£360
S.S "Berlin". 1907 G.B 1d Postcard and the address label from a parcel of samples, both from Leeds to Amsterdam, both recovered from the Great Eastern Railway Steamer "Berlin" which was wrecked at the entrance to the River Maas with the loss of 165 lives. Both handstamped "BESCHADIGD DOOR RAMP / HARWICH BOOT" (first "B" inverted on the postcard), the parcel label also with a partial strike of the scarce large cachet "(BESCHADIGD) / WEGENS RAMP / HARWICH-BOOT", also a postcard of the wreck, the parcel label water damaged. (3).
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