Lot 44
DISASTER MAIL: All World collection...
Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5938
Auction: 22 November 2022 at 00:00 GMT
Estimate: £5,000 - £6,000
Description
DISASTER MAIL: All World collection 1803-1972 collection or disaster/wreck mail well researched and written-up collection on pages housed in two lever arched files, each cover accompanied by the story of the incidents, identified markings and cachets, postmasters' labels and an ambulance cover, many examples with stamps floated off and many covers accompanied by picture postcards of the ships which conveyed the item, some multiple examples from the same wreck and postage dues, a fascinating lot, a true labour of love and seldom offered in such quantity, a lot for the postal historian. (69)
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