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TRINIDAD SHIPPING & TRADING CO.

“MARAVAL I”

Hawes records that when “Irrawaddy” was sold to the Trinidad Shipping and Trading Co in
1914 she was renamed “Maraval”, but she must have replaced an earlier steamer also named
“Maraval”. One of the two covers below dates from significantly earlier, and a previous owner
included a note recording that she was built in 1882 and measured 2,569 gross tons

Two covers to New York carried by “Maraval”. The first from Port of Spain was franked
with a 2 'Ad Trinidad adhesive which was cancelled on 13th November 1902. It arrived in New York
on the 21st .The second cover was franked with a 'Ad and 2 x Id adhesives from Granada which
were cancelled there on 19th November 1914. This must have been either the final voyage of the
first “Maraval” or a very early voyage of the second, as the purchase took place in 1914.