US : "Packet Boat" Aux Marking.

"Packet Boat" aux markings

If anyone is aware of a website that deals
with these, would be appreciated.
Thanks

Rod try this one http://www.rjbw.net/Paquebot.html

Here is a very good site for paquebots Rod.

http://www.tpo-seapost.org.uk/

Thanks Fred, thanks Stallzer,

I am aware of the "Paquebot" french spelling,
but am curious as to the "Packetboat" hammer.

Maybe it isn't "Packetboat" at all?

found on US stationery, my hunch eminates from Honolulu Hawaii

Here are "Paquebot" and "****Boat" strikes

Hi Rod,

I found these intriguing uses of a Packet Boat marking . . . on Australian stamps!

http://www.auspostalhistory.com/articles/447.shtml

http://thesaltysailor.com/rhodeisla...quebot10.htm

Apparently any passenger ship that was used to also carry mail was considered a packet boat.

I know it is not much to go on yet.

Thanks Smauggie, enhances my "hunch"

I am both happy and confused at the same time.

Your link identifies (finally) a name for those cancels
I used to call "footprints", they are in Philaspeak "ellipsoids"

Now I have to remember that :)

Now the Aussie covers,
How come they have a Hawaiian cancel and none from
Australia?

BTW, I don't think it was "any" ship,
it had to be licenced to carry mail
(well, I am speaking in a GB sense, not aware of US criteria)

The ship I immigrated from England was a packet boat
RMS (royal mail ship) Orion.

As to the Aussie stamps and Hawaiian cancels, that is easy enough to decipher. The ship was one which originated from Australia, and would have Australian postage on board for mailing letters.

As to the packet boat itsself, these were all passenger ships which had a purser or a ship postal officer who would accept mail which passengers wished to mail from the ship they were crusing in. The officer ensured they were properly franked for the country of origin of the boat, and then delivered the items to the port postal facility the next time they reached port.

Apparently there was a passenger ship line (or lines) that made trips from Sydney to Honolulu.

This link was provided earlier, but this PAGE shows several of the Packet Boat cancellations that were used from New Zealand to USA in pre-WW II days, which might be of some help:

http://www.tpo-seapost.org.uk/tpo2/spnz.html

As far as US stamps and/or postal stationery with such cancellations, here's an example of an entire cover from the West Coast of the US to Australia (via New Zealand, it would seem):

Thank you Smauggie, thanks wt1
that about clears that one up,
excelllent work gentlemen.

and thanks to Roger Hosking for the history of the packet boat.

Rod, check this link
http://www.philamercury.com/search....=1&ob=newest

Edit: if you have not visited this site before be sure to checkout the articles and exhibits tabs.

Thanks Russ,
an excellent idea / link.