Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

‘Coronation Durbar, Delhi. Ruling Chiefs of the Punjab Before the King Emperor and Queen Empress’ NPG x193184

National Portrait Gallery, London

by Illustrations Bureau, published by J. Beagles & Co

As the second son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, George V had not expected to ascend to the throne. He enjoyed a long and successful career in the Navy before his accession in 1910. His conscientious and unpretentious approach to his duties provided stability during an unsettled period, which included the First World War and the Great Depression. In 1932, he became the first monarch to use the medium of radio to speak to the nation. He later described himself as… more

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Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.