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Lot No. 1691

Auction No. 10
Category Disaster Mail
    Miscellaneous
Est. $300
Status Archived

 

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1857 Emeu env (minus flap) with NSW 6d QV cancelled NSW with SYDNEY SP10 1857 NSW cds on reverse. Also has on the front the red LONDON DE 7 57 PAID arrival cds. Addressed to London this cover was on the "Emeu" when it sailed from Sydney on 11th September 1857 for Suez, her first trip, where she should have arrived on 3rd November. However whilst in the Red Sea & only days away from her destination, she was stranded on the Guttal el Bunna, a coral reef 120 miles from Jeddah. She was refloated the next day & beached for repairs near Duber Dubb. The Emue's mail was transferred to the P&O SS Madras & appears not to have been damaged. The mail reached Suez on the 19th over 2 weeks late. It eventually arrived in London on 7th December. A fine example from this journey.

 

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