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Lot # 595 - Hyderabad, 10Rs, AH-1331, Khurdad Month, S.S. Egypt Wreck Salvaged Note, Without Cancelled Stamp, Without Signature, Readable Stamp is "SORI".Rare in any condition. Unique. Exceedingly Rare
Hyderabad, 10Rs, AH-1331, Khurdad Month, S.S. Egypt Wreck Salvaged Note, Without Cancelled Stamp, Without Signature, Readable Stamp is
Hyderabad, 10Rs, AH-1331, Khurdad Month, S.S. Egypt Wreck Salvaged Note, Without Cancelled Stamp, Without Signature, Readable Stamp is Hyderabad, 10Rs, AH-1331, Khurdad Month, S.S. Egypt Wreck Salvaged Note, Without Cancelled Stamp, Without Signature, Readable Stamp is
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Hyderabad, 10Rs, AH-1331, Khurdad Month, S.S. Egypt Wreck Salvaged Note, Without Cancelled Stamp, Without Signature, Readable Stamp is "SORI"(for So.Ri.Ma & Co. who was given the contract to salvage the treasure). Some sand particles on the note. As per P.L. Gupta only one note was discovered WITHOUT CANCELLED STAMP which was then CONFISCATED by BANK. Note is mounted on card-board on both the sides of the top and packed in Glass Frame with Black Paper/Tape on all four sides of frame to preserve it properly. Like Jhun # 8.5/8.6 Rare in any condition. Unique. Exceedingly Rare

On May 20,1922 around 7.00PM, the S.S.Egypt, a 7941-ton liner, 500 feet long amd 55 feet in the beam, having left Tilbury wharves in London with 44 passengers and 294 crew on board, was travelling in calm waters off the wets coast of Brittany, about 30 miles from Point du Raz, in fog which reduced visibility to almost zero. The sound of a siren suddenly dispelled the still and unreal atmosphere. Within moments the prow of the French cargo boat Seine, strengthened as an ice breaker, parted the water next to the S.S.Egypt and rammed deeply into the left side of the liner. Within just 20 minutes, the passenger ship sank some 400 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.