£190 - £230
OCEAN LINER: Rare silver Royal Mail Steam Packet Company * presentation mirrored round box inscribed: “WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET Co.” by Elkington and Company, silver hallmark for Birmingham 1925. Height: 26mm Diameter: 78mm
NB: * The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a British shipping company founded in London in 1839 by James MacQueen. The line's motto was ‘Per Mare Ubique’ (everywhere by sea). After a troubled start, 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.
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