£240
SHIP WRECK MAIL - INDIA/CEYLON/LONDON - "Saved from the w[reck]/of the Ava." COVER FROM INDIA TO G.B.: 10 Feb. 1858 env. (usual faults) from Calcutta to England "Via Marseilles" having had 4 stamps washed off with a red boxed "INDIA/PAID" & 11 May "LONDON/PAID" cds on the front; also having a partly fine strike of the rare "Saved from the w[reck]/of the Ava." (struck in London) on the flap. A good example of mail from this famous wreck on Pidgeon Island. Plus an 1857 E from Calcutta to Glasgow endorsed "P.Str. Ava via Marseilles". (2 covers) Cross Reference: INDIA, CEYLON/SRI LANKA, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, CRASH/WRECK MAIL
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