ROYAL VISITS to TASMANIA
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:40 pm
As there weren't all that many Royal Visits to Tasmania during the 1900 to 1960 period,
there aren't all that many "Royal Visit" cards to be found ....... or so it appears.
For instance, I am yet to see a printed or real photo postcard with a view featuring Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Tasmania during 1954.
Visits by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (later KEVIII) in 1920 and his brother H.R.H. the Duke of York (later KGVI)
in 1927 appear to have been responsible for the majority of cards that can be collected.
If you have any cards recording a "Royal Visit" to Tasmania, please post some images in this topic.
To start the record,here are two cards that were consigned to me for auction earlier today:
Both cards date from 1920 (with the publisher/printer unidentified) and have the same printed advertisement on the message side.
The H.M.S. Renown was the British warship that brought H.R.H. to our shore.
there aren't all that many "Royal Visit" cards to be found ....... or so it appears.
For instance, I am yet to see a printed or real photo postcard with a view featuring Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Tasmania during 1954.
Visits by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (later KEVIII) in 1920 and his brother H.R.H. the Duke of York (later KGVI)
in 1927 appear to have been responsible for the majority of cards that can be collected.
If you have any cards recording a "Royal Visit" to Tasmania, please post some images in this topic.
To start the record,here are two cards that were consigned to me for auction earlier today:
Both cards date from 1920 (with the publisher/printer unidentified) and have the same printed advertisement on the message side.
The H.M.S. Renown was the British warship that brought H.R.H. to our shore.
