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Auction: 12016 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1622

Great BritainCollections and Rangesthe blue riband trophy:1840-1968, a neatly written-up display collection arranged on album leaves (45) including mail carried on the Steamship "Caledonia" (3) with 1840 (24 Dec.) Charleston Courier printed circular to London, 1844 (13 Apr.) entire to England, 1945 (2 Aug.) Leith to U.S.A.; 1846 (29 June) to London per "Hibernia"; 1850 (10 Oct.) Liverpool to New York per "Asia"; 1860 (5 June) to London per "Persia", 1867 (5 July) to Troon per "Russia"; 1869 (5 July) to Troon per "Scotia"; a range of picture postcards the majority used; also a book The Blue Riband of the Atlantic by Tom Hughes. An interesting lot. (75 items)

Estimate
£600 to £800