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[OCEAN LINERS]. – [LUSITANIA]. Cunard Line Lusitania & Mauretania playing cards. Liverpool, ca. 1907. 52 + J +OB. Playing cards issued to commemorate the RMS Lusitania’s maiden voyage, with original wrapper. Top portion of wrapper partially open. Gilt edges. Reverse shows the Lusitania with a white top deck, a color scheme only used during the liner’s sea trials and changed shortly before the ship’s maiden voyage on 7 September 1915. Box split. An uncommon deck; even more so unopened.