By: Argyll Etkin Ltd
lot # 273 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa and canada transatlantic mail
S.S "Oregon". 1886 (Mar 5) 1⁄2d Brown newspaper wrapper from London to Boston, the reverse covered by the large explanatory label "POST OFFICE, / Boston, Mass. / This mail has just / been recovered from the / Wreck of the Steamer / "Oregon." / E.S. TOBEY, / Postmaster.". Just two examples of this Boston label have been recorded. A rare item and an exceptional use on a newspaper wrapper. Photo on Page 53.
Suggested price: £ 800-1,000
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