Monday, 21 November 2016

...a playful postcard




This postcard dated 1902 to a single lady has a message in backward writing and an inverted stamp. The positioning of a stamp on a postcard at this time often signified some friendly or romantic message, although sources differ somewhat as to the potential meanings.

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This card was sent the very year that postcards first began to have a divided back on which to write both the address and the message.

I leave the reader to decipher the message, if they wish.


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