealed labels and the violet cachet "Correspondance delivree en naufrage". An unusual cover from Brazil, the incident unknown. Photo on Page 23. £100-120Netherlands |
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| S.S "Berlin". 1907 (Feb 20) Cover from London to Rotterdam franked KEVII 2 1/2d (perfin 'PB/C<+>O<$>'), a little water stained. From the Great Eastern Railway Co. cross-channel steamer which sailed from Harwich to the Hook of Holland on the evening of April 20th, but was wrecked the following morning in a heavy storm at the entrance to the River Maas, 165 passengers and crew drowning. Also a picture postcard of the wreck. £80-100 |
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| S.S "Berlin". 1907 (Feb 20) Postcard from London to Amsterdam with KEVII 1/2d cancelled "FS", handstamped violet "BESCHADIGD DOOR RAMP / HARWICH BOOT" with an Amsterdam arrival c.d.s (Feb 21), a fine and attractive card. Photo on Page 23. £120-140 |
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| S.S "Berlin". 1907 (Feb 20) Cover from London to Amsterdam, the stamp washed off, handstamped violet "BESCH, RAMP S.S BERLIN", a scarce cachet, very fine. Photo on Page 23. £150-200 |
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S.S "Groningen IV". 1945 (Jan 2) Cover with enclosed letter from Groningen to Bakhuizen, redirected to Bussum, franked 7 1/2c, waterstained, bearing the explanatory label "STAATSBEDRIJF DER PTT / Stuk, afkomstig uit het s.s. "Groningen IV", / dat einde 1944 op het Ijsselmeer is gezonken / en thans is gelicht.", with a Bakhuizen c.d.s (Dec 17). The "Groningen IV" collided with "Jan Nieveen" on the Ijsselmeer and sank on the morning of January 8th whilst plying her regular route from Amsterdam to Lemmer, fourteen people dying. The vessel was raised in September 1946 and the mail recovered, after 20 months under water. A fine cover, the explanatory label incorrectly giving the year of the wreck as "1944". Photo on Page 25. £80-100Germany and Austria |
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| P.S "Stadt Lindau". 1887 (Oct 8) Complete copy of the "Ostschweizerisches Wochenblatt" newspaper with a printed wrapper to Memmingen endorsed "aus dem versunkenen schiff v. 8/X" and bearing a "LINDAU" c.d.s (Nov. 22), also bearing another label (applied with a piece of stamp edging) explaining that it was recovered from the "Stadt Lindau" which sank on October 8th after being rammed by the Austrian steamer "Habsburg". The "Stadt Lindau" sank outside Lindau harbour on Lake Constance with the loss of three lives, and was raised the following month when some mails were evidently recovered. The only recorded item of mail from this wreck. Photo on Page 25. £700-900 |
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S.S "Milano". 1893 (Jan 6) Cover from Vienna to an Austrian sailor at Pola, redirected to the S.M.S "Gigant" at Novara and then back to Pola, the reverse handstamped violet "Aus dem am 16 Janner 1893 gesunkenen / Postdampfer MILANO geborgen" with an endorsement explaining that it was not found for three weeks, "POLA" datestamps for January 7th and 27th. The "Milano" was en route from Mitcovich to Trieste calling at various Dalmation ports when she foundered after striking rocks near Cape Compare at the entrance to Pola Bay on the morning of January 16th. Very scarce. Photo on Page 25. £500-600Scandinavia |
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| S.S "Bore". 1899 (Dec 29) Picture postcard from Tammerfors to Norrkoping, the stamp washed off, with datestamps of Abo (Dec. 29) and Norrkoping (19 Jan. 1900), bearing the small perforated first type explanatory label "Tillhor / Angf. BORES / post.". The "Bore" left Abo bound for Stockholm via Mariehamn on December 30th but ran aground in fog and bad weather on the 31st between Soderarm and Furusund in Sweden, subsequently slipping off the rocks and sinking. Most mail was salvaged between the 10th and 22nd January, two further bags being recovered in August during salvage operations and a final bag recovered in April 1901 when the ship was finally raised and towed to Stockholm. A fine card, from the initial salvaged mail. Photo on Page 25. £130-150 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction Number 33) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 28th February 2013 | Time: | 11:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: At Stampex: Wednesday 19th-Saturday 22nd February At Argyll Etkin: Until Monday 17th February by appointment Monday 24th to Thursday 27th February 9 am to 4.30 pm and at The Regus Conference Centre: Friday 28th February 9.30 am to 11.30 am |
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