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Auction: 6034 - Maritime Wreck Covers of the World - The John Woolfe Collection
Lot: 334

Maritime Wreck Covers of the World North America 1913 (18 Dec.) S.S. "Jeanie", ran on to the rocks off Calvert Island, Queen Charlotte Sound, in dense fog, envelope from Maryland (bearing Canada 5c. from another cover) to Fairbanks, Alaska and redirected to Seattle, showing a largely fine strike of the "Damaged & Delayed by/sinking of S.S. Jeanie/In Queen Charlotte/Sound B.C. Dec 18 1913" cachet in purple, private arrival d.s. (8.2) on reverse. The only example recorded. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-2,000

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