postcard

Vintage two-sided picture postcard featuring a color-tinted architectural view of « St. James’s Palace, London » on the front, showing the historic brick gatehouse towers and clock face. The reverse side features a divided back with descriptive historical text printed on the left (« St. James’s Palace, London.—Begun by Henry VIII. in 1532… »), a stamp box marked « 39-2 » with « PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN » below it, and a handwritten accession/price notation (« 200 ») in the lower margin.