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ILH Monument Wagon Hill Postcard 11 years 6 months ago #16023

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Whilst this may not be the first time a postcard of the ILH Monument on Wagon Hill has appeared on ABW forum I could not resist buying this when I came across it being ILH and Wagon Hill B)
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ILH Monument Wagon Hill Postcard 11 years 6 months ago #16025

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A fine example, this must have been taken soon after it was erected, went there many years ago with my dad and brother.It was a lot more overgrown than in this picture.

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ILH Monument Wagon Hill Postcard 11 years 6 months ago #16027

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Brian,

the postcard is addressed to somewhere in the Cape Colony and whilst I cant make out the date stamp, the Cape Colony became the Cape of Good Hope Province in 1910 when the Union was formed.

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ILH Monument Wagon Hill Postcard 11 years 6 months ago #16038

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Hello Iain,
I always marvel at the quality of these when they appear on here!
Regards Frank

iaindh wrote: Whilst this may not be the first time a postcard of the ILH Monument on Wagon Hill has appeared on ABW forum I could not resist buying this when I came across it being ILH and Wagon Hill B)
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ILH Monument Wagon Hill Postcard 11 years 6 months ago #16096

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Hi Frank,
yes the quality is excellent, you can read all the names.
I'm not really sure how they would have done it as there was no colour photography then; a painting and then Litho printed maybe?

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Hello Iain,
I think they were just photographs, the plates were hand coloured and then you could just print from them, not really a postcard collecter, perhaps Paul or David would know.
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