31/10/2019
DAVID DICKINSON
Personal Publicity Card
A5 Sized large card
Probably published by the celebrity himself,
or through his agent
Autographed on the front
By
DAVID DICKINSON
This large card is from my television collection. David Dickinson is of course an antiques expert who has become a television presenter on such shows as Bargain Hunt, Dickinson’s Real Deal and David Dickinson’s Name Your Price.
31/10/2019
ARRAS
THE VICTOR HUGO PLACE
THE DAY OF THE MARKET
Published
IMP. PHOTO. NEURDEIN ET CIE
52, AV. DE BRETEUIL, PARIS
Ref: 70
A lovely old French market scene, one which was clearly a major cattle market for the area. Arras was a major location during World War 1, but this postcard was posted some years later, 1921 and in the UK (probably this was a souvenir card bought earlier and then later used).
31/10/2019
OMNIBUS DE 30 PLACES,
LIGNE
BELLEVILLE-ARTS ET METIERS,
DE 1889 A 1911
‘Omnibus of 30 places [30 seats]
Line
Belleville arts and crafts
From 1889 to 1911’
Published by
MUSEE DU CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL
DES ARTS ET METIERS
Published in France
Ref: 153
I have a collection of horse drawn carriage postcards, mainly postal carrying lines, but I also like the coaches which were used as early buses.
31/10/2019
“Martin’s Venison & Port Jerky
Is the best thing to happen to me
Since Mom disappeared!”
Bambi
Advert Postcard for
MARTINS JERKED MEAT
No printer named but this card was published by
Martin’s Jerked Meat
Too much? In Bad Taste? Or is this just an amusing meat company advert? I apologise to all Bambi Lovers. I suggest this advert design was not officially passed by the Disney company!
MISSING
HAVE YOU SEEN ME?
Advert Postcard for
MARTINS JERKED MEAT
No printer named but this card was published by
Martin’s Jerked Meat
Not as bad as the top design, but still an interesting take on the Bambi’s mother story, especially as she was clearly taken by hunters in the animated film. These two postcards have-to-be the strangest Disney themed postcards out there!
31/10/2019
DON’T GO ALONE
GHOST STORIES
IT HORRIFIED LONDON.
IT PETRIFIED SYDNEY.
AND NOW THIS PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
IS COMING TO PERTH.
Published by
AVANTCARD AUSTRALIA
Issued 2016
Ref: #20073
I thought this was another topical themed postcard for depicting here on Halloween. This is an advert for a stage theatre production, a scary one I assume.
31/10/2019
LA ROCHELLE
Published by
EDITIONS D’ART JACK
Ref: 4538
La Rochelle is in the same region of France as where my in-laws used to live. It is somewhere I have visited many times and is possibly one of my favourite French towns. What you see here is the entrance to the bay where boats dock alongside the waterfront of the town. I have taken a tour boat out through the two towers which protect each side of the harbour entrance.
The publisher Editions d’Art Jack is a prominent publisher in the area, and they produce tourist postcards for most, if not all, of the tourist towns and locations along this coastline and into the interior of the region. If you visit the Charente Maritime region then you will come across cards by this company.
LA ROCHELLE
Published by
EDITIONS D’ART JACK
Ref: 1750
Same company but a different photograph. I prefer this photograph to the one on the other two as this is taken from the side where during the summer months there are a range of exterior restaurant seating areas. You can get some great seafood here with mussels being a speciality, and they are very good.
31/10/2019
C’EST TON ANNIVERSAIRE
‘It’s your birthday’
By
ANOUCHKA WINCZEWSKA
Published by
EDITIONS DES CORRESPONDANCES
Ref: TV 111
Another postcard from one of my many past trips into France, where many of my visits included the area around Saintes, which is the town where I bought this larger than normal, and unusually shaped postcard, with rounded corners.
PINGOUINS DANS
LES CHAMPS:
HIVER MECHANT
‘Penguins in
the fields:
Winter Mean’
By
LUCIE BRUNELLIERE
Published by
LES EDITIONS DE MAI
Ref: LB05
I bought this one at the same time as the top card. With winter coming in it has started to get a little cooler, not cold yet, well, I don’t think it’s cold yet, but my daughter is already doing an impersonation of this penguin!
