File:World's oldest postcard.jpg

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English: It was a postcard Theodore Hook sent to himself in London as a joke.
Français : Carte postale (probablement la première au monde) que Theodore Hook a envoyée à lui-même à Londres comme plaisanterie. Les personnages repésentent des caricatures d'employés de la poste au travail devant un encrier géant.
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current20:10, 17 October 2020Thumbnail for version as of 20:10, 17 October 20202,000 × 1,319 (587 KB)RemitamineFull Image
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13:50, 23 March 2020Thumbnail for version as of 13:50, 23 March 20201,500 × 937 (272 KB)Doug ColdwellUploaded a work by Theodore Hook from [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/05/13/10m-coins-and-3m-dresses-the-10-most-expensive-collectibles-in-t/the-worlds-oldest-and-most-expensive-postcard-sent-in-1840/ £10m coins and £3m dresses: The 10 most expensive collectibles in the world] with UploadWizard

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