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Auction: 4012 - Stamps & Covers of the World featuring the E.W. Ingram Collection of E. Africa
Lot: 989

Wreck Covers — 1914 (23 May) small envelope (adhesive washed off) addressed to Worcestershire bearing a good strike of the straight-line cachet "Recovered by divers from wreck of S.S. Empress of Ireland." in turquoise, Cranbrook backstamp and with original contents announcing the birth of a baby boy. With contemporary newspaper cutting, fine and attractive. Photo Estimate £ 150-200

Sold for
£190