30/01/2023
MOTHER’S PRIDE
Unnamed Publisher
Ref: 590
Although not clear the hand stamp cancel used on the reverse side appears to be for 1903. There is little doubt that the Victorians, and the post-victorians (many of the same people of course) loved their animals and as a result just about every living creature then known to the Victorians and Edwardians appeared on postcard. Although exotic foreign animals were interesting there was a real love in picturing the well known domestic and farm animals on cards. This early goat image is quite typical of what was so popular in the early days after the turn of the century.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
Posted from Worthing on 17th September 1903
28/01/2023
WIEN (Vienna)
STEPHANSPLATZ
Am Stephansplatz in Wien
The design has some glitter ink highlights around the framework of the cathedral.
(These do not scan well but can be discerned)
Published by
LUKA BASIC EDITION WIEN
Ref: LAGR-WIG-077
The Stephansplatz is an extremely well known square and tourist location at the centre of Vienna. Pictured here on this postcard is the most prominent building after which the square is named, the Stephansdom, the cathedral, Vienna’s Cathedral, one of the tallest churches in the world. We had the pleasure of visiting here for a couple of days back in 2019 and Jo attended a mass here on the Sunday. This was our first, and so far, only, visit to this historic city but I was able to pick up a number of postcards here as we toured around the cities many landmarks. Because the cathedral has such an impressive exterior and interior, I wanted to buy a few postcards depicting it but when I looked around, I found the most interesting ones to be artist images rather than photographic. I shall depict here the ones I picked up.
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This has a nice greyed out image of the cathedral.
(I like cards that have these)
WIEN (Vienna)
STEPHANSDOM
FRANZ ALT
The design has some glitter ink highlights around the framework of the cathedral.
(These do not scan well but can be discerned)
Published by
LUKA BASIC EDITION WIEN
Ref: LAGR-WIG-081
A different image to the one depicted above but it has its similarities. I did like the fact that this card names the cathedral rather than the square. The reverse side of this card also has a greyed-out image like the one above although this is much lighter on this card.
WIEN (Vienna)
STEPHANSDOM
Design by MIKI
The design has some glitter ink highlights around the framework of the cathedral.
(These do not scan well but can be discerned)
Published by
LUKA BASIC EDITION WIEN
Ref: LAGR-W-106
I liked this one a lot, especially the horse drawn carriage depicted bottom centre. Whilst we were in the city, we had a ride in one of these around the city centre and I can highly recommend doing this if you visit here. The reverse side of this card also has a greyed-out image like the one above, also much lighter on this card.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
This has a nice greyed out image of the cathedral.
WIEN (Vienna)
STEPHANSDOM
MILAN GENERALIC (1950 – 2015)
The design has some glitter ink highlights around the framework of the cathedral.
(These do not scan well but can be discerned)
Published by
LUKA BASIC EDITION WIEN
Ref: WIG-045
This is my favourite of the four designs I am showing here. There is something about the gold colouring which makes this image stand out. When I saw it in the spinner I knew I had to have this one.
27/01/2023
14/01/2023
Below is the text I wrote on the 14th Jan whilst sat in my hotel room in Florida with the intention of this being my first Florida posting for 2023 – Unfortunately, I could not access my website for some reason, so I saved it to my computer laptop and post it now almost two weeks later – I have not changed any of the text so you can read what I had in tended you to read back then.
A GOOFY ROUND OF GOLF
“Mickey Mouse and his best pal play one of two PGA Championship golf courses at the Golf Resort Hotel, truly a golfer’s paradise”.
Official WALT DISNEY WORLD postcard
I have just got up on what is my third full day in the sunny state of Florida (yesterday it was definitely not sunny, it was a bit rainy and overcast and very, very windy, but I have checked through my sixth-floor window and the skies are clear today and the sun is almost fully up, but it is still a tadge windy). Now, I must admit, and I am sorry to all those who love it, but I am not a fan of golf, but who could resist another Mickey Mouse and Goofy postcard, even with a golf connection.
This one is a used example which was posted to the UK from Florida in 1988 and this one has not been available here for many years now.
