REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
There is a little tourist goods market stall area by Checkpoint Charlie (opposite the museum), where you can buy this postcard and for a small extra cost have a cachet or two applied (or in my case six, but I think most visitors just do the one). I did one of these for my friend Frank and posted it to him in the US, but I also did one for myself which I didn’t post. The cachets are nice little extra, and I think make a postcard a great souvenir of a visit here, especially the dated one.
10/04/2020
WINNIE-THE-POOH: EXPLORING A CLASSIC Exhibition
THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
Between the 9th December 2017 and the 8th April 2018 the Victoria and Albert Museum in London held an exhibition of the drawings of E. H. Shepard (1879 – 1976) related to the books ‘Winnie-the- Pooh’ and ‘The House at Pooh Corner’ by A. A. Milne. This exhibition was largely possible because the museum holds the original pencil drawings of E.H. Shepard for the Winnie-the-Pooh books. To coincide with this exhibition a selection of exclusive postcards was issued, and these were sold in the gift shop located by the exhibitions exit. Some of these I have not seen on postcard before, but a couple are, like this first one here (which we have had as a print on our bedroom wall for many years), extremely well known and have had a previous postcard release or two. I depict those that I picked up here.
BUMP, BUMP, BUMP
E.H. SHEPARD
PENCIL DRAWING FOR ‘WINNIE-THE-POOH’
1926
Published by
THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
Ref: 152324
10/04/2020
BUDAPEST
NEW YORK CAFÉ
Published by
Panorama PostcARDd
Ref: 102HS
This is a panorama PostcARDd (that’s how the company spell it). You initially download an app, and once this is on your phone you point it at this postcard image and the app brings up a 360degree image of the property, in this case the New York Café. This would be worth doing as the New York Café is regarded as the most beautiful café in the world, it is without doubt the most beautiful café I have ever eaten in. Jo and I had lunch here last year and it is an experience I thoroughly recommend.
BUDAPEST
OPERA
Published by
Panorama PostcARDd
Ref: 100HS
We did not visit the opera, but this was such a beautiful postcard image I had to have it. I also liked this 360degree panorama view App idea, very clever I thought. The reverse side of this card is the same as above except for the reference number (of course).
09/04/2020
ESPLANADE & PIER
SOUTHSEA
Published by
J. WELCH & SONS, PORTSMOUTH
(Printed in their works in Belgium)
TRICHROMATIC POSTCARD
Ref: JWS 3
There is something which I cannot explain, but an old view photograph like this just appeals to me as soon as I look at it. Maybe it’s the old cloths and fashions, which instantly denote age to me, maybe it’s the often ‘unanswered question’ of how much the area has changed over time. The basic hand colouring of the photographs is definitely a factor, as I love the little splodges of colour, often only used where the person adding the colour can have a reasonable guess at what colour the item is (all anchors are brown after all, are they not?). I don’t have to know the area, visited the location or have any previous connection with it, I still like this type of card.
09/04/2020
ALSACE
DANS LES BLES
‘In the Wheat’
Published by
Ch. COURMONT, 17, RUE MARTEL, PARIS
The national costume of the people of Alsace is well known even outside of France and I know that many French collectors specialise in collecting postcards that depict it. Photographic postcards are preferred, but I think this simple art design is a delight, and if you have not already guessed, yes, these young ladies are wearing that national dress.
09/04/2020
UNE STAR SE CACHE QUELQUE PART …
‘A star is hiding somewhere ...’
By
MAGALI MEMBRE
Published by
EDITIONS DES CORRESPONDANCES
Ref: CL 174
This is what all the Easter Bunnies do in the days leading up to their biggest day of the year! This is a French postcard I bought a few years ago. There is a star hidden in the picture somewhere, but if you want to know where you need to scratch off the cover over the answer on the reverse side, I’ve not been tempted to do this yet!
p.s. I hope they are not watching ‘Fatal Attraction’!!!!
09/04/2020
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
3D LENTICULAR POSTCARD
Published by
DMA – DESIGN MASTERS. COM
2012
CRAFTED IN CHINA
As you tilt this postcard King Kong moves up to the top of the Empire State Building and takes a swipe at the biplanes which fly above him (if you want to see it moving I have placed a short film of it on the facebook page today). I bought this postcard in the large shop at the end of the Empire State Building experience, where you go up to the observation deck, one of the tourists ‘Must Do’s’ of any visit to New York. It’s a great and very popular postcard.
