Lot 8
DISASTER MAIL: 1859 entire letter from...

Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5938
Auction: 22 November 2022 at 00:00 GMT
£260
Description
DISASTER MAIL: 1859 entire letter from Port Albert, Victoria to England, carried by ''S.S. Northam'' bearing Melbourne mark and Port Albert, Victoria crowned oval for JY 15, the ship was stranded on the Shab-barger Reef near Jeddah in the Red Sea, backstamped by Newton Abbot arrival for SP 19, scarce.

