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Auction: 6034 - Maritime Wreck Covers of the World - The John Woolfe Collection
Lot: 327

Maritime Wreck Covers of the World North America — picture postcard from Princetown to Peru showing a fine strike of the very rare "Recovered from S.S. Finance June 16," in magenta at a date nearly seven months after the sinking and believed to come from a further bag of mail discovered later. One of only two items recorded with the straight-line cachet. Photo Estimate £ 1,200-1,500

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£600