09/04/2020
THE OFFICIAL “THUNDERBALL” 30TH ANNIVERSARY POSTER
VERY LARGE POSTCARD
Published by
EON PRODUCTUONS AND MAC B, LTD. 1995
Last week the first of my James Bond Maxi-Cards started returning and as with anything that is in the forefront of your mind that ‘particular’ interest carries over into other things, like eBay searches. Having put Bond postcards into the search box I was not surprised to be going through lots of postcards which are well known and common. Then, all-of-sudden this one came up. I admit that I did not look at the size of the card, a mistake I have made before, but this was a poster I had not seen before on postcard (and it is also one of my favourite film posters from this film). So, I bought it, and it was a reasonable price, £1.75, which became even more of a bargain once it arrived and I saw how big it is! It really is a cracking postcard, and a superb piece of Bond memorabilia.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
09/04/2020
UNICEF – PADDINGTON BEAR
LARGE SIZED POSTCARD SERIES
“GREETINGS FROM INDONESIA”
Published as an exclusive for
UNICEF
(these can only be accessed via a sign up for a regular monthly donation to the charity)
FRONT OF LARGE POSTCARD
Today has been a good day for the collection as quite a bit arrived in the post. This is my third instalment of this postcard series. As with previous sending’s, you get a large (A5 ish) sized postcard depicting Paddington bear with a scenic photograph from the country chosen for this package. You also get some ‘Fact Cards’ about aspects of the country and a sticker sheet and a small, more normal sized postcard, depicting something from the country (so far these have been wildlife related – although there was no card with the initial London sending, but this seems the norm with this one as other people who have this also did not receive an extra small postcard with that sending).
Another aspect of these packages which I like is that each outer envelope has a different design, so I also save these as I include Paddington Bear in my TV themed collection.
REVERSE SIDE OF LARGE POSTCARD
GREETINGS FROM INDONESIA
KOMODO DRAGON
Published as an exclusive for
UNICEF
This is the normal sized postcard included with this latest sending (I was extremely lucky as they had mistakenly placed two copies in my envelope – lucky me). I have found that the Komodo Dragon does not appear on a large number of postcards, so this is a nice addition to my collection, and as Paddington Bear is mentioned in the text on the reverse side I can still keep it in my TV collection.
FACT CARDS
The information side of two of the Fact Card’s contained within this sending
KOMODO DRAGON - ORANGUTAN
MAIN ENVELOPE
This is the envelope that all the above items were sent out in.
I think these are quite collectible in-their-own right as well.
09/04/2020
10 cent IOLANI PALACE
(HONOLULU, HAWAII – HISTORIC PRESERVATION)
POSTAL STATIONERY POST CARD
UNITED STATES
Official United States Postal Service Postal Stationery Post Card
(The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps – 28th Edition – Reference UX81)
FIRST DAY USED - 1ST OCTOBER 1979
This is normally a plain fronted card with just the exclusive pre-paid stamp imprint top right, but a first day card producer has added the printed area down the left side, the two stamp images and the text around them. As mentioned in previous postings of such cards, this was/is a common approach used by cover/card producers in the US. Many collectors specialise in certain FDI Card imprint producers and artists. This is a fairly simple design, but still a very nice one. These are obviously far more collected in the US than here in the UK, but we do still have collectors of these over this way.
09/04/2020
MONTENEGRO
REPLY POSTCARD
3n Black on Light Grey
Higgins & Gage, World Postal Stationery Catalog
Section 12
Montenegro - Page 1
Reference No: 2
Issued 1888
TOP FRONT CARD
A Reply-Card is two postcards attached together with one folded over the top of the other. The idea being that the receiver could use the ‘Reply’ half to respond (without cost to themselves) to the sender of the complete reply card (who would have paid the reply cost through the postcards original cost). This is the first Reply Card produced by Montenegro.
09/04/2020
“BY GUM, LOVE, I SHOULD FEEL
SOFT IF THEY GOT ME ON
TELEVISION!”
By
ARNOLD TAYLOR
Published by
BAMFORTH & CO., LTD., HOLMFIRTH, YORKSHIRE
Ref: “COMIC” Series. No. 773
This is the type of television connected postcard that could easily be missed if you don’t see the word in the title. I collect all ‘Television’ related postcards and I do like this unusual one.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
This one was posted in 1954 (21st June from Wisbech, Cambs). Do you think the sender was being ironic with there message? “Hoping you have not got lost”. I think the two added squiggles underneath the message also show a touch of impatience. Was this card being sent to someone who had not responded to a letter/postcard? Or perhaps had taken awhile to write anything at all? We will never know, but I do wonder if the sending of this card resulted in a reasonably rapid response!
