SHIP WRECK MAIL - HOLD FIRE ONBOARD SS COMORIN AT COLOMBO & ...

Hammer

£160

SHIP WRECK MAIL - HOLD FIRE ONBOARD SS COMORIN AT COLOMBO & SS TAHITI SINKING; 26 Feb. 1930 env. Willaura Vic. to Worcester with tied 1½d. red and a fine boxed purple "DAMAGED BY FIRE / ON / S.S. COMORIN" hs; 21 Feb. 1930 env. Brisbane to London with on the reverse a v. fine "DAMAGED BY FIRE / ON / S.S. COMORIN" hs; 1930 PPC Auckland to Austria carried on the SS Tahiti with fine purple "DAMAGED BY SEA / WATER" hs, etc. Good group. (9 items) Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA, CEYLON/SRI LANKA, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL