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140x88mm novelty postcard. 'Penzance is the "Plaice" for a holiday'. Pop up drawing of a plaice superimposed on a beach scene. On reverse general greetings from Mary to Maude Grey in Plymouth. Stamped 'Liable to Letter Rate 609'. Halfpenny post.…

140x90mm. Pocket Novelty Card printed by ETW Dennis and Sons London and Scarborough. Front cover shows drawing of a crab on a beach. The crab can be lifted up and underneath is a series of miniature prints of postcards concertinaed together of…

Aerial view of Jubilee Pool, the harbour, East Penzance, Chyandowr and beyond. Note from Muriel to Mrs EA Richards, Penzance. George VI stamp. Postmarked 7th May 1951.

140x90mm. Novelty postcard. 'The Cream of the Views from Penzance'. Flap over picture of a pot of cream can be lifted to reveal concertina of miniature photographs of Penzance and the surrounding area. Photos look Victorian/Edwardian era. George V…

140x90mm. Sepia postcard of the Promenade taken at junction with Alexandra Road, near Beachfield Hotel. Serial number of card suggests photo registered in 1922. Photo probably taken a little earlier. No message, stamp or postmark on reverse.…

Tinted Pictorchrom postcard 14cm x 9cm showing four luggers leaving Penzance Harbour. No message or address on reverse. Note gas holder and tall ship in harbour. Leading lugger numbered 36 PZ. This is the reverse of the current registration system.

Tinted Pictorchrom postcard, 14cm x 9cm, Celesque Series, Copyright Design no 954. Painting of a seated woman watching a sailing boat leaving harbour west of St Michael's Mount.

Postcard 150mm x 102mm. Painting by Audrey B Grounauer. Penzance from my Window. Water colour 1984. View over St Mary's Church from the Lescudjack area. St John the Baptist Church in right foreground.

Postcard 145mm x 92mm. Plain back. No message or address. Engraving taken from Views in Devonshire and Cornwall by Henry Besley of Exeter published 1861. Dimensions and format of card suggest it was produced after 1899.

Postcard. 140mm x 90mm. Postmark 29th Sept 1906. Peacock Brand Autochrom post card. Message from Herbert Osborne to E Metters Tavistock Golf Club. Taken from allotments north of Gulval Church.

Postcard. 148mm x 106mm. British Rail Publications card to celebrate 150th anniversary of GWR. 1835-1985. BRP 21. Reproduction of British Railways poster featuring artwork by Gyrth Russell painted in 1949. No address. No stamp. Birthday greetings…

Postcard. 139mm x 88mm. Postmark Redruth 9th April 1909. Postcard - Great Britain & Ireland. No publisher credited. Divided back. Sent by Millie to Joyce Cattran, Penzance. View of the Mount from Ponsandane area.

Postcard. 137mm x 88mm. The Milton Postcard. The Milton 'Gazette Greeting' Series. Divided Back. Stamped and Penzance postmark 7th May 1923. Thank you note from Hilda to Master Walter Grose, Tremethick Cross.

Postcard. 138mm x 90mm. No stamp, postmark, message or address. Half-penny postage rate. Divided back. Frith's Series, F. Frith and Co Ltd, Reigate. Seven views of Edwardian Penzance and West Penwith.