£170
S.S "Empress of Ireland". 1914 (May 21) Cover from Vancouver to England, the stamp washed off and a little water damage to right edge, handstamped violet "Recovered by divers from wreck of S.S Empress of Ireland" with matching oval "BRANCH DEAD LETTER OFFICE / OTTAWA ONT" datestamp (Oct 7). "The Empress of Ireland", bound from Quebec to Liverpool, was struck by the collier "Storstadt" in the St Lawrence Seaway near Father Point, on the night of May 28th in thick fog. The "Empress of Ireland" sank within 15 minutes with the loss of over 1,000 lives. Some mail was subsequently recovered by divers, this letter backstamped in Ottawa nearly 19 weeks after the sinking. Photo on Page 130.
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