Cover #1

#21

#23

#20

#2

#3

#4

#15

#5

#6

The Mystery
Box

Spink July 19,
2012 auction
The Collector
Series 2 Lot#610

Reg Morris

Sandafayre's
Hunters Feb 15,
2005 Mail Bid
Sale 7105,
Lot #7229

Jay Baum,
Titanic Hist.
Society Mbr,
Staten Island,
NY

Eric of NJ

Mike Patkin 1

March 3(Sunday)

March 4(Monday)

March 5(Tuesday)

March 6 (?)(Wednesday)

March 6(Wednesday)FranceFranceFranceFranceSummary
Table
Colorado

Kelleher 2020

Tom
Fortunato,
Rochester,NY

March 3(Sunday)

March 3(Sunday)

March 3(Sunday)
FranceFrance

LAGRASSE/AUDE

LANGRES A
NANCY (Trainpmk)

Owner/Source

George BeheSanta Cruz Mi
Puerto Web Site

Postmark Date

March 7(Thursday)

March 3(Sunday)

March 2(Saturday)

Country of Origin

Spain

Spain

FranceFranceFranceLILLE

GARE DESSAINTES(train station)

CHARS ASERQUEUX(Train pmk)

City/Town(cancel type)

Vich (Barcelona)

Blanes(Girona)

Sender/ Return
Address

Guarnicioneria de
Joaquin Bussalleu,
Dolores deRambai del
Garriga,
Carmen, num. 4,
Corsetera de
VICH (harness Blanes(corsetmaker)
maker)FREJUS

#7

#22

#8

#9

#10

Mike Patkin 2

Kupersmit

Das Kleine
Little TitanicMuseum(Germany)

Sandafayre's
January 30,
2001 Mail Bid
Sale #550

March 6(Wednesday)

March 6(Wednesday)

March 6(Wednesday)

March 7(Thursday)FranceFrance

FranceFrancePARIS/ R. DE
BENNESPASSYGRIGNY/MARNEPLOUARET A
BREST(Train pmk)

#19

#11

#12

#13

#14

#16

Eric of NJ(2007
NutmegAuction)

Mike Patkin 3

Titanic Museum
Indian Orchard,
Massachusetts

William R. Simon,
Bowie, Maryland

EarlyAmerican
History
Auctions

OliverLangenbach ofQuebec

SSTitanic.org

unreadable

March 8(Friday)

March 8(Friday)

March 8(Friday)

March 13(Wednesday)

unreadable

March 13(Wednesday)

March 14(Thursday)FranceFrance

FranceFranceFranceFranceFranceDenmark

BORDEAUX/ HERICOURT
GIRONDE /HTE SAONENEUILLE ST
JAMES/SEINEPARIS AORLEANS(Train pmk)

PAULX/LOIREINFRES

x/LOIRE-x

SATHONAYCAMPVESTER
SKJERNINGE

none

Mons. Joseph
Liby, 13 bould. dela Seine, Neuille
St James, Seine

none(unless onreverse)

none

L. NOUAILLESAINTNAZAIRE
SUR LOIRE(coalimporters)

none

M.C. Nielsen,
Pavegaarden i
OLLERUPLA CROISILLE[sur Briance]

nonenonenonenone

none…ARNIE,
23 RueBardinean,
BORDEAU

none

none

none

none
(unless onreverse)

nonenone(unless onreverse)

none

AGEN/LOT ETGARONNE#18

AVIGNON/
VAUCLUSEBROUILLOU(company'spurple oval
rubber stamp
mark on theback, restunreadable)

x/PAS DECALAIS#17“Paris - R.P.
Etranger”
Postmark Date

March 7(time unk.)(Thursday)none

unknown

March 4
4:30
(Monday)

March 4
4:30
(Monday)

March 44:30(Monday)

March 4
4:30
(Monday)

unknown

unknown

March 7
6:30
(Thursday)

