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Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG

lot # 4480 - katastrophenpost

Wednesday Oct 16, 2024 09:00 Europe/Berlin

Desaster Mail: 1922, USA, Railway incident, cover from Boston 18.8. to Kingston/

Desaster Mail



1922, USA, Railway incident, cover from Boston 18.8. to Kingston/Jamaica with label on reverse "POST OFFICE NEW YORK, U.S.A. (Foreign Station, Irr 726) / This letter is part of the contents of a poach (mail sack) found December 3, 1922 under a passenger platform of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York, when railroad employees were repairing a conveyer. The pouch was from Boston, reached New York by train no. 171 August 19 and had evidently been rifled.", finally delivered 20.12. and redirected locally.


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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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