A postcard from John's Auntie Fanny hoping that he has 'a nice time this holiday'. As the card was sent on April 1st she was referring to Easter school holiday. The post mark is incomplete so the year that this card was sent is not immediately obvious.
The publishers, Pictorial Stationery Co. Ltd. of London do give a clue as they state that this is an "Autochrom" (Color Photo) postcard. The Autochrome Lumière is an early colour photography process that was patented in 1903 by the Lumière brothers in France. It was first marketed in 1907.
Easter Sunday in 1907 was March 31st and therefore could have been the year this card was sent, but John was 16 years old and was working in the family butchers shop by then. In 1904 Easter Sunday fell on April 3rd, with the wording of the message and the April 1st post mark it would seem that 1904 is a more likely year. That would suggest that the Pictorial Stationery Co. were early adopters of the Autochrome Lumière method.
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