UK Perfin: C H Ltd

Q/ Can any of y'all identify the company behind the UK perfin "C H Ltd"?

TIA, Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey





I am not sure that this scan captures the outstanding qualify of this card:

I'll leave the ID to someone else but (a) it's a lovely postcard from our crumbling monument to democracy and (b) aren't the instructions for writing messages wonderful? Anyone have a copy of these Post Office regulations?

Tim

The concept of splitting the back of a postcardand allowing a message as well as an address to be written was, at that point, a relatively recent innovation by the Post Office (1902). I suspect that, by 1904, not all countries had followed suit, so there was probably a blanket "not for abroad" message to avoid international postal incidents.

Presumably the writer of ikeyPikey's card had an English chum who posted the card for her, or fed her stamps.

Geoff

The England perfin catalog is remarkably complete and large. Unfortunately, the only letter that has not been finalized/published is "C". So, the user behind CH/Ltd is not available in the current documentation.

Carlton Hotel

Geoff is correct (naturally enough). In the US, the Divided Back was only allowed from 01/March/1907.

I adore instructions on postcards, and my collecting categories include "1898 cards" (the use of the legend 'Private Mailing Card' is often accompanied by 'Authorized by Act of Congress of May 19, 1898') and "1907 cards" (often something along the lines of 'message may now be written on this side of the card').

I am always on the lookout for new varieties, and recently came across:



Also fun are the rate instructions often found in stamp boxes, such as ...





... no matter what country they come from ...



Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

rod222: I'm betting on you, lad!

Gambling may be dealing with the devil,
however, I do recommend gambolling.

As far as I know, the CH/Ltd is not proven, but "generally understood" to be the Carlton Hotel.
That should put you on safe ground.
...and elevated soil, if you have a "prover" cover.

to wit:
Ritz agreed to take a 72-year Crown lease of the new hotel in London. A limited company, The Carlton Hotel, Limited, was formed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlt...otel,_London

Part of an auction pdf from the GB Perfin Society...

sctozm: Aye, lad, you've nailed it!

I had occasion to revisit this card, and translate the cursive to text:


Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

For the record, the letter-C chapter of the GB Perfins Catalog has been released and yes, it shows this as the Carlton Hotel Ltd.

Thank you.