THE POMME D'OR. Hotel. St. Helier, Jersey. Press advertising (1991)

THE POMME D'OR
Hotel
Liberation Square
St. Helier

Press advertising.

(Source: What's on Jersey. Anson & Co. Ltd., St. Helier, 1991.)

S.S. "BRAEMAR CASTLE" ship, United Kingdom. The Union-Castle Line to South and East Africa. Old postcard

S.S. BRAEMAR CASTLE
The Union-Castle Line
(United Kingdom)

Old postcard (no mention of publisher).

Braemar Castle was built and launched in 1952 by Harland & Wolff in Belfast (Northern Ireland) with a tonnage of 17029grt, a length of 576 ft 5 in, a beam of 74ft 3in and a service speed of 17.5 knots. She was employed in the Round Africa service. At the end 1965 she was sold for breaking at Faslane (Scotland) on 6 January 1966.

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R.M.S. "CARINTHIA", Cunard Line. Postcard

R.M.S. CARINTHIA
Cunard Line

Postcard [no mention of publisher], Nº B. 1469.

RMS Carinthia was an ocean liner built in 1956. She started on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Montreal on 27 June 1956 with 890 passengers and crew on board. She sailed for Cunard Line from her completion until 1968 when she was sold to Sitmar Line, rebuilt into a full-time cruise ship and renamed SS Fairsea. She sailed with Sitmar until 1988, when Sitmar was sold to P&O. She was renamed SS Fair Princess and sailed for Princess Cruises and P&O Cruises until 2000. She was then sold to China Sea Cruises and renamed SS China Sea Discovery. In 2006 she was scrapped at Alang, India.

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FIDSO, Strasbourg, France. Currency exchange (2025)

FIDSO
9 place Kleber
67000 Strasbourg

Currency exchange:
Pro Forma invoice
45 British Pounds = 56,20 €
09.05.2025, 17:03:24

Merci à Gilles K.

ZANZIBAR. Sand-Sea-Bar, Beach Bistro. Saint Brelades Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK (1991)

ZANZIBAR
Sand-Sea-Bar
Beach Bistro
Saint Brelades Bay

Advertisement.

(Source: What's On Jersey. Anson & Co. Ltd, St. Hélier, 1991.)

BT (United Kingdom). Prepaid phone card for Spain (2000)

BT Group

Prepaid phone card for Spain Nº 22284/20
2.000 pesetas
31.01.2000

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BEA - British European Airways. Trident Jetliner aircraft. Advertising postcard

BEA - British European Airways
Trident Jetliner G-ARP

Advertising postcard published by John Hinde, Ireland.

British European Airways (BEA), formally British European Airways Corporation, was a British airline founded on 1st January 1946. Ceased operations on 31 March 1974 (merged with BOAC, Cambrian Airways and Northeast Airlines to form British Airways).

Thanks to P. E. L.

P. S. "WAVERLEY". Scotland. Postcard (1992)

P. S. WAVERLEY

Postcard published by Iris, set 57 (1992).

PS Waverley (named after Walter Scott's first novel)  is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. Built in 1946 by A&J Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, she sailed from Craigendoran on the Firth of Clyde to Arrochar on Loch Long, Scotland, until 1973. Bought by the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (PSPS), she has been restored to her 1947 appearance and operates as passenger excursions around the British coast. She was substantially rebuilt in 2000-03 in two phases by George Prior Engineering, Great Yarmouth. Since 2003, Waverley has been listed in the National Historic Fleet by National Historic Ships UK as "a vessel of pre-eminent national importance".

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BRITISH AIRWAYS. Lockheed Tristar 500. Postcard

BRITISH AIRWAYS
Lockheed Tristar 500

Postcard published by J. Arthur Dixon, PNA/24409.

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HOVERCRAFT SRN4 "SIR CHRISTOPHER", GH-2008, United Kingdom. Postcard (1970s)

HOVERCRAFT SRN4 SIR CHRISTOPHER, GH-2008

Postcard published in France by Éditions Mage, Drancy, 6240/57.

This hovercraft, from the Hoverlloyd Company, covered the route between Ramsgate (England) and Calais (France). Its capacity was 250 passengers and 30 cars. This maritime service through the English Channel operated between 1969 and 1981. The name of the boat is that of the inventor of the hovercraft, Christopher Cockerell (1910-1999).

