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Auction: 7016 - British North America featuring the "JURA" Collection
Lot: 2650

x Canada Wreck Covers 1894 (Dec.) double rate envelope from Montreal to England, bearing 10c. rose-carmine cancelled with thin bars duplex and showing a fine strike of the "Damage caused by wreck/of mail train on Lake/Champlain New York" cachet in violet alongside and with London Paid c.d.s. (13.12) below, the reverse with vertical strip of three Found Open and Officially Sealed labels and Stockport arrival c.d.s. (13.12); some crumples and water stains as usual. Photo Estimate £ 300-400 Note: On 3 December 1894 train No. 4 of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad was wrecked near Fort Henry, N.Y. Several coaches fell into Lake Champlain provenance: S.J. Menich, 2000

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