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Posted: **Fri Aug 13, 2010 11:29 pm**

I show a postcard view 'Bridge at Perth, Tasmania'
There is no indication of the printer, series etc but on the reverse a label reading TASMANIA-POSTCARD has been stuck over the original inscription on the card. The wording (CARTE POSTALE) is semi-embossed into the card and is partly readable from the picture side. A similar embossed pattern can be seen under the label but not with sufficient clarity to read it. I am reluctant to lift the label as it is just tied by the postmark.

Any ideas?

Posted: **Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:55 am**

thanks Colin ..... I think this is quite a late usage of one of these cards (i.e. 12/1913)

If you hold the card up to a strong light you should be able to make out "New Zealand - Post Card" under
the label. I started an inquiry about these unusual cards in another post earlier this year.

Here's a link to the topic:

http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=185#p651

If any members have other examples of this printing of cards (especially if used in order to "get some dates")
can they please post in the other topic? My best guess at the moment is that the cards were by Spurling and
he got a single "job lot" of cards done in France or Belgium rather than in Germany or Great Britain. The printer
made this error and so no more were ordered from that particular source. There are cards published by Spurling which were
printed in Japan so he may have been looking on occasion for a cheaper source of well-printed cards.

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