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Auction: 22022 - The Graham Booth Collection of West Indies, Transatlantic Mail and British Ship Letters
Lot: 1523

Wreck Mail
1890 (17 Feb.) envelope from Kingston, Jamaica to New York and enclosed in a bag of mail washed away in the Haughton River and subsequently recovered, the stamp floated off and the reverse with a label inscribed "This Postal Packet was contained in the Mail Bag from Kingston for New York via Port Maria, Jamaica, for despatch per S.S. "Bergenseren", which Mail Bag was washed away in the "Haughton River" near Annotto Bay, on the night of Tuesday the 18th instant, and which was subsequently recovered. Fred Sullivan, Postmaster for Jamaica. General Post Office, 21st Feb., 1890" and showing New York arrival duplex datestamp. A fine and scarce cover from this wreck. Photo

provenance:
"Dubois", July 2021

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Estimate
£400 to £500

Starting price
£200