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Postal cachet: Holland-America Line. S.S. Statendam. Maiden Voyage Feb. 6, 1957. Hoboken postmark Feb.16, 1957.
Object/Artifact
Souvenir maiden voyage cover: Holland-America Line. S.S. Statendam. Maiden Voyage February 6, 1957. Rotterdam - Le Havre - Southampton - New York. Printed envelope, 3-5/8" high x 6-1/2" wide; 6 cent airmail stamp; postmark cancel Hoboken Feb. 16, 1957 9 PM. Addressed with return address on back; sealed; no contents.
The ocean liner, actually the fourth vessel with the name - S.S. Statendam (IV), would have arrived in Hoboken at the Holland America Line Fifth Street Pier which as the line's American home port until 1963.
2010.007.0197
2010.007
Lukacs, Claire
Gift
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
1957 - 1957
Date: 1957-1957
Good
Notes: Ship was in service for Holland America (NASM) 1957-1982. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2010-10-06