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SHAW SAVILL LINES. Poster reproduced on an Australian stamp (2004)

SHAW SAVILL LINES
[United Kingdom]

Poster reproduced on an Australian stamp (2004)

Shaw Savill Line of London was a shipping company set up to transport both produce and passengers between Great Britain and New Zealand via South Africa and Australia. Robert Edward Shaw and Walter Savill (employees of Willis, Gann and Company, a London ship-broking and chartering firm) set up on their own account in 1858 and began chartering ships. They bought their first ship in 1865. While the trading name, Shaw Savill, remained the same, the partners who owned it changed a number of times. The company, by then a partnership of Walter Savill and James William Temple, agreed in November 1882 to join the Albion line as of 1 January 1883 to form Shaw, Savill & Albion Line.

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ASTOR CRUISES / JAMES RAWES & Ca, Lda., Lisboa, Portugal. Calendar 1988

ASTOR CRUISES
[Cruise & Maritime Voyages]
MS Astor

JAMES RAWES & Ca, Lda.
R. Bernardino Costa, 47
1200 Lisboa

Calendar 1988.

Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) was a British passenger shipping company Transocean Tours subsidiary, formed in 2009  and headquartered in Purfleet, Essex. The company ceased operations in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

MS Astor was a cruise ship that sailed for Cruise & Maritime Voyages, under which she operated voyages to Europe, South Africa, and Australia. The ship was originally built in 1987 under the name Astor by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel, Germany. On 3 October 1988, she was sold to the Soviet Union-based Black Sea Shipping Company, and renamed Feodor Dostoevskiy; the ship was chartered to the West German Transocean Tours in December 1988. She stayed in Transocean Tours service until March 1990. In 1996 the ship was sold to Astor Shipping Co., she and again chartered to Transocean Tours and reverted to the name Astor. In December 2014, Cruise & Maritime Voyages purchased the vessel and announced it would rename Astor as Jules Verne and would deploy the ship in the French market beginning in May 2021. However, Cruise & Maritime Voyages entered administration in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ship was sold at auction by CW Kellock London. She beached in Aliaga for scrap, and  on 30th March 2021, she has been completely scrapped.

James Rawes is a successor group to a company born in the early 1860s from a partnership between the British Richard Knowles and James Rawes Jr., who established businesses together as merchants in Lisbon under the name "Knowles, Rawes & Co". In 1866 the company was appointed Agent for the Royal Mail Lines, which at the time operated a regular service from the UK via Lisbon to/from South America, as well as Agents for The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (now P&O Cruises). He has been Agent of Lloyd's of London since October 1873. In January 1896 the company name was changed to “James Rawes & Co” and in 1946 to “James Rawes & Ca Lda”. At the end of 2009 it was decided, for commercial reasons, that the structure of the company had to change and from March 2010 James Rawes became a Holding Company under the name of James Rawes SGPS, Lda holding three companies; James Rawes – Navegação, Lda (Shipping Division), James Rawes – Peritagens, Lda (Inspections and Claims Division) and James Rawes – Turismo, Lda (Tour Operators Division). In August 2015, James Rawes Turismo was sold back to the Rawes family and left the Holding Company.

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The "QUEEN ELIZABETH 2" in the port of Hamburg, Germany. Postcard

The QUEEN ELIZABETH 2
in the port of Hamburg, Germany

Postcard published by Bild-Druck & Verlag, Lübeck, 20 A 7532.

Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is a retired British ocean liner converted into a floating hotel. Originally built for the Cunard Line, the second ship named Queen Elizabeth, build by John Brown and Company at their shipyard in Clydebank (Scotland), was launched on 20 September 1967 and completed on 26 November 1968. She operated as transatlantic liner and a cruise ship from 1969 to 2008, and laid up until converted and has been operating as a floating hotel in Dubai since 18 April 2018. The interior and superstructure for the QE2 was designed by James Gardner.

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R.M.S. "MAURETANIA", Cunard Line, United Kingdom. Postcard

R.M.S. MAURETANIA
Cunard Line

Postcard.

