White Star Line

This lovely card is for the White Star liner RMS Arabic, lost to torpedo in 1915.  This is part of the “celebrated liner” series done by Tucks.  Written on and posted in 1904.

Here’s a special list!  There is so much to make this a stunning list for any White Star Line collector.  Let’s start with the cover, which is the same as used on RMS Titanic.  It… read more ›

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 ›

I don’t recall the last time I had a “Tea” menu from a White Star liner, but I know that in second and third class this afternoon meal was much more hearty than the beverages… read more ›

Britannic was to become more important than ever to White Star Line’s future in 1914 and 1915, but as we know, it was not to be.  Her interiors were largely completed, however, and much was… read more ›

The best advertising piece Cunard White Star ever did for the Britannic.  It is good to see the White Star liner that lasted longest with Cunard was not treated as a red-headed step child within… read more ›

Return-to-service brochure produced for the Cunard White Star Liner Britannic in 1947.  “The Britannic is not only British in name, from keel to masthead she embodies the traditional skill of British craftsmen.”  I’ll say!  She… read more ›

Abstract of log from Britannic’s April 9, 1949, crossing.  She had not yet been back in post-war service a full year.  In excellent condition.

Probably my favorite of all the gift-shop items ever stocked.  Beautiful reverse-painted butterfly-wing pin dish for White Star Line’s last-serving liner.  This is only the second one I have carried for Britannic.  In mint condition.

One of White Star’s most lavish brochures created in the midst of the depression.  This would be one of the last brochures for Adriatic and Baltic.  Celtic and Cedric having already gone.  Runs 24 pages… read more ›

Gala farewell dinner menu for a “Boring” cruise.  When I first found out that James Boring mounted many cruises in the interwar years, I was a bit surprised by his name to say the least. … read more ›

A second-class passenger list for the RMS Cedric’s crossing from Liverpool to New York, Valentines Day, February 14, 1906.  Captain Cameron in command, and the surgeon is W.F.N. O’Loughlin of Titanic fame.  The cover is… read more ›

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 ›

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 ›

Some excellent research by White Star china historian Russ Upholster has revealed that the name of this pattern (often inaccurately called “Wisteria” or “Gothic Arch”) is actually “Crown.”  It’s a fitting name because of the… read more ›

White Star Line used several different covers on their passenger lists with styles changing every few years or so in keeping with the styles of the era. 19th Century lists have a very 19th Century… read more ›

How would you like to enjoy your evening aperitif in a real White Star crystal cordial? I take special pride in bringing you only original high-quality memorabilia, and cordials fit the bill.  This cordial comes… read more ›

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 ›

Hard-to-find 19th Century second-class passenger list RMS Majestic.  19th Century White Star Line are tough to source, and those for second class are even more so.  Bruce Ismay is listed on the cover as New… read more ›

The Worlds Largest Ship!  Majestic and Leviathan were not just vying with each other for the title of the largest ship in the world, they were also vying for speed records.  Here is how that… read more ›

“The World’s Largest Ship.”  Wait, shouldn’t that be the United States Lines’s Leviathan?  At the time, it depended on if who you ask was from the US or the UK!  Both ships were pretty evenly… read more ›

Stunning color cut-away of White Star Line’s RMS Majestic.  In many ways, Majestic was a forerunner to ships such as ss Normandie (with divided uptakes, every public room being double height, etc.).  White Star cut-aways… read more ›

Perhaps the best swimming pool ever put in a liner.  This was no simple plunge bath, this is positively Pompeian!  Unused and in excellent condition.

A pair of the last cards printed for Majestic.  The White Star version and the Cunard White Star overprint from 1935.  Both unused, the CWS version has an ink spot on the front and some… 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 ›

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 ›

Superb graphics on the cover of this passenger list for White Star’s finest 19th Century ship, the RMS Oceanic.  The last ship conceived and built under the guidance of the line’s founder, Thomas Ismay, Oceanic… read more ›

A rarity these days!  A pre-sinking postcard for this, perhaps history’s most famous pair of steamships.  No message (and given the recent incident perhaps no message was required) but has been addressed and is dated… read more ›

The best first-class deck plan I have ever carried for the “Old Reliable.”  Interestingly, it is dated July, 1913, and reprinted after the war in 1920, listing the à la carte restaurant simply as the… read more ›

Ultra rare tourist-third-class deck plan for the White Star Liner RMS Olympic, dated June, 1931.  In very good condition and measures about 23″ x 34.5″. Did you know many Edwardian liners became four-class ships late… read more ›

Unused and unusual gummed sticker for mail posted on Olympic.  Measures about 2″ long.  Excellent condition.  A small quantity available.

A rare and stunning real-photographic postcard of the RMS Olympic after her collision with the HMS Hawke in the Solent on September 20, 1911.  The flank of the huge liner stretches on and on in… 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 ›

The previous dealer wanted, and perhaps obtained, $400 for this card.  Even in these inflationary times, you’ll get more rational pricing here at Luxury Liner Row.  An artist card from circa 1913-1919.  Looks like it… read more ›

An early artist-rendering card from the time of the great ship’s maiden voyage.  Unused but back shows where once attached to an album page.

Huge real photo postcard of RMS Olympic in Book Post format.  Measures  about 5.5″ x 10.25″.  Some curling at edges, but these should press out fine.  One small crease on left side.

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 ›

Real photo card of the first-class smoking room on board White’s Star’s Olympic.  This image shows the room after her 1919 refit and reentry into service.  Extremely clear!  Unused and in excellent condition. Did you… 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 ›

Touching the River Lagan for the first time, Olympic is in her natural element.  She was at this point undergoing the most stress she would ever experience in her career, and I think it would… read more ›

The famous Tuck’s postcard of RMS Olympic at sea.  Unused and in excellent condition.  This is an asset to any White Star Line collection.  A mother gave this card to her son George in June,… 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.

Way back in 1987, artifacts from the wreck of the White Star liner Republic, which sank dramatically in 1909, were salvaged.  Claims of massive amounts of gold, wild-goose chases, and tails of sad tragic drama have… read more ›

I haven’t had a set of White Star Line sugar tongs in ages.  These are made by our friends at Elkington Silver and date to 1930.  They measure about 4.25″ long.  In excellent condition.  They… read more ›

I have always considered White Star’s Teutonic to be the first ocean liner.  She was more reliable (and some say safer) because she had twin screws and didn’t need sails.  She was also big enough… 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.  “The largest boat in the world.”  Unused but the back is printed with an advertisement for a clothing store in New York City.  Isn’t it… read more ›

A post-sinking disaster card for the famous RMS Titanic.  Details in the caption about her tragic loss.  Interestingly, stamped in the period with a 1 cent American stamp but not canceled, mailed, or written on. … 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.

RMS Olymipc, Homeric, and Majestic brochure from around 1925.  The finest brochure ever done for White Star Line’s post-war trio of ships.  20 pages of full color covering all 3 ships.  RMS Majestic as the… read more ›

Want to own some shares in your favorite ocean-liner corporation?  Here is your chance.  The White Star Line became a British owned firm again when IMM sold the company to Royal Mail Line in 1927. … read more ›

Superb White Star Line officer’s uniform button.  Measures about 7/8″ across.  This is the large size.  Excellent condition.  As used on the officers’ uniforms on board RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic.  These are becoming very… read more ›

Excellent example of a White Star Line uniform button as used on the uniforms of the officers on board RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic.  Measures about 5/8″ across.  Excellent condition.  Very difficult to find in… read more ›