03/05/2020
FILMSZINHAZ
(Cinema)
SZABADSZALLAS
Photo by
CSOBAJI ELOD
Published by
KEPZOMUVESZETL ALAP KIADOVALLALATA, BUDAPEST
Ref: EF XIX- 35/742
I had to have this one when I saw it and for two reasons really. Firstly, I really loved this photograph and it was clearly a film house, or cinema as we would call it, but, there was something that was so ‘Eastern European’ about the architecture here, eastern bloc I think they call it. The town of Szabadszallas is a small town in Hungary, about 80 kilometres south from Budapest (by rail). So, this is a small-town cinema. That appealed to me straight away. Then I turned it over…
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
I collect postcards, covers, stamps and all things philatelic related to anything themed around Television. The postage stamp used on this card is one I have mint in my collection, and used on cover and an imperf copy, so seeing one genuinely used on postcard made this a must have card. The stamp is the 2fo value from the 1963 ‘Transport and Communications’ set and this individual stamp features an image of a TV Broadcast coach (SG 1912). The stamp is not valuable, its just nice to find a copy genuinely used.
PHOTOGRAPH
I found this photograph, and the one below of what I believe to be the same building but without the Filmszinhaz sign above the doorway. I do wonder how long this cinema lasted. Is it still there? I suspect the building is but perhaps they have a better cinema now or none at all, I cant seem to find out at the moment
03/05/2020
40 JAHRIGES BESTEHEN DES BUNDES DER POLNISCHEN
KURZWELLEENAMATEURE WSt (ou)
40 gr mehrfarbig
‘40TH Anniversary of the Polish Federation
Short Wave Amateur WSt (ou)’
POLISH POSTAL STATIONERY POST CARD
(Issued 16th May 1970)
40 gr (Stamp Value) Multicoloured.
Official Polish Postal Stationery Post Card
(Michel Reference: P 471)
Without my very expensive, but invaluable MICHEL postal stationery catalogue I would probably have assumed that the cancellation date here was the first day of issue, but it is not as this cancel is dated 17 IX (September) 1970. The cancel reads:
KONFERRENCJA
KOMISJI PLANU
UIT
WARSZAWA
Which means:
CONFERENCE
PLAN COMMISSION
UIT [International Telecommunications Union]
WARSAW
I collect philatelic material related to the International Telecommunications Union as it is intrinsically linked to the television world having initially been responsible for the world of radio.
‘40TH Anniversary of the Polish Federation
Short Wave Amateur WSt (ou)’
POLISH POSTAL STATIONERY POST CARD
(Issued 16th May 1970)
This second copy of the same postal stationery post card has a different special hand stamp, this time dated 17th May 1971 (a year and one day after this postal stationery post card was issued). This is another cancel with a UIT – International Telecommunications Union connection.
02/05/2020
COVID-19 URGENT APPEAL
Sold in aid of
THE NHS CHARITIES COVID-19 URGENT APPEAL
THE WOODEN POSTCARD COMPANY
STANDARD REVERSE SIDE FORMAT
For all the below wooden postcard issues.
It is unusual for me to start off a posting with the reverse side of a postcard, especially a mint one, in fact this might be the first time. I have done this because I found out during the week that a company called ‘THE WOODEN POSTCARD COMPANY’ (some of their wooden postcards have previously appeared on this webpage) have currently on sale a selection of special unique designs related to the issues of the current coronavirus (Covid-19). Having discovered this, I ordered a few and they arrived today. All these postcards have a red boxed COVID-19 URGENT APPEAL logo bottom left side and 25% of the cost of each wooden card goes to the NHS charities. Some of these designs are very good and include old styled poster like designs.
The postcards are not numbered or titled (beyond the text that appears on the front). I am still waiting on two more cards, but the designs of these two are not new ones. The ones I have received today appear below.
DESTINATIONS SPRING 2020
BATHROOM REVISITED
‘Enjoy the Loo Rolls’
Novelty Wooden Postcard
Sold in aid of
THE NHS CHARITIES COVID-19 URGENT APPEAL
Published by
THE WOODEN POSTCARD COMPANY
I think this one might be my favourite one because it has the year included in the text and makes mention of ‘Loo Rolls’, and we all know how hard they were to find in the early weeks of the pandemic.
