Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

S.S "Fort Victoria". 1929 (Dec 14) Cover from Washington DC to Hamilton, Bermuda, the stamp washed off, the reverse bearing the explanatory label "Post Office, New York, N.Y. / This article (damaged by water) is part of / the contents of the mail sacks for Bermuda on / board the S.S. Fort Victoria, which vessel, in a / dense fog, was rammed by the S.S Algonquin / and sank in New York Harbor December 18, 1929. / J.J. KIELY, Postmaster. / N.Y.P.O. - 12-27-29-3000". The "Fort Victoria" stopped off Sandy Hook to land a pilot in thick fog and was rammed by the "Algonquin", sinking later that day. All passengers and crew landed safely, some of the mails being recovered over the following week. Photo on Page 56.
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