Thursday, September 30, 2010

Passenger Ships and Ferries

Mail associated with passenger ships and ferries is the topic of today's post.


Transatlantic

Empress of France


Posted on board the "Empress of France", July 8, 1953
Liverpool Paquebot cancellation, July 10, 1953




RMS Franconia




Halifax Paquebot cancellation, February 1, 1954


RMS Ivernia




Liverpool Paquebot cancellation, July 6, 1956


Unidentified Ship


Quebec, July 6, 1956




RMS Sylvania







Quebec, Paquebot cancellation, June 30, 1959


SS Empress of England


Greenock Paquebot cancellation to Prescott, Arizona, July4, 1960
Treated as an unpaid letter and taxed 14 cents





RMS Saxonia





Montreal, June 1, 1962


SS Empress of Britain




Greenock Paquebot cancellation, July 11, 1962


Paquebot "France"


Quebec, May 9 1967


Gulf of St. Lawrence

St. Pierre - North Sydney : M/V Miquelon



Letter addressed to Montreal, carried from St. Pierre (St. Pierre and Miquelon) on the M/V"Miquelon" and posted at North Sydney, Nova Scotia, August 29, 1960



M/V "Miquelon" handstamp


St. Lawrence Cross-River Service : M/V Matane

Passenger and cargo services were provided from Rimouski and Matane to ports on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence. Mail was handled by the purser of the vessels.





M.V. Matane, August 25, 1958



Matane & Sept Iles Poste Fluviale


Cape Borden, P.E.I. to Cape Tormentine, N.B. : S.S. Prince Edward Island




Ferry from Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick, August 19, 1967


Charlottetown & Sackville R.P.O., August 19, 1967


Great Lakes Cruise




CPR Great Lakes steamer, Sault Ship Canal, June 7 1964



Sault Ship Canal


Strait of Juan De Fuca : M/V Coho

The M/V Coho is an auto ferry between Victoria, B.C. and Port Angeles, Wash.


M/V Coho in Victoria harbour


Maiden voyage, M/V Coho, December 29, 1959
The M/V Coho is still in service (September, 2010)