Lot 9
DISASTER MAIL: 1862 mourning envelope...

Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5938
Auction: 22 November 2022 at 00:00 GMT
£220
Description
DISASTER MAIL: 1862 mourning envelope from Melbourne with stamp floated off, carried firstly by the ''S.S. Bombay'' to Ceylon before being transferred to the ''S.S. Colombo'' which foundered on Minicoy Island (Indian Ocean) superbly struck by ''Saved from the Wreck of the Colombo'' framed h/s with London arrival cds DE 31 with Melbourne cds for OC 25, with two flaps missing, still very scarce.

