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Auction: 7014 - Europe & Overseas
Lot: 1502

Wreck Covers 1940 S.S. "Vidar" envelope from Halifax to Denmark showing a fine strike of the straight-line "Beskadiget af Søvend" cachet in violet; 1940 S.S. "Eros" envelope from Canada and 1941 S.S. "Alhena" envelope from London, both showing "salved from the sea" cachets (the first in violet); 1942 envelope from New South Wales to England, censored and with "damaged by/sea water" cachet in violet, 1942 long envelope from India to London with similar smaller cachet, and 1945 S.S. "Scythia" long envelope from Toronto to England with "damaged by fire & water" cachet in violet Estimate £ 200-250

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£100