Dec 14, 2006 - Sale 2098

Sale 2098 - Lot 400

Unsold
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(CANADIAN PACIFIC LINE.) "Empress of Australia." Group of approximately 90 pieces, consisting of 16 cruise and destination booklets, 5 passenger lists (1927-39), and 69 issues [complete] of "The Empress Cruise News," representing the daily shipboard newspaper produced on a round the world cruise (1930-31). Various sizes. Includes a few duplicates. Vp, principally 1920-30s

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The twin-screw liner originally appeared under the Hamburg-American banner as the "Tirpitz," though she never sailed as a liner and was turned over to the British at the conclusion of World War I. She began sailing in 1922 for the Canadian-Pacific Line. She was scrapped in 1952.