Sainte-Adresse - Le Pain de Sucre Monument - 1937 Paris Exposition Cancel Postcard SP24

Scene Details:

• Black and white photographic postcard of the "Pain de Sucre" (Sugar Loaf) monument in Sainte-Adresse, near Le Havre, Normandy
• Tall, tapered white stone obelisk on a circular pedestal, enclosed within ornate iron railings with a gate
• Brick villa with decorative gabled facade visible at left; hedgerow and fence at right
• Unpaved street in foreground
• Caption printed at bottom: "22 Ste-ADRESSE — Le Pain de Sucre"
• Publisher: CAP (Cie des Arts Photomécaniques, Strasbourg-Kehl), series no. 22

Postal Markings:

• Used — addressed to: Miss Leare, 14 Vanmure Place, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Handwritten message in French (left side, rotated): brief personal note, signed with initials
• Stamp: French Republic Paix (Peace) 30 centimes, green, affixed upper right
• Machine cancel: "EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE PARIS — 1937" slogan postmark
• Circular postmark: Le Havre (Seine-Inférieure), dated 2 VII 1937 (2 July 1937)
• British "POSTAGE DUE 2d — TWO PENCE" adhesive label affixed lower left — applied on arrival in Scotland
• Arrival postmark: partially legible circular mark at lower left (Edinburgh or sorting office)

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