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ThumbnailTypeItemDateOther ImagesReginald's addressCard No
Illegally reused"Double" card - joined back to back with "B" and constantly redirected14th August 1897
(reused in 1898)		Shelley HallA
Illegally reused"Double" card - joined back to back with "A" and constantly redirected17th April 1897
(reused in 1898)		Stanstead RoadB
Illegally reusedRedirected more than a year after the orginal posting7th June 1897
(reused in 1898)		Stanstead Road
Miniature cardTiny card (3" x 1½") that was smaller than the regulations (3¼" x 2¼") permitted22nd December 1897Possibly sent by Ernest Arnold
Miniature cardTiny card (3" x 1½") that was smaller than the regulations (3¼" x 2¼") permitted2nd January 1898Stanstead Road
Illegally reusedRedirected to fictitious address8th April 1898Stanstead Road
Rhyming addressCard sent to Ernest Arnold in Ivybridge28th June 1898Stanstead Road
Challenging addressSent to Post Offices around the World25th July 1898Stanstead Road
Challenging addressFingall's Cave28th July 1898Stanstead Road110
Challenging addressEddystone, The Smallest Inhabited Island in the World13th September 1898Stanstead Road167
Rhyming addressCard sent to A.J. Vanham in Stamford Hill12th October 1898Stanstead Road
Challenging addressCoded message with address written above line at top4th November 1898Stanstead Road
Challenging addressSent to "A Resident of Hallingbury where land used to be held by handing over yearly to the King's exchequer a packet of postcards and a Silver Needle"17th November 1898Stanstead Road
Challenging addressRedirected to fictitious address with previously used stamp attached3rd December 1898Stanstead Road
Challenging addressSent to Reginald's cousin, Dr. G. Forster. using a small picture instead of his name with a spoof message on the back4th December 1898Stanstead Road
Challenging addressDeliberately redirected to a fictitious address21st December 1898Stanstead Road
Challenging addressSpoof message to himself to be returned to Ernest Arnold's address 6th January 1899Brockley Rd (E.Arnold)
ArtefactPostcard made from a shirt collar19th January 1899Stanstead Road
ArtefactPostcard made from a shirt collar23rd January 1899Stanstead Road
Redirected to a fictitious addressRedirected envelope that had originally been sent to his Aunt24th January 1899Stanstead Road
Rail CardCard left on a train to be found and returned30th January 1899Shelley Hall
Rail CardCard left on a train to be found and returned31st January 1899Stanstead Road
Rail CardCard left on a train to be found and returned2nd February 1899Shelley Hall
ArtefactPostcard made from shirt cuff2nd February 1899Shelley Hall
Challenging addressSent to "The Deserted Village of Havannah"4th February 1899Shelley Hall262
Challenging addressSent to "The Person in Charge of Bell Rock Lighthouse"9th February 1899Stanstead Road265
Challenging addressPostmarks used to form the address8th March 1899Stanstead Road
Challenging addressSent to three different lighthouses6th April 1899Devonshire Road292
Challenging addressSent to Ledbury and Great Malvern Post Offices using a railway ticket instead of an address10th April 1899Devonshire Road298
ArtefactOne Penny Coin23rd April 1899Devonshire Road
Challenging addressThe Quarter Sorting Office27th May 1899Devonshire Road305
Picture Puzzle addressRookery Villa, Alpraham, Tarporley, Cheshire14th June 1899Devonshire Road
Picture Puzzle address361 Brockley Road, near Ladywell Wood and Lewisham22nd June 1899Devonshire Road
Tit BitsCard attached to Tit Bits and left on a train to be found and returned26th June 1899Devonshire Road
Fictitious addressSent to Zanzibar9th July 1899Devonshire Road
Shaped PostcardMan's Head (probably Ally Sloper)17th July 1899Devonshire Road
Shaped PostcardBraying Donkey (get it?)18th July 1899Devonshire Road
Challenging addressAddress written in Sealing Wax25th July 1899Devonshire Road
Tit BitsCard attached to Tit Bits and left on a train to be found and returned1st August 1899Devonshire Road
ArtefactSeaweed attached to postcard7th August 1899Devonshire Road
Photo addressPicture used to form part of address (Lynmouth)2nd October 1899Devonshire Road344
Challenging addressPaul Kruger, President of The Transvaal - the second Boer War commenced five days before this postcard was posted. No autograph was requested and this was probably an attempt to see if it got through to "the enemy"15th October 1899Devonshire Road352
ArtefactCrocheted Envelope23rd October 1899Devonshire Road
Photo addressPicture used to form part of address (Bournemouth) with a rhyming response added by the Post Office23rd October 1899Devonshire Road357
Challenging addressAddressed to Santa Claus23rd October 1899Devonshire Road362
Challenging addressAdvertising poster addressed to "The Propietors of Players Navy Cut"30th October 1899Devonshire Road369
Challenging addressAddressed to "Any Resident of London"19th November 1899Devonshire Road374
Challenging addressAddressed to "The Daughter of the Postman who walked 232,872 miles"21st November 1899Devonshire Road