Great Britain – United Kingdom. Mayflower Ship’s Mail Maiden Voyage Cancel. Circular Cancellation on Special cover.

Mayflower Ship’s Mail Maiden Voyage Cancel.

Circular Cancellation on Special cover.

Mayflower II is a replica of the 17th-century ship Mayflower, celebrated for transporting the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620. The replica was built in Devon, England during 1955–1956, in a collaboration between Englishman Warwick Charlton and Plimoth Plantation, an American museum. The work drew upon reconstructed ship blueprints held by the American museum, along with hand construction by English shipbuilders using traditional methods. Mayflower II was sailed from Plymouth, Devon on April 20, 1957, recreating the original voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, under the command of Alan Villiers. According to the ship’s log, Mayflower II arrived at Plymouth on June 22; it was towed up the East River into New York City on Monday, July 1, 1957, where Villiers and crew received a ticker-tape parade.

Souvenir sheet signed on black ink by Alan Villiers, Master of Mayflower.