Mail associated with passenger ships and ferries is the topic of today's post.
Transatlantic
Empress of France
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Posted on board the "Empress of France", July 8, 1953
Liverpool Paquebot cancellation, July 10, 1953
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RMS Franconia
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Halifax Paquebot cancellation, February 1, 1954
RMS Ivernia
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Liverpool Paquebot cancellation, July 6, 1956
Unidentified Ship
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Quebec, July 6, 1956
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RMS Sylvania
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Quebec, Paquebot cancellation, June 30, 1959
SS Empress of England
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Greenock Paquebot cancellation to Prescott, Arizona, July4, 1960
Treated as an unpaid letter and taxed 14 cents
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RMS Saxonia
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Montreal, June 1, 1962
SS Empress of Britain
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Greenock Paquebot cancellation, July 11, 1962
Paquebot "France"
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Quebec, May 9 1967
Gulf of St. Lawrence
St. Pierre - North Sydney : M/V Miquelon
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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
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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.
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M.V. Matane, August 25, 1958
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Matane & Sept Iles Poste Fluviale
Cape Borden, P.E.I. to Cape Tormentine, N.B. : S.S. Prince Edward Island
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Ferry from Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick, August 19, 1967
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Charlottetown & Sackville R.P.O., August 19, 1967
Great Lakes Cruise
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CPR Great Lakes steamer, Sault Ship Canal, June 7 1964
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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
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Maiden voyage, M/V Coho, December 29, 1959
The M/V Coho is still in service (September, 2010)