Maiden Voyage Covers

The Maiden Voyage Covers were posted on High Seas, on the Maiden Voyage (first journey) of S.S. EXECUTOR of Ameri-can Export Lines. The American Export Lines operated a number of passenger/cargo ships with the names such as "Excalibur","Excambion" etc. with accomodation for twelve passengers, of which the "Executor" was one. The boat leaves New York 4 Nov to her farthermost port, Rangoon, Burma. This cover appears to be prepared as a courtesy to the ship's crew and passengers by the purchaser which was not posted until the ship called at Rangoon.  In Rangoon, the Maiden Voyage covers was affixed with Burma Centenary stamps and cancelled on 2 Jan 1941.  It attracted the censorship mark PASSED CENSOR 9 RANGOON.

 

The S.S. Executor ship was launched on 21 Sep 1940 and it was delivered to American Exports Line on 22 Oct 1940.  It has made her Maiden Voyage to India two times for conversion to cargo ship for the acquisition of US Navy.  US Navy acquired S.S. Executor on 3 Jun 1941 and commissioned it on 15 Jun 1941.  After acquisition, S.S. Executor was renamed as Almaack and classified as AK-27.

Almaack

The following card was found in one of the Maiden Voyage covers.