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Philatelic articles by David Allen David Allen is a Vancouver philatelist specialized in the study of stamps from Saint-Pierre et Miquelon. Mr Allen contributes regularly to the Saint-Pierre et Miquelon journal. You can write to him at: dallen@axionet.com. | ||
In the 1950s before the regular advent of scheduled air passenger services, liaison with the islands was by boat. The boat M/V Miquelon operated a regular service between St. Pierre and North Sydney, Nova Scotia , carrying passengers and all manner of freight between the islands and the mainland. Mail was naturally a priority ,being fed into the Canadian system at North Sydney . Shown here is a particularly clean Paquebot cover of the 1950s , clearly cancelled as being received at North Sydney on February 05 1954. It is also endorsed with the markings of the M/V Miquelon. Addressed to a U.S.A. destination the postage placed on the letter was Frs.17.20 being the correct first step surface rate to the U.S.A. The sender of the letter was a Mme. Henriette Fitzpatrick whose address was a postal box at St. Pierre. The back of the letter is also endorsed with the ship´s marking. Philatelic articles by David Allen | ||
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