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Antique Royal Tour Track Map Governor General Duke Gloucester Australia 1946

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Antique Royal Tour Track Map Governor General Duke Gloucester Australia 1946

£95.00

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Bibelotslondon Ltd is a UK registered company based in London Bridge dealing in ephemera and curiosities from Britain and around the world. Our diverse inventory is carefully chosen and constantly evolving. We work very hard to offer the highest quality works at competitive prices. Our inventory is listed online, and we strive to keep our website completely up to date, so our customers can easily check availability. We believe in offering clients items that are unique and rare for aficionados of the antique and collector's world. Bibelot is a late nineteenth century word derived from the French word bel ‘beautiful’, meaning a small item of beauty, curiosity or interest. The word ephemera is derived from the sixteenth century Greek word ephmera meaning a printed or hand written paper not meant to be retained for a long period of time.

Fine antique official track chart map of Prince Henry Duke of Gloucester's Movements, Australia dated 1946, showing routes he took as Governor-General during his post-war Australian tour, tracing air travel, rail, road and sea travel across Australian states, with routes radiating from Canberra and Sydney and extending to Perth, Darwin, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart. Drwan by the Property and Survey Branch, Department of the interior, Canberra. From the collection of Major Michael Charles Babington Hawkins (1914-1977), and his wife Virginia nee Heath, he was ADC to Prince Henry Duke of Gloucester.

Size: 36.5 x 40 cm approx

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Royal: George VI (1936-1952)

To Commemorate: Birth/Birthday

Type: Royal Household Notes

Royalty: UK Royalty

Year: 1946

Manufacturer: Royal Household

Features: Antique

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Vintage: Yes

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