CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE RMS QUEEN MARY LAST VOYAGE CARD

CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE RMS QUEEN MARY LAST VOYAGE CARD (image 1/2)
CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE RMS QUEEN MARY LAST VOYAGE CARD (image 2/2)
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THIS ITEM AND THE FOLLOWING ITEMS I WILL BE LISTING TODAY AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW WEEKS CAME FROM A VERY IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF THE HEAD EXECUTIVE CHEF OF THE QE2, MR JOHN MUIR BAINBRIDGE. MR BAINBRIDE HAD SERVED WITH CUNARD ON MANY OF THE COMAPANY'S MOST FAMOUS SHIPS STARTING ON THE AQUITANIA IN 1938 WORKING HIS WAY RIGHT TO THE TOP WORKING ON THE QUEEN'S. HE SERVED THE COMPANY DURING THE WAR WHEN CUNARD MANAGED THE FRENCH 'ILL DE FRANCE' AND ALSO THE 'MAURETANIA II'. HE BECAME SUPERVISORY CHEF IN 1957 AND SUPERINTENDANT IN 1966-1969. HE LEFT TO PURSUE A CAREER WITH HIS OWN RESTURANT BUT WAS LURED BACK BY CUNARD TO OVERSEA THE INTRODUCTION OF QE2 INTO SERVICE AS EXCUTIVE CHEF UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1984. THIS COLLECTION RECENTLY APPEARED AT AUCTION FROM WHICH I BOUGHT IT. CUNARD LINE RARE LAST VOYAGE 'FAIRWELL' CARD, ISSUED ON QM ON THE LAST VOYAGE DETAILING FASTEST CROSSING POEMS AND SHIPS PARTICULARS. FANTASTIC RARE EARLY COLOUR COVER. MR BAINBRIDGES VERY OWN PERSONAL COPY. IN VERY GOOD CONDTION. PLEASE ALSO CHECK MY OTHER LISTINGS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS FOR ITEMS RANGING FROM GOOD ITEMS FROM THE RMS QUEEN MARY. SERVERAL RARE WATERLINE MODEL SHIPS INCLUDING BASSETT LOWKE. A LARGE COLLECTION OF RARE AND EARLY STEAMSHIP SILVERPLATE. MANY ITEMS OF OCEAN LINER, CRUISE SHIP AND STEAMSHIP ENAMEL SOUVEINERS. GOOD read more
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