Paquebot / Ship Markings

Here is one I found digging through piles. Posted on the high Seas G.B. Stamp with a Quebec P.Q. ? CDS



I see the Postmark on the list that Bujutsu posted but what does the P.Q. stand for ?

I believe p.q. means Providence of Quebec, after 1992 it changed to QC. yakboomer.

P Q Means Province de Quebec

This is another postcard I got recently at the Marrickville Postcrd Show showing the T.S.S. "Transylvania". This ship also had celebrity people on board like other liners of the time.

I am wondering if "Count Alucard" was one of them??

Anyway, here is the card and the "Paquebot" cancel on the back.

The ship was owned by the Anchor Line and while at the show, I also purchased two other cards of ships but with different backings, both of the same line. I am showing these as well.

Chimo

Bujutsu

I would love to find a set of those ship cancellation pages ... have looked a bit on ebay but no luck so far. Anybody else with any ideas? Are they so collectible and/or rare as to make finding them unlikely? Thanks!

Clifhiker

They shouldn't be that scarce so that they are not available. I bought my "Paquebot" postcard mailed on board the "T.S.S. Transylvania" for $12.50 and the other 2 cards ranged from $7.00 - $10.00 depending on the dealer I got them from.

From my personal experience, I have been told that the cancellations from the 1920s into the late 1930s are apparently the most sought after, but, I cannot confirm this. To me, all of them are sought after and popular

Chimo

Bujutsu

thanks Bujutsu ... I did find a lot of the postcards and covers with the cancellations ... but what I was referring to was the Gibbons supplement that you originally posted ... I would love to find those!

OK clifhiker

That original posting from the GSM was a lucky find. I am not sure how the availability would be with it so I thought I would post it in here.

The subject of 'paquebots' is really quite interesting.

Chimo

Bujutsu

I suppose I can save and print the images you posted ... at least for reference. The real thing would be oh so much sweeter though ;-)

Go for it clifhiker - I would <G>

Chimo

Bujutsu

Here is a cover I bought at the stamp show I attended yesterday. I am not sure it is a "Paquebot" cover or not. However, the cachet to the side shows a military ship and I cannot translate the inscription in it. It might be a Belgian Navy military exercise??

Any help would be appreciated.

Chimo

Bujutsu

Here is another clipping I came across with "Paquebot" cancellations.

Chimo

Bujutsu

I know that these clippings can look dull because of paper toning etc., however, I include them here for the sake of the information. Some of the articles, I have never seen anywhere else before, so, I am storing them electronically now.

The cancel on this stamp is feint but it reads "POSRTED FROM THE HIGH SEAS / MIKHAIL LERMONTOV".

If these clippings are boring to you, because of age deterioration etc, then please let me know.

Chimo

Bujutsu

can I ask a question about the associated postmarks to the pacquebot markings? As there was a picture of it here, I thought I'd ask here.

I recently bought a stamp postmarked "Cristobal C.Z." (i.e. Canal zone)The stamp had been removed from it's cover, apart from a small surround.

It has the lozenge -like US postmark such as the one on the 3rd page image, at the bottom, in your original posting at the beginning of this thread, next to the Balbos postmark, with a number "1" inscribed inside.

I was just curious for information on this mark - U.S. foreign/ naval post office abroad ?

I'd just like to get an idea of what postmarks signify.

Telcson

Telcson, I do not know for sure, but, as far as I know, it was for domestic C.Z. usage. I think you are referring to the 'duplex' hammer?

Chimo

Bujutsu