SHIP WRECK MAIL - NEW SOUTH WALES/GIBRALTAR - RARE COVER FRO...

Hammer

£380

SHIP WRECK MAIL - NEW SOUTH WALES/GIBRALTAR - RARE COVER FROM THE STORM-DAMAGED "KINNEAR": 16 Aug 1841 EL from Sydney to England sealed with complete "New South Wales/Commissariat" red wax seal having partly fine red oval "PAID SHIP LETTER/[crown]/SYDNEY" ds on the front with red ms "3"; apparently carried by the ship "Kinnear" which ran into storms & limped into Gibraltar for repairs on 1st Dec. This cover was then transferred there to H.M.S. Aucheron but it seems that the Gibraltar P.O. noticed the official N.S.W. & applied their own red wax "Gibraltar" seal on the front which has the remnant of what is said to have been a note explaining the reason for the delay to the letter. It then reached London on 12 Dec. (cds) with a black "SHIP LETTER" across the join & a ms "8" charge. No other covers from this sailing appear to have been recorded (not noted by Peace, 2013). Very rare early wreck cover. Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, NEW SOUTH WALES, GIBRALTAR, MARITIME MAIL