Second World War
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single sheet single fold, gilt and white margins inside left:-LONDON CARRIES ON THIS SCENE IS TYPICAL OF LIFE IN LONDON DURING THE "BLITZ." DAMAGE BY BOMBING WAS NOT ALLOWED TO INTERFERE WITH DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES.
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KGVI England
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logo over RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD --ART PUBLISHERS TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING AND TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY -- LONDON ; NEW YORK -- COPYRIGHT MADE IN ENGLAND. come impressed on front in oval CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED, set of 15 cards
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JOSEPH BATO
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17.8 x 14 cm., oversize
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single sheet single fold, gilt and white margins inside left:-MINE-SWEEPERS FISHING TRAWLERS, NOW UNDER THE WHITE ENSIGN, ENGAGED IN CATCHING AND DESTROYING GERMAN MINES ARE SEEN AT THEIR PERILOUS TASK.
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KGVI England
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logo over RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD --ART PUBLISHERS TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING AND TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY -- LONDON ; NEW YORK -- COPYRIGHT MADE IN ENGLAND. come impressed on front in oval CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED, set of 15 cards
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CHARLES CUNDALL, A.R.A.
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17.8 x 14 cm., oversize
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single sheet single fold, gilt and white margins inside left:-SHELLING A BRITISH CONVOY BY GERMAN GUNS FROM THE FRENCH COAST THIS ACTION, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, TOOK PLACE IN BRILLIANT SUNSHINE, WHICH CAST LONG STRAIGHT SHADOWS OF CLOUDS UPON THE SEA. THE SCENE IS TAKEN FROM THE WESTERN JETTY OF DOVER HARBOUR, WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE LEFT.....EACH SHIP IN THE HARBOUR IS A "PORTRAIT"
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KGVI England
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logo over RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD --ART PUBLISHERS TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING AND TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY -- LONDON ; NEW YORK -- COPYRIGHT MADE IN ENGLAND. come impressed on front in oval CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED, set of 15 cards
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CHARLES PEARS
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17.8 x 14 cm., oversize
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single sheet single fold, gilt and white margins inside left:-STOKER A. MARTIN OF H.M.S. "EXETER" A BRITISH STOKER WHO SAW SERVICE IN THE BATTLE OF THE PLATE.
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KGVI England
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logo over RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD --ART PUBLISHERS TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING AND TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY -- LONDON ; NEW YORK -- COPYRIGHT MADE IN ENGLAND. come impressed on front in oval CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED, set of 15 cards
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ERIC KENNINGTON
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14.3 x 17.2 cm., oversize
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single sheet single fold, gilt and white margins inside left:-THE ARRIVAL AT LOFOTEN THE DEPARTURE FROM LOFOTEN. A PHASED IN THE SUCCESSFUL RAID ON THE NORWEGIAN ISLAND OF LOFOTEN PAINTED BY ONE OF THE WAR OFFICE ARTISTS FROM DESCRIPTION BY THOSE WHO TOOK PART IN IT.
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KGVI England
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logo over RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD --ART PUBLISHERS TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING AND TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY -- LONDON ; NEW YORK -- COPYRIGHT MADE IN ENGLAND. come impressed on front in oval CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED, set of 15 cards
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ANTHONY GROSS
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17.6 x 13.8 cm., oversize
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single sheet single fold, gilt and white margins inside left:-THE "JERVIS BAY" ACTION. ON THE FIFTH NOVEMBER 1940 HIS MAJESTY'S ARMED MERCHANT CRUISERS "JERVIS BAY" WAS ESCORTING THIRTY EIGHT MERCHANTMEN...SIGHTING A POWERFUL GERMAN MAN-OF-WAR, SHE AT ONCE DREW CLEAR OF THE CONVOY, MADE STRAIGHT FOR THE ENEMY, AND CAME BETWEEN THE RAIDER AND HER PREY, SO THAT THEY MIGHT SCATTER AND ESCAPE..........see scan.......
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KGVI England
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logo over RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD --ART PUBLISHERS TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING AND TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY -- LONDON ; NEW YORK -- COPYRIGHT MADE IN ENGLAND. come impressed on front in oval CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED, set of 15 cards
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CHARLES PEARS
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17.6 x 13.8 cm., oversize
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single sheet single fold, gilt and white margins inside left:-WINGS OVER SCOTLAND THIS PICTURE WAS ACTUALLY PAINTED FROM THE AIR BY AN ARTIST WHO WAS AT THE TIME WORKING FOR THE AIR MINISTRY.
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KGVI England
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logo over RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD --ART PUBLISHERS TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING AND TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY -- LONDON ; NEW YORK -- COPYRIGHT MADE IN ENGLAND. come impressed on front in oval CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED, set of 15 cards
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KEITH HENDERSON
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17.6 x 13.8 cm., oversize
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