31/10/2019
VICHY PLM
BILLETS A PRIX REDUITS
By
LOUIS TAUZIN
Published by
EDITIONS MIC MAX
Ref: 2940
A nice poster design which I had not seen before. There is no date given in the text on the reverse side, but from the clothing I suspect this poster is from the first twenty years of the 20th century.
31/10/2019
MT. ZION
ENTRANCE TO THE TOMB OF DAVID
Published by
PHOTONA
Ref: 1769
There are religious sites all over the world and for all the world’s religions. I hate to mention it again, but religion is not a popular theme, but there are postcards throughout the postcard era for all these sites. This card here was posted from Israel in 1958.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE POSTCARD
Posted using two nice Israel postage stamps, applied upside down, probably an error by the poster who might have been confused by the design if using these quickly. The stamps have been cancelled with a nice ZION pictorial cancel dated 6th April 1958. The card was posted to Australia.
31/10/2019
PROPAGANDA
DISNEY PARTY
SAT 23RD SEPT
ELECTRIC BALLROOM
Advertising Card Flyer
This is not a postcard, but it is exactly the same size as a postcard, and its printed on the same card type. This advert card flyers have been around for a number of years and some postcard dealers are now placing some of these in their stock. In some cases, many of these will be far scarcer to source in the future than most of the postcards issued around the same time. I also think some of the designs, although flirting copyright in most cases, have unique and very topical themes and subjects included. This one here is a great Disney one and I think worth every penny of 50p.
31/10/2019
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
To all our followers
MOLLY BROWN HOUSE MUSEUM PRESENTS
“VICTORIAN HORRORS”
OCTOBER (2018)
LARGE A5+ SIZED POSTCARD
Official Molly Brown House advertising Postcard
I had the pleasure of visiting the Molly Brown House Museum last year when I was in Denver. I had not known that house was there but we had a city tour before reaching our hotel and we passed the house and our guide told us all about it (I obviously knew about the house and Molly Brown’s connection with the sinking of the Titanic). As soon as we had dropped our bags off at the hotel we were out, and I headed straight for this house. After the house tour I found this free advertising postcard in the gift shop.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE (VERY LARGE) POSTCARD
HALLOWEEN
PUMPKIN GHOSTS RIDING BLACK CATS
A reproduction of series 34A,
Originally published circa 1890-1910
[this is taken from the reverse side of this postcard, but this original postcard was definitely issued post 1900, whatever this text says]
This reproduction postcard was published by
THE EVERGREEN PRESS,
PLEASANT HILL, CALIFORNIA
Ref: 6075
Without any doubt America is the best source of early original Halloween themed postcards, but the originals are not cheap as this is a highly collected theme in the US and good quality cards can be $30+ and easily up into the high double figures. Fortunately, this reproduction issue can be picked up for less than £1.
GREATER SAN DIEGO
POSTCARD SHOW
‘BEWITCHING HALLOWEEN’
Oct 30, 1983 - SUNDAY 10 – 5
“Beware of Spooks with eyes of green.
Remember this is Halloween”
Official Greater San Diego Postcard Show Promotional Postcard
Ref: HALLOWEEN SERIES No 26
How else would you promote a postcard show occurring one day before Halloween? Clearly with a Halloween themed image and text. This is a great 1980’s US postcard event postcard.
ADOBE BOOKS & THE BACKROOM GALLERY PRESENTS:
OCTOBER COUNTY
Official Promotional Postcard
SAN FRANCISCO
Well, what is Halloween if not a night of scares? This postcard promoted a show or exhibition and it used a film like prop toy from the ‘Scream’ films, a hooded mask which dripped red liquid, blood like from slits. I remember seeing this mask on sale in comic shops and at memorabilia shows.
30/10/2019
SCHOOLPLAAT IN RUIME KRING
[The exact translation of this is: School Plate in Spacious Circle/Circuit – which does not make much sense to me]
By
CORNELIS JETSES (1873 – 1955)
Published by
ART UNLIMITED (AMSTERDAM)
Ref: C 3428
This is a piece which depicts the actions of man hunting in the Arctic Circle, I know it’s the Arctic because you only get Polar Bears in the Arctic (Polar Bears in the Arctic, Penguins in the Antarctic, which why there are no penguins in this picture). I bought this postcard whilst on a trip in the Netherlands. I found it in a Maritime Museum, which seems appropriate considering the image. The title translation has got me a bit confused though, so I have depicted the reverse side below and I would love to hear from anyone who can give me a better translation.
