Great Britain (Wreck Mail) 1892 (OC 27) envelope addressed to a passenger on board the “S.S. Roumania” at Port Said (whilst en route from Liverpool to Bombay) franked 1887 Jubilee 2½d. purple/blue tied Irvine cds. The Roumania was wrecked near Penich, Portugal (Only 2 passengers and 7 seamen were saved). The reverse with Port Said arrival (3 XI) and Glasgow return of NO 14, the obverse with small manuscript “Lost HB” with initials (Henderson Bros being the holding agents for the mail at destination), red “Steamer lost” and signed, Glasgow cds NO 17 bottom left.Great Britain (Wreck Mail) 1892 (OC 27) envelope addressed to a passenger on board the “S.S. Roumania” at Port Said (whilst en route from Liverpool to Bombay) franked 1887 Jubilee 2½d. purple/blue tied Irvine cds. The Roumania was wrecked near Penich, Portugal (Only 2 passengers and 7 seamen were saved). The reverse with Port Said arrival (3 XI) and Glasgow return of NO 14, the obverse with small manuscript “Lost HB” with initials (Henderson Bros being the holding agents for the mail at destination), red “Steamer lost” and signed, Glasgow cds NO 17 bottom left.

(Wreck Mail) 1892 (OC 27) envelope addressed to a passenger on board the “S.S. Roumania” at Port Said (whilst en route from Liverpool to Bombay) franked 1887 Jubilee 2½d. purple/blue tied Irvine cds. The Roumania was wrecked near Penich, Portugal (Only 2 passengers and 7 seamen were saved). The reverse with Port Said arrival (3 XI) and Glasgow return of NO 14, the obverse with small manuscript “Lost HB” with initials (Henderson Bros being the holding agents for the mail at destination), red “Steamer lost” and signed, Glasgow cds NO 17 bottom left.

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