Lot 40719 – 1858-1941 Shipreck Mail: Attractive specialised se

1858-1941 Shipreck Mail: Attractive specialised selection of 20 covers or cards, plus some additional documents, postcards & newspapers clippings, all neatly mounted and knowledgeably written up on album pages, from an array of different maritime disasters, including 1858 hs “Saved from the wreck of the Ava”, 1869 label “Recovered from wreck of the ‘Carnatic'” apparently unique Irish item from this wreck, 1886 two covers bearing labels from the New York postmaster regarding the ill-fated “S.S.Oregon”, 1914 a selection of ten items pertaining to the collision of the “Empress of Ireland” on the St.Laurence river, Canada, 1917 two items recovered from the “S.S.Norwegian”, 1941 four items from the “S.S.Alhena” that was wrecked off Pladdy Rock in Co. Down etc., usual faults that come with wreck covers, excellent basis for study and expansion