Lot 32
Peru: 1908 picture postcard from...

Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5938
Auction: 22 November 2022 at 00:00 GMT
Estimate: £500 - £600
Description
Peru: 1908 picture postcard from Dublin, addressed to Callao, Lima Peru, carried aboard the ''S.S Finance'' which collided with the ''S.S. Georgic'' in dense fog close to Sandy Hook, New York and sunk, with adhesive floated off, bearing type 1 label inscribed ''The piece of mail herewith was recovered from the wreck of the Steamer Finance, which was sunk through collision with Steamer Georgic, Thursday, Nov 26, 1908", with Peru arrival h/s at top, and faint mark on reverse, very rare, with less than twenty items of mail recorded

