U.S. GER. SEA POST S.S. MANHATTAN and S.S WASHINGTON

Picture postcard addressed to Philadelphia and cancelled on board the United States Line's SS 'Manhattan' in 1933.
Postage paid: 1¢ US Domestic Postcard rate.
Cancellation Mark: Cockrill Type A16 without time stamp.
From 1928 selected ships were issued with a duplex cancellation bearing the ship's name in the date stamp and a 9-bar killer.

PPC of new SS Washington addressed to Cincinnati written and mailed on board in August 1934. Postage paid: 1¢ US domestic post card rate (effective 1st July 1928 to 1st January 1952). Cockrill Type A16 cancel without time stamp.

Reference: UNITED STATES SEA POST CANCELLATIONS Part 1 Transatlantic Routes, Philip Cockrill, Cockrill Series Booklet No 54.

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