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Location
- FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION
- LONDON - the "Flip-Flap" |
| Date
-
1908 |
| Size in mm
(approx) - 145 x 100 |
| Publisher -
Valentine & Sons Ltd, Dundee, London & New York |
| Publisher's Card No.
- Valentines Series - Famous Throughout the World - Not numbered
- Back printed in grey |
| Used:
Has had a ½d green stamp of Edward VII (now partly removed) cancelled
with a Colchester squared circle postmark.There is no obvious address or
message on the back, but it must had had those details at one time, as
without them, there would be no cancel. Possibly the details were written in
pencil, and subsequently rubbed out. |
| Condition
- A good looking card
with some wear to the corners |
| Further Information
- An Official Issue
postcard from this Exhibition/Exposition to celebrate the "Entente Cordiale" between
England and France. The back has "Post Card" in English and French "Carte
Postale". The two opposing arms of the 'flip-flap' travelled from level
to level through 180 degrees, giving the public a birds-eye view of the Expo
area. All the buildings of this 140 acre (56 hectare) site have now been
demolished, except for part of the Japanese Garden, and a few tiles which
are preserved within the Television Centre. The 'Flip-Flap' was sent for scrap
in 1937. |
