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WRECK OF THE S.S. NORWEGIAN - MATCHED PAIR OF "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" COVERS EX U.S.A. TO G.B.: 1917 (13 Mar.) pair of envs. (one with with stamp washed off) ex New York or Los Angeles each with v. fine strikes of the black "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" cachets (both with missing letters, see Hopkins p.80). Hopkins had attributed this mark to the loss of S.S. Laconia, but it is now thought to relate to the sinking of the S.S. Norwegian by a German submarine off Ireland. Good pair. (2 covers) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GREAT BRITAIN
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