AUSTRALIA COMORIN SHIP WRECK FIRE TO ENGLAND TYPE 1A BRITISH TAPE COVER 1930

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AUSTRALIA COMORIN SHIP WRECK FIRE TO ENGLAND TYPE 1A BRITISH TAPE COVER 1930
AUSTRALIA COMORIN SHIP WRECK FIRE TO ENGLAND TYPE 1A BRITISH TAPE COVER 1930
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Cover recovered from the fire aboard the SS Comorin bound from Sydney to London. The fire was extinguished by flooding the ship's hold. Water soaked mail was dried and repaired when necessary. This is the only reported usage of the type 1A tape! (King George V Type 1, Crown 1,
Found Open or damaged and Officially Secured.
', Size 67mm long & 50.8mm high, (EKU 3/21/1930)
In summary form, given by Kotanchik in his exhibit: Great Britain was the first country to use repair tapes starting in 1928. Issues through about 1983 were printed on brown (Kraft-style) gummed paper 1 or 2 inches in height. Later issues were printed on white or transparent tape with red printing. Forty-three different basic designs have been reported. A peculiarity of the brown paper tapes is the use of a number in the format "51-nnnn" or "56-nnnn" where "nnnn" is a four digit number. This sequence is found in different locations depending on the issue. For many designs three or four different numbers are typical, but for some there may be as many as ten. The interpretation of these numbers is unknown. All of the tapes are imperforate and supplied to post offices in rolls of 1,000 impressions. Segments of tape were torn off the rolls without regard to the design. All but one of the crown designs is the same as used for seals. other than types 1, 1A, 2 and 21 all tapes are bilingual in French and English.
Sent 1930, beautiful as is condition. (Seals / Tapes by definition were used to repair damaged mail caused by a wide variety of conditions and found in a wide range of condition.)
This cover appeared in the exhibit of the late Jim Kotanchik's Gold Medal award winning exhibit, "Official Seals of Great Britain" The exhibit was probably last shown at Westpex in 2009. It is possible that some of the information contained therein is no longer current. Jim Kotanchik was a highly regarded expert in worldwide seals.
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