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Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG

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Thursday Feb 20, 2025 09:00 Europe/Berlin

Desaster Mail: 1887, 4 January, USA, Railway accident, stationery envelope Washi

Desaster Mail



1887, 4 January, USA, Railway accident, stationery envelope Washington 2c. brown used from West Troy 3.1.1887 to Boston with scorch marks and straight line "Damaged be R.R. accident at W.Springfield, M's. Jan. 4.87". When approaching Mittineagua,Mass., the Boston&Albany train no. 14, left the track, owing to the break of a journal, collided with a freight train and was wrecked. The wreck took fire which consumed nearly all the mail except the charred remains of 1,300 letters, 800 of which were forwarded from Springfield and 500 from Boston to destination.


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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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