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Original King George VI 1d orange postal stationery postcard mailed overseas.
Postmarks: COLCHESTER / ESSEX 9 SEP 1950 machine cancel; bold blue circular International Railway Co. Service Relations Dept. SEP 25 1950 receiving handstamp on front.
Addressee: The International Railway Co., 43 Court St., Buffalo 2, N.Y., USA.
Message (Severalls Hospital, Colchester): Request for railway company literature (locomotives, rolling stock, history & districts served) signed Syd W. Upjohnnice railway/ephemera tie-in.
Postal stationery: GB KGVI 1d POSTAGE indicium (orange) on cream card.
Size: c. 140 × 89 mm.
Condition (collectible/used): Even toning from age; strikes legible; no repairs.
Collecting interest: GB postal stationery, trans-Atlantic mail, business receiver cachets, railway postal history cross-over, Essex/Colchester usage, hospital-origin correspondence.
Authenticity guaranteed original 1950 card.