Inkstamps

A fairly rare example of a Government Agent card that was actually used. This one reads "Dear A - coming on Friday 2.10 Train from Exeter. I shall Book to Bainpark an[d] change at Basingstoke don't you think that best. Took me [?]" The addressee is Mr. Ellis, 49 Trevince Rd, Cottenham Park, W. Wimbledon. The postmark is Exeter, December 19, 1905.

Image of the back of the "Pabineau Falls" card, part of an international exchange, it seems.

One of the three cards addressed to Maxinen Baumann, Les Saules, Gagny (S & O) France. This one is from N. Bowes, Halifax. It has the stamped receipt on the back (no. 23,478) with the (apparently required) notations "Printed Matter" and "Over" (in the stamp box) written by the sender. Valentine & Sons, no. 107,106.

Third of the cards mailed to Miss Maxine Baumann, this one on July 3, 1911, with her receipt stamp. This one is from Howard V. Cornfield, 48 Duke St. West, St. John, New Brunswcik, Canada. Howard hasn't followed the French postal rules quite as meticulously as Nellie Bowes (see other cards) but he has most of the stamp on the front, at least (perhaps it was done that way so that the Canadian postmaster would see the edge of the stamp on the other side and not think the card was unstamped.) The words "POST CARD" have been taped over on the back and a French ink stamp records the card's receipt on July 11, 1911 with a reply on July 30, 1911. There is also a serial number stamped on the back.