^Lot 1732 Titanic

Two extremely rare postcards, postmarked May 28, 1912: Heroes of the Titanic features five portraits in the sky over the Titanic of some of the most famous people who sailed on the ship, including J. J. Astor, Maj. A. Butt, Capt. EJ Smith, Wm. T. Stead and Isadore Strauss. The reverse bears the inscription: “Souvenir ineffaçable?” (a souvenir you cannot forget?), with the penny stamp intact; and J. H. Joyge’s rendition of the Titanic in stormy water hitting iceberg head-on (two full lifeboats in the picture), 1912. The reverse bears the inscription “Souvenir touchant du disaster du titanic” (a souvenir to remember the disaster of the Titanic), with the penny stamp intact.