**** ELLERMAN LINE - ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL ****
U.K. TO SOUTH AND EAST AFRICA
1952-1971
UNWRITTEN, UNPOSTED, EXCELLENT SET OF 4 "CITY BOATS" RPPCs
BLACK-AND-WHITE REAL PHOTO COMPANY POSTCARDS
FINE CONDITION - NO BLEMISHES - NO WORN AREAS ALONG THE EDGES - SHARP CORNERS
Builder: Vickers-Armstrong, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England - Passenger-Cargo vessels - 13,360 tons each
Build Dates: City of Port Elizabeth 1952, City of Exeter 1953, City of York 1953, City of Durban 1954
Owner: Ellerman Steamship Company/Ellerman & Bucknall Ltd; all sold to Greek interests in 1971 at start of containerized shipping and jet air travel era.
Route: U.K. to South and East Africa from London, calling at Cape Town - Port Elizabeth - Durban - Beira - Lourenco Marques - returning on same route.
Superb group of 4 RPPCs in perfect condition. Excellent appeal, no rips, tears or blemishes, sharp corners. ALL UNUSED and UNWRITTEN.
NOTE: The cards are more grey than the images show. My scanner picks up on light/pastels giving them a lemon or yellowish caste.
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