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Lot 742 THE "S.S. AILSA" WRECK; 27th Feb. 1896 env. (understandable faults and tears & stamp washed off) from "WATKINS/N.Y." to Old Harbour, Jamaica with a complete Jamaica P.O. label on the reverse; "This article of Mail matter has been recovered from the wreck of S.S. "Ailsa" which sunk in New York Harbour on 29th February, 1896. GEO. H. PEARCE, P.M. Jamaica. G.P.O. Jamaica, 17th April, 1896." Rare and spectacular. PHOTO