Stamp Collector

89 MAY 2020 www.allaboutstamps.co.uk POSTAL HISTORY 1 The postmark reads ‘WIEN / 1 / 10.4.03 / 9-10 N’. With no arrival handstamp in England we can surmise that the journey by rail and sea from Austria took only a few days. 2 She writes ‘Lyonella and I are having a holiday now’ and signs off ‘Aunt Lyona’ to her sixteen year old niece Beryl. 3 The carmine stamp has been applied upside down, still a treasonable offence in the United Kingdom if the monarch’s portrait. 4 The 1906 postcard from Y. Meily invites her to respond by saying ‘I hope to receive a letter & in French from you soon’ 5 The stamp is also carmine, rated at 10 centimes and showing the Sower design with the sun-rays. 6 The postmark ‘PARIS / GARE ST. LAZARE’ confirms travel was by rail, and although the year is ‘06’, the date and time is uncertain due to what appears to be a worn handstamp, rather than poor application. 1 2 3 4 5 6