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)