- £475.00
“FINANCE” On the morning of 26 November 1908, the steamer Finance of the Panama Railroad Steamship Company line was hit by the steamer “Georgic” of the White Star line off Sandy Hook in New York Harbour and sank shortly after. The Finance had been due to sail from New York on November 23 but had been delayed by dense fog for three days. Three passengers and 1 crewman drowned in the incident. All the mail on board was destined for Central America – mainly Panama and Colon. There are two different labels and a straight line handstamp that were applied to recovered mails. The handstamp was applied to a sack of mail recovered the following June, seven months after the Finance sank. This cover from Philadelphia, which has the original letter with it, was addressed to Panama, but then redirected to Costa Rica. It has a label affixed to the back which is tied by a LIMON, COSTA RICA DEC 30 1908 datestamp. Very scarce with the original contents.
