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14/10/2019
HERE’S A CARD, MA TRUSTY FRIEN’
LET MA HAE ONE FRAE YA,
AN’ WE’LL KEEP OUR AULD
ACQUAINTANCE UP
NO MATTER WHERE WE BE!
By
DONALD McGILL
Unnamed Publisher
Ref; No. A 851
I have always liked the work of Donald McGill and I also like the post office red post boxes, so when I saw this design it was a no brainer. This ‘particular’ postcard was posted in 1915.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
14/10/2019
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
WITH CANDIDATE KENNEDY ON CAMPAIGN
OCTOBER 29, 1960
JOHN F. KENNEDY
By
NORMAN ROCKWELL
Published by
CLASSICO SAN FRANCISCO
Ref: 611-194
A nice political themed postcard from America. President John F. Kennedy is a very collectible President, almost certainly because of the circumstances around his death, which of course was by assassination. He features on many postcards, both prior to his death and after. This one here is a modern issue from the prolific postcard publisher Classico San Francisco.
12/10/2019
MOSCOW 1971
SPACE RELATED
RUSSIAN MAXI-CARD
Official Russian Maxi Card
ALEXEI ARKHIPOVICH LEONOV….. RIP
30TH May 1934 – 11TH October 2019
Soviet/Russian Cosmonaut and Air Force Major. In 1965 Leonov became the first man to conduct a spacewalk after leaving the capsule during the Voskhod 2 space mission. Leonov was outside the space craft for 12 minutes and 9 seconds. Leonov was awarded the ‘Hero of the Soviet Union’ distinction, twice. In 1975 (July) there was a docking between the American Apollo capsule and the Russian Soyuz capsule which lasted for two days. The Russian Soyuz capsule was commanded by Leonov. Leonov went on to be an accomplished artist. Leonov was a true hero of the Russian space program.
PHOTOGRAPH
Alexei Leonov
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
10/10/2019
There will be no posting tomorrow, Friday 11th, because I am travelling to Canterbury for the day with an overnight stay for our attendance at Saturday’s Canterbury Postcard/Collector’s Fair. Depending how tired I am when I get back Saturday, especially as I have another Fair at Billericay on Sunday, there may or may not be any posts Saturday or Sunday (I I suspect I will get in at least one post over the weekend, fingers crossed).
Posts will continue on our ‘facebook’ site, of course.
10/10/2019
AUSTRIA
POSTAL STATIONERY POST CARD
APOLLO 15
Added Overprint for special Apollo 15 cancellation
Official Postal Stationery Post Card
The special hand stamp used on this card shows the special Apollo 15 patch and is dated 30th July 1971. I liked this one and had to have it when I saw it.
10/10/2019
HULUK [Hulk]
KOMT IN DE
VERKEERDE BUURT
TERECHT!
‘Comes in the wrong area justly’ [Literal translation]
ACTIEWEEK TEGEN RACISME
14 T/M 21 MAART 1998
‘Action week against racism. 14 to 21 March 1998’
By
SHAMROCK, JEROEN KLAVER
Published by
BOOMERANG FREECARDS, AMSTERDAM
Ref: P05-98
I have a collection of ‘Smurf’ postcards, but this is the only one which depicts smurfs like this! It is an interesting idea to use the Hulk and Smurfs to illustrate racism, and it does make for a ‘really’ strange postcard.
10/10/2019
TARZAN
WALT DISNEY
3D POSTCARD
Official Walt Disney Item Produced for the food company:
NESTLE
Produced/Printed by
ADPAC
ELK GROVE, IL
MADE IN USA
I bought this one at a recent postcard fair, so I do not know its exact source, but it is similar in style and design to a set of ‘Monsters Inc’ 3D postcards which were attached to cereal boxes. Therefore, it is possible, if not even probable that this Tarzan card was given away with a Nestle cereal.
Staying on theme, sort of, and it is the reason why I have chosen to depict this card tonight, I have just finished reading the original book ‘Tarzan of the Apes’, written by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912. Considering I am such a fan of the Tarzan films and television series it is a bit of a surprise that I have never considered reading the original source material, but I came across a copy in a charity shop recently and thought, why not? To my surprise, I loved it, it’s a great read. I enjoyed it so much I immediately went on eBay and bought the second book in the series (The Return of Tarzan – 1913).
