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Hi Mein Herren and Mesdames I picked this guy up for 75 cents today, I guess you could call it a find since I am also a product of Brooklyn 1939 !!  |
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Philb...any chance of finding a USS Buchanan ? |
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Bobgggg Of course...if money is no object I will send my agents out in the morning !! |
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That looks like a Crosby photo cachet!
Very nice cover at a super price! |
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T360 its one of those sweet situations..the man has stamps for sale but knows nothing about them..hes just a merchant hoping to make sales !! |
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Great deal,phil!! I love the ship's cancel!  Thanks for sharing! Gussyboy1 |
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Nobody gets in to see the Wizard. Not nobody. Not No How!" |
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Very Nice Philb
I especially like How clear the cancel is.
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There have been 3 USS Buchanan's. This is a cover from the first one, launched in 1919, and later transferred to the British Navy.  |
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Interesting covers. The Brooklyn was at Vladivostok in 1919-20. I have some entertainment material but no covers.
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I find these threads about US naval ships interesting. This one and pochta's other thread about the USS Olympia raise the question for me, did/do US naval ships have their own official post offices on board that allow them to issue cancellations with the ship name on them? |
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Thats a great question for Sneeky on Wensy.com ! The larger ships had at least a postal clerk .. |
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JamesW, absolutely, yes. I have over a thousand ship covers with the ship's name very prominently displayed, often with additional "info" as a slogan, like "Crossed Equator Today" or "Navy Day," etc. In the 1930s and until Pearl Harbor, postal clerks didn't have much to do. They created cachets, printed or Thermographed them, carried on lengthy correspondences with collectors, and in general, made ship cancel collecting very popular.
By 1945, however, this facet of the hobby was in decline, and you see a rapid dropoff in the volume of material by 1947-48. Next week when I can start selling here, I'll put up a few duplicates in lots of three, probably. In subsequent years, there were brief surges when we (and other countries) set up Antarctic bases, and when nuclear submarines began to enter the fleet. But now it's nothing like the 1930s, when there were really some terrific works of art. |
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