£170
SHIP WRECK MAIL - COLLISION OF THE PS CHICAGO ON THE HUDSON RIVER; 1899 (31 Oct.) 2c. printed PS env. Philadelphia to New York with "POST OFFICE, NEW YORK, N.Y./This piece of mail was damaged/through the sinking of the Penn. R.R./ferryboat Chicago which occurred at/about 12.45 a.m., on October 31st, 1899." printed label to the front. Few covers recorded.Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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