Plymouth Devon - West Hoe Beach and Smeaton\'s Tower - Vintage Postcard - 1969 For Sale

A colour postcard captioned West Hoe Beach and Smeaton\'s Tower, Plymouth, showing the rocky West Hoe foreshore crowded with summer visitors, bathers on a concrete sunbathing platform and in the water, colourful beach umbrellas in the foreground, the Hoe\'s terraces and bathing pavilions along the cliff, and the red-and-white Smeaton\'s Tower lighthouse on the green skyline.The back is a Harvey Barton Viewcard, printed in England, no. A6B, with a blue 5d Machin stamp and a Plymouth, Devon postmark of October 9, 1969, addressed to Camelsdale, Haslemere, Surrey.Period: 1969.Publisher / series: Harvey Barton & Son (Harvey Barton Viewcard), no. A6B.Postally used: Yes, Plymouth, Devon postmark of October 9, 1969, with a 5d Machin stamp.Condition: Light corner wear and minor toning; no creases or tears visible.Manuscript text (summary): A short note to Win hoping she and the children are well, saying the writer is feeling fine, the weather is still nice, and that they will be catching the 8:30 train from Plymouth on Saturday evening, signed Bert.Reference : 2026-09-24-3 - 00923