60th AUCTION - day 3

Desaster Mail: 1880 6 April, USA, Railway accident, cover to New York with label

Desaster Mail

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1880 6 April, USA, Railway accident, cover to New York with label of N.Y.P.O. "...April 6th, 1880 / SATURATION OF MAIL MATTER WITH WATER AND OIL THROUGH RAILROAD ACCIDENT. / The accompanying is a portion of the mail matter which, through an accident on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, at 2.30 A.M. of this date, was thrown into a swamp, and thus became saturated with water and oil, and its delivery was greatly retarded. The entire mail in question had to be forwarded from New Haven, and on its receipt in New York was, of necessity, dried, re-assorted, etc." plus datstamp "APR 7 1880" on reverse, postage (with postmark) has been washed off.

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Condition: Cover