The postcard was drawn with the name “Love, Jack” and was sent by a hero of the Titanic disaster – but he was not the fictional (swoon!) Jack Dawson character played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the epic 1997 film is not.
Nevertheless, the 1912 correspondence with an image of the alleged “unsinkable” ship written by senior wireless operator Jack Phillips is expected to fetch at least $ 15,000 at auction this month.
The then 24-year-old sent the postcard 109 years ago to his sister, Elsie Phillips, from Belfast, Ireland, on March 7, just five weeks before the fatal downfall – and his death on April 15.
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The then 24-year-old sent the postcard 109 years ago to his sister, Elsie Phillips, from Belfast, Ireland, on March 7, just five weeks before the fatal downfall – and his death on April 15.
He wrote a sweet message to his brother or sister on the back of the glossy photo postcard on which the White Star Line’s Titanic appeared on the day of its launch in Belfast on May 31, 1911.
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“Very busy working late,” wrote the experienced telegraph operator, who died after the ship hit the massive iceberg in the North Atlantic off Nova Scotia.
‘Hope to leave on Monday and arrive in So’ton [Southampton, England] Wednesday afternoon. Hope you are quite OK. “I heard from Ethel yesterday,” he continued.
He simply signs off with, “Love, Jack.”
In his italic handwriting, Phillips adds in the address panel: “Miss E. Phillips, Ryde High School, Ripley, Woking, Surrey.”
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It was probably one of the last communications between brother and sister before Phillips left Southampton on Titanic’s first voyage – the intended destination was New York City.
Four days later, the former post office worker, who celebrated his 25th birthday aboard the doomed liner, proved himself to be a true hero of the wreck.
During the sinking, he worked bravely to send wireless messages to other ships begging them to navigate through the treacherous ice fields and rescue the passengers and crew of the Titanic.
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One of these telegraphs was sent to the Carpathia, the steamship that took about 705 survivors on board lifeboats two hours after the Titanic finally sank at 2:20 p.m.
This story continues in the New York Post.