Publisher Collection (page 3)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Postcard
The card is entitled Correspondez-Karte and the countries are identified as Dopisnica. It has light brown printing on dark buff board with a printed 2.25 Nov stamp. Date: 1879

Bolivian Tarjeta Postal
The postcard is printed in brown on a light green card and carries a printed 5 Centavos stamp.It was for Internal use only. Date: 1887

Belgain Internal circulation Postcard
The card carries extra printed strips at each end that give instructions in French and Flemish about where the card can be used. It was posted in Louvain on 5 June 1874 Date: circa 1870

First Belgian Postcard
This postcard is entitled Carte Correpondance. It was posted on 4 September 1872 to Amvers and carries a 5 Centimes printed stamp. Date: circa 1870

Britain's First Foreign Postcard
In 1875 postcards were first allowed to be sent abroad. A Congress in Berne in 1875 agreed to the formation of the General Union of Posts within which Members could send postcards to each other

The First British Postcard
This card was issued exactly one year after Austria invented the idea. It was printed by Messrs De la Rue under an exclusive contract and was an immediate success

The World's First Postcard
The idea of a postal card which could be used at half the letter rate was that of Heinrich von Stephan in 1865. Later that year

Whittingham's London Hotel, Taunton - with a fine array of motor cars, vehicles and patrons arranged in front of the exterior

Worcester Steeplechase Fair day with carousel & crowd
Swings and other attractions, advertising boards including one for High Flying Boats and another for the Grand National Steeplechase Worcester'. Judging by a large puddle it has been raining

Beach entertainers lined up on stage at Eastbourne beach
This superb image shows six dress-suited performers with their straw hats, on stage in front of a deck-chaired audience. Behined the stage are five wheeled beach huts in striped livery

Superb four horse fire engine with firemen
This magnificent highly polished fire engine with six helmeted firemen standing to attention on top, is outside its Fire Station. The card was posted in Bootle so the Station is probably there

Art deco lady with handbag, long coat and high heels
Italian artist Umberto Brunelleschi was born in 1879 and died in 1949. He lived for many years in Paris working as a caricature cartoonist

A two horse carriage with hatted ladies on excursion
The coach and horses are outside the London South Western Railway offices in Lynton. A poster on the wall offers excursions by Sam Colwill

Nighttime view of Sherman Avenue, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
The moon shines clearly in a black sky and electric lights and parked cars dramatically line the sides of the road. Date: circa 1940

Open air charabanc with smart lady passengers
The open charabanc belongs to Lynton & Clovelly Motors and appears to have five doors at the side. The half a dozen ladies are setting off on a tour

Smartly dressed Edwardian lady cab driver with whip
This is a set of four picture postcards showing the lady driver on top of the cab and her then falling into the cab and into the arms of a top-hatted elegant gentleman passenger. Date: 1900

View along Eastbourne pier with sign for Rifle Saloon
Opposite the Rifle Saloon with its Electric Targets is the American Bowling Saloon and in the centre distance is a magnificent multistoried building with many flags. Date: 1903

Middle class violinist and singer watched by envious couple
The musical pair are well dressed Edwardians. The other pair are well dressed working class carrying a crying child, and the man is making remarks behind his hand

Overdressed Edwardian matron on Queen's Road tube
Complete with hat, umbrella and full length dress the lady is being eyed askance by a more modern gentleman leaning on his stick under the Queen's Road sign.Postcard advert for Shurey's

Coquettish Edwardian lady & peeking gentleman on seat
Figures are at Bond Street tube station with the large station sign behind. Postcard advert for Shurey's Publications supplied free with Shurey's magazines Date: circa 1910

Horse and cart making deliveries in a flooded street
The flood is in Watford and someone in an upper story of a house has a basket hanging on a rope and the baker in the horse and cart is putting things in it. Date: 1903

Cyclist & bent cycle fly into the air having hit someone
Early postcard humour by Cynicus a Glasgow artist called Martin Anderson. At the turn of the century bicycling was very much a craze. Date: 1903

Horse drawn carriage full of ladies in big hats
Two horses, one black and the other white, wait patiently while the smart driver looks behind to see if the other carriages are ready

