More Paquebot Cancels

A couple of paquebot covers from the Faroes.





Here's another from the Canal Zone with an airmail stamp from the U.S.

Battlestamps - I like the cover with Faroe stamps, cancelled in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland with destination Denmark. It's like an 'Around the North Sea race' in its own

But that one looks like it has a "Paquebot" etiquette, rather than a cancel for actual use with such service.

I don't know how I missed this topic until now, but I'm glad to find it. I can add a few 19th century U.S. seapost covers that I've latched onto over the years. I'll dig up some other philatelic seapost covers when I have a little more time.

Can anyone decipher the front cancellation on the SS Campania cover to Zurich?

I'm seeing Savannah, GA, but not with a lot of confidence. As the crow flies, it would have been the nearest port going due east.

I would also go with Savannah, GA. but it is hard to tell for sure on just a computer image.

These are nice examples of covers that went by sea, but for those who are just learning about Paquebot covers which is the basis of this particular thread, there is a difference between covers that went by sea (sea post) and Paquebot covers. Sea post covers are ones that were mailed in the country of origin with regular cancellations on regular stamps of that country. Paquebot covers are mail that was posted by someone who was on board a ship while the ship was at sea and not in any country. These typically have stamps from the country in which the ship is registered and are postmarked on arrival at a port by the cancellation of that port country's postal authorities, or sometimes while the ship is in a harbor of some country. Often there will be a Paquebot marking on them. Paquebot is French for Packet Boat or Mail Boat. This came about under an agreement among with member countries of the Universal Postal Union which regulates the international flow of mail among countries. There is a clause in its rules that was added in 1897 that reads: "The post office which receives correspondence posted on board, provides same with the common datestamp, adding handwritten or by a stamp the word 'Paquebot'."

Would these qualify as paquebots? These are all maiden voyage covers -- they have seapost in the dial but appear to have been cancelled aboard ship.

The Mighty Queen Mary 1936.

South Hampton G.B to New York First Voyage.

Hi: Bujutsu: It could be that the letter was posted on board a ship
at large in Hongkong then transfered on land by the common postal service.Hence the ''par avion '' sticker additional .
Some equivalants of Paquebot terms in this link...
http://paquebot.info/wp-content/upl...-Hosking.pdf


e bay cover.

It's nice to see this thread come back around.

Tatsuta Maru Sea Post cancel on Japan Scott 261.



Tatsuta Maru has quite a checkered history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsuta_Maru

Robert

Here's two fake paquebot cancels from Nova Scotia, Canada:

Thank you for the information perf12. Much appreciated. Will revamp my information in my album.

Chimo

Bujutsu

Question about Seapost cancellations: Were these typically applied at the beginning of the voyage or anytime before the ship reached port? I'm talking about covers that were mailed from a city, not aboard ship.

I'll give this thread a bump.
A recent acquisition from an APS sales circuit. Dominica Scott 72.



Robert