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SHAW SAVILL LINER SS ARAWA 1939 Photocard Spanish Troop Transporter as COLON

SHAW SAVILL LINER SS ARAWA 1939 Photocard Spanish Troop Transporter as COLON

$ 2.08

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Original 1939 photocard in good condition.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

    Description

    200911/
    This item is an original vintage
    photographic tobacco / cigarette card
    issued by
    MURRAY Sons & Co Ltd
    BELFAST
    NORTHERN IRELAND
    1930
    It is from a set of  cards titled
    STEAM SHIPS
    This card is of
    SHAW SAVILL LINER
    " SS ARAWA"
    "Has lead a varied career, being built as a passenger ship on the Australia/New Zealand routes. Later bought by Union SS Co and served on Australia~San Fransico routes. Later chartered by Spanish Government~ renamed COLON and used as troop tranporter in the Spanish/American War. She was returned to her owners who sold her to Elder Dempster but immediatley taken over by the British Government for troop transport in the Boer War"
    The card is in good condition
    size 35 x 70 mm
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