R.M.S. TITANIC: Superb postcard written by Third-Class passe...

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R.M.S. TITANIC: Superb postcard written by Third-Class passenger Alfonzo Meo from Queenstown, Ireland, on April 11th 1912, the card bears a short message to his brother with the all-important postmark denoting the card was indeed onboard Titanic and posted from Queenstown. It was rediscovered in an album of period ocean liner cards by the present vendor. Alfonzo Meo, 48, was a musician living in Bournemouth who boarded the ship in Southampton, he was heading for Washington. His body was recovered by the MacKay-Bennett and buried at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on 10th May 1912. It is believed that Meo was the inspiration for the character of 'Fabrizio' in the blockbuster 1997 movie.