Antique & Vintage Postcards

With a wink and a groan, this Edwardian British comic novelty postcard delivers its punchline in layers — literally. The front bears a handwritten message in blue ink confessing the universal plight of the holiday-maker: "I came here for a change and rest. The girls got the change, and the landlady got the rest. All I have left is—" and then, tucked beneath the prose, a printed novelty train ticket: "4645 — Ten Days Ticket — Lowestoft to Ware-I-Cum-From — First Class — Not Transferable." The humor is delightfully Edwardian in its wordplay, the imaginary destination "Ware-I-Cum-From" a gentle jab at the exhausted holiday budget. A sixpence fiscal revenue stamp from the FID. DEP. IND. IMP. series (dated 1907) is affixed with a cancel, adding a fascinating philatelic element. The reverse is a "Pocket Novelty Card" format, indicating that the accordion-fold images — views of Lowestoft including the New Pier from Cliff, Lowestoft from the Pier, the harbor, and street scenes — pull out from behind the card face, a popular novelty format of the 1900s–1910s. Labeled No. 585, British Manufacture Throughout.