SHIP WRECK MAIL - WWII CANADA & JAPANESE MAILS: 1940 group i...

Hammer

£190

SHIP WRECK MAIL - WWII CANADA & JAPANESE MAILS: 1940 group inc. trio May dated env. Canada to Bristol etc. carried onboard SS Eros ex Montreal and torpedoed by U-48 NW of Ireland with fine "SALVED FROM THE SEA" hs; env. Japan to Sussex via SS Heian Maru from Kobe to Vancouver thence rail to Montreal where it was loaded on to the ill fated SS Eros, struck with v. fine "SALVED FROM THE SEA" hs; env. Vancouver to Ipswich carried on the Eros but with purple "Recovered from the Sea" hs struck at Dublin rather than Liverpool; env. Toronto to Birmingham, GB (stamp floated off) with fine lilac "SALVED FROM THE SEA" hs, etc. (8 items) Cross Reference: CANADA, JAPAN, MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL