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by davidnugget
Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:24 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: undividedbackpostcard.com
Replies: 1
Views: 4890

Re: undividedbackpostcard.com

Interesting and informative, thank you.
by davidnugget
Thu Jun 04, 2020 9:53 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Which is the Front, and which is the Back?
Replies: 4
Views: 10654

Re: Which is the Front, and which is the Back?

Postal authorities have always described the side with the address on as the front, which is logical as letters for instance have the address on the front. Nearly everybody else describes the picture side as the front. An article (in French but goole will translate it) is here: https://museedelacart...
by davidnugget
Tue Nov 21, 2017 6:45 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: "Halfpenny Packet Post" not acceptable for PC
Replies: 2
Views: 7671

Re: "Halfpenny Packet Post" not acceptable for PC

The panoramic cards I have, of similar date, are "Panoramicard"s published by WHSmith, they say they could still be posted for a ha'penny as PRINTED MATTER if the only message on them was a signature. Does your card contain any message?
by davidnugget
Thu Jan 12, 2017 9:51 pm
Forum: Postcard Wants
Topic: East London
Replies: 5
Views: 12051

Re: East London

The ones I have so far are on http://rthcards.co.uk/, not many in the East London river area. I am happy to swap cards if there any you don't have. The pictures on the site have all been despotted etc so some are not as pristine as they may appear.
by davidnugget
Tue Jan 10, 2017 9:16 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Amateur postcards
Replies: 1
Views: 6605

Amateur postcards

I have a card posted in 1907, a view near Harrogate, which on the reverse says "This is one of my first efforts in photography. What do you think of it?"
Was this common? It would explain why so many photo cards have no publisher's marks.
by davidnugget
Tue Jan 10, 2017 9:06 pm
Forum: Postcard Wants
Topic: East London
Replies: 5
Views: 12051

Re: East London

Ouch! So am I, at least the river ones, maybe why that's why I see so few of them! My own interest is actually only in scanning so if I find any treasures I'll let you know.
by davidnugget
Sat Dec 31, 2016 11:12 am
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Postcards are Instructional
Replies: 1
Views: 5681

Re: Postcards are Instructional

Alas my own cards provide no examples, but a search of Ebay for "How to postcard" produces some saucy examples in the seaside postcard tradition!
by davidnugget
Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:19 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Postcard copyright issues
Replies: 16
Views: 71555

Re: Postcard copyright issues

I have just realised that my posts are not actually relevant to the recent question, which was about Arthur J Dixon cards. Here are a couple of refs to that firm which might be helpful:

http://dixoncards.tripod.com/

http://www.raywoodmore.com/
by davidnugget
Mon Oct 17, 2016 10:44 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Postcard copyright issues
Replies: 16
Views: 71555

Re: Postcard copyright issues

Sorry about the link above not working, blame google or my browser for the dots.

The article you want to search for is:

Copyright Notice: digital images,
photographs and the internet
Copyright Notice Number: 1/2014
Updated: November 2015

published by the (UK) Intellectual Property Office
by davidnugget
Mon Oct 17, 2016 10:35 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Postcard copyright issues
Replies: 16
Views: 71555

Re: Postcard copyright issues

With regard to public buildings and to older (out of copyright) cards you may find the following interesting: Copyright Notice digital images, photographs and the internet - Gov.uk https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/.../c-notice-201401.pdf Are digitised copies of older images prote...
by davidnugget
Sat Oct 15, 2016 7:12 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Postcards at letter rate
Replies: 0
Views: 9019

Postcards at letter rate

A postcard has in the stamp box "PRINTED PAPER RATE. You are allowed a greeting of 5 words and name and address for Half-penny postage". Can anyone tell me the range of dates when postcards could be sent in this way? I have actually seen the answer somewhere in the past but lost it in my f...
by davidnugget
Tue Sep 27, 2016 10:32 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Painting out the sky
Replies: 3
Views: 8349

Re: Painting out the sky

My point is, it is hardly an embellishment to take a bite out of the side the Richmond tower or wipe out half of a lamp on the bridge, or to make all the trees look like cardboard cutouts! This is visible even on the cards themselves without magnification. Whatever the aim was, I wish they hadn't do...
by davidnugget
Sat Sep 24, 2016 8:41 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Painting out the sky
Replies: 3
Views: 8349

Painting out the sky

I have several photographic cards where the producer has painted out the sky, following the skyline and painting round trees, chimneys etc quite coarsely when looked at closely. This would be to lighten grey skies. The worst offender of the cards I have is WHA - eg http://rthcards.co.uk/fullsize.htm...
by davidnugget
Thu Apr 07, 2016 7:58 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: To eBay or not to eBay?
Replies: 53
Views: 212732

Re: To eBay or not to eBay?

Maybe true, but a worring trend is that the Delcampe pictures (in "enlarged" form) are now often too small to judge the condition of a postage stamp,
let alone a postcard. At least some Ebay sellers provide good images.
by davidnugget
Tue Mar 15, 2016 11:32 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: To eBay or not to eBay?
Replies: 53
Views: 212732

Re: To eBay or not to eBay?

This thread shows that a lot of people scan this forum, in spite of the very low rate of new topics! I am only a buyer, I use most of the sites mentioned as well as sellers' own sites. A couple were new to me (many thanks). I also use ETSY which is good if you collect twee cards. EBAY is a pain with...