08/10/2019
POST CARD
O.H.M.S.
THE PUBLICITY DEPT.
Central Recruiting Depot
WHITEHALL,
S. W.
1915
Official Whitehall Department Recruiting Poster order return Post Card
A simple mint official post card form from 1915, so, for use during World War 1. I like the unusual and when I saw this, I thought it would be an interesting addition to my collection. I like the history behind this card, despite it being unused. This card may well have been designed to be used to order army recruiting posters, to put more soldiers through the front line in the Great War. Used cards would have been filed with the Whitehall department and thus would be unavailable, so mint copies like this may be the only copies collectors like me can access. Worth a thought.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
08/10/2019
LOCKHEED L-1049 “SUPER H”
CONSTELLATION PP-YSA
A PASSENGER/FREIGHT CONVERTIBLE MODEL
Depicted in the colours of:
REAL AEROVIAS NACIONAL, S. A.
Just prior to the 1961 merger with VARIG, the Brazilian air carrier
Published by
AVIATION COLOR PHOTO (ACP)
Ref: ACPI/76/5
S-008
I have always liked the look of the Constellation’s and this is not the first time I have depicted a postcard of one.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
08/10/2019
SCHNUFFLER
‘Snoop’
By
GERHARD HADERER
Published by
INKOGNITO
Ref: 1427
During my time at work I had a number of friends on the police dog unit. For around 12 years I worked at a station where a dog unit was stationed so I got to work with both types of police dog, the Alsatian tracking dogs and the spaniel drug dogs. When I saw this card, it did make me laugh as we often used to say that the drug dogs seemed a little over excited and mad! They aren’t, their just dogs, and dogs yap and run around when they have been in the back of a police van for a while, but I do understand where the comedy element comes from here.
08/10/2019
UNTITLED
ROMANCE THEMED ARTWORK
Unnamed Publisher
Used in France 1904
Yet another typically French in style romance related art postcard from these early days of French ‘Je t’aime’ issues.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
08/10/2019
CHASTITY
IS BACK
IN STYLE
AIDS
Design by
ANN RUSNAK
Published by
ANN RUSNAK
Ref: NEWSVIEWS – 2
Now, let me start straight off by saying that I don’t think AIDS was anything worth making light of, which it may seem this card design does. AIDS in the US came to the attention of the public from 1981, but had been around much longer, but it was the publicity around the horrors of the then affects of AIDS which caused such consternation and worry, which thus lead to this design, which is quite subtle compared to some early ones I have seen.
Going back to the card design itself I should let you know that these were individually produced by way of a ‘Lino Cut’ process, i.e. a cut block of some sort which is inked and then pressed onto the card, more than one block when mixed colours are used as with this design.
08/10/2019
SPRINGFIELD
MISSOURI
POSTCARD & PAPER
SHOW & SALE
Design by
RICK GEARY
2006
Published by
JIM TAYLOR
Yes, another Rick Geary design, but I do like them. On a, ‘completely’ separate note, it always amuses me that there are real places in America called Springfield. Actually, as it happens, it seems to be a very common name, so maybe that’s why the creator of the Simpsons animated series picked that name for their home-town!
08/10/2019
ANGERS
QUARTIER D’ESPAGNE
Unknown French Publisher
One of the many romance themed early French postcards I picked up from a French antique postcard/stamp shop in Saintes early last year. This one has a nice drawn historic scene at the bottom with the traditional flowers, required for all ‘romantic’ postcard designs, and the love torn male with his love letter in hand. This one is circa WW1 period.
08/10/2019
FAMOUS
PHANTASTICUS
MYSTERIES.
RADIO PLANET AND THE ANT MEN
LOOKING FOR THE…
LOST CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Published by
SAN FRANCISCO TIM
HISTORY WORTH REPEATING
I bought this unusual postcard, and the further two below, whilst in San Francisco last year (and very nearly a full year ago, give or take a couple of weeks). I bought these at a bookshop in the dockside area close to where you can catch ferries across to other parts of the area across the water. I love unusual postcard designs, and these ‘definitely’ fit that bill.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
ATTACK OF THE KILLER
CHIHUAHUA
SAN FRANCISCO
Published by
SAN FRANCISCO TIM
HISTORY WORTH REPEATING
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
AMAZING SCIENCE STORIES
SAN FRANCISCO TAKES A HIT!
