The watermark "24JCAB" is not part of the image.
This fine real photograph postcard is from a Superb World Class Naval Collection of Postcards and Photographs that recently came on the market. The original Owner/Collector spent decades assembling this collection and he was intimately involved in this area of expertise in the UK. Many of these images are rare or never been on the market for decades!
Highly knowledgeable, meticulous and clearly attached to his work he could even identify the time and place where these images were taken!
Even if there are multiple real photographic postcards of individual ships each postcard is different whether taken from the bow, stern, starboard or port side!
A Truly remarkable collection!
Description
HMS Centurion was a battleship of the Royal Navy and the second of the King George V (I) class, built at HM Dockyard, Devonport. The King George V-class were a series of four super-dreadnoughts built just prior to and serving in the First World War. The King George V class immediately followed the Orion class upon which they were based. Her sister ships were: HMS King George V, HMS Audacious and HMS Ajax. In World War I she saw action in the Battle of Jutland and in 1919 she was involved in the Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War. By World War II she had been decommissioned and was used as a Fleet tender and was eventually sunk as part of a temporary harbour built to support the Invasion of Normandy.
Back: "Copyright R. Perkins, Newton Abbot" Written text: "1927. As target Ship with tall topmast" Postally Unused
Condition: Good. See scans for details.
Shipping: Each postcard is shipped in a hard backed envelope and in its own plastic sleeve. Postcards will be doubled up if more than one is purchased.
ALL the items that we sell are ORIGINALS . We have scanned directly from the original card and the image may sometimes be less vibrant than the postcard itself.
As a collector I hope you enjoy this purchase as much as I enjoy those that I collect!