Ship - Orient Line SS Orcades - liner - postcard

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Orient Line SS Orcades 28,000 tons - this is probably the 3rd ship with this name
• Publisher:  Orient Line c.1950s
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s):  n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes / condition: 

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Postage & Packing:

UK (incl. IOM, CI & BFPO): 99p

Europe: £1.60

Rest of world (inc. USA etc): £2.75

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NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!

I will give a full refund if you are not fully satisfied with the postcard.

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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SS Orcades was an ocean liner serving primarily on the UK – Australia – New Zealand route. She started service as a British Royal Mail Steamer (RMS) carrying first and tourist class passengers. Orcades carried many migrants to Australia and New Zealand ^[1] and was later used as a cruise ship.

During the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne the Orcades served as an accommodation ship.^[2]

The vessel underwent refits in 1959 and 1964. During the 1959 refit the ship obtained a 'stovepipe' fitting to her funnel. Under the 1964 refit Orcades became a single class vessel and her external primary colour scheme changed from yellow [""orient corn""] to white.

The vessel's sister ship was the Oronsay (1951).

Orcades is an ancient name^[3] for the Orkney Islands.

type=real photographic (rp)

theme=transportation

sub-theme=sea

transportation type=cruise liners

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted