£130
WRECK OF THE EMEU; 31 Aug. 1857 env. 'per Emeu/via Marseilles' to Devon franked 1/- Octagonal, cut square, tied by b/n '4' with Sandhurst, Melbourne, London, Barnstaple and Lynton d.s. on rear or front. The Emeu ran aground in the Red Sea near Jeddah with her mails eventually picked up by the Madras nearly a month later. Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, VICTORIA, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, SHIPS/SHIPPING
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