While there are numerous books on picture postcards, the equally interesting – but far less glamorous – postal stationery postcards and letter cards have received but scant attention. This book remedies this neglect by giving a very comprehensive account of them, their design, production and use, together with essays and other related items. The book is both a history and a documentation, with extensive source material – letters, documents, official reports and memoranda, press comments and Post Office notices. Rejected designs and non-issued items are fully dealt with and illustrated. With an illustrated summary list of all the basic issued postcards (including overprinted and official ones) and letter cards.