Dr. Charles J. DiComo, President of the Philatelic Society of Lancaster County and the Empire State Postal History Society shares a brief story entitled “The S.S. Tahiti: Her History, the Sinking, and a “Salvaged” Cover.
This Ocean Liner, built in 1904 by Alexander Stephens & Sons, was operated by the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand and remained afloat for 26 years. She was initially named the RMS Port Kingston, served as a Troop Ship during World War I as the HMNZT, was subject to a Spanish Flu outbreak in 1918, and later served as a passenger and freight vessel.
Charles shares the story of her sinking in the South Pacific Ocean in 1930 without the loss of life after throwing a propeller. He also shares his recent discovery of a rare “salvaged” cover being mailed from N.Z. to America that was recovered from the S.S. Tahiti before she sank.
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anyone have items related to the sinking of the Lusitania? i am collecting on that topic
Oooh that would be interesting! I doubt any covers survived unless they were on a recovered body or posted in New York – just like Titanic.