STOP HOARDING
YOU PLONKERS
Novelty Wooden Postcard
Sold in aid of
THE NHS CHARITIES COVID-19 URGENT APPEAL
Published by
THE WOODEN POSTCARD COMPANY
The situation re Toilet rolls, Pasta, Rice, and later-on Flour (flour still being a bit of an issue even today!) was just ridiculous. I can only assume that some people are going to be eating Pasta for the rest of the year!
DON’T WASTE FOOD
Novelty Wooden Postcard
Sold in aid of
THE NHS CHARITIES COVID-19 URGENT APPEAL
Published by
THE WOODEN POSTCARD COMPANY
I don’t know if this is an exclusive ‘Covid-19’ design as this wording has been used on World War II posters and on national ‘World Food Day’ posters and as a basic piece of advice this carries on throughout. But this card does have the special ‘COVID-19’ reverse side logo.
KEEP CLEAN
Novelty Wooden Postcard
Sold in aid of
THE NHS CHARITIES COVID-19 URGENT APPEAL
Published by
THE WOODEN POSTCARD COMPANY
Like the ‘Don’t Waste Food’ design above I don’t know if this is a new issue or an older one being repurposed for this charity fund raising selection published by this company. Again, the advice being given is universal and has a life outside of this pandemic.
A HUG IN A MUG
Novelty Wooden Postcard
Sold in aid of
THE NHS CHARITIES COVID-19 URGENT APPEAL
Published by
THE WOODEN POSTCARD COMPANY
I think this one may well be a more basic design included in the charity fund raising collection. This postcard was also 50p more than all the others so must be considered a little special.
02/05/2020
ROYAL PAVILION
WEST SIDE
BRIGHTON
Published by
A. W. W. BRIGHTON & WORTHING
Ref: 1114
This is a wonderful looking building all-be-it an unusual looking one to find in a British seaside town. I have visited here a couple of times and always enjoy walking around inside this royal palace, as it was. This is probably one of the biggest tourist attractions in Brighton and when people can again go on day trips and holidays (when this lockdown eventually ceases) I suspect it will again be a major draw.
02/05/2020
GREETINGS FROM N. W. IOWA
CHEERIO POST CARD CLUB
(TOP)
GREY CARD
NATIONAL POSTCARD WEEK MAY 1985
Published by the
CHEERIO POST CARD CLUB (IOWA)
(BOTTOM)
YELLOW CARD
Published by the
CHEERIO POST CARD CLUB (IOWA)
These two cards are very similar in design. The top postcard just has some extra typed information related to the National Postcard Week and the fact that the club was established in 1954.
The bottom yellow coloured card was the standard postcard release for this post card club. This one does not have the small sized typed text but does have separation lines between the images down the left-hand side.
During the 1980’s and into the 1990’s this type of postcard club or postcard collector styled postcard was extremely popular and many different types were produced and in various levels of quality as regards the designs and card quality. These two here were printed to a higher quality than many were during this period.
02/05/2020
SECOND ANNUAL
NATIONAL POSTCARD WEEK
MAY 5 – 11, 1985
“Take time to smell the roses and send a friend a Postcard”
Design by
ANN RUSNAK
Published by
THELMA MORRIS
In the US the month of May was typical chosen to hold the annual Postcard Week in and it was common for it to be held the early section of the month. I dug this card out today and I don’t mind admitting that I was a little surprised to find it is now 35 years old. I remember obtaining this one when it came out. How time flies when you continue a collection for most of a lifetime.
01/05/2020
JAMES BOND
Maxi-Cards
PART EIGHT
All 62 of my James Bond stamp maxi-cards have now come back. I used postcards from the special JAMES BOND 100 postcards box set. I have been separating them out over several postings, but I need to bring this little project to an end, so, although there are quite a few here it does finish this off for me (I apologise for flooding this page with these, but some are very nice.
DANIEL CRAIG AS JAMES BOND IN
CASINO ROYALE (2006)
Home Made Maxi-Card
Postcard from the
JAMES BOND 100 POSTCARDS
Boxed set
GERT FROBE IN THE TITLE ROLE OF
GOLDFINGER (1964)
Home Made Maxi-Card
Postcard from the
JAMES BOND 100 POSTCARDS
Boxed set
This had to be the postcard for this Smiler sheet combination of Goldfinger James Bond stamp and stamp shaped Cinderella label which features a scene from the film showing the actor Gert Frobe as Goldfinger.
