RED POSTCARDS
BAD FOR SORTERS’ EYES. ( . London, November 24. The Post Office authorities refused to deliver several thousand red postcards sent from a theatre to advertise a banned play. It is officially stated that the action had nothirig to do with the ban, but that it was taken because the colour was bad for the postmen’s eyes. “Red is very, embarrassing, and the sorting of thousands of red cards might easily cause eye-strain,” it was stated.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 December 1930, Page 3
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76RED POSTCARDS Taranaki Daily News, 5 December 1930, Page 3
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