Stamp

[Bay Horse]

Is anyone able to date this postcard by the franking on the stamps, please?

 

[MollyMay]

If it helps a bit, on 1/5/1940 the cost of posting a postcard was raised 2d
So yours with 1d worth of stamps must be prior to that date.

 

[Bay Horse]

It certainly does help, MM - thank you for that.

The post is a long shot, I know. I'm thinking I can see 37 or 39, but probably entirely wrong. Pre-1940 narrows it down a lot.

 

[arthurk]

I think I see it as 1937, and the date as 5 SP (September). Assuming I'm right with the date, there are a couple of reasons why 1937 fits better:

(a) 5 Sep 1937 was a Sunday, so it makes sense for a postcard to be sent cancelling a visit on the Tuesday. 5 Sep 1939 was a Tuesday, so any reference to a Tuesday would be for the 12th, and I'd expect to see "next Tuesday". (Sunday collections - don't you just miss 'em!)

(b) Britain declared war on 3 Sep 1939, so I think it's rather unlikely that someone would be planning a week's trip a couple of days later; or if they were, that they wouldn't mention the war at all.

 

[Bay Horse]

Thank you Arthur. That fits in with what I thought I could see - and your reasoning backs that up perfectly.

Thanks both.