{"id":9083172847897,"title":"QM2: 2004 - 1940 Cunard centennial cachet signed on 175th anniversary by captain","handle":"qm2-2004-1940-cunard-centennial-cache-signed-on-175th-anniversary-by-captain","description":"Cunard Line: Old meets news in this rare Cunard Centennial cachet from 1940, updated with the signature of the QM2's captain during Cunard's 175th anniversary.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWorld war might have engulfed Great Britain in 1940, but across the pond us Yanks could still celebrate special occasions. In Boston local postal officials created a cancellation to commemorate Cunard's centennial. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNot coincidentally, this envelope is postmarked July 18, 1940. Exactly one-hundred years earlier Cunard's BRITANNIA had steamed into Bean Town after departing Liverpool on July 4, 1840. As the cancellation reads, the arrival brought with it the \"First Regular Trans-Atlantic Steamship Service.\" The BRITANNIA and her crew were the toast of the town throughout the remainder of that long-ago July. But in a move that to this day still baffles blue-blood Bostonians, a few years later Cunard moved their North American terminus to that upstart former Dutch port, Nieuw Amsterdam, a.k.a. New York.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSeventy-five years later an ocean liner buff brought the cachet along during the QM2's 175th anniversary voyage in May 2015. He had the ship name and portrait stamped on back and secured the signature of captain Chris Wells.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis rare Cunard Centennial cachet is in very good condition.","published_at":"2024-02-11T14:28:53-05:00","created_at":"2024-02-11T14:28:53-05:00","vendor":"AY","type":"- Stationery \u0026 cachets","tags":["- Stationery \u0026 cachets","Cunard"],"price":12500,"price_min":12500,"price_max":12500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":47953797316889,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"12171a","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"QM2: 2004 - 1940 Cunard centennial cachet signed on 175th anniversary by captain","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":12500,"weight":85,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/12171a.jpg?v=1707679735","\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/12171a-1.jpg?v=1707679735"],"featured_image":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/12171a.jpg?v=1707679735","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":36887472734489,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.815,"height":858,"width":1557,"src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/12171a.jpg?v=1707679735"},"aspect_ratio":1.815,"height":858,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/12171a.jpg?v=1707679735","width":1557},{"alt":null,"id":36887472767257,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.815,"height":858,"width":1557,"src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/12171a-1.jpg?v=1707679735"},"aspect_ratio":1.815,"height":858,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/12171a-1.jpg?v=1707679735","width":1557}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"Cunard Line: Old meets news in this rare Cunard Centennial cachet from 1940, updated with the signature of the QM2's captain during Cunard's 175th anniversary.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWorld war might have engulfed Great Britain in 1940, but across the pond us Yanks could still celebrate special occasions. In Boston local postal officials created a cancellation to commemorate Cunard's centennial. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNot coincidentally, this envelope is postmarked July 18, 1940. Exactly one-hundred years earlier Cunard's BRITANNIA had steamed into Bean Town after departing Liverpool on July 4, 1840. As the cancellation reads, the arrival brought with it the \"First Regular Trans-Atlantic Steamship Service.\" The BRITANNIA and her crew were the toast of the town throughout the remainder of that long-ago July. But in a move that to this day still baffles blue-blood Bostonians, a few years later Cunard moved their North American terminus to that upstart former Dutch port, Nieuw Amsterdam, a.k.a. New York.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSeventy-five years later an ocean liner buff brought the cachet along during the QM2's 175th anniversary voyage in May 2015. He had the ship name and portrait stamped on back and secured the signature of captain Chris Wells.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis rare Cunard Centennial cachet is in very good condition."}