RMS Mauretania was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906. She was the world's largest ship until the launch of RMS Olympic in 1910. Mauretania departed Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York on 16 November 1907, and on the return voyage (30 November – 5 December 1907) captured the record for the fastest eastbound crossing of the Atlantic. During the First World War, Mauretania was ordered by the British government to serve as a troop ship to carry British soldiers during the Gallipoli campaign. She returned to civilian service on 21 September 1919. The ship being scrapped in Rosyth, Scotland, in 1935.

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BRITISH AIRWAYS. Concorde supersonic jetliner. Official postcard

BRITISH AIRWAYS
Concorde supersonic jetliner

Official postcard.

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BT - BRITISH TELECOM, United Kingdom. Phonecard (2000)

BT - BRITISH TELECOM
Special edition Phonecard, No. 23/3/007104/0679.
"Haven"
Expiry date: 31.03.2000
£5

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LYCAMOBILE (United Kingdom). Top-up £5

LYCAMOBILE

[Lycamobile sells international prepaid SIM cards to consumers wanting to make international telephone calls. Was launched in the Netherlands in 2006.]

United Kingdom. Top-up. Serial Nº 80023797731. Expiry Date: 01.12.2020. £5.
Reino Unido. Top-up. Nº 80023797731. Fecha de caducidad: 01.12.2020. £5.
Regne Unit. Top-up. Nº 80023797731. Data de caducitat: 01.12.2020. £5.
Royaume-Uni. Top-up. Nº 80023797731. Date d'expiration: 01.12.2020. £5.
Regno Unito. Top-up. Nº 80023797731. Data di scadenza: 01.12.2020. £5.

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Merci à Johan (http://johanpostcards.blogspot.com)

BRITISH EUROPEAN BAe 146-300 series aircraft

BRITISH EUROPEAN BAe 146-300 series G-JEAJ aircraft. Official postcard
(Exeter Airport). (2001)

BRITISH EUROPEAN. Avión BAe 146-300 serie G-JEAJ. Tarjeta postal oficial (Exeter Airport).  (2001)

BRITISH EUROPEAN. Avió BAe 146-300 sèrie G-JEAJ. Targeta postal oficial (Exeter Airport).  (2001)

BRITISH EUROPEAN. Avion BAe 146-300 série G-JEAJ. Carte postale officielle (Exeter Airport).  (2001)

BRITISH EUROPEAN. Aereo BAe 146-300 serie G-JEAJ. Cartolina ufficiale
(Exeter Airport).  (2001)

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Air UK. British Aerospace BAe 146-300 aircraft

Air UK. British Aerospace BAe 146-300 aircraft. Postcard by E. T. W. Dennis & Sons, Scarborough.

Air UK. Avión British Aerospace BAe 146-300. Tarjeta postal de E. T. W. Dennis & Sons, Scarborough.

Air UK. Avió British Aerospace BAe 146-300. Targeta postal d'E. T. W. Dennis & Sons, Scarborough.

Air UK. Avion British Aerospace BAe 146-300. Carte postale d'E. T. W. Dennis & Sons, Scarborough.

Air UK. Aereo British Aerospace BAe 146-300. Cartolina di E. T. W. Dennis & Sons, Scarborough.

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Air UK Fokker 50 aircraft

Air UK. Fokker 50 aircraft. Official postcard printed by E. T. W. Dennis & Sons, Ltd., Scarborough.
[Air UK was a wholly privately owned, independent regional British airline formed in 1980 as a result of a merger involving four rival UK-based regional airlines. Air UK originally was a wholly owned subsidiary of British Air Transport (Holdings), a successor to the Air Holdings Group owned 90% by B&C and 10% by Eagle Star Insurance. This made the Cayzer family, who owned B&C, the controlling shareholders. Ceased operations ((rebranded as KLMuk) in 1998.]

Air UK. Avión Fokker 50. Tarjeta postal oficial impresa por E. T. W. Dennis & Sons, Ltd., Scarborough.

Air UK. Avió Fokker 50. Targeta postal oficial impresa per E. T. W. Dennis & Sons, Ltd., Scarborough.

Air UK. Avion Fokker 50. Carte postale officielle imprimée par E. T. W. Dennis & Sons, Ltd., Scarborough.

Air UK. Aereo Fokker 50. Cartolina ufficiale stampata da E. T. W. Dennis & Sons, Ltd., Scarborough.

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