- £750.00
1899 WRECK OF THE 'CHICAGO'. The Pennsylvania Rail Road Ferryboat ‘Chicago’, whilst bound from Jersey City to New York, sank in the Hudson River after a collision with the steamer ‘City of Augusta’ at midnight on 30/31 October 1899. The ‘Chicago’ was subsequently raised on the 6 December. All the mail was salvaged and was delivered within a couple of days of the disaster occurring. However, as it appeared that all the mail had been damaged by water to a greater or lesser extent and the adhesives had floated off, labels was affixed to covers by the New York Postmaster. There were three different types of label used, this one believed locally and individually typed in Hoboken. (Hoggarth & Gwynn type 1) A fine example of this uncommon shipwreck, of which less than 20 covers are known and less than 5 with this label.
