If you are interested in ocean-liner postcards (in particular, pre-WWI Edwardian England ocean-liner postcards) then Raphael Tuck should be at the top of your list for desirability and rarity. While they produced cards for many… read more ›
Ballin’s pre-war trio for HAPAG. ss Imperator, ss Vaterland, and ss Bismarck. Unfortunately, two of them were only in service a few years before the outbreak of World War I, and the third was finished… read more ›
Lovely postcard of the ill-fated RMS Lusitania on the stocks at John Brown’s yard shortly before her launch. What a day that must have been! Unused and in excellent condition.
This postcard is for the White Star liner RMS Megantic. As you know, Megantic was one of a pair of ships setup to test the engine arrangements subsequently used in the Olympic class. Mailed April,… read more ›
Famous color rendering card of the ss Normandie. This is the card I think of when I think of her. Unused and in mint condition.
Gleaming woodwork, vast space, and your own dining table were hallmarks of the Caen Suite. Postcard unused and in excellent condition.
A rarity these days! A pre-sinking postcard for this, perhaps history’s most famous pair of steamships RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic. No message (and given the recent incident perhaps no message was required) but has… read more ›
Here is something it took me years to find. A pair of post cards– one mailed from RMS Olympic’s maiden voyage in June, 1911, and one mailed from her final voyage in October, 1935. Framed… read more ›
One of the nicer cards ever issued for RMS Olympic. There’s something very soothing about it. Claimed to be the last White Star Line issued artist card done for our favorite liner. That seems to… read more ›
Interesting photo of the famous floating dry dock in Southampton, the largest in the world. Remnants of the brick docking piers used to keep this dry dock in place are still visible in Southampton to… read more ›
This is my personal favorite postcard of RMS Olympic. Isn’t she powerful and sleek looking in this image from her gravy years of the 1920s? This is Olympic back on top after the war. Don’t… read more ›
Don’t you just love the colors on some of the line-issued artist-rendering cards? White Star Line did because they produced quite a number of them by different artists. This one for RMS Olympic is after… read more ›
Not wanting to miss out on the PR gold mine of the largest and most famous vessels in the world, New York postcard producers quickly got into the game themselves. This maiden-voyage-era card is postmarked… read more ›
A depression frugality. Cunard and White Star merged in 1934, and to save money, the existing stock of postcards was taken back to the printers and Cunard was shoehorned in over White Star Line. Thus… read more ›
A real-photo postcard of the RMS Olympic cutting quite the image in Southampton’s floating dry dock in the mid 1920s. The last remnants of this dry dock are slated to go away any time now. … read more ›
An interesting and seldom-seen card of RMS Olympic off the Eddystone Lighthouse. The painting of the ship is pre-sinking Titanic. However, the information listing her tonnage and “The largest British Steamer” is the type of… read more ›
The image is RMS Olympic by artist Walter Thomas. The smaller version of this postcard is not so common, and this much larger version measuring is extremely difficult to find. In near mint condition. Strange… read more ›
The famous Tuck’s postcard of RMS Olympic at sea. Unused and in great condition. This is an asset to any White Star Line collection. Not a reproduction, and I can–I feel certain–invoke my sterling reputation… read more ›
A stunning real-photographic postcard of the RMS Olympic in Southampton. Image dates to mid 1920s, and she’s looking every inch the most handsome ocean liner in the world. Unused and in excellent condition.
A rarely seen photo of RMS Olympic off the Dardanelles, I believe, early in the war as a troop ship. She’s impressive to say the least. I would hate to be the fellow who had… read more ›
Cool and iconic color artist card imagining RMS Olympic compared to various buildings of her time. Written and posted in April, 1922–the gravy years for this beloved White Star Liner.
Unusual set of views on board the ss Olympic. From a rare series of postcards printed in the 1920s. Misprinted on the back with the tonnage of Majestic! This has been blacked out and another… read more ›
Post-sinking disaster card showing an artist rendering of RMS Olympic. Full details of ship in the caption. Unused with one corner bitten off. This same image was also used on a post-sinking poster, maybe to… read more ›
A fine image of Olympic at anchor marked as Titanic on a memorial postcard. “The largest ship in the world.” Unused. Some bending in the upper left-hand corner.
A post-sinking disaster card for the famous RMS Titanic. Details in the caption about her tragic loss. In very good condition with some bumped corners. These sinking cards are getting tougher to source, but I… read more ›
The famous Tuck’s postcard of Titanic at sea. In excellent condition. This iconic image is an asset to any RMS Titanic or White Star Line collection.
Did you know that the United States Lines produced an oversized “Book Post” card of the Big U? I don’t think I was aware of that, but here it is. A quantity available. Price is… read more ›
