Feb 03, 2011 - Sale 2235

Sale 2235 - Lot 104

Price Realized: $ 132
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(CUNARD LINE.) "Scotia." Liverpool and New York Royal Mail . . . The "Scotia" will start for New York . . . 6th of September [1873]. Letterpress broadside on light purple paper, detailing boarding instructions for passengers and cargo, 9x11 1/2 inches. Liverpool, 25 August 1873

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The "Scotia" was a two funnel paddle-wheeler. Her 4000 horse-power engines made her the fastest paddle-wheeler for trans-Atlantic crossings. She made her final trans-Atlantic crossing in May 1876.