Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

S.S "Germania". 1869 (July 30) Stampless cover to Saxony with St. Louis MO. duplex and "NEW YORK / DIRECT" c.d.s (Aug 3), rated "6" in blue crayon, the reverse with the explanatory label "Aus dem untergegangenen Post-Dampf- / Schiffe Germania geborgen", tied by an arrival c.d.s (Aug 25), a further "2 Ausgabe" c.d.s alongside. Sent on the Hamburg-American Line steamer "Germania" which left New York on August 3rd bound for Hamburg via Plymouth and Cherbourg. The ship encountered dense fog on August 7th and ran onto a reef in Freshwater Cove, Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland. All passengers and crew were evacuated in eight boats and reached land safely, going on to Europe by the "Cimbria" which left St. John’s on August 14th reaching Plymouth and Cherbourg a week later and Hamburg on the 23rd. The mail was salvaged and also sent on the "Cimbria", the labels applied upon arrival in Hamburg. A fine and scarce cover. Photo on Page 51.
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