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MS Gripsholm (1925)

The Winter Cruise for 1939 was designated the Around South America Cruise, as in 1938.

Envelope posted on board with the ship's paquebot mark and cancelled "Ship Mail Nassau" when
dropped off on 3 February

Posted On The High Seas
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m-fs. GRIP SBOLM

Around SOUTH AMERICA
and Up The
AMAZON CRUISE

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This cruise like many others was arranged by Thomas Cook.
This is a SAL postcard with special printing advertising
Thomas Cook & Son- Wagons-Lits Inc for passengers to tell
family and friends that the cruise had reached Punta Arenas,
the southernmost city of the world.

The cards were posted at Punta Arenas on 25 February 1939

POS T CARD
February 25, 1939.
CA RT E POSTALE
SWEDISH AMERICAN LINERS
KUNGSHOLM-GRIPSHOLM
GREETINGS

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Aboard M. S. "GRIPSHOLM"
Around South America Cruise .
Swedish American line
Thos. Cook & Son - Wagons-lits Inc.
Mailed at Punta Arenas, Chile.
The southernmost city of the world,
2210 miles f ram the South Pole.
Printed In Sweden