Yale Center for British Art

Title:

Whitstable in an oyster shell.

Published / Created:

Dundee; and London : Valentines & Sons, [approximately 1930]

Physical Description:

1 postcard : color illustrations ; 10 x 14 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA690.W45 W458 1930 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Postcards

Notes:

Novelty postcard. Oyster shell on a beach with a movable flap which when raised reveals a folded paper with illustrations of Whitstable.

"To open raise flap."

"Printed paper mailing novelty. Shape passed by the G.P.O. for printed paper postage rate."

BAC: British Art Center coppy addressed to Mr. & Ms. Smart. Hotel Sallea. Cannes France with following message: Dear Ted and Elise, We are where the oysters come from. Sorry you are not here. From: "The workers" With cancelled 2p stamp. Postmark illegible.

Contents:

Coast Guard Station, Whitstable -- Tankerton Tower, Whitstable -- The Shrubbery, Whitstable -- All Saints Church, Whitstable -- Tankerton Beach, Whitstable -- Hotel & Shrubbery, Tankerton -- Whitstable Harbour -- High Street, Whitstable -- Wave Crest, Whitstable -- The Cliffs West, Tankerton -- Tankerton Road, Whitsable -- The Cliffs East, Tankerton.

Subject Terms:

Whitstable (England) -- Pictorial works. | Souvenirs (Keepsakes) | Keepsakes -- England -- Whitstable -- 1930.

Form/Genre:

Flaps. | Postcards. | Accordion fold format (Binding). | Postage stamps.

Contributors:

Valentine & Sons, publisher.