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ROYAL YACHT COVERS - QV 'OSBORNE' & KEVII 'V&A' - EX PORTSMOUTH/NORWAY BOTH WITH CONTENTS: 19 Jan. 1901 & 31 Aug. 1907 envs. from
the Commander ("[Lord] Kelburne]") of the "ROYAL YACHT OSBORNE" at Portsmouth and from 2nd Lieut. Engineer (F.G. Haddy) of "H.M. YACHT VICTORIA & ALBERT" at "Christiania, Norway" respectively. Both were written on the Yachts' special stationery; the
first sent to Ireland with a QV 1d Lilac tied by the Portsmouth cds, the other (neatly closed tears along top edge) sent by Royal Bag to London and posted there at the 1d rate to Portsmouth. The Commander is full of questions about a new posting,
while engineer Haddy writes to his wife of the King & Queen of Norway and the sudden arrival of the Empress of Russia! Queen Victoria enjoyed having a special yacht laid on for her own use; Edward VII did the same, but in 1901 the aging "Osborne II"
(launched 1874) was finally replaced by the "Victoria & Albert III" (launched 1901, broken up in 1955). Very few covers with letters actually written on board these Royal vessels have survived, those from the QV period being particularly rare. (2
covers) Cross Reference: HAMPSHIRE, NORWAY, MOURNING ENVELOPES (Image) (Image2)
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