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QUEBEC STEAMSHIP CO.
“GUIANA”
42 West Broadway.
New York.
Two covers from St Thomas franked with Frederick VIII adhesives from the Danish West
Indies addressed to New York. The first was franked with 3 x 5 bit and 40 bit adhesives which were
cancelled on 26th January 1914. The cover was sent by H Michelsen, a dealer in Bay Rum and
Florida Water to New York, and was nominated to go on the “Guiana” but carries no arrival back
stamp.
The second is an official Quebec Steamship Co. envelope which was franked with 5 bit and
2 x 10 bit adhesives. They were cancelled on 21st June 1911, the cover arriving at Perry, New York
State on the 29th, a transit of 8 days.
