Uss Olympia

A few years ago I visited the Olympia in Philadelphia and shortly after picked up some covers at auction. This cover does not have the Olympia cancel but it looks like the censor wrote Murmansk across the cover. I do not believe it had a cancel as the tear on the right is not large enough. The date is 12 Sep 1918. The Olympia was active during the White Army invasion and shelled Riga during the confusion.




Pochta

The Olympia was on Black Sea Patrol from 18 Aug to 19 Sep 1919 to rescue VIPs from the Russian Revolution. This cover has the Olympia cancel 29(?) Aug 1919 with a New York transit of 26 Sep 1919.





Pochta

i saw your post about the Brooklyn and went looking through my old Navy postcards hoping to find one...no luck..i did find a U.S. Battleship Oregon postmark 1913, A Battleship Maine from 1906 so I guess its not the one that blew up in Cuba, A U.S.S. Illinois also 1906 postmark and U.S. Cruiser Boston from 1914 !

This cover was mailed from a US port while the Olympia was refitting to go on patrol in the Adriatic. Good cancel strike.





Pochta