This cover was seen on Ebay on sale by a vendor in England, and it was described as follows: “A scarce long vertically llustrated cover from a mariner (who was also a ships artist) to his wife in Guernsey. Franked 4d (pair 1d red swan & single yellow swan stamps of Western Australia, postmarked from Port Headland(s) (sic), correct Port Hedland, OC 12 05 (Figure 1).
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Perth transit postmark (19 OC) on the reverse, as well as a Guernsey receiver postmark NO 19 05, and there was an unsigned ink drawing of a dapper man and a well dressed woman presumably walking along the beach (Figure 2).
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To date (March 2011) only one item was found mentioning an A.C.Quick at Church Square, Guernsey, Channel Isds, England. This was a Google book entitled TRANSACTIONS of the GUERNSEY SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE and LOCAL RESEARCH, VOLUME III 1895-1899. Gurnsey: Richards Printing & Publishing Company, Ltd., Bordage Street. 1900 (Figure 3).
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There was an entry in this book as follows: “Canichers. Quick, Mr. A.C., Church Square, in the list of members of the Society (Figure 4).
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I would be delighted if readers of this short paper could provide futher information on Mr. A.C. Quick and his wife, and their relationship to the cover from Port Hedland.