November 28th, 2016

Titanic-addressed parcel label is expected to make US$14,500 at Mossgreen Auctions. The most exciting philatelic news is to your attention

Titanic-addressed parcel label is expected to make US$14,500 at Mossgreen Auctions. The most exciting philatelic news is to your attention

FindYourStampsValue.com hurries to share the latest auction news with our devoted readers. This one is about a parcel label addressed to the Titanic that is to be sold at Mossgreen Auctions in Melbourne on November 29-30. It’s valued at US$14,500.

The package arrived at Southampton the day after the Titanic left

It reads: “Marconi Operator/RMS Titanic/co The White Star Line/Southampton” and was sent on April 11, 1912 – the day after the ship left port.

Five days later the Titanic went down in the mid-Atlantic.

Gary Watson, Mossreen’s director of stamps & postal history, said: “In my opinion, this parcel label is the most evocative and most important postal item associated with the most famous of maritime disasters.”

Sourced by paulfrasercollectibles.com

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