Mirrored Postcard
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Mirrored Postcard
I bought a 1920s postcard recently of a scene that I know well. I thought that there was something odd about it and realised that it is actually a mirror image of the real view. The things that should be on the left are on the right and vice-versa. Does anyone know whether this happened often with old cards? Do you think it adds to the value or detracts from it?
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This happened occasionally when photographers printed images back-to-front by accident. My parents have a lovely photograph produced professionally of a view of their village - but it is in reverse. Hundreds of copies were sold.
I suspect though this does not happen often, and like stamps, could well be worth more than the correct image.
I suspect though this does not happen often, and like stamps, could well be worth more than the correct image.
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Interesting. I too have a mirrored image of the Edwardian actress Gladys Cooper, posing in a doorway with one of her children. I am left wondering which of the two cards is the geniune article?
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I suspect that the early publishers were often aware that a printing error had been made, but decided to have a go at flogging them anyway, rather than write them off.
Sadly, unlike stamps where such errors could potentially fund a retirement, it's curiosity value only for postcards.
Sadly, unlike stamps where such errors could potentially fund a retirement, it's curiosity value only for postcards.
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Yes, when these have cropped up with us, the collectors have actually been disapointed about the image being incorrect, rather than excited by the printing error.kevinramsdale wrote:Sadly, unlike stamps where such errors could potentially fund a retirement, it's curiosity value only for postcards.
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Just registered today, and this is my first post to the messageboard. One of my favorite postcards is a view of London Bridge from Southwark with St Magnus Martyr on the left and Fishmongers' Hall on the right. Another labels Southwark Bridge as Blackfriars Bridge. And a perennial offering on online auctions is a view of "Wordsworth's Grave, Westminster Abbey" (the one in Grasmere must be another Wordsworth).