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Japan 1897 'SS Gaelic" Postcard - In 1902 Sailed w/ 1st Korean Immi...
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1897 Japanese 3 Sen pre-stamped green postcard written in Hyōgo (Kobe), Japan on January 8th, then stamped "S.S. Gaelic" in purple for being mailed aboard commercial cruise steamer RMS (Royal Mail Steamer) Gaelic and deposited at Yokohama, January 9, 1897 ... Read More
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- Country
- Japan
- Stamp Type
- Postal Cards
- Condition
- Cover (Postal History)
- Stamp Format
- Single
- Year of Issue
- 1897
Item Description
1897 Japanese 3 Sen pre-stamped green postcard written in Hyōgo (Kobe), Japan on January 8th, then stamped "S.S. Gaelic" in purple for being mailed aboard commercial cruise steamer RMS (Royal Mail Steamer) Gaelic and deposited at Yokohama, January 9, 1897, with arrival on February 8, 1897 in Leipzig, Germany.The S.S. Gaelic was a passenger and cargo liner built for the White Star Line in 1885 by Harland & Wolff of Belfast, Northern Ireland. She was chartered to the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company and served on its Pacific Ocean crossings from 1885 to 1904. On August 14, 1896, she grounded at Shimonoseki, Japan and had to be towed to Nagasaki for repairs. The cruise carrying the passenger who wrote this 3 Sen postcard came shortly after that.
The Gaelic is noted for transporting the first 102 Korean immigrants to the United States, leaving Nagasaki, Japan on December 29, 1902 and arriving with them in Honolulu, Hawaii on 13 January 1903. In 1905, the Gaelic was refitted by Harland & Wolff, sold to the Pacific Steam Navigation Company and renamed "Callao." She was retired and broken up at Briton Ferry in 1907.
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