Inset Collection

The Year of the Three British Kings - 1936
The Year of Three British Kings in 1936 - King George V (1865-1936), King Edward VIII (1894-1972) and finally King George VI (1895-1952). Date: 1936

King George V - Scenes of the British Empire
One King, One Flag, One Fleet, One Empire - inset portrait of King George V (1865-1936) surrounded by images of the varied animals and wildlife of the British colonial territories (4/4)

Sheffield University - Portraits of Edward VI and Alexandra
Sheffield University - Inset portraits of Edward VI and Alexandra who opened the University in July, 1905. Date: 1905

King George V - Scenes of the British Empire
One King, One Flag, One Fleet, One Empire - inset portrait of King George V (1865-1936) (1/4). Date: circa 1911

The Landing Stage at Ahvaz, Iran - WWI Xmas card
A rather unusual Christmas Greetings postcard, featuring a World War One era soldier (serving on the Mesopotamian front) in patriotic pose before an inset view of the Landing Stage at Ahvaz - a city

King George V - Silver Jubilee celebration postcard, featuring portraits of the King and Queen Mary and a view of Buckingham Palace, London. Date: 1935

The Seated Scribe. 28th-23rd c. BC. It belongs to the 4th or 5th dynasty. Painted limestone, glass rock eyes inset into copper. It was found in the Old Kingdom burial ground at Sakkara. Egyptian art

Rare Russian Postcard - Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918) - sent from Odessa, Ukraine on 9th May 1900. Date: 1900

Glasgow, Scotland - Four inset scenes of the city: The University Building, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the King George V Bridge and George Square. Date: 1937

Roman Catholic church, Farm Street, Mayfair, London, with an inset of Father Bernard Vaughan (1847-1922). Date: circa 1905

Chiropractor - Dr. A Ortman of South Dakota
Chiropractor - Dr. Amon S. Ortman (1892-1956) of South Dakota, USA - Founder of the Chiropractic Hotel & Clinic - practiced between 1918 and 1956 - developed the Ortman Technique

Fabulous Arab Doorway - Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
An absolutely fabulous Arab Doorway in the port town of Sidi Bou Said Tunisia, with a pair of knockers for the main decorated wooden doors (for ease of knocking when on a camel or on horseback)

WW1 - King George V - his message to the Royal Navy - The Sure Shield. The shield in the bottom left-hand corner is the Royal Navy Kings Colours. Date: circa 1914

Royal Navy losses in both World Wars, 1945
Illustration showing the ships lost by the British Royal Navy during the Second World War (main picture) compared with those lost during the First World War (inset bottom right)

Zulu War - Recovery of the Colours of the 24th in the Buffalo River after Battle of Isandlwana (of 22 January 1879) and honouring the graves of Lts Melville and Coghill Date: 1879

Waterloo Place, London - The Crimea Monument
HMS Victorys Signal. The flaghoist signals used by Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), England expects that every man will do his duty

Aa Parmentier / P Journal
ANTOINE-AUGUSTIN PARMENTIER Centenary celebration of the man who introduced the potato to France

Bermuda - Palms at Paget, Grasmere view and Oleanders
Bermuda - with three inset leaf-shaped images depicting: Royals Palms at Paget, the view from Grasmere and Oleanders in bloom. Date: 1912

Proposed new Union workhouse, Gateshead
Birds eye view, with inset plan, of the proposed new union workhouse at Gateshead, County Durham. It was designed by Messrs Newcombe and Knowles of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and JH Morton of South Shields

Cambridge Eight 1911
The Cambridge Eight in Coronation Year

Paderewski / Petit J 1919
IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI Polish pianist, composer and statesman

The Xinhai Revolution, also known as the Chinese Revolution or the Revolution of 1911, was a revolution that overthrew Chinas last imperial dynasty (the Qing dynasty)

Robert Falcon Scott and his Frys Cocoa and Chocolate supply
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), the English naval commander and explorer. A Captain in the Royal Navy, Scott led a number of expeditions to the Antarctic

Railway map, Clapham Junction area, London
Railway map, Clapham Junction, Stewarts Lane, Lavender Hill and Longhedge, SW London, with colour coding of the various railway companies. Date: 1912

