Postcard: Hobart G.P.O. & Shipping. No. M12. Mercury Photo

Publisher: Ash Bester, 102 Elizabeth St, Hobart.

Postcard Designer: Unknown

Photographer: Photo by The Mercury newspaper.

Manufacture: Printed in the Ash Bester Studio, at 102 Elizabth St, Hobart. Date of manufacture unknown, but about 1950

Usage: This card is unused.

Ownership: Beechey collection.

Remarks: This is one of Ash Bester's trick photos, manipulated during printing to make the ship's funnel appear right beside the GPO. In actuality, the wharves where large ships berthed were about a kilometre away.