Auction #1949 WORLDWIDE + ARGENTINA: End-of-year general auction

2/SE/1950 New York - Köln (Germany), first flight, cover with arrival backstamp of 4/SE, and as it was addressed to Racine, WI (USA), it was returned by ship to USA. On transit at sea, the ship S.S.LIBERTÉ carrying the letter encountered a storm that produced some water damage to the mail, and the US Mail delivered the letter along with an explanatory note, interesting!