Map, Surrey Docks, Bricklayers Arms and New Cross, London
Map, Surrey Commercial Docks, Bricklayers Arms and New Cross, SE London, with railway lines and junctions. 1908

Celebrating the New Turkish Constiution - French postcard. The Young Turk Revolution (July 1908) of the Ottoman Empire was when the Young Turks movement restored the Ottoman constitution of 1876

Trowbridge, Wiltshire - Mulit-scene Greetings Postcard, featuring inset views of: the Parish Church, River Avon at Staverton, Stallards Street and Trinity College, The Rectory and Clarendon

Portrait of Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (Auguste Viktoria Friederike Luise Feodora Jenny - 18581921) - the last German empress and queen of Prussia by marriage to Kaiser Wilhelm II

WW1 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Patriotic message
An inset portrait accompanies a message to the German people from Kaiser Wilhelm II a month after the start of the First World War - 26th August 1914 (the war began on 28th July 1914). Date: 1914

Italy, Sestri Ponente, Santuario di Nostra Signora del Gazzo
Italy - Sestri Ponente and inset view of Santuario di Nostra Signora del Gazzo (Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy) Date: 1898

Home of Louisa May Alcott at Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) - the Home at Concord, Massachusetts, USA of the American writer. The Birthplace of the Concord School of Philosophy in 1879.. Date: circa 1920s

Coronation of Edward VII - Commemorative postcard
Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on - August 9, 1902 - The Golden State Carriage leaving Buckingham Palace - Commemorative postcard

Memorial postcard - King Edward VII (1841-1910), with inset portrait and views of Buckingham Palace and St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Date: 1910

RMS Titanic - signet ring recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - an 18 carat gold and small old-cut diamond solitaire band/signet ring, slightly tapering (1/4ins)

HMS Princess Royal, 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron, with inset portraits of Admiral Jellicoe and Lord Nelson - England expects that every man this day will do his duty. Date: 1914-1918

Landmarks at Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside
Greetings from Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside - five inset views: Swiss Bridge, Boat House Park, Park Entrance, Town Hall and the Laird and Queen's Memorial. Date: 1908

PORTUGUESE TAKE DIU 1509
A sea battle in the harbour of Diu, on the west coast of India, results in the death of Sultan Badur and Portuguese annexation. Inset : Nugno d'Acona who founds the colony. Date: 1509

MALTESE TOMB COVERING
A marble tomb cover, inset into the floor above St Paul's catacombs, Rabat. The Maltese cross has eight points, symbolising the eight beatitudes Date: 2005

The Old Stadt Theater - Hamburg, Germany - inset illustration inside a piece of Silver Birch Tree Bark. Showing the new facade designed by Martin Haller in 1874. Date: 1900s

A typical group of Fanchon and Marco dancers and an inset of Fanchon Simon, 1929 - Fanchon was half of the famous stage producing duo Fanchon and Marco who created The Big Idea stage shows

Railway map, Acton, Kew, Turnham Green, London
Railway map, Acton, Kew, South Acton & Turnham Green, London, with colour coding of the various railway companies. Date: 1913

Great Southern Hotel, Parknasilla, County Kerry, Ireland. Date: circa 1908

Insetting, Stitching and Cutting, Black & White magazine
Insetting, Stitching, Cutting, Black & White magazine. 1893

WW1 - Mons and our Masterly Move - 1914
WW1 - Mons and our Masterly Move - Field Marshall Sir John Frenchs Historical Dispatch explained. A pictorial map showing the famous British Expeditionary Force (BEF)

WW1 - The Enemys Eastern Frontier - 1914
WW1 - The Enemys Eastern Frontier - The Splendid work of Russian Strategy. Pictorial map showing the strategy of Russian Commanders

Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London
Promotion postcard for The Pigalle, Piccadilly, London - Souvenir of the Wedding of Princess Margaret (1930-2002) to Anthony Armstrong-Jones (1930-2017) on 6th May 1960. Date: 1960

Traditional customs, Portugal -- people in the open air, working on a large weaving frame. Inset top left is a large building, the Grand Hotel Central. Date: circa 1900s

RMS / HMS Medina, P&O M-class in service during WW1
RMS/HMS Medina, P&O M-class in service during the First World War, torpedoed in April 1917. With an inset portrait of King George V. Date: circa 1914

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