Well, time to go out, and today we are going to explore International Drive. Maybe I will find a postcard or two, who knows.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
Postal used to UK in 1988
10/01/2023
B.O.A.C. DOUGLAS DC-7C “SEVEN SEAS”
By
C. A. GARMAN
Published by
J. SALMON LTD
Ref: 5459
I fly out tomorrow morning but not on one of these aeroplanes as these are no longer in use as aeroplane design has moved on many times since the Douglas DC-7C was in use here. I am not sure what type of plane we will be on, often in the past it was the famous Jumbo Jet commercial planes, but these are now no longer used by Virgin airline.
This postcard is from a series of at least five, I have five different, but many Salmon sets were of six cards so I would not be surprised to hear that I am missing one.
09/01/2023
GREETINGS FROM SHOEBURYNESS
Unnamed (Probably local) Publisher
Ref: A22
This is a great early multi-view postcard of the area that I live, Shoeburyness. I believe that all the separate images depicted were also available as full postcards. I certainly have the army camp image as a postcard and have posted it here before on the webpage. The image that interests me most is the one at the top which is labelled as ‘Pond Beach Road’. I am interested because there does not seem to be any such road any longer. I am looking forward to finding out where this road was and what is there now.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
09/01/2023
GROETEN UIT MAASTRICHT
(Greetings from Maastricht)
Published by
VAN LEER
Tomorrow I shall be driving to Heathrow for an overnight hotel stay before flying out of Heathrow Airport on Wednesday. This will be my first flight post pandemic and I am looking forward to it. Unlike some people I do enjoy airports and I like the whole experience of flying and for me the holiday starts from the moment I leave home and not when I arrive at the holiday destination. Having said that, I would love to travel back in time to the early days of commercial flight when you would walk out to the aeroplane (I have done this a couple of times) sometimes across grass fields. I think the 1950’s and 1960’s was an amazing time for commercial flight, although many could not afford such things back then, and postcard images catch these periods of early passenger flights well. This is a lovely art card showing the casual way people would be attired for their flights and as depicted here also travelling with their pet dog. This card was posted from Maastricht in the Netherlands in 1954.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
Postally used in 1954
05/01/2023
ORLANDO
DISNEY PRINCESS - FLORIDA
Published by
THE POSTCARD FACTORY
Ref: PC57G-PR-OR 846
In a weeks’ time, exactly as I am typing this, I shall be on a plane (fingers crossed) to the US. No prizes for guessing where, as this postcard quite clearly gives that fact away. I have not flown anywhere since February 2020 and other than a couple of weeks in France to sort out the house we own there and set up its sale we have not been abroad since the pandemic hit. I am looking forward to both a bit of travel and that sense of the explorer you get when you are in a foreign country, even if it is one that you know quite well or have visited before.
A lot has changed since I last visited Florida and I am looking forward to discovering what these changes are and seeing what postcards I can find.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
This company always have nice little additions on the reverse side
02/01/2023
BRABANTS DORPSLEVEN
Brabant Village Life
Published by
DRC
If you look up Brabant on the internet it says that it was a former duchy of West Europe which was divided when Belgium became independent in 1830. The south formed the Belgian province of Antwerp and Brabant whilst the north formed the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. This postcard is from the Netherlands ‘Brabant’. This delightful multi-view postcard has a special postmark on the reverse side dated 1956, which means this card is either from, or pre-dates this year. This format where the local village and country costumes are depicted alongside the simple countryside lifestyle were very popular and examples can be found from all around this area over the history of picture postcard production. The earlier examples are clearly worth more, but this mid-century example is still nice, especially with its nice usage.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
This was a card I found in a 50p box and when I saw its nice clear cancels, I knew that I was going to buy it and add it to my postal history used postcard collection.
02/01/2023
POPE BENEDICT XVI….. R.I.P.
Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger; 16th April 1927 – 31st December 2022
He was standing Pope between 19th April 2005 and the 28th February 2013 when he resigned his position as Pope. Upon his resignation Benedict chose to be known as Pope emeritus.
Pope Benedict XVI was elected as Pope after the death of Pope John Paul II.
SA SAINTETE LE POPE JEAN-PAUL II
Published by
EDITIONS “GUY” (Paris)
PRODUCTION LECONTE
Ref: 400020
Yes, I know, the wrong Pope, but Pope Benedict XVI was elected as Pope after the sad death of the then Pope John Paul II, as depicted here on this postcard. I have looked through my collection but I have no postcards of Pope Benedict XVI despite his many years in the post, and I expect this is because the theme does not greatly appeal, despite my having a few Pope John Paul cards lying around.
