Postcard
Collection object
1986.0179
H. 8.7 W. 13.8. Insert L. 36.0 W. 6.1
Postcard, colour matt, landscape format. Novelty type with 10 b/w views under flap on front; title at top right "A Bit of Old Ireland", with "797" at top left. View on front shows a typical small white-washed and thatched cottage, with a cart parked outside. 10 views of Limerick folded under flap, all of the images have been used for postcards in their own right; from top "St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick", "St. John's/ Cathedral", "Baker Place, Limerick", "King John's Castle, Limerick", "Treaty Stone, Limerick", "George Street, Limerick", "The Park, Limerick", "Statue of General Patrick/ Sarsfield, Limerick", "Sarsfield Bridge, Limerick" and "Carnegie Library, Limerick"; at bottom of strip "Valentine & Sons, Ltd., Dundee and London/ Limerick". Reverse printed in grey and red; to left of central division line "Mailing Novelty./ [red] Printed Matter/ [red] Shape Passed by the G.P.O./ [red] For 1/2d Stamp./ Only Name and Address of Sender allowed,/ If any other writing Penny Stamp is required./ To open raise flap."; up left edge "Valentine's Series Printed in Great Britain"; at bottom left "From"; to right of centre "To" followed by three lines of dots for name and address. Addressed in black ink to Miss McElwee, 67 Douglas Street, Cork from "S.A. McE" Green halfpenny postage revenue stamp of George V, first definitive issue with half profile. Circular cancellation "Limerick/ 10 PM/ JY 6/ 12" across stamp; also cancelled across card with 6 horizontal lines, incorporating at left "Limerick/ 10 PM/ 6 Jul 12".
Valentine (published by)