Nov 11, 2011 - Sale 2261

Sale 2261 - Lot 105

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
SHEP (CHARLES SHEPHERD, 1892-?) ROYAL MAIL. 1937.
39 3/4x24 3/4 inches, 101x63 cm. The Baynard Press, London.
Condition B+: minor restoration and repaired tears in margins and corners; creases in image.
The Royal Mail Line, despite its name which implies a cargo service for mail, was also an old and prestigious passenger line, founded in 1839 as the RMSP (Royal Mail Steam Packet Company). The Royal Mail Lines company was created in 1932 when the original company dissolved amidst financial scandals.