http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/united-states/rms-homeric/ Philatelic or Stamp Collecting Database for philatelists and stamp collectors, stamp articles, stamp archives, stamp book reviews, a philatelic dictionary and a philatelic directory. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:21:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/united-states/rms-homeric/comment-page-1/#comment-3938 Ships on Postcards: S.S. COLUMBUS | The Philatelic Database - Archive of Stamp Collecting Articles Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:52:28 +0000 http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/countries/united-states/rms-homeric/#comment-3938 [...] The Columbus, was originally to be named Hindenburg. However, her sister, originally named Columbus, was handed over to the White Star Line as war reparations in 1920. The Allies allowed North German (Norddeutsch) Lloyd (NDL) to keep the remaining ship and she was then named after her departed sister, now the British Homeric. [...] [...] The Columbus, was originally to be named Hindenburg. However, her sister, originally named Columbus, was handed over to the White Star Line as war reparations in 1920. The Allies allowed North German (Norddeutsch) Lloyd (NDL) to keep the remaining ship and she was then named after her departed sister, now the British Homeric. [...]

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