Lot 146 POSTAL HISTORY

SS GRONINGEN - 1945 (7/8th Jan) water affected very damaged cover from the SS Groningen IV ship wreck. Bears printed label STATE COMPANY OF THE PTT, Piece from the S.S. Groningen V, which sank on the IJsselmeer at the end of 1944 and has now been refloated. The steamer Groningen IV foundered as a result of a collision with the passenger steamer Jan Nieveen on Jan 8th on the Ysselmeer.