Lot 147 POSTAL HISTORY

SS JOHN BIDWELL 1945-1960 salvaged mail cachet on reverse of 1945 Censored WWII Envelope sent from, London to Chile in 1945. The mail was left undiscovered until scrapping of the ship started in 1960 when 500 bags of mail were found, each letter has this cachet (CORRESPONDENICA RATARDADA / Y RECUPERDADA S / S JOHN BIDWELL / 1945-1960 / CORREOS DE CHILE on reverse which was then forwarded to Chile. Mail bags contained mainly newspapers.