DESCRIPTION -- Early used B/W postcard of the Orient Line vessel The Orford which is in a good condition and is just one of our vast stock collection. 
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CONDITION -- Good

HISTORY -- Built for Orient Lines in 1928, the SS Orford was loaned to France during WW2 as a troop carrier. She ran aground in Marseilles while evacuating troops in 1940. It took seven years for her to be refloated, after which she was scrapped.  She made many journeys between Australia and England in the 1930's. In 1934 she carried Don Bradman's cricket team 'The Invincibles' from Australia to England along with the Australian Davis Cup tennis team.

NOTES -- This postcard is taken from our collection of over 2000 shipping postcards and is protected in a plastic wallet. If there is a particular postcard of a vessel that you are looking for please let Travellers in Time know at sales@travellersintime.net.
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DESCRIPTION -- Superb unused colour postcard from the famous vessel the RMS Queen Elizabeth and it is in immaculate near mint condition and is just one of our vast stock collection.   
[ONLY 1 AVAILABLE] 
 
CONDITION -- Excellent 
 
HISTORY -- The RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line and was contracted to carry Royal Mail as the second half of a two-ship weekly express service between Southampton and New York City via Cherbourg. At the time of construction in the mid-1930's by John Brown and Company in Clydebank, Scotland, she was known as Hull 552, but she was later named in honour of Queen Elizabeth, Queen Consort at the time of her launch on 27 September 1938, and in 1952 became the Queen Mother. 
 
NOTES -- Travellers in Time list many unusual items on the website. We can always be contacted at sales@travellersintime.net for all maritime enquiries. 
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CONDITION -- Excellent

HISTORY -- Throughout the 1920s and 1930s RMS Samaria was frequently employed as a cruise ship. In September 1940 she took part in the evacuation of children from the UK to the US under the scheme set up by the Children's Overseas Reception Board (CORB). In 1941 the ship was taken over by the Royal Navy and served as a troopship until 1948 when she was returned to Cunard and refitted for passenger service.

NOTES -- This postcard is taken from our collection of over 2000 shipping postcards and is protected in a plastic wallet, so if there is a particular postcard of any type of vessel that you are looking for please let Travellers in Time know anytime at sales@travellersintime.net. 
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CONDITION -- Excellent

HISTORY -- The Ceramic was built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast in 1912 for the White Star Line. Her route was the Australian Service and she began shortly after her launch in 1913. The next year, 1914, Ceramic began what was to be an illustrious military career and began serving as a troop transport. (WWI).

NOTES -- This postcard is taken from our collection of over 2000 shipping postcards and is protected in a plastic wallet. If there is a particular postcard of a vessel that you are looking for please let Travellers in Time know at sales@travellersintime.net.
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DESCRIPTION -- Early unused B/W postcard of the Union Castle Royal Mail Motor vessel the MV Athlone Castle which is in a very good condition.
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CONDITION -- Very Good

HISTORY -- The MV Athlone Castle, a motor vessel of 25,564 grt was delivered in 1936 to Union Castle by Harland & Wolff's Belfast Yard for use on that Company's service from Southampton to South Africa. In 1940, she was requisitioned for use as a troopship and took troops from the UK to North Africa in late 1940. She was returned to her owners in 1946 and after a refit, she resumed her duties on the mail and passenger service to South Africa. She continued serving faithfully until 1965 when she was sold for scrapping in Taiwan.

NOTES -- This postcard is taken from our collection of over 2000 shipping postcards and is protected in a plastic wallet. If there is a particular postcard of a vessel that you are looking for please let Travellers in Time know at sales@travellersintime.net.
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DESCRIPTION -- B/W postcard from the Ben Line of the vessel Benlomond which is unused and in a very good condition.
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CONDITION -- Very Good

HISTORY -- The Ben Line Group was a family owned company with its origin in the shipping company, A & W Thomson, set up by brothers Alexander and William Thomson in Leith, near Edinburgh, in 1825.  Following the departure of Alexander from the partnership, the company was renamed WM Thomson & Co in 1847.

NOTES -- You can always contact us at Travellers in Time via our email on sales@travellersintime.net for any enquiries about items you wish to purchase or are interested in.
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DESCRIPTION -- Early unused B/W postcard of the Union Castle Royal Mail Motor vessel The Rhodesia Castle and is just one of our vast stock collection.  
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CONDITION -- Very Good

HISTORY -- The Rhodesia Castle was described as an 'intermediate' in the fleet and satisfied the demands of both passenger and cargo itineraries. She was built in 1951, a handsome ship of 17,041grt, she had twin screws giving an average speed of 16 knots. 

NOTES -- This postcard is taken from our collection of over 2000 shipping postcards and is protected in a plastic wallet. If there is a particular postcard of a vessel that you are looking for please let Travellers in Time know at sales@travellersintime.net.
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DESCRIPTION -- Unused B/W postcard of the Royal Mail Line vessel the RMSP Araguaya which is in an excellent condition and a very rare postcard. 
[ONLY 1 AVAILABLE]  

CONDITION -- Excellent

HISTORY -- The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a British shipping company founded in London in 1839 by a Scot, James MacQueen. The line's motto was Per Mare Ubique (everywhere by sea). After good and bad times 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.  

NOTES -- Many other different maritime types of group are covered on the Travellers in Time website so please email us anytime at sales@travellersintime.net to ask about any items you cannot see listed as we may have them in stock. 
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