DISASTERS AT SEA COLLECTION: A large env. containing a well ...

Hammer

£320

DISASTERS AT SEA COLLECTION: A large env. containing a well written-up display collection of covers, PPCs & stamps related to ships lost at sea. Includes Titanic inc. signed by survivors Bertram & Millvina Dean, Eva Hart & Gerald Nummi; Empress of Ireland sunk in 1914 off Canada with a loss of over 1,000 lives stampless envelope with cachet 'Recovered by divers from wreck of SS Empress of Ireland' in purple; Lusitania inc. env. signed by survivor Avis Foley ; Athenia letter on headed paper; Empress of Britain PPC signed by survivor G. Boyd; HMS Hood Illustrated envelopes signed by survivors A.E. Briggs & R.E. Tilburn; SS Andorra Star 1933 PPC with purple handstamp; Princess Victoria stampless env. with purple 'Damaged by Sea water' cachet; Herald of Free Enterprise 1980 cover with cachet; HMS Ark Royal signed by Sir W. Gartwaite one of the pilots who torpedoed the Bismark. [Ex Ken Norris] (several 100's) Cross Reference: SHIPS/SHIPPING, PICTURE POSTCARDS