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"War 1914-15-16... In the Somme The ruins of Fay Mill"

Postmarked 2 July 1919. The reverse of the postcard is of interest for philatelists. It is addressed to "Sirs Winox Ltd. Stamps for Propaganda, Mailing Office, 106 Queen Victoria Street, London. SW1". Winox Limited was an organisation that collected propaganda and commemorative stamps. This from the The Association of British Philatelic Societies Ltd. "CAMPBELL-JOHNSTON, Louis 1862-1929. Chairman of Winox Ltd. Collected Propaganda and Commemorative stamps. Issued Winox War stamps (six million) 1914, and Winox Animal Lovers' stamps, 1918. His extensive collection of poster stamps, mainly advertising exhibitions, and covering issues from about 1850 to the mid-1920s, was given to the British Museum by Mrs Florence Campbell-Johnston in 1932. It is now at the British Library." The stamps on the reverse include a pink/purple French stamp depicting Douglas Haig, and a blue stamp with Hebrew text.

Research material about TIMS

Correspondence with Anders Jespersen regarding various windmills and watermills, draft of Stephen's "Le Moulin Saint-Pierre: Alphonse Daudet's Windmill at Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhone), Provence", Programme for the Second International Symposium on Molinology, photographs by Andres Jespersen of Machine de Marly, Bougival, France.

Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher

Postcard (with miller and dog?) at Moulin de Saint-Maxent, Somme, France

Printed on front, "Moulin de Saint-Maxent (Somme)".
Handwritten note one reverse, "We are going to have an amusing commemorative fête here in a week or two to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Mill at St Maxent - built in 1434" - possibly H.A.Webster (see handwriting at REXW-IMG-03-494).
Printed on reverse, "Photo-Edition Blaincourt les Precy (Oise)".

Unknown photographer

Research material on French mills

Research material on French mills, originally filed with correspondence with Claude Rivals. Claude Rivals: Draft translation of: A Structural classification of French corn windmills; "Moulins a Vent de France Grands Types Regionaux; illustrated tables of windmill classification types, in French.

Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher

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