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Vintage Mersey Shipping Postcards

from the Andrew King Collection

This collection of vintage postcard scans were forwarded by Andrew King and are of particular interest.
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Birkenhead Ferry CLAUGHTON George's Landing Stage Postmarked 9th May 1906 Cunard Liner AQUITANIA - Postmarked November 1918 MD&HB's Galatea Twin Screw, b.1906  569grt (Listed in Lloyd's Register
1955-6)
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Postmarked 20 Jun 1929 Landing Stage around the turn of the 19th/20th Century Canadian Pacific Liner in Gladstone Lock
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Postmarked 21st Oct 1908 St.Seriol and Empress of Scotland, circa 1950-57   MDHB card
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MDHB card - Gladstone Graving Dock
 MD&HB Card - A variation on this view is shown below. Wallasey Ferry Leasowe at Seacombe
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Wallasey Ferry ROYAL IRIS departs from New Brighton Landing Stage This view of the Sandon River Entrance from the ISS Collection Blue Funnel SARPEDON - MDHC card
 

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