SAN FRANCISCO
Published by
SAN FRANCISCO TIM
HISTORY WORTH REPEATING
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
08/10/2019
CHECKPOINT CHARLIE
1961
Photo by
PAWLOWSKI
Published by
KARTENEDITION PAWLOWSKI SOUVENIRS & POSTKARTEN BERLIN
Ref: Bestell-Nr.: 349
If you ever visit Berlin then you will struggle to avoid Checkpoint Charlie related items and souvenirs during your visit, especially postcards depicting both how Checkpoint Charlie looked then, but also how it looks today (which is extremely touristy, although the museum near the site of where Checkpoint Charlie was is a real gem of a museum which I highly recommend). This photograph here appears on several postcards either alone, like here, or on a multi-view postcard with other images. It is a bit of history, but a bit which affected many people who are still alive today.
08/10/2019
DIESER BLICK
VERKUPPELT
SIE MIT
BERLIN
[I am having issues translating this text – it seems to have something to do with the view from here]
BERLINER DOM
Photo by
MAREN GLOCKNER
Official ‘Berliner Dom’ postcard
On my first visit to Berlin this year I had the opportunity (having paid for my entry) to climb the many, many steps up to the walkway around the base of the dome on top of this well-known Berlin attraction and tourist landmark. I therefore got to stand at the very point that this photograph was taken. As I result, I could not resist picking up this souvenir postcard.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
07/10/2019
POST & TALK – NEW ZEALAND
POSTCARD AND TELEPHONE CARD COMBINATIONS
POST & TALK
KIWI CATS
COLLECTORS EDITION
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
Ref: RSPCA01: KiwiCats
TOP
Mint postcard with attached Kiwi rechargeable telephone card and 30% off all calls card.
BOTTOM
Card first day used with special POST & TALK pictorial cat stamp label and attached advertising labels for Post & Talk. This has two different special cachets:
1 – FIRST DAY RELEASE – POST & TALK – LIMITED EDITION
2 – FIRST DAY OF RELEASE – SPCA – 3 JULY 1996
The postcard also has a New Zealand postage stamp applied – 40c Kete (basket) – which has been cancelled with an AUCKLAND N. Z. cancellation date stamp dated 3rd July 1996.
Try and imagine, difficult for some of a certain young age I know, a time before mobile telephones were in the hands of everyone. Back then telephone cards were very common, and most people carried one for use in all the numerus telephone boxes located everywhere (most are now used for other things – I have seen defibrillators in a number recently). Here on this postcard you have an attached telephone card which has the same front image as the postcard it is attached to. I bought these cards back in 1996 and they were not cheap, but they are unusual, and I love unusual postcard combinations.
Depicted below are the other cards from this cat set.
POST & TALK
KIWI CATS
COLLECTORS EDITION
KIWI CARDS
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
SET IN SPECIAL PACKAGE
LIMITED EDITION OF 500
POST & TALK
KIWI CATS
COLLECTORS EDITION
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
Ref: RSPCA02: KiwiCats
TOP – MINT POSTCARD AND TELEPHONE CARD COMBINATION
BOTTOM – AS ABOVE CANCELLED:
1 – FIRST DAY RELEASE – POST & TALK – LIMITED EDITION
2 – FIRST DAY OF RELEASE – SPCA – 3 JULY 1996
The postcard also has a New Zealand postage stamp applied – 40c Kete (basket) – which has been cancelled with an AUCKLAND N. Z. cancellation date stamp dated 3rd July 1996.
POST & TALK
KIWI CATS
COLLECTORS EDITION
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
Ref: RSPCA03: KiwiCats
TOP – MINT POSTCARD AND TELEPHONE CARD COMBINATION
BOTTOM – AS ABOVE CANCELLED:
1 – FIRST DAY RELEASE – POST & TALK – LIMITED EDITION
2 – FIRST DAY OF RELEASE – SPCA – 3 JULY 1996
The postcard also has a New Zealand postage stamp applied – 40c Kete (basket) – which has been cancelled with an AUCKLAND N. Z. cancellation date stamp dated 3rd July 1996.
