£400
SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL CARRIED ON THE WRECK OF THE EMEU; 11 Sep. 1857 env. 'Supplementary mail/per S.S.Emeu' to Ireland franked pair 6d Diadem, four very close to good margins with Sydney bar cancels and London Paid cds on front. Rear with Sydney, Dublin and Carlow d.s. Carried on the Emeu from Melbourne which struck a reef in the Red Sea off the coast of Sudan causing a delay of nine days. Rare supplementary mail paid to meet an already departed ship - eight examples on mail to GB recorded by us. Illustrated by Tabeart (2004) at page 175
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