SHIP WRECK MAIL - WORLDWIDE MAILS INC SUEZ CANAL DELAYED MAI...

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SHIP WRECK MAIL - WORLDWIDE MAILS INC SUEZ CANAL DELAYED MAILS: 1967-81 group inc 1967 env. Trinidad to Watford onboard SS American Charger which had a fire whilst at Le Havre and mails subsequently damaged by fire-fighting water with green boxed "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER I.S." hs; 1967 env. or PPC Pakistan to GB carried by SS North Wind but delayed due to Suez Canal crisis with typed label "Post Office regrets that/ delay has been caused by / SS North Wind being held / in Suez Canal"; 1970's PPC Innsbruck to Auckland with purple generic "RECEIVED AT WELLINGTON / EX VESSEL Samoa / DAMAGED BY WATER" hs, little know about this incident but only two items recorded to date; 1981 env. Ilfracombe to Petersfield ex Lundy with red oval "LUNDY / DELAYED BY STORM" hs etc. (7 items) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, TRINIDAD, FIJI, PAKISTAN