usa - east coast - Stamp Auctions
Lot 238 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryBrig "Phoebe Ann". 1822 (Apr 18) Entire letter from "Balize, mouth of the Mississippi River" to Toughkeepsie, N.Y with red New York c.d.s (May 6) and "SHIP", charged 12c, endorsed "Ship Ohio, Capt. Gifford". The writer reports how in attempting to go to sea in a strong wind "Phoebe Ann" got on the bar and was holed, probably by the anchor of a previous wreck, and took on water in the hold; the cotton was saved but all other cargo was thrown overboard before the ship was finally refloated. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast |
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 Lot 254 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.S "Santa Elisa". 1942 (Jan 15) Stampless cover from Annapolis, Md., to U.S.S "Warrington" in New York, with the violet cachet "RECOVERED FROM / SS SANTA ELISA". The "Santa Elisa" left New York on January 16th for the Canal Zone but collided with S.S "San Jose" off Atlantic City the following day. The United Fruit Co. steamer "San Jose" sank whilst No. 1 hold on the "Santa Elisa" stove in and caught fire. This was extinguished and she put back to New York in tow, arriving on January 19th. A fine cover. Photo on Page 46. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast |
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 Lot 249 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.S "Finance". 1908 (Nov 17) Post Office Official Business card from Mount Carmel, PA., to Cristobal, Canal Zone, acknowledging receipt of a registered letter, a little water stained, recovered from the wreck of the "Finance" but without any explanatory label, probably because it is largely undamaged and did not lose a stamp. Photo on Page 46. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast |
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 Lot 244 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryP.S "Chicago". 1899 (Oct 30) Cover from Philadelphia to South Orange, N.J, the stamp washed off, with the scarce cyclostyled explanatory label (the wording the same as the printed label) applied to the front, backstamped with circular "IRR / No. 352 / N.Y", fine. Photo on Page 44. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast |
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Lot 239 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistorySchooner "Edenton Packet". 1838 (Mar 15) Entire letter with a red New York c.d.s, sent to Edenton, N.C, charged 12c. The contents comprise a detailed statement of the insurance claim for repairs to the "Edenton Packet" which struck a shoal near Teachers Hole whilst en route to New York, causing the vessel to leak badly and return to Edenton for repairs. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast |
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 Lot 255 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.S "Santa Elisa". 1942 Window envelope with a New York meter mark and a similar "Santa Elisa" cachet in black. Photo on Page 46. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast |
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 Lot 250 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.S "Turrialba". 1912 (Dec 14) Cover from San Jose to New York bearing Costa Rica 10c, a tear at upper left corner but otherwise undamaged, endorsed in pencil "Saved from S.S Turrialba on Jersey Coast and landed by Revenue Cutter Seneca 12/25/12", the reverse with "United Fruit Company, Dec. 26 1912, Purchasing Agent" recipients cachet. The United Fruit Co. steamer "Turrialba" left Jamaica for New York on December 20th with 137 crew and passengers and a cargo of bananas. On Christmas eve she was stranded in a storm on the Brigantine Shoals off New Jersey, her stern frame and rudder were swept away, propellers disabled, and several lifeboats wrecked or forced back trying to reach her. The weather moderated on Christmas day and all crew and passengers were rescued by the Revenue Cutter "Seneca". Only one other cover recorded from this wreck. Photo on Page 46. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast |
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 Lot 245 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryP.S "Chicago". 1899 (Oct 30) Cover from Jersey City to Hoboken, N.J, the stamp washed off, the reverse with a typed explanatory label on white paper apparently applied at Hoboken (the wording identical to the New York labels), also backstamped with circular "IRR / No. 352 / N.Y." and a Hoboken c.d.s (Nov. 1). Fine, the Hoboken label very scarce. Photo on Page 44. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast |
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 Lot 240 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.S "Metropolis". 1878 Philadelphia Dead Letter Office envelope with "United States Postal Service" embossed in the upper right corner, the reverse with the printed explanation "The inclosed letter was recovered from the wreck of the / steamer Metropolis, lost on Currituck Beach, / North Carolina, January 31, 1878." addressed to Demerara, British Guiana, backstamped at George Town (Mar 6), much of the address unfortunately cut out of the front of the cover, the reverse with the printed explanation fine. The wooden hulled steamer "Metropolis" set sail for Brazil on January 28th carrying employees of P. & T. Collins who were going to build a railway, and materials for the proposed railway. On January 30th rails shifted in the hold opening the ships seams and letting in water, and a huge wave then washed away the smoke stack and saloon, seven of the eight lifeboats, and drowned the ships fires. The ship set sail for Currituck Beach but grounded on the outer bar 100 yards off shore and turned broadside to the waves. The one remaining lifeboat reached shore but all attempts to get a line to the ship failed and those aboard jumped or were washed into the sea, 90 people drowning. Ten of the eleven mailbags were washed ashore but eight were plundered, leaving two intact mailbags with the Postmaster at Norfolk. No covers are known from the wreck, but six of these special printed ambulance envelopes have been recorded. Photo on Page 44. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast |
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 Lot 256 - wreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryS.S "Excalibur". 1950 (June 14) Long cover from St. Louis, MO., to Alexandria, Egypt, the stamp washed off and the edges stained, bearing the explanatory label "United States Post Office / Foreign Section - Morgan Station / Delay and condition of article caused / by collision of S/S Excalibur on June / 27, 1950 in New York Harbor", with an Egyptian censor cachet. The American Export Lines S.S "Excalibur" left Jersey City on a 43 day Mediterranean cruise on June 27th but collided with the Danish MV "Colombia" in the narrows of New York Harbour. The "Excalibur" beached in Brooklyn with a 15 foot hole in her side, from which some mail bags and cargo drifted; she was later refloated and repaired. Photo on Page 48. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historywreck mail of the americas and west indies usa - east coast |
