Train Fire - 1931 Rawlins, Wyoming

Ref: G6012
  • £95.00

RAWLINS WYOMING. 1931 badly charred cover from New York to Portland, Oregon, that was on the Omaha & Ogden Train 5 on September 19 1931 when a fire broke out in the mail storage car between Hanna and Rawlins. This was caused by a spark from the locomotive falling against the mail car. Mail was damaged both by fire and water. This cover has a three line label attached, the print all in capital letters. This label is rare and not recorded by Hoggarth & Gwynn.