POST & TALK
KIWI CATS
COLLECTORS EDITION
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
Ref: RSPCA04: KiwiCats
TOP – MINT POSTCARD AND TELEPHONE CARD COMBINATION
BOTTOM – AS ABOVE CANCELLED:
1 – FIRST DAY RELEASE – POST & TALK – LIMITED EDITION
2 – FIRST DAY OF RELEASE – SPCA – 3 JULY 1996
The postcard also has a New Zealand postage stamp applied – 40c Kete (basket) – which has been cancelled with an AUCKLAND N. Z. cancellation date stamp dated 3rd July 1996.
POST & TALK
KIWI CATS
COLLECTORS EDITION
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
Ref: RSPCA05: KiwiCats
TOP – MINT POSTCARD AND TELEPHONE CARD COMBINATION
BOTTOM – AS ABOVE CANCELLED:
1 – FIRST DAY RELEASE – POST & TALK – LIMITED EDITION
2 – FIRST DAY OF RELEASE – SPCA – 3 JULY 1996
The postcard also has a New Zealand postage stamp applied – 40c Kete (basket) – which has been cancelled with an AUCKLAND N. Z. cancellation date stamp dated 3rd July 1996.
TOP
POST & TALK
BIRDS
ROYAL ALBATROSS
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
BOTTOM
POST & TALK
BIRDS
KIWI
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
At the same time as I obtained the above ‘Cat’ set I also got a set of four bird related cards in this unusual telephone card combination
REVERSE SIDES OF THE ABOVE TWO COMBINATION TELEPHONE CARD POSTCARDS
I have noticed, and I did so at the time I received these that some of the backs of the telephone cards and 30% off cards are of a different colour. Some (all of the above cat ones, for instance) have a white colour whilst others have an off-white (almost a dull yellow).
TOP
POST & TALK
BIRDS
WHITE HERON
(Here we would call this an Egret)
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
BOTTOM
POST & TALK
BIRDS
KEA
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
REVERSE SIDES OF TWO COPIES OF THE ‘KEA’ COMBINATION TELEPHONE CARD POSTCARDS
TOP: Usual mint version of the Kea combination telephone and postcard card
BOTTOM: SAMPLE copy of another Kea combination card in my collection. This has a special ‘SAMPLE – NOT FOR RELEASE – POST & TALK’ cachet applied. Also, if you check out the back of the telephone card here you will see it does not have an authentication number applied (the top one does)
TOP
POST & TALK
NEW ZEALAND LANDSCAPES
RURAL SOUTH ISLAND
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
BOTTOM
POST & TALK
NEW ZEALAND LANDSCAPES
MOUNT RUAPEHU AT PEACE
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
Here we have the first two cards of yet another set of these combination cards
TOP
POST & TALK
NEW ZEALAND LANDSCAPES
MOUNT COOK
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
BOTTOM
POST & TALK
NEW ZEALAND LANDSCAPES
WETLANDS
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
TOP
POST & TALK
NEW ZEALAND LANDSCAPES
RUAPEHU IN ERUPTION
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
BOTTOM
POST & TALK
RAINBOW’S END
THEME PARK SPECIAL CARD
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
This bottom card is a single release which has the normal telephone card attached at right, but the second card is something different as it is a ‘Treat Card’, which means that anyone attending this theme park and handing over this little detachable card will receive a “SPECIAL TREAT”.
REVERSE SIDES OF THE ABOVE TWO COMBINATION TELEPHONE CARD POSTCARDS
TOP: Mint reverse side of the NEW ZEALAND LANDSCAPE card
BOTTOM: Reverse side of the Rainbow’s End Thee Park combination card used with Cinderella labels exclusive to POST & TALK which have been cancelled with two special cachets with a third cachet away from the labels:
1) FIRST DAY RELEASE – POST & TALK – LIMITED EDITION
2) FIRST DAY RELEASE – AUCKLAND – CITY OF SAILS – 3 JULY 1996
3) NOT FOR RESALE – POST & TALK – SAMPLE ONLY
This was an interesting card which was obtained for me by a relative of a friend of mine from the stamp club (now sadly no longer with us). These came from the official source; Post & Talk.
POST & TALK
NEW ZEALAND ICONS
COLLECTORS EDITION
KIWI CARDS
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
SET IN SPECIAL PACKAGE
LIMITED EDITION OF 500
TOP
POST & TALK
NEW ZEALAND ICONS
MAORI HAKA
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
BOTTOM
POST & TALK
NEW ZEALAND ICONS
MAORI WARRIOR
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
These are the first two cards in what was the largest set of these cards I bought. Like the special cat set which started off this posting these are limited to just 500 special used first day cards.
