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Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG

lot # 4459 - katastrophenpost

Wednesday Oct 16, 2024 09:00 Europe/Berlin

Desaster Mail: 1918, 23 January, USA, Railroad accident, War department official

Desaster Mail



1918, 23 January, USA, Railroad accident, War department official mail cover from Jeffersonville 21.1. to Philadelphia, badly damaged, with accompanying letter of Philadelphia P.O. "The enclosed damaged mail matter was received from New York & Pittsburgh Railway Post Office train 22, due to leave Pittsburgh, Pa., at 11.14 p.m., January 22, and arrive North Philadelphia Station 7.19 a.m., January 23. This train was wrecked at Girard Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa., January 23, 2.10 p.m."


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Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG is an established dealer in Germany. For many years the company published direct sale list of stamps and covers from all the world. In 2006 they... Read More

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