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                           VINTAGE WRITING MATERIALS IN VERY FINE CONDITION               

                                      Scarce SEPIA POSTCARD and LETTER CARD

                                 ex-ESTATE COLLECTION - SMOKE-FREE STORAGE

                      VERY FINE CONDITION - UNWRITTEN  NEVER MAILED - CLEAN 

S.S. RANPURA (1925-1944 - 16,688 tons) operated P&O's UK to India service, extending to Australia and China. She was taken over by the British Admiralty in 1944 for use as a supply ship.

French-printed Post Card :  Fine, clean, and scarce early vintage divided-back card, unused, unwritten - very slight wear on corners,  no edge wear - slight smudge mark on reverse, printed 'CARTE POSTALE'

1925-1930 Sepia postcard of RANPURA with black funnel (P&O changed all its vessels to yellow funnels in 1931). VERY SCARCE POSTCARD.

Company-printed 5-Panel Letter Card : with Peninsula & Oriental Steam Navigation Company wavy title, and Company logo at upper left corner; absolutely mint condition, smoke-free storage, full original gum on flap, see all images for fold-out views.

Letter Card Printer: Waterlow & Sons, London, sepia on cream paper, folded size 5 7/8" x 3¾"

Sister Ships: Rajputana, Ranchi, Rawalpindi (all built 1925 - similar size and tonnage).

TWO VERY SCARCE ITEMS IN FINE CONDITION.

Post card is sharper in appearance than my scanner allows.  Yellow or lemon shaded areas  on the reverse side are from my scanner.

                          SCARCE vintage items in excellent condition !! Stored in a smoke-free atmosphere.

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