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Auction: 6034 - Maritime Wreck Covers of the World - The John Woolfe Collection
Lot: 350

Maritime Wreck Covers of the World North America 1940 (7 June) S.S. "Eros", torpedoed by the German submarine U-48 of the north-west coast of Ireland, 6 May R.P.S. illustrated envelope to Vancouver, bearing 1940 Centenary set used on day of issue and showing fine "salved from the sea." Type 4 (private) cachet, applied after the covers had been sent to Canada and were being returned to the U.K. Estimate £ 40-50

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