EMBOSSED to ORDER PICTURE POSTCARDS - J. WALCH & SONS

[Ross Ewington]

The images below are of three pages from Malcolm Groom's exhibit of Tasmanian PTPO postal stationery.
These are the only reported examples at present but are there any more "out there"? A used example would be
particularly nice !!

These Walch pictorial postcards (with undivided backs) would date from the 1902 - 1904 period.

If you have one or more examples of cards from this series, please post them here.
Unillustrated reports of other examples of these cards are also welcome.

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A copy of this topic can be found in the Picture Postcard category - any reply made in this category will be copied to the other.

Images have been posted here with the kind permission from the owner - thanks Malcolm!

[Malcolm Groom]

A recent item on eBay gives a clue to the source of these cards. Walch & Sons were obviously using similar designed cards (without the scenes) for compnay use in advising orders, deliveries etc.

Both sides of the card are shown. Unfortunately the Walch & Sons crest has been erased but from comparison to a mint example of another embossed card it is certainly the Walch emblem. It places the design around 1904/1905 and gives a clue to the scenes illustrated above.

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