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LADY EMILY packet WRECKED ON BERMUDA REEFS (June 9, 1813), Jamaica and Bermuda postal history
Newly discovered BWI wreck entire written Falmouth April 18th 1813 and marked "p the Lady Emily Packet" to John MacNishie, Midd Connadge, near Fort George, North Britain with FALMOUTH/JA and JAMAICA 21 MY 1813 fleuron struck across flap rated Paid 1/3 and 2/8 changed 2/11 (unpaid) with Add "˝" Scottish toll showing London 10 AU 1813 transit b/stamp and AUG 13 1813 arrival above address panel.
Mail from Jamaica left on the Lady Emily packet on MY 22 1813 and was wrecked on the reefs off Bermuda on June 9th 1813, all mails, passengers and crew saved (as reported Lloyds list (4791) 30 July 1813 and in the BERMUDA GAZETTE June 19, 1813). Journey time 80 days. (Mail from the wrecked Lady Emily was possibly carried home by the Duke of Montrose packet, captured and ransomed, which returned to Falmouth 10 AU 1813 - see Foster handbook Page 40). A document handed by Commander of U.S. Frigate to the Captain of the Duke of Montrose (Britnor P.90-91) "This is to certify that His Britannic Majesty’s Packet Duke of Montrose was this day captured by the U. States Frigate President under my command and that her Commander Mr Aaron Gloub Blewett did everything that was possible to make his escape consequently no degree of blame whatever is attributable to him. (Signed) G. Rodgers Comm. U.S.F. President at Sea" June 10th 1813.
£2250




WRECK of the Private Ship "ROBERT" at Egg Island, Bahamas, journey continued by "Lord Eldon"
A newly discovered wreck entire written "Nassau 11 Dec 1816" marked "Robert" changed "Lord Eldon" to Glasgow landed with PORTSMOUTH/SHIP LETTER rated 1/4 and 1/6 with poor boxed Scottish wheel tax "˝", two chisel slits, rarely found on Private Ship Letters from the BWI, struck from reverse (about 1˝ inches or 1 6/16th inches or 17mm) with (London) 13 FE 13 1817 b/stamp, Glasgow 16 FEB receiver above address panel.
Robert entered Lloyd's Register in 1815 as an American prize. Until 1822 the brig was a West Indiaman based in Liverpool and sailing to the Bahamas or Havana. Lloyd's List reported (FE 2 1817) that the "Robert", Wilkes, master, had been sailing from New Providence to Liverpool when she struck a reef off Egg Island, Bahamas, and had to put back for repairs.
£2000

FLYING BOAT CALPURNIA CRASH IN IRAQ, cover Muswell Hill to Invercargill, NEW ZEALAND postal history
1938 cover with several pages readable lengthy letter from Milly in Muswell Hill pmk'd 22 NOV 1938 to L.G. Crawford, Thomson & Beattie Ltd, Invercargill, New Zealand, stamp washed off with 2-line purple "RECEIVED IN DAMAGED CONDITION/EX FLYING BOAT CALPURNIA".
£60



Wreck of S.S. "Emeu" to Woodford, Kensington, missent Hackney, NEW SOUTH WALES postal history
1857 entire with large part content to a Mrs. Cowell, Belgrave Villa, Woodford, near London with QV 6d slate tied barred oval cancel with fine SYNEY D/SEP 10 1857 displaying upper flap and red LONDON NL/DE 7 57 on address panel, on arrival re-directed Kensington and showing manuscript "Missent to Hackney", some smaller faults.
Sent on the S.S. "Emeu" (under charter of the Australian Royal Mail Co.) which left Sydney on September 11 bound for Suez, but stranded on October 22nd in the Red Sea, on the Guttal el Bunna, a coral reef 120 miles from Jeddah. She was refloated the following day and beached for repairs near Duber Dubb finally reaching Suez on the 3rd November, the mails however having been transferred to the P.&.O S.S. "Madras" which reached Suez on the 19th November (16 days after the "Emeu"!). Paid for delivery in Southampton the cover was sent from Alexandria on the P.&.O "Ripon" arriving December 7th.
£625



Wreck of the 'Schiller' (Hoboken N.J, Scilly Isles, Germany's "Titanic"), Canada postal history
THE ONLY RECORDED WRECK COVER ORIGINATING FROM CANADA marked "Via United States" with Small Queen 2c green x 2, QV 6c brown x 2 pmk'd HALIFAX N.S. A/AP 22 75 duplex to The Manager, The Imperial Bank, Lothbury, London taken from the wrecked S.S. Schiller on the Retarrier Ledges, Scilly Isles to London where red London Paid 10 MY 75 cds applied, reverse with handwritten contemporary endorsement of "This Envelope was down in the Sr. Ship Schiller wrecked on a rock off the Scilly Isles in the month of May 1875".
Accompanied by a wonderfully easy to read pre-owned copy of "The Victorian Titanic".
£3000
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