POPE BENEDICT XVI
01/01/2023
BIRTHDAY WISHES
Embossed Postcard
Publisher Not Named
Ref: Series 1924
Printed in Saxony
The very first ‘Marks Postcard Chat’ posting occurred on the 1st January 2016 so I always celebrate the sites birthday each year on this date. So, happy 7th birthday to us.
I have had this lovely train birthday postcard for many years, and I also have a companion card in the same format with a different train image in the centre (perhaps I will show you that card next year if we are still around).
REVERSE SIDE OF ABVE POSTCARD
01/01/2023
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
VIOLETS OF THE ALPS
Embossed Postcard
Published by
RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS
Ref: “New Year” Series No. 8391
REVERSE SIDE OF ABVE POSTCARD
I have shown this here because you can see the outline of the cards embossing which is not so clear from the front image.
31/12/2022
PELE….. R.I.P.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento; 23rd October 1940 – 29th December 2022
World famous Brazilian footballer who was considered one of the greatest players of all time and in 2000 was voted ‘World Player of the Century’.
PELE
MEXICO 70 – IX
Bergmann-Verlag
(30235)
FuBball-Weltmeisterschaft
31/12/2022
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD….. R.I.P.
Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood; 8th April 1941 – 29th December 2022
English fashion designer who is often remembered for her connection with the clothing of the Punk Rock era and then the new wave movement.
ROYAL MAIL PHQ STAMP POSTCARD
25/12/2022
HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE
GLEDELIG JUL OG GODT NYTT AR!
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
NORWAY
1991 OFFICIAL POSTAL SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS CHRISTMAS CARD
Published by
POSTENS FRIMERKETJENESTE
(Large sized card A5)
This great card with the two Norway Post Christmas stamps applied and cancelled 22nd November 1991 (I believe this was the first day of issue for this stamp issue) was sent out to all the people who had regular orders with Norway’s postal service. These cards were a nice freebie to those who collected the stamps and postal material of the country.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE CARD
Not a true postcard as such but a lovely item all the same, and I like any card which has a stamp, or stamps, applied to the front despite what appears on the reverse side.
24/12/2022
WITH BEST WISHES
Published by
STEWART & WOLF, LONDON E.C.
Ref: Series 384
Postal Used 1909
(on Christmas Eve)
Happy Christmas Eve Everyone
Tonight, is when presents are supposed to be delivered, overnight by Santa for the children, and I suppose adults as well. This angel appears to have a basket of gifts so perhaps Santa has co-opted some of his workload out to others! This lovely early postcard was posted from Felixstowe in 1909 and is postmarked 24th December, so exactly 113 years ago.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
23/12/2022
GEORGE COHEN….. R.I.P.
George Reginald Cohen MBE - 22ND October 1939 – 23RD December 2022
English footballer and member of the winning 1966 England World Cup team.
Postcard from my collection
(Previously posted 26th February 2018)
Published by
ROPC
Ref: ROPC 187
I have shown this one because the image includes George Cohen, second in from the right.
Some years ago I had the pleasure of meeting George Cohen at a signing event and in my collection (somewhere) I have a photograph of the World Cup Team which Cohen signed for me.
GEORGE COHEN - England 1966 World Cup Winning team member
23/12/2022
UNTITLED
SNOWFLAKES (LONDON UNDERGROUND MAP BASED DESIGN)
Published by
PAPERCHASE
I love this unusual Christmas themed design with its puns on well known (and some lesser well known) London Underground station names. I bought this one a year or more before the pandemic started and it has sat in my collection since.
The snowflake also appears in miniature on the bottom of the reverse side
(Extract from reverse side)
21/12/2022
CHRISTMAS WISHES
Published by
C. W. FAULKNER & CO LTD
Ref: SERIES No. 1141 – 5
Printed in Austria
There are some delightful Christmas images to be found on older postcards and this is a great example. Christmas Day is now of course only four days away (where did the past year go?)
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19/12/2022
HAPPY CHRISTMAS
By
W. TURNOWSKY
TURNOWSKY’S ART
(W. TURNOWSKY LTD)
Published by
KUNST UND BILD
Ref: Bestell-Nr 46625
Christmas is now less than a week away so its probably time to start depicting some festive themed postcards (in the past years I have often started long before this late a date in December). I have picked a snowman themed one because, despite the total lack of it in my home town, much of the country had snow falling at some points of last week. This great card, which I bought in Germany back in 2019, has touches of shininess added to it (which do not appear too well in this scan but which make the card even better to look at in reality), these are mainly on the hats, scarves, bow tie, stars and the bottom line of presents.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
Two of the front snowmen appear as a bonus on this side. I do like postcards which try and make the reverse side a little more interesting.
