Showing posts with label BOAT CARRIED COVER. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BOAT CARRIED COVER. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

DETROIT RIVER MAIL BOAT SERVICE 1980 : CARRIED COVER PHILATELY

 


J. W. Westcott II is a boat known for its conveyance of mail to ships while they are in progress. It is an authorized U.S. Postal Service mail boat and furthermore the world's memorable non-military drifting postal ZIP code — 48222. The mail is delivered to the appropriate ships transiting the Detroit River, utilizing ropes and buckets.

Monday, June 27, 2022

BOAT CARRIED COVER, BOADASAKURRU 2019 : CARRIED COVER PHILATELY


A Boat Carried Special Cover was released on October 1, 2019, on the occasion of Gandhi’s 90 years visit to Razole village, crossing the river Godavari on 05 May 1929 and he stayed in the house of Sri Ponnada Sreerama Venkata Suryarao. The house is now popularly known as "Gandhi House".

The Cover was carried from Boadasakurru -533215 to Razole HO - 533242 and has been signed by the carrier.