Ref: K2699
- £175.00
1925 Train Crash envelope from England to Port Elizabeth, South Africa, that has scorched edges after being in a fire on a train at KRUIDFONTEIN, a station between Laingsburg and Beaufort West in the Cape Province on 18 May 1925. A bilingual purple boxed 'DAMAGED BY FIRE / BESKADIGD DEUR BRAND.' handstamp was applied to the cover after it, along with the other surviving mail was returned to Cape Town. 197 bags of mail were destroyed in this incident. A scarce item.