14/12/2022
CENTENARY OF THE BATTLE OF AMIENS
1918 – 2018
Published by
POSTCARD INTERACTIVE COMPANY OF SYDNEY
Ref: cenA06
Text From Reverse side reads:
8 – 12 August 1918
Allied Forces including 5 Australian Divisions
Allied Casualties: 44,000 killed or wounded
German Empire Casualties: 75,000 killed or wounded and 50,000 captured
My reason for posting this card today is that I am close to finishing a book which I am reading which has made mention of this particular battle. The book is called ‘HAIG’S COMMAND A REASSESSMENT’ written by Denis Winter and published in 1991. The books aim is to try and expose what the author believes were historical frauds in the recording of facts around the records of the command team and its leader, Haig, during and especially after WW1. The book is basically a character assassination of Haig and is a very one-sided version of what the author believes. Historical research is about drawing conclusions but when a book is very one-sided like this one you get a feeling that there is a lack of open mindedness where what you really want is an unprejudiced approach where you are given facts and allowed to access your own opinion based on what the author informs you about. This book leaves you in no doubt about what the author believes and as a result is not as good a read as it could be. I would say it is an interesting read but needs approaching with a very open mind (let’s say 2 ½ out of 5 on my score table).
This is the book I speak about above
(in case you were interested in looking it up – very cheap copies can be found on Amazon)
12/12/2022
MOOMIN CHARACTERS
Published by
KARTO
Ref: 47-60506
(Original retail price 1.30 euro)
I have always loved the Moomin characters and pick up postcards when ever I come across them, but I do sometimes think the animated stories are a bit slow, but as a fan of animation I still watch them when they turn up on television although that seems far less often these days. These postcards are far more popular abroad, especially in Scandinavian countries, than they are here in the UK but there is a specialised Moomin shop in London (located in Covent Garden) and they sell a nice range of character postcards.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
10/12/2022
STOP TERROR
CORONAVIRUS THEMED ‘BAT’ IMAGE
Unknown Chinese Publisher
Issued 2020
I have received my copy of the 2023 Picture Postcard Annual in which is published my latest article on collecting the postcards of the Covid-19 Pandemic. I wrote this back in the summer, but this is the first time I have seen it with all the postcards illustrated and I am very pleased with how it looks.
This postcard here was not included in the article but it is one I quite like. The idea being portrayed here is not to be held in terror over the pandemic and not to consider the bat as being a death penalty on people. The bat of course was considered to have been the source of the coronavirus, something later confirmed as the most likely origin of this strain of coronavirus. The design is simple but very effective.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
This postcard has some great usage with a tiger themed Cinderella label attached to a postage stamp and cancelled on the 11th May 2020 (the UK was still in its first period of lockdown at this time). There is also a red coloured Covid-19 themed chop (the mark that looks like a cancellation and has been applied top left). Bottom left there is an applied ‘Disinfected Mail’ sticker applied to show that this card received a disinfection wipe at the postal office. These Disinfected Mail labels (stickers if you like) are very collectible, and a range of different versions were used during this period by different postal locations. Copies rarely turn up for sale now and when they do they can cost quite a bit now.
08/12/2022
GEORGE LEONARD “JOHNNY” JOHNSON MBE, DFM….. R.I.P.
25th November 1921 – 7th December 2022
The last British member of the 617 Squadron who took part in their famous ‘Dambusters’ raid (Operation Chastise) during World War II. This raid involved Lancaster bombers dropping the famous bouncing bombs against the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams in Germany on the 17th May 1943.
AVRO LANCASTER
LANCASTER BLUEPRINT
Published by
IWM (Imperial War Museum)
Ref: PP02026
I had the great pleasure of meeting ‘Johnny’ Johnson many years ago at a Biggin Hill Air show and obtained his autograph in a Lancaster Bomber book I had bought at the event. The Dambusters raid is well known around the world, especially after the great black and white film was released in 1955. The Lancaster that Johnson was on attacked the dam at Sorpe and Johnson was the bomb aimer, it was not until the tenth bomb run that Johnson was happy to drop the bomb. Of the 133-aircrew involved in this famous raid, sadly, 53 were killed, with 3 more becoming prisoners of war.