REVERSE SIDES OF THE ABOVE TWO COMBINATION TELEPHONE CARD POSTCARDS
These two cards each have a special strip of labels, one of which depicts the same image as on the front of the postcard and the telephone card. These labels have been cancelled with two cachets:
1) FIRST DAY RELEASE – NEW ZEALAND ICONS – 7 DECEMBER 1996
2) FIRST DAY RELEASE – POST & TALK – LIMITED EDITION
There is also a New Zealand postage stamp - 40c Mitre Peak – applied top right of the postcard which has been cancelled with an AUCKLAND N. Z. cancellation dated 7th December 1996.
TOP
POST & TALK
NEW ZEALAND ICONS
DOLPHINS
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
BOTTOM
POST & TALK
NEW ZEALAND ICONS
SHEEP ON THE HILLS
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
REVERSE SIDES OF THE ABOVE TWO COMBINATION TELEPHONE CARD POSTCARDS
These two cards each have a special strip of labels, one of which depicts the same image as on the front of the postcard and the telephone card. These labels have been cancelled with two cachets:
1) FIRST DAY RELEASE – NEW ZEALAND ICONS – 7 DECEMBER 1996
2) FIRST DAY RELEASE – POST & TALK – LIMITED EDITION
There is also a New Zealand postage stamp - 40c Mitre Peak – applied top right of the postcard which has been cancelled with an AUCKLAND N. Z. cancellation dated 7th December 1996.
TOP
POST & TALK
NEW ZEALAND ICONS
KAIKOURA WHALES
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
BOTTOM
POST & TALK
NEW ZEALAND ICONS
POHUTUKAWA BLOSSOM
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
REVERSE SIDES OF THE ABOVE TWO COMBINATION TELEPHONE CARD POSTCARDS
These two cards each have a special strip of labels, one of which depicts the same image as on the front of the postcard and the telephone card. These labels have been cancelled with two cachets:
1) FIRST DAY RELEASE – NEW ZEALAND ICONS – 7 DECEMBER 1996
2) FIRST DAY RELEASE – POST & TALK – LIMITED EDITION
There is also a New Zealand postage stamp - 40c Mitre Peak – applied top right of the postcard which has been cancelled with an AUCKLAND N. Z. cancellation dated 7th December 1996.
TOP
POST & TALK
NEW ZEALAND ICONS
SPRING LAMBS
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
BOTTOM
POST & TALK
NEW ZEALAND ICONS
KOWHAI FLOWERS
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
REVERSE SIDES OF THE ABOVE TWO COMBINATION TELEPHONE CARD POSTCARDS
These two cards each have a special strip of labels, one of which depicts the same image as on the front of the postcard and the telephone card. These labels have been cancelled with two cachets:
1) FIRST DAY RELEASE – NEW ZEALAND ICONS – 7 DECEMBER 1996
2) FIRST DAY RELEASE – POST & TALK – LIMITED EDITION
There is also a New Zealand postage stamp - 40c Mitre Peak – applied top right of the postcard which has been cancelled with an AUCKLAND N. Z. cancellation dated 7th December 1996.
TOP
POST & TALK
NEW ZEALAND ICONS
WELLINGTON
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
BOTTOM
POST & TALK
NEW ZEALAND ICONS
AUCKLAND CITY
KIWI CARD
New Zealand’s Rechargeable Telephone Card
Official ‘POST & TALK Kiwi Card – Telephone card Postcard
REVERSE SIDES OF THE ABOVE TWO COMBINATION TELEPHONE CARD POSTCARDS
These two cards each have a special strip of labels, one of which depicts the same image as on the front of the postcard and the telephone card. These labels have been cancelled with two cachets:
1) FIRST DAY RELEASE – NEW ZEALAND ICONS – 7 DECEMBER 1996
2) FIRST DAY RELEASE – POST & TALK – LIMITED EDITION
There is also a New Zealand postage stamp - 40c Mitre Peak – applied top right of the postcard which has been cancelled with an AUCKLAND N. Z. cancellation dated 7th December 1996.
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