A staged street scene showing a delivery van from what was then the Royal Postal Agency. This type of van went into service in May 1913 and and was used until 1927.
When I turned the card over I was surprised to see this sheet covering the stamps. I haven't seen anything like that before but it worked very well.
Both the sheet and the stamps were franked. Three of the four stamps are Christmas issues.
The one at the bottom right is from 1972 but it's the only one I've been able to identify so far. I will keep looking.
This is a post for Sunday Stamps, now hosted by Violet Sky at "See it on a Postcard!"
I've never seen the sheet covering before either, interesting, as is the street scene, it looks as though someone has shouted freeze.
ReplyDeleteThat's something I've never seen before. I like those old vans; they have much more character that the ones we see today.
ReplyDeleteThat was wonderful Sheila with all the people and the old vehicle. You really picked a good one for today. Hope you have a great rest of your Sunday.
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That's an interesting card and an interesting way of covering the stamps.
ReplyDeleteThe christmas stampos looks different among other christmas stamps we see these days. beautiful
ReplyDeleteA lovely postcard, the mail van would definitely have stood out from the other traffic at that time. I haven't seen stamps covered like that, is there a reason?
ReplyDeleteA really usual card, lots of nostalgia.
ReplyDeletei've not seen a covering sheet like that before - interesting. thanks for participating!
ReplyDeleteWith all these fine folks not seeing a sticker covering all stamps like this, you've got something pretty rare it seems! Thanks for sharing the anomaly!
ReplyDeleteIs that sheet protecting the stamps? Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI really like this scene, it's not every day you get a colour-photo-quality glimpse into yesteryear!
I really thought someone else would have come across something similar. Maybe the sender is an inventor.
ReplyDeleteI like the scene too, even though it somehow looks like suspended animation.
Maybe the covering is to keep the stamps clean.
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