GEORGE LEONARD “JOHNNY” JOHNSON MBE, DFM
06/12/2022
KIRSTIE ALLEY….. R.I.P.
Kirstie Louise Alley – 12th January 1951 – 5th December 2022
American actress best known for her portrayal of the character Rebecca Howe on the long running US sitcom series ‘Cheers’.
CHEERS PUB
CHEERS FROM BOSTON
Official Location Postcard
KIRSTIE ALLEY in CHEERS
05/12/2022
ALASKA
POLAR BEAR
First Day of Issue Used with:
28c 2009 Polar Bear USA Stamp
Photograph by
MIKE ROBERTS
Published by
I.A.A.C., INC
SEATTLE WA
Ref: B19673
This is the type of postcard which appeals to a whole range of different collectors. You have your animal theme postcard collectors, obviously, but there are also Maxi-card collectors who like this sort of item where the applied stamp relates to the postcard image (although to be a true maxi-card the cancellation also needs to be of the same theme, so this is technically more of a ‘First Day Of Issue’ used card, but I am not as fussy as some collectors) and there are many stamp collectors who don’t mind adding a nicely used postcard to their collections. I think this is a lovely item.
05/12/2022
VERTIERES
CURTIS C-46
Operated by AIR HAITI
LANDING AT MIAMI INBTERNATIONBAL AIRPORT, FLORIDA
Published by
AIRONAUTICA
EXETER, DEVON, U.K.
Ref: VC22
N8874
There can be little doubt that aeroplanes are amongst the most collected form of travel on postcards. There are any number of companies which have issued images of the large range of commercial airline planes available. This one is an unusual photo of an Air Haiti plane; I believe the only Air Haiti related image I have.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
01/12/2022
CAN’T WE BE PALS
Published by
J. SALMON LTD
Ref: 4416
Postal Used 1958
Can there be any doubt that kittens and puppies are amongst the most popular of postcard themes. Images like this one, from the 1950’s, have appeared on postcards throughout the history of the humble postcard. Sadly, the artist for this image is not named on the postcard, but that is not unusual for the cards of this era where they were only interested in getting the images out these and not adding too much text to the reverse side, which saved printing costs and design element expenses.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
Nicely used with a 3D British Empire & Commonwealth Games stamp
(SG 567)
This stamp was issued in 1958, the year which this postcard was used. The stamp depicts the Welsh Dragon which was used because the games were held in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Fine used this stamp is only worth a small amount (around 16p) but I think it looks lovely when properly used like this, especially on postcards.
29/11/2022
ANGOISSE
Starring
INGRID BERGMAN
(Film Poster 1954)
Published by
EDITIONS ZREIK
Ref:
Coll. Telerama, la memoire du cinema
No. 122
Document “THE LAST MOVIES”
I much prefer artwork film posters to photographic ones, especially when they are so well executed as this one. The artist has really caught the likeness of the attractive and competent actress Ingrid Bergman. This series from the French postcard publisher ‘Editions Zreik’ has included some superb and rarely seen posters and over the years I have picked up some crackers.
29/11/2022
CLARENCE GILYARD Jr…. R.I.P.
24TH December 1955 – 28TH November 2022
American actor, University Professor, and author. I remember him best playing the character James ‘Jimmy’ Trivette in the long running television series ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’, although many will remember his appearance as the computer criminal in the first ‘Die Hard’ movie. He also played Marcus ‘Sundown’ Williams in the film ‘Top Gun’.
WE LOVE T.V.
Official Royal Mail Postcard
CLARENCE GILYARD Jr
In
WALKER, TEXAS RANGER
(On the right side beside Chuck Norris on the left)
27/11/2022
IRENE CARA….. R.I.P.
Irene Cara Escalera
18th March 1959 – 25th November 2022
American singer and actress best known for playing the character Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical film ‘Fame’. She sang the theme tune for the film as well which reached No 1 in several countries. She later wrote and sang the theme tune to the film ‘Flashdance’ (Flashdance…What a Feeling) for which she won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. She also won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
IRENE CARA
WEETABIX ‘TOP TRAX’
Published by the Weetabix Cereal Company
It is interesting how many things Irene Cara appeared in, there’s ‘Kojak’ (1976), ‘Roots: The Next Generation’ (1979) and ‘Hearts Are Wild’ (1992), all television programmes. There were also a number of films but after 1989 these were mainly voice rolls, but she will be remembered for ‘Fame’ best, although I also remember her appearing in the 1984 film ‘City Heat’ which I saw in the cinema (a film which brought Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds together – it was perhaps not a great film, and it rarely gets an airing on TV these days but I have fond memories of it).
