Horses - Dartmoor ponies 1970s John Hinde postcard

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  The wandering Moorland ponies, Dartmoor, Devon. Photo: E. Nagele Sunset scene.
• Publisher:  John Hinde Ltd. (2DC578)
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  12p green Machin definitive
• Postmark(s):  South Devon 16 June 1980 Collect British Stamps slogan
• Sent to:  Millbrook Road, Dinas Powys, S. Glamorgan
• Notes & Key words:  bumped corner

John Hinde was an English photographer who set up John Hinde Ltd in Dublin, ireland in the early 1960s. He produced most of the earlier cards himself before employing other photogaphers such as E.Nägele, E. Ludwig, D. Noble and other names who spent a long time getting just the right view, usually with people in the foreground. The prints were then artistically hand processed and manipulated in Italy (long before digital production) before being published. His company was also closely associated with Butlins and they produced many of their cards. The company’s cards have become popular with collectors in recent years due to exhibitions and being featured in books, particularly by photographer and postcard collector Martin Parr. They were influential in the development of commercial photography and postcard images and now are regarded as miniature works of art and social records in themselves, particularly those of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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The Dartmoor Pony has lived in south-western England for centuries and is used for a variety of disciplines. Because of the extreme weather conditions experienced on the moors, the Dartmoor is a particularly hardy breed with excellent stamina. Over the centuries it has been used as a working animal by local tin miners and quarry workers. It is kept in a semi-feral state on Dartmoor, Devon. It is closely related to the Exmoor Pony, from Exmoor (also partly in Devon).

Despite this, numbers have declined - from an estimated 25,800 in the 1930s to perhaps 5,000 today.