Crash-mail, 1869, sinking of the steamer GERMANIA on the way back his maiden voyage from New York, commercial cover from SAN FRANCISCO to Frankfurt, forwarded to New York with agency cancel \"A. Bemont & Co. \" and forwarding mark \"from New York pr. Steamer Germania\", ambiguoused date stamp, the ship was smashed at the 7.8.1869 in the write poetry Fog to the crags the south coast from Newfoundland, all the passengers could be inshore save, also the post became safe and at the 14.8.69 from St. Johns forwards with arrival Hamburg 25.8.69, reverse very rare printed adhesive label \"from the sunk post steamships GERMANIA safe\", on opening torn, accordingly traces, further to Frankfurt with arrival 26.8.69, from the sinking this ship are only six documents with this adhesive label registered