Cunard Line, QE2 - celebration album in slip case cover

Cunard Line, Isle of Man Post Office QE2 Farewell Season Celebration. Limited edition 156 of 189 QE2 Farewell Season Celebration large 14.5 x 14 inches album in slip case cover. These retailed for £350 in 2008 and were a strictly limited edition. Each beautifully presented and individually numbered case contains a Certificate of Authenticity and a unique collection of official QE2 items, including a leather-bound commemorative edition of QE2, The Greatest Ocean Liner Afloat. 206 pages signed by the authors, with a special printing of QE2 stamps bound into the book and individually numbered. Three Cunard Queens In New York stamped envelope. QE2 in Sydney, Australia stamped envelope. Special cover to mark farewell visit to the QE2 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, signed by Commodore R. W. Warwick, Captain of the QE2. Stamped limited edition programme from a Service of Thanksgiving for the QE2 at Liverpool Cathedral from the final Round Britain Voyage including dinner menu from the voyage. Robert Lloyd print of QE2, specially commissioned, signed and individually numbered, showing the QE2 leaving New York. Set of six QE2 postcards from art works produced by Robert Lloyd with individually numbered certificate. Summary of QE2's final voyage to Dubai, extracts from log of the voyage. Specially struck silver clad medallion supplied in a protective capsule and presented against a backdrop of ports visited during 25 circumnavigations of the globe. Daily Programme from the last day at sea on the final voyage to Dubai. Unique album specially produced to house the Collection's Limited Edition items. Last transatlantic voyage from New York postcard carried on board and signed by Hotel Manager Mr John Duffy. Last voyage from Southampton to Dubai envelope, carried on board with the addition of a Gibraltar stamp and postmark, signed by Captain McNaught. Last visit to Canada cover in association with the Cunard Steamship Society signed by their president John Langley. A special envelope signed by Sir Rex Hunt featuring the new Falkland Islands stamps to honour the QE2. Time to say Goodbye - Leaving Southampton envelope 11 November 2008. Visit to Douglas Bay envelope from final Round Britain Voyage

Picture No

13748227

Media ID

45755378

Size

4032px x 3024px (6.4MB)

Credit

Source

The Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd. Archive Collection

Date

2008