Undated handout photo issued by Henry Aldridge & Son Auctioneers of the only known letter to have been written on board the Titanic on the day the liner struck an iceberg, which is to fetch as much as ?100,000 when auctioned in the UK later this month. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday April 1, 2014. Written by survivor Esther Hart, but never sent, the letter had been intended to be delivered to Mrs Hart's mother in Chadwell Heath in Essex at the end of what would have been the Titanic's return journey to Southampton in April 1912. See PA story SEA Titanic. Photo credit should read: Henry Aldridge & Son Auctioneers/PA WireNOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%The only known letter to have been written on board the Titanic on the day the liner struck an iceberg is to fetch as much as £100,000 when auctioned in the UK later this month.
Written by survivor Esther Hart, but never sent, the letter had been intended to be delivered to Mrs Hart's mother in Chadwell Heath in Essex at the end of what would have been the Titanic's return journey to Southampton in April 1912.
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