The picture below shows a larger view of all (4) Old Unused Royal Mail Steam Packet Company R.M.S.P. Araguaya Ship Letter Head Pages in this lot. These are not dated but they are from the early 1900s. Each letterhead sheet is folded creating four pages each. They have the company logo or emblem with a crown and a flag. They are marked as follows: THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY R.M.S.P. “ARAGUAYA” All four for one price! The folded letterhead sheets each measure about 4-9/16'' x 7-1/4''. Three of these appear to be in near mint to mint condition as pictured. The fourth one is discolored and hassoiling or spotting. Below here, for reference, is some additional information: Royal Mail Steam Packet Company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Industry: Shipping Fate: Liquidated Successor: Royal Mail Lines Ltd Founded: 1839 Founder: James Macqueen Defunct: 1932 Headquarters: London, United Kingdom Key people: Lord Kylsant Royal Mail Lines Ltd Industry: Shipping, cruise line Fate: Acquired Predecessor: Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Successor: Furness, Withy & Co. Founded: 1932 Defunct: 1965 The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a British shipping company founded in London in 1839 by a Scot, James MacQueen. The line's motto was Per Mare Ubique (everywhere by sea). After good and bad times it became the largest shipping group in the world in 1927 when it took over the White Star Line. The company was liquidated and its assets taken over by the newly formed Royal Mail Lines in 1932 after financial trouble and scandal; over the years RML declined to no more than the name of a service run by former rival Hamburg Süd. Name: Araguaya Commisioned: 1906 GT: 10,537 Propulsion: screw Hull: steel Notes: Requisitioned for conversion to a Hospital ship in 1917. Returned to RMSP in 1920. Sold to Jugoslavenski Lloyd in 1930 and renamed Kraljica Marija. Sold to France in 1940 and renamed Savoie II. Sunk at Casablanca on 8 Nov 1942 by U.S. Naval Forces. |