£150
SHIP WRECK MAIL - GERMAN POW MAIL FROM THE TORPEDOING OF THE SS HESPERIAN BY GERMAN U-BOAT; 1915 (6 Sep.) env. Geestemunde to Amhurst Canada addressed to a German POW with "POST FREE" h.s. with part overstruck "RECOVERED FROM SS HESPERIA(N)" hs. The Hesperian was torpedoed by U20 and the attempt to tow her to a harbour failed and she sank; how the mails were recovered is unknown. Very few recorded and scarce thus. (Ex Hoggarth) Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, CANADA, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL
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