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Auction: 4012 - Stamps & Covers of the World featuring the E.W. Ingram Collection of E. Africa
Lot: 970

Wreck Mail 1886 'Oregon' (Cunard): envelope (stamp missing) sent from Aberdeen to New York bearing the salvage label dated July 6th 1886, "This piece is a portion of the mail forwarded from Queenstown, Ireland, per steamer oregon on March 7th, and damaged by the sinking of that vessel off Fire Island on March 14th. Recovered from the wreck July 1-4"; also a printed envelope from London to new York "per 'Oregon' s/s", the adhesive has washed off and the reverse is with New York Paid dates 1886 (12 Apr.) and would have been in one of the mail bags saved by the North German Lloyd liner 'Fulda' which arrived in time to save all on board and a proportion of the mail. A good pair of covers. Photo Estimate £ 250-300

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£180