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This web site gives family
history and photographs relating to Alphonse
Louis Reis (1860-1940), brother of Charles Lionel Reis, both of whom
published postcards of Edinburgh views.
* UPDATE : Unfortunately, this 'Reis' site seems to
be no longer active.
Peter Stubbs, August 11, 2013 |
This site illustrates several hundred
postcards featuring Bartholemew maps, published by John Walker in their
Geographical series from 1903 onwards.
These include maps numbered 120 to 125 of
Edinburgh.
Thank you to David M Robertson for telling about this new
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Here is a
Wikipedia page
on Judge's Postcards. It gives historical information about Fred
Judge and his postcards. It refers to the postcard numbering system
used by Judges, and ends with a number of references including links to:
- list of
Postcard Clubs, one
being the Judges Postcard Study Group
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I have been asked by somebody attempting to date an old
postcard: "When did the 1d postal rate apply for posting postcards
overseas from the UK?" The answer is "1891 to 1920."
I found this info. and other info about the history of
overseas postal rates for postcards sent from the UK on this page of the
Great Britain Philatelic Society web site. |
This page by Dr Scott Arthur is part of the
School of the Built Environment web site belonging to Heriot Watt
University, Edinburgh. Scott Arthur's page includes a brief
commentary on the history of the Forth Rail Bridge, together with
44 postcards of the
bridge.
The site also has postcards of other
bridges, including the Forth Road Bridge and the Tay Bridge, both in
Scotland.
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On searching the web, I was surprised just
how much information I found on stamp boxes - the small boxes printed in
the corner of 'Real
Photo' postcards.
Most of the sites with the 'stamp box'
information are in the USA. The Playle's Online Auctions
Playle's Online
Auction web site illustrates almost 300 different stamp boxes. |
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For the past few years, I have referred to the book 'Picture
Postcards of Raphael Tuck & Sons' (edited by JHD Smith) as my source
of information on Raphael Tuck postcards.
However, there is now a new web site
devoted to Raphael Tuck. It includes illustrations of almost all the
postcards that Raphael Tuck produced.
Thank you to David M Robertson for telling about this new
web site. |
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The
Talk Porty web site includes a
forum on Portobello local history and also many postcards of Portobello,
most taken from the the collection of Margeorie Mekie, Portobello |
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Scott Alexander Wishart's web site
provides:
- photos of members of his family,
from early 1900s, including:
- 4 photographs from the studio of
J Campbell Harper. Leith
- 2 photographs from
Paterson's Burgh Studio,
Leith.
- photos from the war album of his
Grandfather who was a Sergeant in 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron RAF. |