THE JOHN LEA COLLECTION OF CRASH & WRECK MAIL continued...
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 401 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - NETHERLANDS & FRENCH MAILS - SS SUSSEX TORPEDOED: 1915-16 mails inc. 28 Aug. 1915 env. Sgravenhage to London with
fine boxed purple "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER" hs, one of two from this incident recorded by Hoggarth plus pair 1916 env. to Bombay or Calcutta (stamps floated off) from SS Sussex which was torpedoed by U-29 between Dieppe & Folkestone with
fine boxed purple "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER" hs. Interesting trio. Cross Reference: INDIA, NETHERLANDS, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £380.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 402 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - SS NORWEGIAN "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" ETC. HANDSTAMPS; 1917 five envs. from USA displaying four different types of
hand stamp inc. New York to London (stamp floated off) with boxed purple "DAMAG D BY S A WAT R" missing "E" type with reverse flaps resealed by Parcel Post label; PPC Vicksburg to London with "DAMAGED BY S A WATER" hs; 2c PS env Pasadena to
Glasgow with "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" hs and env. (stamp floated off) Philadelphia to Norwich with boxed lilac "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/ IN SEA WATER" hs etc. (5 items) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 403 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - SS LOUIS V EX SALONICA AND SS KENILWORTH CASTLE EX S. AFRICA: Trio inc. 1917 long OHMS env. to London ex mail from
Salonica carried by French SS Louis V. This probably an "ambulance" env. but struck with three red boxed purple "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER IS" hs; much travelled 1917 env. originally posted Kenegha Drift to Le Havre; returned to S. Africa,
readdressed and put onboard SS Kenilworth Castle to England when the ship collided with a destroyer escort setting off 2 depth charges which damaged Kenilworth's hull. The ship made it to Plymouth where the mails were landed and the env. was struck
with a boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER" hs plus French 1917 Postes, Telegraphes et Telephones env. endorsed "accident de mer" used as "ambulance" for mails originating in Yokohama. (3 items) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL,
CRASH/WRECK MAIL, SOUTH AFRICA, GREECE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
CLOSED
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 404 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - SUNK BY MINE OFF BOMBAY - SS MONGOLIA; Pair 1917 env. to Bombay or Calcutta with fine oval "ACCIDENT AT
SEA/MONGOLIA/23 6 17/*" hs with receiving ds on the reverse. The mails were not recovered from the sunken Mongolia but it is believed that some mail bags may have floated to the surface from the wreckage. (2 items) Cross Reference: MARITIME
MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, INDIA (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £180.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 405 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - TRAGIC LOSS OF THE SS LEINSTER BY TORPEDO: 10 Oct. 1918 env. Limerick to Bordeaux (stamp floated off) officially
resealed with fine boxed Type 1 purple "SALVED FROM/S.S. "LEINSTER"" cachet. The Leinster was torpedoed by U-123 the first torpedo hitting the mail room; she sank with a large loss of life. One bag of mail was washed up on the Isle of Man. Few covers
are recorded from this incident; scarce thus. (Ex Hoggarth) Cross Reference: FRANCE, IRELAND, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL
(Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £550.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 406 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - TWICE TORPEDOED MAILS FROM SS KINGSTONIAN; 1918 group inc. EEF env. (opened to display) with typed label on
reverse "RE POSTAL SECTION / LONDON ... Damaged by immersion / in sea water / through enemy action"; env. Alexandria to France with on the reverse "BATEAU NAUFRAGE" hs; PPC & env. Cairo to London with boxed purple "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN WATER"