This postcard is from a series of music groups and solo artists that appeared on these Weetabix ‘Top Trax’ postcards, which were given away free at the time with this cereal in the UK. The postcards were produced in ‘golden age’ size, so slightly smaller than the modern cards of the time.
24/11/2022
HEALTHY THANKSGIVING GREETING
Ref: Series 252 E
Postal Used 1912
I have posted this postcard before but as I live in the UK and Thanksgiving has no following here I only have a small handful of Thanksgiving related postcards but I do like to wish Happy Thanksgiving wishes to my American followers, and this is a lovely design to do this with.
23/11/2022
HOVERSPEED AT DOVER,
THE GATEWAY TO ENGLAND
Published by
ELGATE POSTCARDS (Unit 1, Hopes Lane, Ramsgate, Kent)
Ref: 32 DO
Hovercraft postcards have always been collectible, perhaps even more so now that most of the big ones like the one depicted here have gone. I believe there is a nostalgia behind much of the collecting of these postcards although for me it’s a fascination in how these craft looked. I never travelled on a hovercraft but do remember seeing them at sea and in port when I was travelling on ferries in the English Channel. I have always collected these postcards and there are many different cards to hunt down as they often appeared on multi-view cards sold in and around d Kent, not to mention some other locations, especially the Isle of Wight, but it is the Kent cards which I like as they seem to picture these larger hovercrafts.
This card here was bought this year and cost me £1, which I think was a good price for such a great card. Also, I should probably let you know, if you did not already know, that the castle depicted in the top area of the card is Dover Castle. I have visited this castle a few times and I really enjoy the mix of old and more recent (WWII) history that the castle is connected with.
23/11/2022
TOWN HALL AND VICTORIA PARK,
MIDDLESBROUGH
Postal Used 1906
Published by
KARTMANN
Sometimes I buy a card because it is reasonably priced (i.e. cheap), other times its because the image appeals, and most often it is because the card fits into one of my collecting themes. But sometimes I don’t really know why I have bought a particular card, which is the case with this one. It is in my collection, obviously, and I think I bought it sometime over the past year or two, but my exact reason(s) for acquiring this card elude me.
Looking at it now though I do notice that the building, the Town Hall I assume from the title, looks almost as if it has been drawn rather than photographed, it just does not look real! Perhaps this unusual looking aspect is what caught my eye. Clearly the foreground is photographic and there seems to be no reason for the building not to be part of the photograph so I must assume it is just the quality and style of the negative from which the image was printed. This does make it an interesting card for me.
PHOTOGRAPH
This is how the building looks today
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
Posted 1906 (18th October)
With Woodford & South Woodford cancellation
21/11/2022
GERMAN POSTAL STATIONERY POST CARD
Cancelled with
BONN – 1966 FOOTBALL WORLD CUP SPECIAL CANCELLATION
The Football World Cup has commenced and today England won their match against Iran 6 – 2. Now, I am not sure how I feel about this current competition as it appears to have been mired by politics and the way the country is run and how these games are motivated by money rather than by sport, and I am not sure that I don’t agree with many of the issues that have been raised. Having said all that, the games are running and there is no doubt that football has a massive following and large numbers of people will be supporting their national team.
This depicted card is a simple one and it is the cancellation which has the relevance to have it posted here today.
21/11/2022
JASON DAVID FRANK ….. R.I.P.
4TH September 1973 – 19th November 2022
American actor and mixed martial artist best known for playing the role of Tommy Oliver in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Initially the Green Ranger the character went on to become the White Ranger and leader of the team.
“REV-IT-UP” RED RANGER MONTH
POWER RANGERS
NINJA STORM
Published by
MAXRACKS
(A free rack card – USA)
Sorry to hear abut this death as Jason Frank was only 49 when he passed away. He was possibly one of the best known of the US Power Rangers TV series actors, especially when he returned as the White Ranger.
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Jason David Frank as the White Ranger
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