£190
SHIP WRECK MAIL - WWII MAILS SS VIDAR, SS VENIZA EX ARGENTINE, SS GRONINGEN IV, ETC: 1940-45 mails inc. 1940 env. Sheffield to Denmark on SS Vidar bombed and sunk by German aircraft east of the Moray Firth, recovered mail with purple "Beskadiget af Sovand" hs; 1942 env. Bombay to England with "Opened by Censor" tape and purple boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" hs; 1943 env. Buenos Aires to London probably onboard Swedish SS Veniza, attacked by U-513 with large purple "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER" hs; 1945 pair env. to S'gravenhage carried onboard the SS Groningen IV with printed "STAATSBEDRIJF DER PTT / Stuk, afkomstig uit het s.s. "Groningen IV". / dat einde 1944 op het Ijesselmeer is gezonken / en thans is gelicht." label, etc. Good selection. (8 items) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, INDIA, ARGENTINA
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