POSTCARD N.228 - U.S.A.

Postcard sent on the 9th May; received on the 18th May 2026

Postcard image:  1928 Model T Touring  

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"Any colour as long as it is black...".The famous quote is attributed to Henry Ford who, for production standardisation and  rationalisation reasons elected a fast drying type of paint, that was only available in black, as a way to increase production of his high demand sales champion, the Model T.

This mono colour policy became effective in 1914, and so between 1908, the year when the first model T was produced and 1914, many a Ford T left the factory works in other colours.

This might be the case with the posh 1908 Model T Touring, featured on the postcard that Ravi sent me from The United States.  Bohomȧ  sthoothi, mate.

Out of curiosity I looked up the total production number for Model Ts in all its variants and Wikipedia states a whopping  15 007 003 units, assembled between 1908 and1927...

Ravi used a "Forever Global" self-adhesive stamp issued on 24Jan2025, illustrated with a 1794 Compass Rose that was drawn in 1794 by "...Lucia Wadsworth — the aunt of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — in her school geography notebook...", according to Wikipedia.

The mechanical postmark was applied in the city of Sacramento, State of California.