So, some of you may remember that on May 14th I posted that I had found a postcard sent by H.G. Wells to his wife and that I'd sent scans to the H.G. Wells Society to see if it could be evaluated. I heard back last night. The expert wishes to remain anonymous, but has given permission for the details of the evaluation to be shared. Below are the scans that I sent of the front and back of the card. The card shows a train at the top of the Brünig Pass in Switzerland... 1/11 #HGWells#Postcards
and was published by Gebrüder Wehrli of Kilchberg/Bendlikon in the Canton of Zürich. It was sent on 19th August 1904 from Territet by Montreux and reads: "Have arrived at Territet (12:30). We saw Fritz [?] at the station and he has told us of a Hotel at Montreux, where we are going. My cold has come on again worst luck but it will be better soon. Arrive Lucern on Tuesday (probably). H.G. Wells" The card is addressed to Mrs Wells, Hotel Beatus, Merligen, Lake of Thun. 2/11
Then it all clicked into place. I found another contemporary H.G. Wells, an artist, who lived in Woking at the same time that H.G. Wells was also in Woking, where he was writing The War of the Worlds. In fact, they both lived on Maybury Road, Woking, at the same time. And, they were both called Herbert George Wells. The author was born in Bromley in September 1866; the artist was born in Camberwell with the birth registered in September 1867. It seems that they were both also... 9/11
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Can’t remember why I stopped subscribing actually, you could have ignited a spark here 😎