Dec 14, 2006 - Sale 2098

Sale 2098 - Lot 680

Price Realized: $ 840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND LINE.) "Aorgani." R.M.M.S. "Aorangi." Company issued color lithographed print, 24 3/4X39 inches sight size with mat; framed. Not examined out of frame. Np, probably 1930s

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The quadruple-screw "Aorangi" was the largest motorship ever built when she began her maiden voyage in 1924. During World War II she served as a troopship, but re-entered trans-Pacific service when the war concluded. She was scrapped in 1953.