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Item Specifics:
Ship / Vessel: RMS Mauretania (II)
Cruise Line: Cunard / Cunard White Star Line
Year: 1951 (August 18–24 Transatlantic Crossing)
Captain: Captain D. W. Sorrell
Voyage Route: New York to Southampton (via Cobh & Le Havre)
Type: Complete Single-Passenger Ephemera Voyage Archive
Items Included: Passenger List, Deck Plan, Log Card, Breakfast Menu, 2x Dinner Menus, 4x Children\'s Menus, Luggage Tag, Daily Programs, Envelope, Race Card, Postcard
Up for sale is an exceptional, completely intact 18-piece 1951 single-passenger transatlantic voyage ephemera archive from the Cunard White Star liner RMS Mauretania.
All items in this collection originate from the exact same August 18–24, 1951 crossing from New York to Southampton under Captain D. W. Sorrell.
This complete 18-piece archive includes:
RMS Mauretania Tourist Class Accommodations / Temporary Deck Plan booklet.
Official RMS Mauretania List of Passengers booklet (August 18, 1951).
Official Abstract of Log Card detailing daily nautical miles, weather, and 21.85 knot average speed.
1x \"Good Morning!\" Breakfast Menu dated Saturday, August 25, 1951.
2x Dinner Menus with illustrated artwork covers (includes Monday, August 20, 1951 menu).
4x Cunard Children\'s Menus featuring colorful vintage illustrated covers.
Original Cunard White Star \"To Europe\" red stringed luggage tag.
4x Daily \"Programme for Today\" onboard entertainment activity schedules.
1x RMS Mauretania official stationery envelope.
1x Onboard Race Card activity schedule.
1x RMS Mauretania color picture postcard.
Excellent vintage condition for 1950s maritime paper ephemera. Minor edge toning and light handling folds consistent with age and travel. Exceptionally clean print with clear text and bright colors throughout.
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