Compliments of Brighton - West Pier, Aquarium & Hove Town Hall - Court Card - Postcard SP24

Scene Details:

• Chromolithograph multi-view court card postcard (approx. 3.6 x 4.5 inches), "From Compliments Brighton," no. 1105
• Three vignettes with decorative floral and scrollwork borders:
• Top: West Pier — long pier extending into the sea with pavilion structures; promenaders on the beach and seafront
• Upper right: Aquarium — seafront street scene with clock tower, Victorian buildings, and elegantly dressed pedestrians
• Lower left: Hove Town Hall — ornate Victorian Gothic municipal building with figures on the street
• Pink and yellow wild rose blossoms overlaid across the centre
• Message written across the front (undivided back era): "Dear Nora, I have not forgotten you or your collection yet, but writing is always put aside for everything else. Last week I spent in Brighton with friends, so got this, but it is hideous after the foreign ones. How are you getting on? With much love from Winifred Devenish."
• Handwritten date upper right: "Gothic House 1-3-'00" (1 March 1900)
• Made in Germany (printed on front left edge)

Postal Markings:

• One penny mauve Queen Victoria "Postage and Inland Revenue" stamp affixed, cancelled
• Circular date stamp: Brighton, 2 Apr [?], 4 PM (partially legible)
• Second circular postmark: Brussels arrival mark, partially legible
• Small paper label/sticker affixed over part of address (obscuring surname)
• Addressed to: Miss N. von [Sollot?], 6 Rue Caponillet, Brussels, Belgium
• Undivided back — message written on front

Please zoom into and look closely at the front and back photos to view condition, and feel free to send me a message if you have any questions. Thank you, D