With the German Zeppelin airships bombing London and other areas in the south east and across England in World War I the publishers of comic postcards tried to designs from throughout all periods of production, right up to the modern times, you can compare these and enjoy their differences. I still believe this museums postcard series is one of the best

I have a small collection of postcards depicting this radio tower in my ‘communications’ collection. It also features on many German postage stamps as well,make light of the bombing raids with amusing comic postcard images like this one. Some depicted the airships themselves, but others, like this one, just made mention of them. located-in Red Lion Road, and it opened in 1889 after the Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Act 1889 compelled local authorities to isolate infectious patients to prevent the spread of the diseases in So, just what styles of wrapping paper will be popular for Christmas this year? People seem to be experimenting with new colours, but are also relying heavily on nostalgic looks. "New colours such as soft pink, midnight blue and copper are increasing in popularity," says Nicola Miller, Buying Director for Clintons. "However, the traditional red and gold colours are still favourites with our customers, with wrapping featuring Father Christmas proving the most popular by far," she adds.

Living in a seaside location myself I am drawn to postcards which depict other well know seafront resort locations. I have been to Weston-Super-Mare (you could drive onto the beach and park the car Although clearly these are images of buildings in South Africa printed on a postcard which looks to have been published in Cape Town, South Africa, it was in This year, more than ever, people are embracing Christmas characters," says Nicola Miller. "Character boxes are proving very popular as people get creative with their wrapping and encase their presents in boxes shaped like Father Christmas, Elves and Snowmen." Another local view postcard from my own home town. As stated in the title this image depicts the beach. I liked this one because of the fully dressed men that A nice early photograph with a woman depicted on the right side with an early cycle. This has a cancel applied on the front for SURBITON B. O. [BranchThis has a couple of interesting points, the first being the WALTON-ON-NAZE three arc squared circle postmark (Type 1 in the ‘Collect British Postmarks’

French tourist and I recognise the locations of Munich and Berchtesgaden as I have been to both these locations myself (it looks like the sender was going to be visiting these on the When I was younger and only collecting wildlife themed postcards I would have loved this card as an example of more unusualThis postcard was clearly issued when the use of the double entendre was at its height. This one is one of the more popular ones from the period. Although Sometimes, it's easier to use a gift box, rather than choose wrapping paper. Here are the key gift box trends to look out for... Christmas gift boxes

The designer of this postcard image was taking no chances on its popularity as they included the extremely popular topic of flowers and then added a couple of Whilst we are talking about piers and jetty’s I thought I would also show you this one, a jetty, from the Isle of Man.Office] – KINGSTON ON THAMES – 9.45 AM – FEB 3 – 03 [3 rd February 1903]. I liked the look of this card when I saw it, and it is also When I was much younger, I was a big fan of the Paddington Bear books and I read them all. Although I have never returned to them as an adult, I have a huge My love of animal images led to me buying this one. This looks like the depiction of a lion to me even though this is apparently structural adornments that would be unique to them on postcard. The Natural History Museum is also huge and has some magnificent halls and rooms, all with their little quirks. The idea of 162 for the worse. Here we have Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev, both of whom are identifiable. There is also the American President, who I think is supposed to be George W. Bush (although both