Lot No. 1695
Auction No. | 10 |
Category |
Disaster Mail Miscellaneous |
Est. | $250 |
Status | Archived |
1906 Ottersberg Train Crash env with 10f red pmkd Lubeck & addressed to Cronenberg with a three line blue cachet, "Beschadigt beim Eisenbahnungluck in Ottersberg". On 30th December the Hamburg to Cologne express train crashed into a goods train near Ottersberg. As a result the mail coach was set on fire however this item was recovered. A unusual cover.
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