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Auction: 22026 - Stamps and Covers of Asia featuring the Peter Cockburn FRPSL Collection of Malaya B.M.A.
Lot: 322

India
Covers and Cancellations
Wreck and Crash Mail
Maritime
1869 (2 Sept.) entire (stamps floated off) from Glasgow to Rangoon and redirected to Calcutta, marked "Via Marseilles" and showing, on reverse, "Recovered from the wreck of the "Carnatic" label tied by Bombay (12.11) and Calcutta (17.11) datestamps. Photo

Note: on 13 September the P&O steamer "Carnatic" ran aground off Shadwan Island at the mouth of the Gulf of Suez.

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£400

Starting price
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