£150
WRECK OF THE COLOMBO SALVAGED MAIL; 25 Oct. 1862 env. 'via Marseilles (few peripheral faults) to Edinburgh, solo franking washed away (probably 1/- Octagonal) with part Melbourne duplex and London Paid d.s. on front. Rear with superb strike of the framed "Saved from the wreck of/the Colombo." and Prestonpans d.s. Carried on the Bombay from Melbourne to Galle and Colombo for Suez but wrecked on Minicoy Is. and explanatory cachet applied in London. example of this famous incident. Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL
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