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RMS TITANIC Distress Western Union Telegram Titanic to WSL NY, April 15, 1912 RP

$ 3.63

Availability: 33 in stock
  • Condition: New
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Cruise Ship & Ocean Liner: White Star & Titanic
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Unrecorded, Newly Discovered Titantic C.Q.D.  S.O.S. Telegram
    R.M.S. Titanic: Distress Telegram Sent to the White Star Line, Reprint.
    (8.5" x  11")
    Western Union Telegram received at the Western Union office in New York City, via Marconi wireless, April 15, 1912.
    The telegram was relayed to Western Union from the Marconi station in Cape Race, Newfoundland.
    The sender was the R.M.S. Titanic and the addressee was Philip A. S. Franklin, Vice President and manager of the White Star Line office in Manhattan.
    In full: "To Mr. P.A. Franklin, White Star Steamship Co. 9 Broadway, NYC. CQD, CQD SOS SOS= From MGY (RMS Titanic)= We Have Struck Iceberg= Sinking Fast= Come to our Assistance= Position: Lat 41.46 N.= Lon 50.14 W. MGY".
    MGY was the unique Marconi code identifying the R.M.S. Titanic.
    This telegram was in very bad shape, very faint print and extremely hard to read.
    I scanned it, enhanced and sharpened it to the best of my ability.
    It isn't great, but it looks very cool and it is presentable.
    PLEASE KNOW GOING INTO THIS, THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE A "PRISTINE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE" ITEM.
    THE ORGINAL ISN'T.
    BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A RARE IMAGE, CLEANED UP TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY & CONNECTED TO THE SINKING, YOU WILL WANT THIS IN YOUR COLLECTION!
    It is a unique item and the only one I have seen that went from the Titanic directly to the White Star Line office in NYC, via the Marconi station at Cape Race.
    I have printed these reprints on 65 1b archival, acid free card stock.
    Priced so that everyone can afford one.
    I ship via USPS with Tracking, and your reprint will be safely packaged.
    Thanks for looking.
    Check back often as I am adding new items daily!