philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Jun 20, 2020 14:04:27 GMT
I recently became interested in covers posted from ships. How about sharing your covers along with a pic of the ship? I’ll get us started and repost one of mine here. Bermuda cancels are a new area I’m planning to Collect and research. Ireland Island cancels are from the naval dockyard from what I’ve read and are often found on ship covers. But this cover has me puzzled wondering why these are cancelled at the Warwick PO which is farther from the docks.   The HMS Danae with dazzle camouflage  |
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oldpapercollect
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jun 20, 2020 23:13:00 GMT
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jun 20, 2020 23:32:54 GMT
More Ship cancels. Don't make me do an image dump here!  |
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jun 21, 2020 1:09:44 GMT
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jun 21, 2020 2:56:36 GMT
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stanley64
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Post by stanley64 on Jun 21, 2020 9:57:57 GMT
Great stuff philatelia ! A study of ocean mail along with their representatives, the ocean mail clerks, could be a fascinating area that is ripe for exploration ;-) From the generalist to the specialist there is no limit as to the studies possible and I applaud your interests.
As an area of focus, the Arctic and Antarctic have a wealth of material to review, collect and study. As an example, ships from the U.S.A involved with Operation Deep Freeze beginning in 1955-56 all maintained post offices for the philatelist and here is one of those covers,
Cover from Operation DEEPFREEZE 63 (1962-1963) with ship cancel and signed by then commanding officer E.A. Davidson.
Happy collecting!
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Londonbus1
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What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Jun 21, 2020 17:45:55 GMT
oldpapercollectTwo nice covers from Israel, thanks for showing them. I noticed that on the first of them the cache has shortened the name of the ship to 'Theo.Herzl' which I find most odd. Surely there was plenty of room there to give the ship it's full title, especially with a limited edition cache. You might want to change your title on the second Israel cover. It should read S/S Kedmah (progress). The last letter on the English part of the cancel is an 'H' but it is not clear. The S/S Kedmah was the first ship purchased by the new State of Israel. It was purchased in London and after an overhaul delivered to Israel in 1947. It was the first ship to bring new immigrants from Europe who survived WW2. Nice ones !
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JeffS
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Post by JeffS on Jun 21, 2020 22:55:35 GMT
USS EDISTO
I've been collecting covers for a few years, going back I believe before the term postal history was coined.
Operation Deep Freeze cover addressed to yours truly in 1962 during my school days.
Are you aware that the Frigidaire company objected to the Navy using the word Deepfreeze
and the Navy changed the wording to two words, Deep Freeze as seen on this cover.
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oldpapercollect
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jun 22, 2020 1:11:49 GMT
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stanley64
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Post by stanley64 on Jun 22, 2020 7:47:15 GMT
This is the same vessel, The Glacier, as shared in the previous post by oldpapercollect , only here we see the ship's cachet and cancel are from when she was still under the command of the U.S. Navy - USS Glacier (AGB-4),
Happy collecting!
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jun 22, 2020 12:24:54 GMT
The penguins don't seem too happy to have this ship so close. They are like "first the killer whales, now this!"
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Post by stamphinger on Jun 22, 2020 14:46:59 GMT
I don't collect ships' covers, but occasionally a ship reference will come with a cover collected for other reasons. These two out of my Airmail Border collection. The first canceled aboard USS West Virginia and the second from USS Tennessee, both battleships.
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jun 22, 2020 18:48:48 GMT
I don't collect ships' covers, but occasionally a ship reference will come with a cover collected for other reasons. These two out of my Airmail Border collection. The first canceled aboard USS West Virginia and the second from USS Tennessee, both battleships. I really really love these 2 covers. |
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Post by stamphinger on Jun 22, 2020 20:06:16 GMT
Thanks, oldpapercollect. They are among my favorites. You may have noticed that the bottom one with the USS Tennessee cancel has a slightly different border and different airmail statement printed at the bottom left.
There are also a couple of peculiarities about these envelope designs. One, I have never seen one canceled by a ship that is not a cruiser or a battleship, and, two, I have never seen one canceled later than 1941. If someone has one with a cancel from a lessor ship or even an aircraft carrier, or one canceled later than 1941, I hope they will post it.
