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Can knowledgeable collectors help me with the publisher of this card? On the back it says "White Series", E. Verrell photo. Is "White Series" published by Mr. White? Or is it a colour coded series like "Blue Series" or "Green Series" published by Verrell? ScanBack.jpg ScanFront.jpg Des Beechey

Two articles in The Mercury in 1908 say exactly why tinsel cards were banned: 22 Jan 1908 DANGEROUS POSTCARDS . Those delightful confections of colour and tinsel which have such a large sale in picture postcard shops have been found by the postal authorities to be engines of destruction. The tinsel...

Here is another hypothesis for classicication of the McVilly & Little cards. It is based on the classification that Mike gave a while ago, with a couple of types added - specifically the types with printer registration number that Mike did not see. This classification is made from the scans that MIk...

Attached is front and back of a card from Geeveston, dated 1907. It seems to have been personalised by writing the message in glue and then applying glitter. This card is interesting because it is from a member of the Geeves family, who was probably only a generation removed from the Geeves after wh...

I am making my first foray into Tasmanian postcards by sorting out the few McVilly & Little cards I have. One of these is the 2-views card, no. 9 as listed by the Hobbitt123 on this topic. Do we know a date for these double view cards?
Des Beechey, Sydney

I am an ex-Tasmanian living in Sydney. I left Tasmania after school (Hobart Technical High School) and University of Tasmania in 1968. Since retiring from the position of Registrar at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney I have visited Tasmania frequently to stay in touch with family. Through reading som...