£240
SHIP WRECK MAIL - SS IMPERATOR & SS KENILWORTH CASTLE INCIDENTS: 1919 env. Canada to Surrey with boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER" hs the incident probably caused by rough seas experienced by Imperator when crossing the Atlantic; 1918 pair env. registered from S Africa to London or Richmond both carried by the SS Kenilworth Castle that collided with a destroyer escort causing depth charges to explode damaging the Kenilworth. One env. struck with purple "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER" hs and the other endorsed "Salved from / Submerged Mail". (3 items) Cross Reference: CANADA, FRANCE, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, SOUTH AFRICA
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