09/04/2020
OLD JACKS BOAT
Published by
BBC – CBEEBIES
This also arrived today and is an eBay buy. ‘Old Jacks Boat’ is a British television programme for what they call ‘pre-school children’. It stars Bernard Cribbins as Old Jack who is the owner of a multi-coloured boat called The Rainbow. Jack (or for us adults… Cribbins) tells a story to his dog in each 15-minute episode. The dog is called Salty. The first episode was shown on the 21st January 2013 and the first series included the actress Freema Agyeman as Shelly Periwinkle (Freema is better known to many as Martha Jones in Doctor Who appearing alongside David Tennant). The final episode was shown on the 5th April 2015. Was it any good? I honestly don’t know as I never got to see any of the episodes, but it starred Cribbins, who is a national treasure, how bad could it have been?
The postcard is an official one sent out to people writing into the BBC and/or Bernard Cribbins. It was not placed on general sale so could only be sourced through direct contact with the BBC. When I saw this I had to have it and it was a real bargain at just £1.99 + £1 postage (I cant remember if it was a lucky auction win or a tremendously cheap ‘Buy-it-Now’, I think the later).
09/04/2020
URGENT MESSAGE
REGARDING YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION
Published by
FUTURE PUBLISHING LTD
Exclusive to subscribers – notification postcard
The coronavirus has caused issues for many publishing companies who issue monthly magazines for specific themes. I have a standing order for the science fiction magazine SFX and as a result received this postcard through the post today. Ordinarily the front of this card would have little great interest except that it features a James Bond image (Total Film magazine cover – top row), but for me this card has another interest as it has directly come about due to the coronavirus pandemic. So, this is another item to go into my coronavirus themed collection.
09/04/2020
STAMP COLLECTOR
May 2020, Volume 2, Issue 5
FREE POSTCARDS
The most recent issue of this monthly stamp magazine comes with five free exclusive postcards These are numbered between 1 and 5 of 10 (the other five will probably come later in the years, which is what they have done with past postcard sets like this). The postcards are issued by Stamp Collector Magazine in association with Mark Bloxham Stamps Ltd.
NEW ZEALAND SG4 1d ON BLUED PAPER, A SUPERB PAIR, VERY RARE Ex FRAZER £3,000
Published by
Stamp Collector Magazine in association with Mark Bloxham Stamps Ltd.
Ref: Collectible Postcard 01 of 10
08/04/2020
APFELSTRUDEL
Apple Strudel
RECIPE CARD
Published by
SMILE GMBH, WIEN
Ref: 18543
When we were in Vienna, Austria last year we had the opportunity to eat many meals and food items which are famous in that area. We attended a tutorial on how to make proper apple strudel (I have previously posted the exclusive postcard sold in the gift shop attached to this cooking show). I admit, it was cracking apple strudel as we got to eat a rather large slice of it as a tasting. So, buying a recipe postcard seemed a good idea. I believe they did have copies of this card in English, but I though I would buy the card in the right language, so I did.
WIENER SCHNITZEL
Vienna Schnitzel
Published by
SMILE GMBH, WIEN
Ref: 18549
This is thin breaded pan-fried veal cutlets. I have always liked Wiener schnitzel and took the chance to eat it whilst in the country and city for which it is famous. Strangely, I had some of the best Wiener schnitzel on a train.
SACHERTORTE
Published by
SMILE GMBH, WIEN
Ref: 18547
Now, this is a slice of Vienna history as this was originally invented in Vienna by Franz Sacher in 1832. It is probably one of the most famous Viennese culinary specialities. It was also the one piece of food both Jo and I were determined to try. We had ours outside the café close to the giant Ferris wheel, the Wiener Riesenrad, which is a famous Vienna landmark (I did a whole section of images of postcards of this Ferris Wheel on the webpage). This is a chocolate sponge cake with apricot jam and chocolate icing, and it is lovely.
08/04/2020
PINK PANTHER
By
JEFF KOONS
1988
Porcelain 41 x 20 ½ x 19 (104.1 x 52 x 48.3 cm)
One of Three (from an edition of three + one artists proof)
Published by
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (MOMA),
NEW YORK
Postcard copyrighted 2013
This was one of my favourite finds in this superb modern art museum, but then I love all things TV related. So, I was even more pleased to find a postcard depicting it although I preferred the view from the other side showing the Pink Panther’s face, I can’t imagine why they thought this side would appeal more (he laughs).
08/04/2020
MINEHEAD
THE GATEWAY TO EXMOOR
TRAVEL BY TRAIN
Railway poster from the NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM collection
Published by
STAR EDITIONS LTD
Ref: RAIL215
Minehead was where my brother and I were taken for several summer holidays when we were kids. We stayed at the Butlin’s Camp which opposite this depicted beach, not too far further along (as if travelling outwards from this picture) from where these beach goers are enjoying the sun and sea. So, this poster image brings back fond childhood memories.