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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2117

(x) South Africa
1930 (12 Aug.) Ship-to-Shore Pigeongram
1930 (12 Aug.) ship-to-shore perforated distress pigeongram flown from the stricken vessel Ozone to the lofts of Irvin and Johnson's fishing company during the great storms off the south-east coast of East London, giving vessel name, date and time with, on reverse, "Keeping Head to sea. Lost all our Bulwarks. No immediate danger. Coming in as soon as Bar moderates", and offered with a photocopy of the newspaper report which mentions the vessel and that there are pigeons on board. The only example recorded to date. Photo

Note: Having received the message from the "Ozone" the company then asked the port authorities to try to signal another vessel, the "Galaxy", telling her to stand out to locate the "Ozone", however she was apparently too far out to be able to assist and the "Ozone" came in about an hour later under her own power

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Sold for
£260