£120
S.S "Mongolia". 1917 Cover from England to a soldier at Quetta, water damaged with part flap missing and the stamp washed off, backstamped at Bombay (June 28) and Quetta with violet oval "ACCIDENT AT SEA / MONGOLIA / 23 6 17", also a 1908 card of the ship. The "Mongolia" struck a mine 58 miles from Bombay and sank, with the loss of 33 lives.
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