hs; env. (poor condition) Cairo to Paris with fine "BATEAU NAUFRAGE MARSEILLE" hs, etc. Kingstonian was torpedoed and towed into Carloforte Roads where 18 days later she was torpedoed again. Good variety. (7 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE,
EGYPT, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 407 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - SS IMPERATOR & SS KENILWORTH CASTLE INCIDENTS: 1919 env. Canada to Surrey with boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN
SEA WATER" hs the incident probably caused by rough seas experienced by Imperator when crossing the Atlantic; 1918 pair env. registered from S Africa to London or Richmond both carried by the SS Kenilworth Castle that collided with a destroyer escort
causing depth charges to explode damaging the Kenilworth. One env. struck with purple "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER" hs and the other endorsed "Salved from / Submerged Mail". (3 items) Cross Reference: CANADA, FRANCE, CRASH/WRECK MAIL,
SOUTH AFRICA (Image)
(Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 408 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - FURTHER MAILS FROM THE SS KALYAN; 1921-28 Trio 1921 inc. env. India to Camberley with fine boxed "DAMAGED BY
IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER I.S". hs; 10 Mar. env. S. Africa to London with small purple boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA / WATER" hs and 18 Mar. env. Bandar Abbas to Marseille (stamp floated off) with on the reverse fine blue "ACCIDENT de Mer / COURRIER INONDE"
hs also 1928 PPC Siena to India with fire damage and struck with purple "DAMAGED BY F(IRE) / IN EGYPT" hs. (4 items) Cross Reference: INDIA, FRANCE, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 409 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - FIRE AT FALMOUTH ONBOARD THE SS INGOMA; 6 May 1921 env. Brussels to Paramaribo, Surinam (stamp floated off) with
fine boxed Type 1 "DAMAGED/BY FIRE" cachet both on the front and on the resealing labels on the reverse. The hold fire whilst loading at Falmouth was extinguished by flooding the compartment and the mails were returned to London for drying. Four
covers so far recorded. Scarce. (Ex Hoggarth) Cross Reference: BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS COLONIES, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL
(Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 410 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - MAILS FROM THE SS KALYAN; 1921 Trio inc. env. Kigowa, E. Africa to Paris (stamp floated off) with v. fine Type 6
"ACCIDENT EN MER / CORRESPONDANCE INDONEE" hs; Mar. 1921 envs. Burma to Marseille and Syria to Paris both with similar fine Type 6 hs. An attractive trio. Cross Reference: INDIA, BURMA, FRANCE, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £180.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 411 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - GROUNDING OF THE SS VILLE DE LIEGE AT DOVER; Pair inc. 1929 printed env. Budapest to London with v. fine "DAMAGED
BY SEA/WATER" hs and on the reverse a tied 40f. blue & deep blue (SG472) plus 1929 printed env. Vienna to London with similar fine "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER" hs.The Ville de Liege grounded and settled close to Dover harbour, the mails being recovered the
following day by the crew. (2 items) (Image)
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Starting at £ 95
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 412 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - HOLD FIRE ONBOARD SS COMORIN AT COLOMBO & SS TAHITI SINKING; 26 Feb. 1930 env. Willaura Vic. to Worcester with
tied 1½d. red and a fine boxed purple "DAMAGED BY FIRE / ON / S.S. COMORIN" hs; 21 Feb. 1930 env. Brisbane to London with on the reverse a v. fine "DAMAGED BY FIRE / ON / S.S. COMORIN" hs; 1930 PPC Auckland to Austria carried on the SS Tahiti with
fine purple "DAMAGED BY SEA / WATER" hs, etc. Good group. (9 items) Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA, CEYLON/SRI LANKA, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 413 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - WWII MAILS SS VIDAR, SS VENIZA EX ARGENTINE, SS GRONINGEN IV, ETC: 1940-45 mails inc. 1940 env. Sheffield to
Denmark on SS Vidar bombed and sunk by German aircraft east of the Moray Firth, recovered mail with purple "Beskadiget af Sovand" hs; 1942 env. Bombay to England with "Opened by Censor" tape and purple boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" hs; 1943 env.
