Auction No. 10 Saturday, 8 October 2011 / 5:00 pm start
1906 Ottersberg Train Crash env with 10f red pmkd ...
Estimate $250
Category: Miscellaneous > Disaster Mail
Lot Details
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.
