« Reply #4 on: Thursday 01 October 09 16:44 BST (UK) »
Wow,
That is amazing and gives some really good sources as well.
I note on Wikipedia that The top of the rise includes several larger homes, notably including Belmont, built in the 1860s for politician and newspaper editor William Cutten. So R B Williams would seem to have been a man of some note in the Union Steam Ship Company. I cannot imagine him writing a card to himself and sticking a used expedition stamp on it as a gimmick.
Very many thanks for all of that wonderful information.
As far as the card is concerned, I am really not worried that it has no philatelic value - it's just my good luck talisman, relating to Ernest Shackleton and his extraordinary adventures.
Best regards,
Howdie (in the chatroom)
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