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Post by daniel on Mar 6, 2022 1:04:49 GMT
A postcard depicting Lord Nelson's tomb. Postmarked Hendon Dec 1st 1905. The black marble sarcophagus was made by Benedetto da Rovezzano (1474-1552) for Cardinal Wolsey. Falsely accused of treason, Wolsey was arrested and sent to London but died on the way there and was buried in an unknown grave. King Henry VIII intended to use it for himself but it was not ready for him when he died. It was presented by King George III to entomb the body of Horatio Viscount Nelson who was buried in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral on 9th January 1806.   |
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Post by daniel on Mar 6, 2022 2:25:43 GMT
Another Titanic survivor signed item. American Eleanor Johnson was a baby on board the Titanic along with her brother, Harold and their mother, Alina. They were visiting Alina's dying father in Finland. On the return journey, due to a coal strike, they had to change ships and travel on the Titanic. The family all survived. Eleanor married Delbert Shuman in 1934 and, later, became a telephone operator until her retirement in 1962. She met James Cameron and became a Titanic celebrity. She died in 1998.   |
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Post by daniel on Mar 6, 2022 23:38:58 GMT
A postcard depicting the Crystal Palace. Date unclear but probably contemporary with the stamp c. 1905.   |
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Post by daniel on Mar 11, 2022 3:07:53 GMT
An interesting bookmark shaped postcard intended to be sent by Book Post. Depicting popular American actress Billie Burke (1884-1970), best known as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in The Wizard of Oz, 1939. Nice, clear SON Ilfracombe postmark for May 13th 1904 on an Edward VII half penny stamp.   |
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Post by daniel on Mar 16, 2022 1:52:19 GMT
Here is another example of the Book Post Card. This was essentially the printed matter rate as these cards were too small to qualify for the postcard half penny rate. Note the strict regulations regarding precisely what could be written on the card to qualify for the half penny rate. That is, recipient's name and address in the address panel and sender's name only in the left panel. A signature could only be written on the picture side. This example, as you can see, did not go through the mail. The picture side depicts British actress Gertie Millar, 1879-1952. She was very popular in Edwardian musical comedies and married Lionel Monckton, the composer. Millar was much pursued by the aristocracy and in 1905, still married to Monckton, Baron Gunther Rau von Holzhauzen shot himself in her boudoir (she wasn't there)! Monckton died in 1924 and, soon after, she married the 2nd Earl of Dudley and so became the Countess of Dudley.   |
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Post by daniel on Mar 21, 2022 2:44:47 GMT
Another in this series of Book Post Cards depicting actresses. Sent from Newcastle to Catford, London SE. Again, nicely postmarked, for January 28 1904, and with a London SE postmark for the following day. This card depicts the famous French stage actress Sarah Bernhardt. Born Henriette-Rosine Bernard in 1844, she would go on to achieve world-wide fame touring in London, America and Europe. She even had her own theatre in Paris and commissioned Alphonse Mucha to design her posters, theatrical sets and costumes. Bernhardt died in 1923.   |
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Post by daniel on Apr 14, 2022 2:24:36 GMT
This card is similar to the ones shown above but was published by Milton and issued in their Milton Boudoir Bromette series.
This is a larger postcard, longer than the permitted size allowed for the postcard rate of one halfpenny. However, a special rate was introduced for posting books in 1848 and this was extended to include printed matter c1852 with a halfpenny rate introduced in 1870. However, since this card carries a message, it did not qualify under the strict Book Post/printed matter regulations for the halfpenny rate and a further halfpenny had to be paid.
The picture side has a colourised photograph of the Dare Sisters, Phyllis and Zena, popular actresses in Edwardian England. The card is postmarked Redruth in Cornwall with a duplex cancellation with an upright oval, date unclear.