POSTER CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS OF JAMES BOND FILMS (2012)
Home Made Maxi-Card
Postcard from the
JAMES BOND 100 POSTCARDS
Boxed set
I had this spare Daniel Craig ‘Smiler’ sheet combination of stamp and label but no Craig Bond related card left, but I did have this postcard and I noticed that Daniel’s three films, at the time, were listed down the centre bottom of the gold painted lady. So, I produced this maxi-card.
LITTLE NELLIE
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967)
Home Made Maxi-Card
Postcard from the
JAMES BOND 100 POSTCARDS
Boxed set
So, I have kept one of my favourites right until the last. I think you would be hard put to find a better combination than you have here of photograph, stamp and cancellation (possibly if the hand stamp also pictured Little Nellie, but as no such cancel was produced that was not an option). This is a
30/04/2020
TELLAUFFUHRUNG BRUGG 1899
AUFFUHRUNGEN MAI BIS JULI
JE SONNTAGS 2 UHR
‘Tell Performance Brugg 1899
Performances May to July
Every Sunday 2 am’
Published by
MULLER & TRUB., AARAU
With
HAND DRAWN IMAGE
“Mrs Tell on her way to the chapel”
This beautiful 1899 postcard has been, in my mind, greatly enhanced by the sender drawing a lovely image of Mrs Tell on her horse with her hunting hawk on her arm. This unique combination caught my eye when I found this postcard in a local antique-collectors shop here in my hometown something like 35 years ago. It was an expensive card back then as it cost me £6, but when I saw it, I knew I wanted it and would probably never see anything like it again. This is what is truly described as a unique item.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
This postcard was posted locally within SCHINZNACH BAD in Switzerland, which was a former municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau. Interestingly time wise, this municipality only disappeared this year when on the 1st January it merged into Brugg (a coincidence or what? This small fact fascinated me). The Swiss definitive postage stamp has been cancelled with a ‘Schinznach-Bad’ cancellation dated 14 IV [June] 99 [1899]. There is second cancellation on the right hand side cancelled over a printed circle on the postcard design which is designated for the receiving mark, the mark cancelled at the final point of call for the posted item, as this was a local delivery the cancel is the same one with the same date. This card has a nice simple and clear usage which also adds to the postcards value.
30/04/2020
CATHEDRALE NOTRE-DAME
Published by
L. BOISSON, EDITEUR, 50 RUE DU TEMPLE – PARIS
Ref: 1384 - PARIS (4)
The Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. This postcard was used in 1943 whilst the city of Paris was under German occupation during World War II. This also of course depicts the cathedral as it was prior to the recent fire which occurred just over a year ago during April 2019 (overnight between the 15th and 16th April). During the fire it was the roof and the spire that can be seen in the near centre of this photograph. Although the spire will be replaced it is always nice to have images of a structure in its original look. This is a particularly nice postcard I thought.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
This has two strikes of a nice aeroplane themed special handstamp for a special event:
“EXPON [Exposition] PHILQUE [Philatelique – Philatelic] – LA POSTE AERIENNE [Air Mail] – 2 OCT 43”
I really like the little aeroplane image that appears in this cancellation. You also need to remember that this was all designed and the event arranged whilst under enemy occupation. I’ve said it before, it amazes me what stamp collectors still managed to achieve whilst a war was going on around them.
30/04/2020
SURF’S UP
By
PETER ADDERLEY
Published by
J. SALMON LTD (Sevenoaks)
Ref: 09/80/04/10
It was a close friends funeral yesterday. Because of the lockdown, and social distancing, I could not attend, but I got to watch some of it live over a webcam system. Obviously, she loved her family most, but running a close second was her blue coloured VW Camper van which she called ‘Louie’. She travelled all over the country in this camper van. This one depicted here is red, but it still reminds me of my friend, and I post it here in remembrance of her.
DRIFTWOOD ART
By
MARTIN WISCOMBE
Published by
J. SALMON LTD (Sevenoaks)
Ref: 09/80/00/66
These Driftwood Art designs were extremely popular towards the end of the postcard publishing story of the company J. SALMON. These can still be found on sale in many seaside towns up and down the UK. They are still on sale in at least one location here in my hometown of Southend-on-Sea, although I bought this one somewhere on the Norfolk coastline.