30/10/2019
POSTMARKS OF DARLINGTON – 1
Published by the
DARLINGTON PHILATELIC SOCIETY
Ref: M.B.L. 1985
Darlington postmark postcard produced by the local philatelic society. These postmark postcards were extremely popular for a while, certainly throughout the 1980’s and the 1990’s, this one here was from 1985. I know that there is a dedicated band of ‘Postmark Postcard’ collectors out there, and although mint copies are collectible most collectors seem to like the ones which the publishers or other collectors have had cancelled with one or more relevant special hand stamps, especially ones from the area that the depicted postmark collection is from. There are two types of hand stamp used, the afore mentioned local area cancel, and first day of issue (for the postcard, or a stamp issue around or on the same release date) cancel. These postcards always have a specific release date as this adds something to the philatelic collectability of the card, and these postmark postcards are mainly collected by people in the philatelic world rather than the postcard one.
To show you how far this can sometimes go, with different cancels, I depict here a selection of this Darlington card with various cancels, all dated 8th October 1985, which was the first day of issue for both this postcard and the 17p Peter Sellers postage stamp.
29/10/2019
LONDON’S TRAMWAYS
VICTORIA EMBANKMENT
FOR THE WEST END
VIA WESTMINSTER – BLACKFRIARS – KINGSWAY
1932
Poster design by
R. F. FORDRED
Published by the
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM
Ref: LTM 634
I was in London last week (again, yes, I know, it sometimes seems like I am in London all the time!!), and as is my want I again visited the large gift shop attached to the London Transport Museum. Again, as with my last visit, I found some poster designs which I have not seen before. I am not saying that these are definitely new issues, but I had not previously seen this excellent poster design here. I do like the Boudica statue which I have seen for real many times.
28/10/2019
UNTITLED GODZILLA FILM POSTER POSTCARD
Unknown Publisher
PRINTED IN THE EC (this appears on the reverse side)
Although the film is not named in English on the card (clearly the title is on the front in Japanese, I assume) I happen to know that this is a film poster for the 1955 ‘GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN’ film. There is something engaging and impactive about these Godzilla posters. I think they are eye catching and very collectible.
28/10/2019
DON’T “PANDA” TO HIM
“NIPPER SERIES”
By
BRIAN WHITE
Published by
VALENTINE & SONS. LTD
DUNDEE & LONDON
Ref: “NIPPER” POSTCARD 4765
The ‘Nipper’ series of postcards all relate to the main child character of that name, who is the child in the blue top on this particular design.
Brian H.B. White (1902 – 1984) drew the ‘Nipper’ cartoons for the Daily Mail between 1933 and 1947. The postcards are from the same period and there are a large number of different designs which were issued.
28/10/2019
MIGRANTS NOT WELCOME.
GO BACK TO AFRICA.
KEEP OFF OUR WORMS.
The Art Of Banksy
Official ‘Art of Banksy’ Postcard
There are a range of different ‘The Art of Banksy’ postcards circulating around, at this moment. They all seem to have come from an exhibition and collection of Banksy artwork. This is one of the ones I have.
28/10/2019
WARWICK CASTLE
FROM BRIDGE
Novelty
“PANORAMIC CARD”
(To be sent per BOOK POST)
This is an exceedingly long postcard
Published by
THE PHOTOCHROM COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON
I love unusual sized postcards, especially weird shapes which you would not expect to have been made or to have been posted and to have survived. I found this card on an ephemera stall at the last Woking postcard fair. It was only £1, apparently priced so low because it was damaged, but in my mind it was amazing that it was in such good condition considering it had passed through the post back in 1906 (possibly 1905, but I think it was 1906). This is a great piece of early novelty postcard material.
REVERSE SIDE OF ABOVE PANORAMIC CARD
Quite an attractive reverse layout I thought, with nice usage