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Auction: 21016 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1726

South Africa
Wreck Covers
1918 (May) R.M.S. Kenilworth Castle which collided with an escorting destroyer in the English Channel en route from Cape Town to England, four items comprising registered envelope from Durban showing framed "damaged by immersion/in sea water" framed cachet in violet, two envelopes with stamps floated off, one from Cape Town with "damaged by sea water" cachet, the other from Paarl with "salved letter" in violet, and one from Curepipe, Mauritius to France franked at 24c., the face panel with "accident de service" handstamp. An interesting group

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Sold for
£220

Starting price
£200