Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co KG Sale: 43
Worldwide Stamps and Covers Katastrophenpost
Sale No: 43
Lot No:13822
Symbol:b
1896 (26.2.), USA stat. envelope 2c. green on blue used from Williamson to Richmond/Jamaica with tax markings used on Atlas steamer S.S. AILSA which came in collision with french trans-atlantic staeamer 'La Bourgogne' in dense fog and sunk, reverse side with affixed label 'This article of Mail matter has been removed from the wreck of S. S. "Ailsa" which sunk in New York Harbour on 29th February 1896. / Geo. H. Pearce, P.M. Jamaica / G.P.O. Jamaica, 17th April, 1896' (Image)