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Auction: 7016 - British North America featuring the "JURA" Collection
Lot: 2655

x CANADA Wreck Covers 1905 (21 June) envelope from Trail, B.C. to New York, bearing 2c. carmine with c.d.s. and printed label inscribed "post office, new york, n.y./The enclosure was damaged/in the wreck of the "20th Cen-/tury Limited " train on the/Lake Shore and Michigan/Southern R.R., that occurred/at Mentor, Ohio, Wednesday,/June 21, 1905./william r. willcox/Postmaster.", the reverse with Rossland (18.6) and New York (23.6) c.d.s. Scarce. Photo Estimate £ 120-150

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