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36295_744
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Xtras
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Item Information
Record Type:
Auction Catalogues & Private Treaty
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Item Sub Title:
Who Name:
Swarbrick (vendor)
Date:
29 Sep 1995
Number:
Sale: 501
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 Pages: 177 Size: 4 MB
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Sale Lot/Reference
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Title:
Lot 744 THE RARE WORLD WAR ONE "Observed to be/IN BAD CONDITION/G.P.O. JAMAICA" MARK; 31st March 1918 stampless "O.A.S." env. from an A.P.O. (in Egypt?) addressed to "Port Antonio, Jamaica" with a v. fine boxed (London?) "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" on the front, also having a mostly fine strike of the previously unrecorded Jamaica "BAD CONDITION" mark on the reverse with a near complete red wax "PORT ANTONIO/JAMAICA" bagseal. Rare; with a relevant BCPJ article and details of one other
Key Words:
Jamaica CRASH & WRECK MAIL
Description:
similar cover. Also a PPC of the ship (the "Kingstonia", that had carried the letter and been holed by a torpedo near Sardinia, and Astley Clerk's original notes about this cover. (2 covers). PHOTO
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Est: £100 Real: £120
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