I have only one other cover with a ships border and it was canceled in Honolulu in April 1940 and it comes with a letter that indicates the sender was stationed aboard USS Nashville, a cruiser.
Don Stamphinger
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jun 22, 2020 22:16:19 GMT
Here is one of my favorites, cancelled aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) during her call in San Francisco, California on March 31, 1933. For more on Constitution and her National cruise, see the article beginning on p.17 of Volume 3, Issue 3 of the Forum's Newsletter.  |
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Jun 22, 2020 23:13:23 GMT
Well, Steve ( tomiseksj ), I am so glad to see that you consider this cover and its contents one of your favorite items. Although you once told me that you didn't remember where you got it, I sent you this item as part of the Uncle Bill's Giveaway in Dec-2018, but I actually acquired it at a local stamp club auction when I was still living in Arizona in 2017. Anyway, it does me good to know that you have enjoyed this so much, and that it inspired your excellent newsletter article, too!  |
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Post by stamphinger on Jun 23, 2020 15:17:19 GMT
Here is another ship's cover, much in the same style as the two above, at least with the Clipper cachet. This one also from my Airmail Borders collection and postmarked aboard USS Houston, a cruiser (CA-30) while paying a call to the port of Houston.
USS Houston came to a bad end on February 28,, March 1, 1942. The Japanese navy sank Houston with a series of torpedo hits and subsequent ship's fire with the loss of more than 600 of its crew, and over 300 captured of which another 77 died in captivity.
The sender of this cover was Charles R. Schaid, Jr, a musician 2/c, a member of the ship's band. I wondered if he survived the sinking and after checking the list of crew, Charles Schraid was not listed. Apparently, he was fortunate and transferred off the ship between the 1939 posting of this letter and the beginning of WW II.
Don Stamphinger  Here is an internet pic of USS Houston:  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Jun 23, 2020 15:17:25 GMT
Chris ( Beryllium Guy ), it is clearly one of my favorites because you graciously sent it to me! As I recall, that mailing also contained a booklet that pertained to the article I had written for the Jan-Mar 2019 issue of the Newsletter (V3.2). For those who may not be inclined to review the Ship of State article, here are my other USS Constitution covers from the National Cruise.    |
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oldpapercollect
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jun 24, 2020 19:31:56 GMT
BATEAUX DE PLAISANCE PLEASURE BOAT CANCELLATION..FROM ISRAEL   Back of cover. |
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Post by luciano on Jun 24, 2020 19:39:46 GMT
Uuuuuuuu very very beautiful!
I should have some "paquebot", I will search it!!
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Post by Londonbus1 on Jun 24, 2020 20:06:54 GMT
BATEAUX DE PLAISANCE PLEASURE BOAT CANCELLATION..FROM ISRAEL I learned something new from this cover. I thought the Philatelic Service had been in Jaffa forever. Now I see it was elsewhere in the 1950's !! We live and learn. Londonbus1 |
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jun 24, 2020 20:27:30 GMT
That's why I love this forum. I have learned so much in the short time I have been here. Also made me appreciate my collection a little more and I am beginning to become more organized.
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jun 25, 2020 5:07:32 GMT
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JeffS
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Post by JeffS on Jun 26, 2020 16:03:25 GMT
A page from my Operation Deep Freeze collection, USNS ALATNA:
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Post by blaamand on Jun 26, 2020 20:58:01 GMT
Just wanted to say this is a great thread, so many lovely ship covers and interesting stories, thanks all for sharing.
I have a few maritime covers myself, but not available from where I am right now ( I'm at our "summer cabin" by the sea).
I'm looking forward to see more of your eye-watering stuff.
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Post by stamphinger on Jun 26, 2020 23:32:24 GMT
An enviable place to be!
Stamphinger
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jun 28, 2020 18:57:14 GMT
Esso Oil Tanker Cancellation.
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JeffS
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Post by JeffS on Jun 29, 2020 1:57:25 GMT
Another cover from my Operation Deep Freeze (and related) ship covers, the USS Atka, 1955.
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jun 29, 2020 9:44:35 GMT
S.S. CHRISTOPHER plying the Great Lakes Region. Garfield Perry 97th March Party.  |
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jun 29, 2020 9:51:11 GMT
Santa Rosa..Early Cruise Ship of Grace Line. 1933   |
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