POSTCARD~Halifax, Nova Scotia postmark~1932~Hamburg-American Line Ship St. Louis

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POSTCARD~Halifax, Nova Scotia postmark~1932~Hamburg-American Line Ship St. Louis:
$6.00

Genuine original old postcard, not a reprint. Printed, based on a photograph. No major faults, postally used, stamp included. View shows the famous Hamburg American Line ship St. Louis. In 1939, the St. Louis was unable to find a port in Cuba, the United States, or Canada willing to accept the more than 950 Jewish refugees on board and had to return to Europe.Wikipedia.org: \"The Hamburg Amerikanische Paketfahrt Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG for short, often referred to in English as Hamburg America Line (sometimes also Hamburg-American Line, Hamburg-Amerika Linie or Hamburg Line); literally Hamburg American Packet-shipping Joint-stock company) was a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in Hamburg, Germany, in 1847. Among the founders were prominent citizens such as Albert Ballin (Director General), Adolph Godeffroy, Ferdinand Laeisz, Carl Woermann, August Bolten and others, and its main financial backers were Berenberg Bank and H. J. Merck & Co. It soon developed into the largest German, and at times the world\'s largest, shipping company, serving the market created by the German immigration to the United States and later immigration from Eastern Europe. On September 1, 1970, after 123 years of independent existence, HAPAG merged with the Bremen-based North German Lloyd to form Hapag-Lloyd AG.\"