March 7
6:30
(Thursday)

nonenonenone

unknown

none

none

none

unknown

March 14
4:30
(Thursday)

March 14(time unk.)(Thursday)

none

N/A

Winter blue ID
Number264552264548267967267929267914267957267996267972267971267922267920267952267984267939267925267942267946267999267909273938273937273940

N/A

Manuscript Ad
Dossier #

5569

5569

5546

5546

5546

5546

5446

5546

5546

5542

5542

5542

5534

5546

5542

5536

5536

5542

5536

5549

5549

5631

N/A

“TITANIC” sanserif 6x37mm
markunknown size
italicized serif"TITANIC" in red

unknown size
italicized serif"TITANIC" in redsans-serif"TITANIC" in violet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

sans-serif"TITANIC" inviolet

serif "TITANIC"
v.2 in violet

Most likely ship arrived
Friday, March 15, as no NYC
arrivals were on Saturday:
Prinzess Irene (Genoa);
Niagara (Le Havre);
Birchtor (Hamburg);
Patris of Andros (Piraeus);
Vaderland (Antwerp)

Most likely via Cherbourg: Hamburg American
Possible:
Possible by trainLine’s “Batavia,” Hamburg-CherbourgWhite Star’s “RMS
inside Denmark
Southampton-New York City, unknown departure
Olympic,”
from Svendborg
date, arrived on March 26 (Tuesday)
Southamptonto Esjberg, then
Cherbourgon to Hull or
Queenstown-New
Harwich, England
York City, departed
for trans-Atlantic
Less likely via Le Havre: French CTG’s ”La
March 13
Liverpool or
Bretagne” or “Rochambeau,” Le Havre-Bordeaux(Wednesday),Southampton
New York City, unknown departure dates, arrived
arrivedMarchcrossingon March 26 (Tuesday)
20 (Wednesday)

Most likely via Cherbourg: North German Lloyd’s “Main,” Bremen-Southampton-Cherbourg-New York City, unknown departure date, arrived on March 17 (Sunday)

Less likely via Le Havre: French CTG’s ”SS Espagne,” Le Havre-Bordeaux-New York City, departed March 9 (Saturday), arrived on March 18 (Monday)

Possible
Crossings
Washington, DC
Transit Postmark
Date

March 16,10:00 AM(Saturday)

March 16,11:00 AM(Saturday)

March 18,2:00 PM(Monday)

March 18,1:00 PM(Monday)

March 18,2:00 PM(Monday)

March 18,2:00 PM(Monday)

March 18,2:00 PM(Monday)

March 18,2:00 PM(Monday)

March 18(unk. time)(Monday)

Purple WinterCompany
Received Date

March 18(Monday)

March 18(Monday)

March 19(Tuesday)

March 19(Tuesday)

March 19(Tuesday)

March 19(Tuesday)

March 19(Tuesday)

March 19(Tuesday)

March 1x(assume 19)

Misc. Information

March 18,5:30 PM(Monday)

March 18,12:30 PM(Monday)

March 18,2:00 PM(Monday)

March 18,2:00 PM(Monday)

March 18,2:00 PM(Monday)

unreadable

March 19(Tuesday)

March 19
(Tuesday)March 19(Tuesday)

March 19(Tuesday)

