Shipwreck Photographs The Isles of Scilly The 'ss.Brinkburn'...

Hammer

£190

Shipwreck Photographs The Isles of Scilly The 'ss.Brinkburn' aground on Maiden Bower, Bryher, 15th December 1898, F.E. Gibson stamp to verso; The 'River Lune' on Muncoy Neck, Annet, 27th August 1879, postcard backed onto card; The bow of 'ss.Plympton' St. Agnes, 22nd August 1906, Gibson Stamp to verso; The Italian barque'Rosa Tacchini' aground on Paper Ledge at the entrance to Tresco Flats, 22nd November 1872, F.E. Gibson stamp to verso; The Panamanian Liberty Ship of WW2 'Mando' driven aground on Golden Ball Bar between Tresco and St. Martins, 21st January 1955, F.E. Gibson stamp to verso; Divers exploring the wreck of the 'MV Poleire' shortly after it sank on Kettle Rock, April 1970; 'ss.Castleford' Western Rocks, 1887, backed onto card; The barque 'Minnihaha' driven ashore on Hell Bay, Brhyer, 18th January 1874, Gibson stamp to verso; A bewildered cow wandering around the rocks of Crebawethan, one of the 250 animals rescued from the wreck of the 'ss.Castleford' on 8th June 1887, Gibson stamp to verso, tissue guard; Submerged wreck of the 'T.W. Lawson', of Annet, 14th February 1907, F.E. Gibson stamp to verso; A photograph of the crew and cargo of the 'Brinkburn' on st. Mary's quay, 1898, F.E. Gibson stamp to verso; An early Penzance to Scillies packet, the paddle steamer 'Earl of Arran', ashore on Irishman's Ledge, Nornour, 16th July 1872, F.E. Gibson stamp to verso; Divers and crew looking at coins found on the 'Hollandia', partial identities annotated to verso, with another showing crew onshore examining Pillar Dollars and Ducatoon coins; The 'ss.Castleford' ashore on Crebawethan with Bishop Rock Lighthouse in the background, 8th June 1887, F.E. Gibson stamp to verso; The 'ss.Earl of Lonsdale', ashore on St. Agnes, 8th June 1887, Gibson stamp to verso; With many other photographs and postcards, too many to list. (Q)