Postcard
Collection object
1993.0145
H. 13.7 W. 8.8
Postcard, colour, Novelty type, portrait format. Title at bottom "We miss the Patter/ of your little Tootsies at/ Lahinch" with "1090" at bottom right; Lahinch is printed in distinctly different type. Cartoon showing a large pair of feet below the ends of rolled up trousers, with sea in background. Under flap a fold out set of twelve views of Lahinch area; from top to bottom, "O'Briens Bridge and Dough Castle", "Cliffs of Moher, Lahinch, Co. Clare", "Lahinch from the golf course", "St. Bridget's Well, Lahinch Co. Clare", "O'Brien's Cliff and Castle/ Lahinch, Co. Clare", "Sea Front, Lahinch, Co. Clare", "Chapel Street, Lahinch Co. Clare", "Main Street, Lahinch, Co. Clare", "Cliffs of Moher, Lahinch, Co. Clare", "Golf Club House, Lahinch, Co. Clare", "Twin Wells, Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare" and "The Sulphur Wells, Lahinch, Co. Clare", with "Lahinch/ Valentine & Sons Ltd., Dundee and London2 at bottom. Small length of postage stamp border, green printed, used on inside to seal. Reverse printed in black; up left "Valentine's Series Printed in Great Britain" up left edge; to left of central division line, "Mailing Novelty./ Printed Matter/ Shape Passed by the G.P.O./ for 1.2d stamp./ Only Name and Address of Sender allowed. If any other writing Penny Stamp is required./ To Open Raise Flap", at bottom left "From....."; to right of centre "To" followed by three lines of dots for address. Green 1/2d postage revenue definitive stamp of George V, second full profile portrait. Circular cancellation, partially off stamp, "Lahin.../ Co. Clare/ 7 PM/ 24 AU/ 17". Addressed to Lt. Col K.C. Weldon D.S.C./ 7th/8th Irish Fus./ B.E.F./ France, from Tom? at Aberdeeen Arms Hotel, Lahinch. Card beginning to split.
Valentine (published by)