30/04/2020
LAND ROVER
THE BEST 4 x 4 x FAR
“Fire Brigades, police forces, ambulance services and armies from over 60 countries call our factory in Solihull when they need emergency vehicles”
Text from reverse side of Postcard
Published by
BOOMERANG (ACTIVE LIFESTYLE CARDS)
This copy was posted in what looks like 1990 (it could be 1999, but I think 1990) so it is an older Boomerang card, but it has a cracking front image. It is interesting that all the emergency services mentioned in the text on the reverse side are still out there working during this lockdown period (which seems to be going on forever, but I understand the need for it, as long as it works).
30/04/2020
IRRFAN KHAN ….. RIP
Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khann
7th January 1967 – 29th April 2020
Indian actor who worked in the Hindi cinema as well as British and American films. Best remembered outside of India for his appearances in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ (2008), ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ (2012), ‘Inferno’ (2016 – alongside Tom Hanks), ‘Life of Pi’ (2012) and the 2015 film ‘Jurassic World’ (which I remember him best from)
29/04/2020
I have placed some new images under the following webpage sub-tabs:
CENSORED (sub tab Censored 4) a shoe advert (don’t ask – naked people showing off fancy expensive shoes) and a drug related postcard from Germany
BOOKS (sub tab BOOKS 5) three new books illustrated
FALKLANDS WAR PHILATELIC DISPLAY (sub tab ‘Falklands FAGA 2 + Falklands Misc’) five related covers, four of which have been signed by connected people
Miscellaneous Items – a nice captain signed ‘Hindenburg’ Zeppelin cover
So, if you fancy looking at something different then by all means have a look at some of these.
29/04/2020
ZEPPELIN LZ 129
‘HINDENBURG’
OVER NEW YORK
Published by
POSTHISTORISCHE MAXIMUMKARTE, 1000 BERLIN
Ref: NR. 91 – 04
A great aerial photograph of the Hindenburg zeppelin flying over New York. Although the postcard depicts the Hindenburg the stamp applied to the front depicts the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, the earlier sister ship to the probably more generally better-known Hindenburg, better known because of its famous disaster in 1937. The stamp has been cancelled with a special BERLIN cancellation dated ‘9TH April 1991.
29/04/2020
WESTLAND WHIRLWIND
Official Postcard Published by
WESTLAND AIRCRAFT LIMITED
YEOVIL, SOMERSET, ENGLAND
There is a nice little series of these postcards depicting Westland helicopters. I have this one and the one below which depicts a Wessex. I could look up all sorts of information about these helicopters but the Westland Aircraft Limited have saved me the bother by printing a nice little block of informative text on the reverse sides (although some of this information will now be dated of course and no longer correct)
29/04/2020
DISNEY’S
TARZAN
TARZAN IS IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE FROM 22.10.99
Postcard with attached tab at bottom
Published by
BOOMERANG (CINEMA)
This free rack postcard came out a year before the ‘Toy Story 2’ postcard depicted below, but both card designs were similar in how they had the tab attached and were promoting both the films and the Robinson’s drinks character collections. Depicted on this card is the young gorilla called ‘Terk’ who is one of Tarzan’s jungle friends.
29/04/2020
TOY STORY 2
TOY STORY 2 IS IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE FROM 11.02.00
Postcard with attached tab at bottom
Published by
BOOMERANG (CINEMA)
I watched ‘Toy Story 4’ last night on ‘Disney+’ and as I hoped it maintained the high quality of the previous three animated feature films, but I was a little shocked when I saw this postcard in my scanned collections today and saw that here in the UK ‘Toy Story 2’ came out twenty years ago in 2000 (in the US it came out in 1999!). Twenty years? Has it really been that long? Well, yes and to my surprise its now 25 years since the original Toy Story film came out. Logically this makes sense as it takes years to write, storyboard and animate each film, but really my head can’t grasp this sort of time span for these films, all of which I have now seen and enjoyed.
This was a great free postcard with a smashing image of Woody and Jessie. Jessie made her debut in Toy Story 2 but Woody of course has been in all the Toy Story films and is one of the main characters.