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Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG

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Thursday Feb 20, 2025 09:00 Europe/Berlin

Desaster Mail: 1913, 20 May, USA, Railroad incident, two heavily burnt fragments

Desaster Mail



1913, 20 May, USA, Railroad incident, two heavily burnt fragments of mail each bearing straight line "Burnt in Fire / at Santa Fe Depo / Merced Cal. / May 20 13". In the morning hours of 20 May 1913, a fire broke out in the baggage room of Santa Fe Railroad depot at Meced, Cal., which destroyed virtually all of the stored mail, only a few items out of the middle of the bundles could be saved in a reasonably readable condition.


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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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