£240
ISLE OF WIGHT - RARE P.S. PORTSDOWN "DAMAGED AS A RESULT/OF ENEMY ACTION" COVER; 19 Sept. 1941 env. (some wear & two of the original three stamps lost as usual) from Eastleigh (Hants.) to the Isle of Wight with v. fine purple "DAMAGED AS A RESULT/OF ENEMY ACTION." on the front. Rare example of this kind of Enemy Action mark on internal G.B. wartime mail; there is a theory that the mine that sank this ship with considerable loss of life was a British mine.Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, ISLE OF WIGHT
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