Worldwide Stamps & Postal History THE DR DAVID BALL COLLECTION - QEII PERIOD MAIL
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 761
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STAR OF MALTA WRECK MAIL; 24 July 1955 PPC to Malta ex Rome (stamp missing) with "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER/EX "STAR OF MALTA" 29.7.1955" cachet on front plus a four photographs of the ship being salvaged and a loose damaged KGVI 2/6d apparently carried on a ship that sunk in 1947. (PC, 4 photos + 1 stamp) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, PICTURE POSTCARDS, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, INDIA (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
Closed..Jun-02-2021, 13:01:53 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 763
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MIXTURE INC. P.DUE, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS ETC; Large range inc. 1955 airmail env. to London franked QEII 3d with repairs at top and "FOUND POSTED/IN THIS CONDITION" h.s. on front, 1957 env. to San Francisco franked 3d with "RETURNED TO ORIGIN.....PRESUMED TO CONTAIN LOTTERY LITERATURE" h.s. on rear, c1975 book post front to Malta ex India with Calcutta reg. label affixed and "RECEIVED IN/THIS CONDITION" h.s. on front, 1977 airmail front and part back ex Canada with "RECEIVED BY/SURFACE MAIL" h.s. on front, 1979 small local env. to Sliema franked 1c with "NOT TRANSMISSIBLE/SIZE UNDER/90 x 140mm" h.s. on front and other related examples. (c100 items) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, AIR MAIL COVERS, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)
