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Royal Observatory Greenwich – postcard collection
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Estimated date
 1920s
Publisher
 Central Aerophoto Co. Ltd.
Publisher's title
 Aerial View of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Nominal size
 5.5 x 3.5 inches (real photograph)
Publisher/printer ref.
 N0. 2615
Website ref.
 PC0504

As well as selling their own cards from the Porter's Lodge at the Observatory, this card also appears to have been on sale there. A similar card (unposted) is known to have been overstamped with the same markings as their regular cards and carries the two sets of words: 'Copyright Reproduction Forbidden' and 'Royal Observatory, Greenwich'.
 

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