Victoria BC - Residential View and Marine Drive - Linen Postcard - circa 1940 for Sale

Victoria BC - Residential View and Marine Drive - Linen Postcard - circa 1940 For Sale

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Victoria BC - Residential View and Marine Drive - Linen Postcard - circa 1940:
$4.87

A colour linen-textured view looking over a residential district and Marine Drive in Victoria, British Columbia. Red- and grey-roofed houses with green lawns line a curving road in the foreground, a sandy cove with small moored boats and a rocky wooded point lead the eye to more houses along the shore, and the blue waters of the strait stretch to a distant mountain range under a pale sky. The caption 'Residential View and Marine Drive, Victoria, B.C. Canada' is printed in red across the top.The divided back reads 'Post Card - Message may be written on this side / Address only on this side' with 'The Coast Publishing Co., Vancouver, B.C.' along the left edge. It carries a purple three-cent King George VI Canada stamp cancelled by a Victoria, B.C. machine postmark of August 28, 1950, and is addressed to the 'Ronson Twenty Questions' radio program, Mutual Broadcasting System, New York 46, N.Y., U.S.A.Period: circa 1940.Publisher / series: The Coast Publishing Co., Vancouver, B.C.Postally used: Yes, postmarked Victoria, B.C., August 28, 1950, with a three-cent King George VI stampCondition: Light corner wear, a faint diagonal crease line in the sky at upper left and a few small dark specks in the sky; back clean with light toning; no tears or holes.Manuscript text (summary): A listener's entry to the Ronson 'Twenty Questions' radio quiz suggesting the subject 'The Lord's Prayer', with the sender's Victoria return address.Reference : 20261011-5-11762-40/100 Related Items: