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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4132

South African Maritime Mail from 1677
The "Joachim" Collection
Wreck Covers
1973 (29 June) M.V. Good Hope Castle abandoned after fire in engine room shortly after leaving Ascension, prepaid wrapper (255x110mm.) from St. Albans to Cape Town showing two fine strikes of the rare "damaged by fire/ss goodhope cle" cachet in magenta; vessel subsequently towed to Antwerp by salvage tug Albatross with recovered mail handled by British Post Office. Fewer than ten items recorded

provenance:
Robin Gwynn

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Sold for
£180

Starting price
£180