ISLAY - LATER MAIL INC. RARE SS ST PAUL "DAMAGED [...]/SEA W...
ISLAY - LATER MAIL INC. RARE SS ST PAUL "DAMAGED [...]/SEA WATER" COVER EX USA: 1897-1979 group. Inc. 9 June 1897 env. (stamps washed off) to Bowmore ex San Francisco carried by SS St Paul which suffered a hull breach, thus v.fine "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" hs applied & "V.[crown]R./FOUND/OPEN AND/OFFICIALLY/SEALED label affixed on reverse; 1906/31 PPCs (2) ex Port Askaig; etc. (6)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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ISLAY - LATER MAIL INC. RARE SS ST PAUL "DAMAGED [...]/SEA WATER" COVER EX USA: 1897-1979 group. Inc. 9 June 1897 env. (stamps washed off) to Bowmore ex San Francisco carried by SS St Paul which suffered a hull breach, thus v.fine "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" hs applied & "V.[crown]R./FOUND/OPEN AND/OFFICIALLY/SEALED label affixed on reverse; 1906/31 PPCs (2) ex Port Askaig; etc. (6)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA