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Auction: 18009 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series
Lot: 1958

Great Britain
Postal History
1817 (5 June) entire leter from Brighton to Messrs. Huth & Co. in London, endorsed on the reverse Bilboena, stranded at Rottingdean 5 June, 1817/J.B. Stone Agent to Lloyds, with Brighton "Traveller" datestamp and "brighton/penny post" handstamp, London arrival of 6 June on reverse. The letter is from the master of the ship and describes the circumstances surrounding the ship being driven ashore near Rottingdean. Fine. A famous and important entire. The earliest known cover with an official inscription identifying it with a wreck. Photo

Literature:
Illustrated and described on pages 1 and 2 of "A History of Wreck Covers" by A..E. Hopkins

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Estimate
£3,000 to £3,500