In order to promote his new book, Guy and his publisher have generously offered to give away 10 copies of the book to 10 lucky postcrossers! It’s like an early Christmas treat! :)įor a chance to win one, all you have to do is leave a comment below. Some… well, we’re still trying to figure them out! Many don’t seem to say much at all… until you note the strategically positioning of the stamp, hiding a whole other layer of meaning. Some are funny, others shocking, some just confounding. Perfectly sized, filled with mysterious messages that just draw you in and make you wonder. We’ve had this book for a week or so, and I have to say, it is delightful. He has just launched a book with 100 of his best cards, appropriately titled Come Home at Once. And yet, the thrill of that mysterious message stays with us, and it stayed with Guy as well, who decided to collect other such intriguing postcards from that time. One cannot help but wonder… what happened? What did Miss Emerson do that needed forgiving? And did she stay away or go back home?

Surely after that you could not stay away.” There is heaps of m – – – y waiting for you to spend. It said: “Come home at once, all is forgiven. It all started when he was browsing an antiques market in London, where he found a perfectly boring postcard, sent on 21 December 1904 to Miss Emerson… which hid a very intriguing message. It’s not so much the pictures on the postcards that capture Guy’s curiosity - instead he prefers the fascinating messages they hold. With up to 6 daily mail deliveries (imagine that!), many people used them as we use Twitter or text messages these days - just to say “I’m thinking about you” or to convey some practical information (“I’ll arrive on the 10am train”). This was the golden period of postcards, which were then at the height of their popularity. Guy Atkins has been collecting postcards for years, especially from the Edwardian era.

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