The prolific postcard artist, Walter Hayward Young "Jotter", is the main reason for my interest in collecting postcards and while he produced quite a number of Irish cards some are exceedingly hard to find. Most of the ones undertaken by Raphael Tuck & Sons eventually turn up if one is patient, but the ones of Irish hotels published by Arthur Burkart & Co. are less easy to find. It seems strange that cards for some of the Great Southern Railway hotels such as Parknasilla, Kenmare and Killarney turn up quite regularly but ones such as the Belfast & Co.Down Railway's "Slieve Donard" (pictured below) rarely surface. This one sold on eBay in 2014 and I've never seen another - why this is so given the popularity of the Newcastle as a holiday resort puzzles me.
I managed to pick up another elusive one for the Midland, Great Western Railway's "Mallaranny" Hotel (below) from a Swedish seller a couple of years back but I haven't seen another since. Searching for Burkart "Jotters" is made even more difficult as, unlike Tuck & Sons, there's no database to indicate what's out there.
So, in conclusion, I'm in the market for Irish "Jotters" so let me know if you have anything that you might sell - even scans would be useful.
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