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Bidboard # 1930
Lot # 165
Catalogue Value or Estimate: $200.00
Current Bid: $260
Canada Covers

British Columbia postal history. "Fifty ways to lose your cover; A Study of Interrupted Mail at Vancouver BC." Wreck cover from the infamous "Green Hill Park" disaster at Vancouver BC 1945. A very uncommon example of this 'Wreck" cover mounted on exhibit page from BC Postal Historian Andrew Scott’s award-winning exhibit of mishandled mail which passed through the Vancouver BC Post Office. The ship Green Hill Park was loading for Australia on March 6th, 1945, when it exploded and burned in Vancouver’s worst waterfront disaster. Eight workers were killed, and windows were broken throughout the downtown core. An inquiry found plenty of negligence including incompatible / inflammable cargo along with spillage and illegal cigarette smoking in the holds. Stamp washed off in the sea, as is with all known examples of this wreck. A showpiece. Estimate =