Saturday 17 August 2013

Antique Postcard Collection | August 2013 Auction


Lot 897 is a beautiful collection of antique and vintage postcards, including some topographical postcards of  villages such as Marple, Macclesfield and Buxton from early to mid 1900's.  Also contains a variety of greeting cards, glamour, comic, war time and photographic cards circa 1900.  There is a small number of beautiful embroidered collectable postcards.

Selection of postcards about Marple 

Marple Postcards: cartoon couple at Roman Lake; photograph of boat on Roman Lake; Entrance to Marple Dale and Marple Hall; Marple Hall


A few of the greeting postcards 
The greetings postcards give us an insight into what life was like.

Also included in the lot are these lovely collectable embroidered postcards.



We are estimating this antique postcard collection at £160-£200.
 
It is a wonderful piece of history, showing what life was like in the early parts of the 20th century. The sale date for this item is 21st August 2013. Please visit our website HERE for more information. 


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