Seen online:
http://www.themysterybox.com/Features/tit
Sold foranic/index.html$2,000. Owned by
Reported after
against"Emily."release of theestimatedAuctioned by
Lot estimate
Titanic
Seen online at
price ofHenry Aldridge£1200-1500.
Historical
Mr. George Behe https://santacruzm First reported by a
$2,000& Son, lot
Seen first in an
Description
Society'sof Mt. Clemons, ipuerto.com/?modcollector from$3,000 in July
298, April 8,
article of the claims the cover publication ofMichigan exhibited =otrospuertos&pa Colorado in March
15, 2020
2005, unsold.
machine cancel crossed on theTom
this cover at the gina=1&cid=0&id= 2024 found among
Kelleher
Bought inGrosvenor
Society Forum RMS Olympic
Fortunato's"Titanic Texas383. Reference
other covers
auction 741, 1986 for $10 Auction 25, lot Sold for $1,400 publication in (impossible per article on theWeekend",
given as written up addressed to the Lot 2. First
at the3676,
against an
1978 written byshipping
subject,
October 17-19, for sale by Esteve Winter Company
time offered
STEPEX
November 18, estimated price Reg Morris,schedules).
Volume 32,
2003, in Salado, Doménech in early
but without
once
stamp show2005, soldof $750 togiven to him by Unknown if soldNumber 18,Texas.
2019.
TITANIC marking. discovered. in Elmira, NY£1500.
$1,000.
a UK friend.
at that time.
2008 (April)

Purchasedfrom anunnamed San
Franciscodealer in 2010
for $800.

unknown

March 18,
7:00 PM(Monday)

March 18,1:00 PM(Monday)

March 18,2:00 PM(Monday)

March 19(Tuesday)

March 19(Tuesday)

March 19
(Tuesday)March 19
(Tuesday)Seen online:
http://www.sa
Seen online at: ndafayre.com/
http://www.tita html/titanic.ht
Offered online nicmuseum.de/m.
via eBay Buy It Titanic_Concep Supposedly
Now on March ts_Inc_/Titanic_ sold for ₤2600
26, 2023 for
Umschlag_Env and was one$2,499.99 byelope/titanic_u of three suchdealer Andymschlag_envel
recorded
Kupersmit. Sold
ope.html.
covers at the
March 28 forBelievedtime. Sold
$1,900 throughauctioned by online in 2020
online offer.
Christie's Eastfor $6,836.

Purchasedfrom aNutmeg
auction in2007. Paid
$500.

unknown(cover is sealed ina display case)March 27,
11:30 AM(Wednesday)

unreadable

March 28(Thursday)

unknown

March 27,
9:00 AM(Wednesday)

Seattle, Wash.,March 27,9:00 AM(Wednesday)

March 28?
(Thursday)

March 28
(Thursday)

N/A

Received fromFirst covera family friend
discovered
Corresponded
as a birthday
bearing awith Tom
gift in 1989.
TITANIC nonFortunato on
03/30/12 Spink italic sans-serif
9/2/98, mentions
Auction 138,
mark and only
letter from dealer From Early
Lot 1559, est.
cover known
Mark Wessel
American$7.5- $10K,
mailed from“REGISTERED
remembering
History
unsold. Sold Denmark and not
MAIL FOR
Tom’s cover andAuctions,
06/04/14 foraddressed to
TITANIC” seen
offering to buy seen online at$3,000M.A. Winteronline at:
his for $25. Sold http://www.pri
RegencyCompany.
http://www.titanichi
for $5,250 on
ces4antiques.
Superior
Purchased instoricalsociety.org/
01/11/13,
com/itemsum auction. Sold 2015 at an online
museum/21-reg- Regency Auction mary/34877.h 02/01/22 forauction forletter.asp
97, Lot 428.
tm
$3,995.
$102.50.

George Behe (01)Sandafayre's Hunters 2005 (05)

Sandafayre's 2001 (9)Tom Fortunato (02)The Mystery Box (03)Spink 2012 (04)

Jay Baum (06)Eric of New Jersey (07)Little Titanic Museum (08)Eric of New Jersey (10)Titanic Museum (11)William R. Simon (12)Early American History Auctions (13)Mike Patkin 1 (17)Santa Cruz (21)Titanic- Sans-Serif
Chart updated 04/15/2024

Foster Cover (14) (25 centimes stamp on reverse)

Morris Cover (15)

SSTitanic.org Cover (16)Mike Patkin 2 (18)

Mike Patkin 3 (19)Kelleher (20)Kupersmit (22)Colorado (23)

Titanic- Serif type 1

Titanic- Serif type 1
Reverse markings, Tom Fortunato cover