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Auction: 22026 - Stamps and Covers of Asia featuring the Peter Cockburn FRPSL Collection of Malaya B.M.A.
Lot: 321

India
Covers and Cancellations
Wreck and Crash Mail
Maritime
1862 (Nov.) envelope (stamp floated off) to London, marked "Via Marseilles", showing good to fine strike of framed "Saved from the wreck of/the Colombo", also showing curved framed "india paid" and London Paid arrival c.d.s. (16.1.63), both in red; some faults as to be expected. Photo

Note: On 19 November the P&O steamer "Colombo" foundered in heavy rain on Minicoy Island in the Laccadives

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