A mustachioed London bobby in full Edwardian uniform—helmet, sergeant's stripes, and arm outstretched to halt traffic—commands the street in front of what appears to be the National Gallery at Trafalgar Square, with a red double-decker bus and an early motor car flanking him in a scene that perfectly encapsulates London in the early automobile age. This remarkable "Mailing Novelty" from Valentine & Sons of Dundee and London conceals within its hinged flap a full accordion strip of black-and-white photographic views of the capital, labeled by Valentine's as a London series, with visible landmarks including Marble Arch, Bank and Royal Exchange, Queen Victoria Memorial and Buckingham Palace, and St. Paul's Cathedral. The reverse proudly announces it is a "Printed Paper Mailing Novelty — Shape Passed by the G.P.O. for Printed Paper Postage Rate," meaning the sender could mail it at the cheaper printed-paper rate rather than letter rate, so long as they wrote only their name and address. Valentine & Sons was one of the most prolific and technically accomplished postcard publishers in the British Isles, and novelty fold-out cards of this type are among the most eagerly sought Edwardian postal ephemera.