American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Corner Cards

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American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Corner Card FDC's

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      This page displays First Day Covers (FDC) serviced on envelopes with the printed Return Address of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company (A-H SS Co.). Generally these covers are called Corner Card First Day Covers . This steamship company, incorporated on 3-07-1899 and ending service in about 1953, has been written up in the SSHSA Journal, Steamboat Bill, and detailed on other websites, but I have not found any that document FDC's, Corner Cards, Cinderella stamps or picture postcards made specifically for this company. Except as noted by "{A}" (my personal collection), all other displayed covers and other Company related items were found on the Web.

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      Wanted: a 300 bpi / 600 pixel wide (or greater) .jpg scan of any unlisted cachet (ALSO any cachet marked ***)
Email it to: henkle@pobox.com
Subject for this page: Doug Henkle unlisted American-Hawaiian Steamship Company FDC's
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   U.S. Scott #nnn-nn = U.S. Scott Catalog number "#nnn".
   mm-dd-yyyy = First Day of Issue.

1. U.S. Scott #908, 2-12-1943 - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company FDC Corner Card --- {A}
   
2. U.S. Scott #933, 1-30-1946 - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company FDC Corner Card --- {A}
   
3. U.S. Scott #938, 12-29-1945 - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company FDC Corner Card --- {A}
   
4. U.S. Scott #943, 8-10-1946 - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company FDC Corner Card --- {A}
   
5. U.S. Scott #947, 5-17-1947 - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company FDC Corner Card --- {A} / (eBay)
   
6. U.S. Scott #948, 5-19-1947 - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company FDC Corner Card --- {A}
   
7. U.S. Scott #949, 6-09-1947 - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company FDC Corner Card --- {A}
     All the above are the same as this.
8. U.S. Scott #950, 7-24-1947 - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company FDC Corner Card --- (eBay)
   

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Post Office Dedications
      And one other Philatelic use of this Corner Card which was serviced at the renaming of a West Virginia town to MacArthur, WV on 4-15-1942 in honor of General Douglas MacArthur. For about 60 other covers also canceled on that day, as well as about 20 covers canceled on 9-10-1945, the day another town was renamed to Nimitz, WV in honor of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, see the following page, also on this site:
      MacArthur, WV and Nimitz, WV Post Office Dedications
9. MacArthur, WV #CC2mac - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company (corner card)
   

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Non-First Day Cover Corner Cards
10. not mailed - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Corner Card --- (eBay)
    
11. mailed 1-16-1904 - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Corner Card --- (eBay)
    
12. mailed 4-28-1914 - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Corner Card --- (eBay)
    
13. mailed 4-14-1915 - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Corner Card --- (eBay)
    
14. mailed 11-16-1929 - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Corner Card --- (eBay)
    
15. mailed 12-16-1929 - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Corner Card --- (eBay)
    
16. mailed 7-01-1940 - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Corner Card --- (eBay)
    

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American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Cinderella Stamps:
      I do not know when these stamps were issued, or what their purpose was for the company.


17. date issued? - American-Hawaiian Steamship Company set of 16 Cinderella stamps --- (eBay)
         

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American-Hawaiian Steamship Company -- Picture Postcards (Deltiology):
      I have not seen any postally used copies of any of these postcards.
      These postcards are listed in order of the Ship's name.


18. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Picture Postcard, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 2/20-12/04/1915 --- (eBay)
          Panama-Pacific International Exposition
    
19. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Picture Postcard, S.S. Alaskan --- (eBay)
    
20. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Picture Postcard, S.S. Hawaiian, 11/1900 --- (eBay)
    
21. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Picture Postcard, S.S. Honolulan (5) --- (eBay)
    
22. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Picture Postcard, S.S. Honolulan (6) --- (eBay)
    
23. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Picture Postcard, S.S. Honolulan (8) --- (eBay)
    
24. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Picture Postcard, S.S. Metapan --- (eBay)
    
25. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Picture Postcard, S.S. Missourian, 8-17-1914 --- (eBay)
    
26. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Picture Postcard, S.S. Washingtonian, 10-21-1914 --- (eBay)
    
27. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, Postal Card WW II Notice preprinted on a U.S. Scott #UX27 --- (eBay)
          S.S. Arizonan and S.S. Texan suspending serice until further notice, as of 12-23-1941 [16 days after "Pearl Harbor"].
    

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Photographs
28. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company date? Photograph, Roger D. Lapham, Former Company President (1925-1947)
          Photo courtesy of Family tree of Roger LAPHAM (12-06-1883 New York, NY - 4-16-1966 San Francisco, CA) at -- geneastar.org
    
29. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Photographs
          Display permission granted by the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library at -- sfpl.org
          Photo #1 Source: (undated) "Group of men standing in front of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company building at Pier 28"
          Photo #2 Source: (9-23-1935) American-Hawaiian Steamship Company building at Pier 28
    

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Miscellaneous
30. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Flag
          Scan courtesy of House Flags of U.S. Shipping Companies at -- seaflags.us
    
31. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Badges
          Scans courtesy of Merchant Navy Cap Badges Gallery at -- archive.org
    
32. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Routes Map Poster -- (eBay ***)
          eBay seller description: 1928 American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. "The Panama Canal Line" 9" x 16" Poster
          Wanted: a larger scan where all the text is readable.
    

• Ian E. Watts -- History of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company -- "Links"

• #356-27 -- "The Question Box: Is a Corner Card a Cachet?" by Alan Warren
        [#356, 52(1), 1-15-2007, p. 27-28]

On-line References:

• Wikipedia: American-Hawaiian Steamship Company


• History of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company by Ian E. Watts


• The History of the Postcard by Anonymous

Print References:

• "The American Hawaiian Steamship Company" by Captain Edwin C. March {A}
        Steamboat Bill, Number 251, Vol. 61(3), Fall 2004, p. 177-191
        Journal of the Steamship Historical Society of America -- Wikipedia
        "American Hawaiian Steamship Company Fleet List", p. 184-191, includes details about every steamship of the Company.

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