Auction No. 10 Saturday, 8 October 2011 / 5:00 pm start
1953 Young Brothers Barge Fire A badly burnt cover ...
Estimate $200
Category: Miscellaneous > Disaster Mail
Lot Details
1953 Young Brothers Barge Fire A badly burnt cover with part Honolulu slogan cancel with stamp missing. Addressed to Paia, Maui, it has the violet cachet "DAMAGED BY FIRE ON SHIP HONOLULU, HAWAII JUL 28 1953". A fire broke out on board the barge YB 10 that was being towed from Honolulu to Maui & Molokai, Hawaii. On board was general cargo that included oxygen & propane cylinders, gasoline in 50 ton barrels & mail. Very little of the mail survived but that that did received this cachet. A difficult to find piece of disaster mail. (see inside back cover)
