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As is well known, I have a bit of a fascination for postal ephemera from the nineteenth century, and I was highly intrigued by this post from the Derbyshire record office … Definitely in the ‘rather interesting’ category, and something … Continue reading →

I’ve written before about lipstick and revolution in the context of the Spanish civil war and how, in a famous photograph of Republican milicianas, one of the young women is clearly wearing lipstick. But something I didn’t know, was that … Continue reading →

A nice late example of a Queen Victoria post card from Gibraltar. The design is basically a late ‘Empire for the use of’ like this example from Natal We can date the Gibraltar example to probably sometime after 1898 due … Continue reading →

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Irish intellectuals tried to forge an Irish cultural identity distinct from being British by adopting Irish names, the use of the Irish language, and the use of the Gaelic alphabet, as distinct … Continue reading →

An interesting example this, neatly showing a fusing of technologies – a late nineteenth century postcard, dated 25 November 1899, addressed to W H Scott, Engineer, Casterton VIC. As you would expect form the period the postcard is hand addressed … Continue reading →