Buenos Aires to London probably onboard Swedish SS Veniza, attacked by U-513 with large purple "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER" hs; 1945 pair env. to S'gravenhage carried onboard the SS Groningen IV with printed "STAATSBEDRIJF DER PTT / Stuk, afkomstig uit
het s.s. "Groningen IV". / dat einde 1944 op het Ijesselmeer is gezonken / en thans is gelicht." label, etc. Good selection. (8 items) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, INDIA, ARGENTINA (Image)
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Starting at £ 120
SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 414 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - WWII CANADA & JAPANESE MAILS: 1940 group inc. trio May dated env. Canada to Bristol etc. carried onboard SS Eros
ex Montreal and torpedoed by U-48 NW of Ireland with fine "SALVED FROM THE SEA" hs; env. Japan to Sussex via SS Heian Maru from Kobe to Vancouver thence rail to Montreal where it was loaded on to the ill fated SS Eros, struck with v. fine "SALVED
FROM THE SEA" hs; env. Vancouver to Ipswich carried on the Eros but with purple "Recovered from the Sea" hs struck at Dublin rather than Liverpool; env. Toronto to Birmingham, GB (stamp floated off) with fine lilac "SALVED FROM THE SEA" hs, etc. (8
items) Cross Reference: CANADA, JAPAN, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 415 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - WWII MAILS SS ALHENA & IOW FERRY INCIDENTS: 1941 group inc. env. London to Athens; SS Alhena carrying the mails
grounded near County Down with purple "SALVED FROM THE SEA", boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER" and boxed "NO SERVICE / RETURN TO SENDER" hs's; Westminster Bank env. to Tel Aviv on same vessel with large "SALVED FROM / THE SEA" hs; pair of envs. to Isle Of
Wight carried on the I.O.W. Ferry Portsdown which struck a mine sinking on a sand bank, both with fine purple "DAMAGED AS A RESULT / OF ENEMY ACTION" hs, etc. (6 items) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, GREECE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 416 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - 1950's WORLD MIX INC. USA, BAHAMAS, FINLAND, CANADA, ETC.: 1950-56 group inc. 1950 env. New York to Sudan damaged
by fuel oil when SS Excalibur had a collision in NY Harbour: 1950 Airmail env. & "ambulance" env. Turku to London - first part of journey by sea - with scarce violet "Damaged by water at the grounding / of the s/s Bore I on the 6.4. 1950, / during
her voyage from Turku to / Stockholm"; 1952 OHMS env. Nassau, Bahamas to London with "(crown) PAID / AT / BAHAMAS" hs and v. fine purple boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA / WATER" hs; 1953 large env. Chicago to Hawaii with fire damage caused when the Hawaiian
inter-island barge caught fire with purple "DAMAGED BY FIRE ON SHIP / HONOLULU, HAWAII" hs; 1955 env. Canada to Hong Kong with fine "re DAMAGED IN SHIP FIRE / AT SEATTLE" hs caused by welding to repair the MV Ocean Mail, after a collision, etc. Good
variety. (6 items) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, BAHAMAS (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 417 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - LOSS OF THE IRISH SEA FERRY SS PRINCESS VICTORIA: 30 Jan. 1953 env. Scunthorpe to Larne N. Ireland (stamp floated
off) carried onboard the SS Princess Victoria. Heavy seas broke open the bow doors and the Victoria sank with the loss of 133 lives. Mail bags were washed ashore weeks later. Mails were cancelled with a makeshift purple "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER" hs.
(2 items + press cuttings). Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, IRELAND (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 418 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - GROUNDING OF THE SS STAR OF MALTA; 1955 env. to Malta with fine Type 2 "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER / EX "STAR OF MALTA"
29.7.55" hs. Reverse secured by part P144B "Found damaged" brown tape tied by two 1 Aug. 1955 Valetta cds. The Star of Malta ran aground in thick fog off Sliema, the Captain was held to be totally responsible. Cross Reference: ITALY, MALTA,
MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 419 |
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 SHIP WRECK MAIL - WORLDWIDE MAILS INC SUEZ CANAL DELAYED MAILS: 1967-81 group inc 1967 env. Trinidad to Watford onboard SS American
Charger which had a fire whilst at Le Havre and mails subsequently damaged by fire-fighting water with green boxed "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER I.S." hs; 1967 env. or PPC Pakistan to GB carried by SS North Wind but delayed due to Suez Canal crisis with
typed label "Post Office regrets that/ delay has been caused by / SS North Wind being held / in Suez Canal"; 1970's PPC Innsbruck to Auckland with purple generic "RECEIVED AT WELLINGTON / EX VESSEL Samoa / DAMAGED BY WATER" hs, little know about this
incident but only two items recorded to date; 1981 env. Ilfracombe to Petersfield ex Lundy with red oval "LUNDY / DELAYED BY STORM" hs etc. (7 items) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, TRINIDAD, FIJI, PAKISTAN (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
| 420 |
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 AIR CRASH MAIL - CANADA & USA: 1921 charred env. carried on on an east bound mail plane crashing at Rock Springs with fine purple
"THIS LETTER SALVAGED FROM AIR MAIL/PLANE WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AT/ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING, MAY 5, 1921/POSTMASTER, CHEYENNE, WYO." cachet; 1924 env. (signed by pilot) ex Estevan to Winnipeg franked strip of 3 x 1c Admiral stamps + large red
"First Saskatchewan Aerial Mail" $1 label carried by Curtiss JN-4 which crashed due to engine over heating, and another similar env. without $1 label. (3 covers)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, CANADA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR MAIL
COVERS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Mar-05, 03:00 AM |
