1954 - Rorvik, Sweden

Ref: G2125
  • £60.00

1954 MALMO TO STOCKHOLM TRAIN. The Malmo to Stockholm train derailed at Rorvik in the early hours of Monday 6 September plunging into a marsh, killing 6 people. The mail van was not recovered from the marsh until Saturday 11 September. A number of different types of cachet were applied, this being a three line explanatory cachet, stating 'The sending was damaged at a Railway accident at Rorvik on 6.9.54'. This cachet is Gwynn and Hoggarth type 2, probably used by the Stockholm Post Office.0