1960 CHILE-GERMANY….1960 EARTHQUAKE FUND RAISING.. [16030]

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1960(Jul 8) Airmail env to Hamburg bearing $100, pair $50, pair $20, 2 x $10 + pair 20 pesos Ovptd S.O.S. tied Valdivia/Chile d/s & w/on rev Aumole Bez Hamburg [18 Jul] arrival d/s ……………………………The S.O.S. Ovpts were issued to raise funds for the victims of the Valdivia Earthquake or Great Chilian Earthquake of Sunday, 22 May 1960, with a magnitude of 9.5 it was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded & the resulting Tsunami affected places as far away as New Zealand, Aleutian Is., Hawaii & Japan.

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