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Bamforth & Co. Ltd. Complete Set of Six Titanic Memorial. Complete set of six Bamforth & Co. Ltd. postcards depicting the Titanic’s sinking: ‘Nearer, My God, To Thee’ music over the ocean with sinking ship; kneeling female wearing a white robe with the words to the song on the bottom, vertical image; same female standing against a column with flowers, an image of Jesus in the clouds in front of a lighted cross with the sinking ship in the ocean and a lifeboat in the foreground, vertical image; horizontal image of same female with closer image of Jesus, the words “Nearer, My God, To Thee” hovering over the ocean and reflected in the water; the words “Nearer, My God, To Thee” appearing in the sky over a lighted cross with the sinking ship in the ocean with six lifeboats in the water; robed female with lighted cross in the sky and ship sinking in the water, the first verse of ‘Nearer, My God, To Thee’ on the bottom, vertical image; and a robed female with arms lifted to the heavens where angels can be seen ascending into the clouds above the sinking ship in the ocean. Estimate $400 - 600
with sinking information showing “1800 victimes”; and Plus Pres De Toi Mon Dieu words and music in French to ‘Nearer, My God, To Thee,’ with a small photo of Titanic in the upper left.
323. Titanic. Two Titanic’ postcards, each bearing the phrase “The Most Appalling Disaster in Maritime History,” with one featuring the words “Among the Icebergs” printed in the lower left corner. Both are used, but neither bear a postmark or stamp. Staining to one card.
Estimate $200 - 400
Estimate $200 - 400
322. SS Mauretania as Titanic. Rare set of the Cunard Liner SS Mauretania as she appeared in an unused postcard, and a second card altered to show Mauretania as the Titanic with the text, “The S.S. ‘TITANIC’ which sank on her maiden voyage trip April 15, 1912, with a loss of over 1500 souls.”
324. Titanic. Two Titanic postcards, featuring a sepia, real photo of the Titanic by Kraus Mfg. Co., NY. “The S.S. Titanic” and the other card as “The Titanic S.S.” The Titanic S.S. card shows the passenger loss total of 1500 passengers; once corrected, the S.S. Titanic was printed with 1635 passengers lost. One of the cards exhibits a red stain.
Estimate $200 - 400
Estimate $200 - 300
321. French Titanic. Two French Titanic postcards: Le “Titanic”