Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 16
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Italian Colonies - Eritrea: 1936 picture postcard from Italy to Somalia, with stamp floated off carried by the ''S.S Cesare Battisti'' which was disembarking passengers at Massawa when the vessel's boiler exploded killing twenty-six people and seriously injuring over a hundred more; the ship sank and came to rest at the bottom of the harbour. Bearing label in Italian vernacular translated as ''Recovered from SS Cesare Battisti Accident 21/12/1936 XV" (fifteenth year of the fascist regime), rare, stated to be only one of the TWO items known from this disaster. (Image)
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Opening GBP 320.00
Sold...GBP 350.00
Closed..Nov-22-2022, 04:00:00 EST
Sold For 350
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