Albion Street, Southwick with cars & double decker bus
The car on the right has the number plate ANJ442. The view shows Turrells Stores with an ad for Embassy Cigarettes and a garage beyond. The bus is in the distance.. Date: circa 1960

Pit pony with handler underground in Lanarkshire mine
Pony is pulling trolleys, known as hutches, of coal along small railway lines. From a postcard posted from Hamilton to the French Legation in Tangier Date: 1902

Edwardian lady hailing a top hatted cabbie
The lady is beautifully dressed in pink with matching hat. The cabbie is fully booted. The cab is horse drawn. Date: circa 1900

The Blue Bird - Girl with wings resting on a tree trunk
The girl is wearing a crown Date: circa 1902

Horse drawn omnibuses Tottenham Court Road
Close up view of two full omnibuses. Postcard shows adverts for Bryant and May matches and Bensons luggage Date: circa 1900

Crowd of flat capped youths watching a street artist
This is a London street. The left handed artist is using chalk and his materials are on a cloth by his side. The postcard is one of the London Types series. Date: circa 1902

Real photo of tobacco drying sheds Church Crookham
Picture shows a long row of tall drying sheds in the tobacco field, with plants and, just visible, figures. Date: 1914

Medieval dancing couple. Man in red cloak with dagger
Lady is in a Dutch style skull cap and long patterned dress with a white fitted blouse. Date: 1900

Ticket booth in German underground station
Solitary lady in hat buying a ticket from a uniformed lady in the booth.Caption explains that it is a woman doing a man's job while the men are away at war. Cleared by Censor. Date: circa 1914

Two funnel paddle steamer Royal Sovereign
Ship is steaming with smoke from funnels Date: circa 1910

Elegant couple in evening dress dancing the tango
The artist is well known. She was born in Vienna where this card was drawn and moved to Sweden in the 1930s. The man is dressed in tailored black tie and the lady has a long frilled tube dress

Elegant French ladies dancing at a masked ball
This is an advertising postcard for Ruinart Pere et Fils, the oldest French Champagne house in Reims.The ball is one of two which will take place at the Theatre Royal de la Monnai

Thomas Cook Vesuvius Postcard pictures & map
Cook had the Funicular built for their growing tours. Travellers rushed to the kiosk at the top to buy and then post right there a postcard

Eiffel Tower during Parisian International Exhibition 1900
This is a hold-to-light postcard. The beam from the top of the tower will illuminate when the card is held to the light. The Tower is in the middle of Exhibition buildings with a populated thoughfare

Arlington Memorial Ampitheatre, Virginia. Aerial view
This structure, inaugurated in May 1920, is in the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery and near the Tomb of the Unknowns, where the Unknown Soldier of WW1 is buried. Date: circa 1920

Cat punting postcard by Louis Wain
Wain had a disturbed life and eventually died in a mental hospital in 1939. His cats became more agitated images as he grew older. Date: 1903

Small Bonzo dog having fun with ladies underwear
Bonzo Dog is in an open drawer of a cabinet Date: circa 1920

Alleged first residence of American General Sam Houston
The small wooden building is ramshackle. It was on Caroline Street, Houston, Texas. Date: 1904

Gang of men with shovels planting tomatoes, Evesham
The men all wear flat hats. In the background is a man with a horse and cart. One man has a wheelbarrow. The farm is in Evesham, Worcestershire. Date: 1907

Double decker New York electric trolley bus
The streetcar is bright yellow Date: circa 1920

Head and shoulders portrait of Marshal Radetzky
One of a large series of postcard portraits of men and women who featured prominently in the 19th Century -the Great Century - Das Grosse Jahrhundert

Passengers sitting on Post Office Tube Station platform
Postcard advert for Shurey's Publications supplied free with Shurey's magazines. Lady reading a book, man smoking a pipe and a uniformed Post Boy between them. Date: circa 1910

Smart toff, lady, working class woman - Holland Park Station
Postcard advert for Shurey's Publications supplied free with Shurey's magazines. Holland Park Tube Station platform. Date: circa 1910

Church of San Satiro, Milan, Baptistry and Bell Tower
This Italian Renaissance church was built in the 1400s. Date: circa 1920

A quaint street view in the village of Chipstead
Chipstead is near Sevenoaks in Kent. Nearby is a large lake created by gravel extraction. It is now used for swimming and sailing. Date: circa 1920

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