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Bidboard #
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1930
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Lot #
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167
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$240.00
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Current Bid:
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$280
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Canada Covers
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British Columbia postal history. "Fifty ways to lose your cover; A Study of Interrupted Mail at Vancouver BC." WWII Maritime Wrecks and Accidents. A stunning duo of covers, mounted on exhibit pages from BC Postal Historian Andrew Scott’s award-winning exhibit of mishandled mail which passed through the Vancouver BC Post Office. The first cover marked "Damaged by Fire & Water" carried by Steamship RMS Sythia which was carrying mail from Canada on May 25th 1945 when a fire broke out in No.1 hold. The vessel had 5,954 bags of mail aboard, about 75% of which was destroyed by the fire. The second item, sent from Vancouver on May 23rd 1940 and receiving the marking "Salved from the Sea" was like aboard the SS Eros, which was torpedoed on June 7th 1940 by Uboat U-48 while bound from Montreal to Liverpool. A great duo, worthy of any postal history collection. Estimate =
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