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6 page photo Illustrated article from a rare 1901 periodical, the article is entitled "Our King's pigeons How the King won the Pigeon Derby" by Henry Leach

Illustrations include -

  • The kings racers at 4 days old and one month old
  • Ringing a squeaker at 9 days old with metal stud hook ring
  • After the pigeon Derby detaching the rubber race ring with the secret number
  • The mother of the best Royal racing birds
  • Ich Dien the wings of the Kings dead racing heroes
  • In the Kings pigeon loft
  • Prize certificate of the National Flying Club awarded to the King

    CONDITION Please note this listing is for genuine actual pages extracted from a disbound Edwardian publication, there are no covers. Whilst the images show the article in its still bound state, the article will be sent as loose pages. Some pages may be showing signs of foxing / browning due to the age of the paper

    If you are interested in more than one item I will always combine postage where this is possible so long as purchases are in one transaction. If you are forced by ebay to pay multiple postages for your purchases I will refund the overpayment  
    I have indexed many antique periodicals with detail of, peoples names, places & subjects included. When I find duplicate issues in poor condition I list the articles on ebay. If you are searching for a particular family history related person, subject, place etc, please let me know and I will search my database for any relevant entries

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