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Auction: 6034 - Maritime Wreck Covers of the World - The John Woolfe Collection
Lot: 366

Maritime Wreck Covers of the World North America 1955 (30 Nov.) M.V. "Ocean Mail", fire broke out in the mail room when an adjacent bulkhead was being welded following a collision with "Arizona" in the Colombia River on 30 November, 14 November envelope (a little charred) from Vancouver to Port Dickson, Malaysia, bearing 2c. with slogan d.s. and showing a good strike of the "damaged in ship fire/at seattle". Photo Estimate £ 200-250Note: The ship was able to resume it´s journey to Malayasia without the damaged mail which was returned to Vancouver where the Post Office sorted it out and applied the "Damaged" cachet

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