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by ozzbook
Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:40 am
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Valex, Brel, Starpics, Top Star etc
Replies: 9
Views: 49250

Re: Valex, Brel, Starpics, Top Star etc

David,

I sent you a private message and an email some time ago, but didn't get a reply. I'll resend the email with Starpic in the subject field. If it doesn't show up in your inbox, check your spam file.
by ozzbook
Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:04 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Valex, Brel, Starpics, Top Star etc
Replies: 9
Views: 49250

Re: Valex, Brel, Starpics, Top Star etc

Thanks, Albert and David... we've picked this up in private messages. I'm still particularly keen on finding out more... well, something (anything) about Brel, in particular. Complete mystery: no address or even town given on the cards, no trace in the early Sixties phone books on Ancestry, no menti...
by ozzbook
Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:49 am
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Valex, Brel, Starpics, Top Star etc
Replies: 9
Views: 49250

Re: Valex, Brel, Starpics, Top Star etc

I see a fair few people have been interested enough to look in, but no response as yet. Considering these cards were so popular at the time, it's a shame that these companies are so poorly documented. I have found out a fair bit about Valex and Starpics, but the others are still a mystery. If anyone...
by ozzbook
Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:04 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Valex, Brel, Starpics, Top Star etc
Replies: 9
Views: 49250

Valex, Brel, Starpics, Top Star etc

Hi, Just what you needed: another know-nothing newbie offering nothing, but asking plenty. I'm researching a book on early UK popular music merchandising, and portrait postcards - sold in seaside towns, outide music venues on show nights, and via music instrument and record shops - were among the fi...