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MARITIME POSTCARD COLLECTION
DIFFERENT CRUISE LINES AND SHIPPING COMPANIES
DESCRIPTION -- Unused B/W postcard of the Royal Mail Line vessel the Danube which is in an excellent condition and is an early very rare postcard.
[ONLY 1 AVAILABLE]
CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- Royal Mail Lines (RML) was created in 1932 and took over the ships of Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and other companies of the former group. The Royal Mail Line was taken over in 1965 by Furness, Withy & Company and ships often interchanged between the Royal Mail Line, Furness and Shaw Savill & Albion Lines fleets. By 1972 Royal Mail had virtually disappeared as a separate shipping line.
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MARITIME POSTCARD COLLECTION
DIFFERENT CRUISE LINES AND SHIPPING COMPANIES
DESCRIPTION -- B/W postcard from the Ben Line of the vessel Bengloe which is unused and in a very good condition.
[ONLY 1 AVAILABLE]
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.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- RMS Sylvania was an ocean liner built in 1957 by John Brown & Co (Clydebank), Glasgow, Scotland for the United Kingdom-based shipping company Cunard Line. She was the last Cunard Line vessel built specifically for transatlantic crossings. The ship was later heavily rebuilt as a cruise ship, and sailed under the names SS Fairwind, SS Sitmar Fairwind, SS Dawn Princess and SS Albatross before being scrapped in 2004. She was renamed SS Genoa for her last voyage.
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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MARITIME POSTCARD COLLECTION
DIFFERENT CRUISE LINES AND SHIPPING COMPANIES
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DIFFERENT CRUISE LINES AND SHIPPING COMPANIES
WHITE STAR LINE
DESCRIPTION -- Unused B/W postcard from the old Cunard White Star Line vessel the RMS Mauretania which is original and in an excellent condition.
[ONLY 1 AVAILABLE]
CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- The Mauretania, transatlantic passenger liner of the Cunard Line, called the “Grand Old Lady of the Atlantic.” It was launched in 1906 and made its maiden voyage in 1907; thereafter, it held the Atlantic Blue Riband for speed until 1929, challenged only by its sister ship, the Lusitania (sunk by a German submarine on May 7, 1915). During World War I the Mauretania worked as a transport and hospital ship. During its long career the ship made 269 double crossings of the Atlantic, exclusive of war work. Its last crossing was made in 1934, and it was broken up in 1935.
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MARITIME POSTCARD COLLECTION
DIFFERENT CRUISE LINES AND SHIPPING COMPANIES
DESCRIPTION -- Unused and great condition B/W postcard of the Elder Dempster Line vessel the Abosso which is a very early postcard.
[ONLY 1 AVAILABLE]
CONDITION -- Very Good
HISTORY -- Elder Dempster Shipping Limited was formed in 1899. Among their ships were the liner SS Monterey and the steamer SS Montezuma, which in early 1900 were both chartered as transport ships for British troops destined for South Africa during the Second Boer War.
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 of the cruise line vessel the Nieuw Amsterdam which is in a very good condition and is unused.
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CONDITION -- Very Good
HISTORY -- The SS Nieuw Amsterdam was a ship built in Belfast by Harland and Wolff. It was launched in 1905 and on April 7, 1906, made its first voyage to New York from Rotterdam. The Nieuw Amsterdam was fitted with sails, but they were never deployed; it was the first quadruple expansion powered ship of the Holland America Line.
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MARITIME PHOTOGRAPH SELECTION
MOSTLY RARE, OLD AND UNUSUAL TYPES
DESCRIPTION -- Early B/W unused postcard of the old Shaw Savill Line vessel the SS Athenic and the postcard is taken from our collection of over 2000 shipping postcards and is dated 1950's.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- The second SS Athenic was built by Harland and Wolff Ltd, Belfast, and followed The Corinthic and was launched on November 26, 1946, completed in July 1947 and departed on her maiden voyage London to Auckland on August 1, 1947.
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POSTCARD COLLECTION
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DESCRIPTION -- Unused very good condition B/W postcard from the vessel the Remuera from the New Zealand Steamship Company which is original and is an an early item from this vessel.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- The SS Remuera was one of many ships that shaped the 20th century, expanding trade and taking migrants to new worlds. The ship was built in 1911 by W Denny and Brothers at Dumbarton on the Clyde and launched by Mrs. Arthur Rhodes, the wife of a New Zealand based director of the company. The initial passenger accommodation was 60 first class berths, 90 second and 130 third class.
NOTES -- Over many years now Travellers in Time has listed a great deal of unusual items on the website. For information on any of these or any other interested items, we can always be contacted at sales@travellersintime.net for all maritime enquiries, and any items you are looking for.
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