English: It was a postcard Theodore Hook sent to himself in London as a joke.
Français : Carte postale (probablement la première au monde) que Theodore Hook a envoyée à lui-même à Londres comme plaisanterie. Les personnages repésentent des caricatures d'employés de la poste au travail devant un encrier géant.
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BRITAIN POSTCARD
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Undated photo, available Tuesday Feb. 19 2002, of what British postal historian Edward Proud claims to be the earliest ever surviving picture postcard mailed to himself by victorian eccentric Theodore Hook in 1840. Previously believed to be a German or Austrian invention, this postcard predates surviving examples by some 20 years. (AP Photo)