London - Regent Street 1904 early court card

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Regent Street, London - this is an early court card - a size produced until about 1899. This is a later usage.
• Publisher:  none given
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  Edward VII ½d blueish-green
• Postmark(s):  London SW Oct 5 1904 machine cancel
• Sent to:  Miss Lee, 60 Warwick Square, London SW
• Notes & Key words: 

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Europe: £1.60

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NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!

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

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Regent Street is one of the major shopping streets in London's West End, well known to tourists and Londoners alike, and famous for its Christmas illuminations. It is named after the Prince Regent (later George IV), and is commonly associated with the architect John Nash, although all his original buildings except All Souls Church have since been replaced.^[1]

The street was completed in 1825 and was an early example of town planning in England, cutting through the 17th and 18th century street pattern through which it passes. It runs from the Regent's residence at Carlton House in St James's at the southern end, through Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Circus, to All Souls Church. From there Langham Place and Portland Place continue the route to Regent's Park.

Every building in Regent Street is protected as a Listed Building, at least Grade II status, and together they form the Regent Street Conservation Area.^[2]

The street is one of the locations on the standard UK version of the Monopoly board game.

Court card or court sized card was the name given to a size of picture postcard, mainly used in the United Kingdom, which were approximately 4.75 x 3.5 inches and predates the standard size of 5.5 x 3.5 inches.^[1]
Court cards were smaller and squarer in shape than later cards and were used from about 1894 to 1902.^[2]. In keeping with the regulations of the time, they had an undivided back for the address only and the message had to be written on the 'front' of the card. Many fine examples of these still exist and are sought after by postcard collectors and philatelists alike. Although mainly used in the UK, many were printed by chromolithography in Germany.