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Apr 14, 2022 18:09:26 GMT
Very nice postcard, daniel, thanks for sharing. The date on this last one looks like JA 7 05 to me, just in case you were wondering. In fact, it still looks like that even if you weren’t! |
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Post by daniel on May 29, 2022 5:49:07 GMT
An Edwardian postcard depicting George Stephenson's train engine Billy. Sent from Newcastle-on-Tyne, 21st July 1904.   |
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Post by daniel on Jul 24, 2022 12:40:16 GMT
White Star Line Merchant Vessel Britannic The MV Britannic was the third White Star Liner to be called Britannic. Launched in 1929 and scrapped in 1961. Although this card was never posted, it has been annotated by a passenger on a 1933 voyage.  |
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Post by daniel on Oct 7, 2022 1:46:18 GMT
William and Daniel Downey set up a photographic studio in 1855 in South Shields in the North East of England. They were commissioned by Queen Victoria to photograph the Hartley Colliery Disaster in 1862. William opened a studio in Ebury Street, London in 1872 and received a Royal Warrant in 1879. These two postcards are from that studio and depict The Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII and King George V and Queen Mary, Wedding Group from 1893. Their 3/4 profile portrait of George V would be used for the 1911 definitive stamps.  |
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Post by daniel on Dec 21, 2022 15:39:17 GMT
A postcard issued by Bemrose & Sons for The Festival of Empire Imperial Exhibition held at the Crystal Palace in London from 12th May 1911 to 1st October 1911. An Edward VII halfpenny stamp has been cancelled with a special Festival postmark for September 7th 1911. The Festival of Empire was the biggest exhibition held there and celebrated the coronation of George V. It spread across the grounds and included reconstructed Parliamentary buildings from Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand and South Africa. The South African Building is depicted on the postcard.   |
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Post by daniel on May 14, 2023 1:38:36 GMT
From "Somewhere on the Ocean" Received From H. M. Ship / No Charge To Be Raised mark
A World War I Postcard dated 26th Mach 1917 sent to Mrs Dyson, Eland, Yorkshire. Necessarily vaguely worded, this message refers to the estimated time to get to "journey's end". The card has possibly been censored by removing information at the bottom, maybe the identity of the ship.
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Post by daniel on May 22, 2023 3:53:44 GMT
Another Edwardian postcard, sent from Evesham to Oxford January 10th 1907. This is a novelty card but was slightly too wide to qualify for the postcard rate, hence the Contrary to Regulations mark. The Book Post/Printed Matter rate could have applied at the ½ penny rate but a message has been added excluding this possibility. One penny should have been paid but since only a ½ penny stamp was applied double the deficiency had to be paid as postage due, hence the 1 D mark.  The picture side depicts the actress, dancer and singer Gabrielle Ray. She was born Gabriel Cook in 1883 and became a child star at the age of 10. She would become the most photographed woman in the world. Her admirers included Alfred Vanderbilt and the King of Portugal. After an unsuccessful marriage she returned to the stage but retired due to depression. She would spend the last 37 years of her life in a sanatorium, dying at the age of 90.  |
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Post by vikingeck on May 22, 2023 7:42:50 GMT
Is that Glitter on her dress ? I think that might be the reason for postage due surcharge, as much as size .
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Post by paul1 on May 22, 2023 8:11:57 GMT
seems odd that a proprietary card should be deemed too large - you'd imagine the manufacturer might have got that right at the outset. Regarding Daniel's card of Crystal Palace interest, and for those who may not know ............ This was the glass and cast iron structure built originally in Hyde Park, central London to house the Great Exhibition of 1851, then dismantled and relocated in 1854 to an area of south London known as Penge. Its influence on this new area was so great that despite the fire in 1936 which destroyed the edifice completely, the area has become known permanently as Crystal Palace - it hosts one of the U.K. best known football teams of the same name.
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Post by daniel on May 22, 2023 10:02:38 GMT
Is that Glitter on her dress ? I think that might be the reason for postage due surcharge, as much as size . Yes, I don't think these novelty cards were made for the half penny rate. It must have been confusing for the public. Thanks, Daniel |
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Post by daniel on Mar 31, 2024 19:02:41 GMT
This postcard, sent to Long Sutton in Somerset, has a nice clear Martock (a few miles south of Long Sutton) squared circle postmark dated January 14th 1908. There must have been some relaxation in regulations for messages on postcards since it states that you can write on the back of the card as well as the usual space on the address side, Although this extra space has not been used on this occasion. Interesting butterfly stamp design.   |
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Post by daniel on Apr 6, 2024 16:10:50 GMT
Postcard issued for the Centenary of the Opening of the Head Post Office, Cornhill, Ipswich. Great postmark dated 22 July 1981 with an Ipswich duplex.  |
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Post by daniel on Apr 13, 2024 19:02:08 GMT
This must have been a silk embroidered postcard but has been removed from the card. It depicts Queen Alexandra, the wife of Edward VII. It is based on a photograph taken by court photographers W & D Downey, London of stamp and postcard fame. Since I can, I'm showing the reverse as well  .   |
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Post by daniel on Apr 19, 2024 0:01:55 GMT
A Travelling Post Office postcard. 'Carried on the South Devon Railway' in Sorting Coach 80359 for their 125th Anniversary Event at Buckfastleigh on 3rd and 4th May 1997. Postmarked Travelling Post Office Section London 3 My 97.   |
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