Postcard hidden inside newspaper
Bray developed a method of obtaining foreign mail sent to him by hiding stamped, self-addressed, postcards inside newspapers which he then mailed to fictitious addresses abroad. When the newspaper was processed by the foreign Dead Letter Office the postcard would be discovered and sent back to Bray.
Bray franked this card with three Peruvian stamps and wrote a spoof message on the reverse side. G(eorge). Farqhuar was an 18th century Irish dramatist renowned for the plays The Recruiting Officer and The Beaux Stratagem.
Also shown is an extract of an article written by Bray for the 1931 edition of The Post Annual.
