This old postcard is truly something special.
Stewart & Woolf of London produced spectacular silhouette postcards, with windows aglow and each building’s details outlined in at least one of the background colours, around 1904. Examples I’ve seen have used limited colour palettes—usually two colours, no more than four—to stunning effect. There’s a lot of vaguely-metallic silver and/or gold, with the overall effect being akin to staring at the location head-on during sunset or sunrise.
I don’t run into these often. In a decade of postcard-collecting I have stumbled on exactly one, and that was the Old Machar Cathedral seen above. Aberdeen, Scotland.
Their collectability goes without saying. Stewart & Woolf silhouette postcards pop up on eBay every so often and range in price from $10 CAD to $40 CAD before shipping.
The Aberdeen piece sold in October 2025 for $24.00 CAD and, after transaction fees, I walked away with $18.94 CAD. Not bad!
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