Postcard Mania

Transport postcards

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:48:19 +0000

Wheels in Edwardian times were still mostly horse-drawn. Imagine, you hear the sound of a fire engine's bells, followed immediately by the clatter of 8, 16 who knows how many hooves. Motorised public transport wasn't commonplace until the 1914-18 period. There were some ambulances, as supplied by the Wolseley Car Company and these appeared in British cities between 1906-07. There are examples of these which do appear on postcards.

Of course there were some cars. As Prince of Wales, Edward VII received his first Daimler in 1900 and there are scarce postcards featuring him and it. Of course his cousin Kaiser Wilhelm would also have been so endowed, so there must be postcards out there featuring him and his cars.

By 1910 there were a few small motorised buses and some of these found their way onto postcards. However, Britian was just waking up to the fact of electrified trams at this time too, so there are examples of these on postcards. Of course, horse-drawn transport and almost all trams have long since disappeared, so postcards featuring them are popular ones for the modern collector.

JArthurDixon Vintage Car Pc 1906 Cadillac 9 10hp

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JArthurDixon Vintage Car Pc 1910 Albion 16hp

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Castle Museum York The Garage Pc

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Atkinson Vehicles GS Cooper Postcard 199

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Bus Postcard Keswick Whitehaven Cumbria Lake District

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Atkinson Exports by GS Cooper Postcard 209

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r p36 Horse drawn Hansom carriage c1930

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r p38 German Autobus c1910

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postcard burrell road engine steam norah gloucester big

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Postcard showing 1910 20hp Model T Ford

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Postcard showing 1911 10hp Stanley Steam Car

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Postcard showing 1925 3litre Bentley

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Theatrical postcards

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:49:45 +0000

Music Hall

As well as being the golden age of the postcard itself, the Edwardian period was also the golden age of the music hall. Although popular, more refined nights out such as the opera or ballet had nothing on this form of entertainment. Knockabout fun is perhaps the most apt description of music hall.

Actors

Stars like Gladys Cooper, Marie Studholme, Camille Clifford, Henry Irving, Henry Ainley, Albert Chevalier, Gaby Deslys, Vesta Tilley and the great Marie Lloyd played to packed houses night after night. Postcards featuring them or their antics were produced by the likes of J. Beagles & Co. or the Rotary Photo Co. - both of London. They evoke the opulence of the theatres themselves and the smell of the greasepaint.

PEnt79 Marie Studholme 1875 1930 c1910

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MARIE STUDHOLME MILTON GLOSSETTE SERIES PHOTOGRAPH 11

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MARIE STUDHOLME MILTON GLOSSETTE SERIES PHOTOGRAPH 16A

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BUL Postcard Aunt Matilda off for a Spin Dan Leno

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m9641 stage actress Gladys Cooper leans out of window

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Real photos GLADYS COOPER Actress 1920 POSTCARDS

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Marie Studholme Actress 1904 postcard

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Miss Marie Studholme Actress 1904 Tuck postcard

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Gladys Cooper Birthday Greetings Card

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GLADYS COOPER GREETINGS TENNIS DOG ETC POSTCARD

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RP POSTCARDS OF MARIE STUDHOLME

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ma1508 stage actress Camille Clifford

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Sporting postcards

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:15:01 +0000

In the Edwardian heyday of the postcard, sports such as football and the like just weren't the multi-million pound businesses that they are today. Just as now, though, they were immensely popular amongst the general population and the industry produced postcards featuring many of the teams and stars of the day. Footballers, athletes, swimmers, rowers, rugby players, golfers, cricketers, jockeys and horses - all were featured, both in close up and in action.

Sporting locations were also featured. Apart from the various stadiums, race courses were featured quite heavily - they were very popular amongst the race-going fraternity. It's interesting to note also that there wasn't the modern day squeamishness about blood sports. There are a number of examples of such postcards which feature the 'business end' of such pastimes.

SKIING POSTCARD GREAT PICTURE BY MYTHRA

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OLD POSTCARD SKIING PHOTO

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x4231 Joe Strong The coming 9 stone Champion

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x4232 Wrestler Arthur Norton

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Old postcard RONNIE ROOKE at Highbury Stadium in 1947

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Nostalgia Postcard Ladies Cricket Team 1898

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Nostalgia Postcard Derby Day at Epson 1895

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Nostalgia Postcard Polo at Ranelagh 1890s

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Nostalgia Postcard Penryn Regatta 1890

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Maracana Stadium Rio de Janeiro Colour PostcardUsed

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1 Rare RP card of W Forbes of Wolves

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Nostalgia Postcard Ladies Rowing Club 1920s

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Shipping postcards

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:54:26 +0000

Messing about in boats. What could be more pleasant? Of course these postcards will feature vessels which cannot be described as mere 'boats'. All of the ships owned by the large merchant and passenger companies appear on postcards. So, look out for the Titanic or The Queen Mary. Also, smaller craft will appear, from yachts to sailing boats through barges and paddle steamers.

An interesting extension of the postcard hobby is the matching of vessels with postmarks which may or may not have been franked upon cards or other material. All in all, building up a collection of shipping postcards is a challenging and enjoyable hobby - although one does need to have a genuine interest in the subject. If not is may be better to stick to purely land-based subjects!

HMS PHOEBE CLASSIC PRINT

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6X4 PHOTO OF SALLY STAR

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6X4 PHOTO OF HMS ARK ROYAL PIC 2

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6X4 PHOTO OF PRINCESS MARIE CHRISTINE

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6X4 PHOTO OF EXPRESS APOLLON

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PHOTO OF LORD WARDEN DOVER

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6X4 PHOTO OF ARKEDENIZ

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6X4 PHOTO OF WASA QUEEN AT HONG KONG

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6X4 PHOTO OF HMS EAGLE PIC 2 BW

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6X4 PHOTO OF NISSOS LIMNOS

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6X4 PHOTO OF EDINBURGH CASTLE

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6X4 PHOTO OF AUSTRALIS PIC 2 AT SYDNEY

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Railway postcards

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:43:02 +0000

What a great complementary hobby for steam enthusiasts! However, that's not to say that steam enthusiasts are the only people who collect railway postcards. In the days before British Rail of course there were many different railway companies in the UK, and an equal number of advertising opportunities were offered by postcards. The companies published thousands of railway cards. Perhaps the most prolific was the London and North Western Railway Company - LNWR. Publishers included McCorquodale and (of course) Raphael Tuck & Sons.

We had photos of engines and rolling stock, then series after series of views - overprinted by the companies, and of course shots of stations, both interiors and exteriors. In fact the closure of many stations in the 1950's means that the view of them on postcards are the only surviving images of their past glories. Thus these particular cards are at a premium.

RP early car road race close up view of Vintage car

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Snowdon Mountain Railway Pc Pub By Harvey Barton

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Standard 5 Class Camelot No73082

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Standard Class Four Tank 80078 Swanage Station Pc

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Ivatt LMS Class 2MT 2 6 0 NO 6441 Pc

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Great Ormes Summit Multi View Pc

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Great Western Railway 2 6 2TNO4555 Staverton Bridge Pc

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Ivatt Class 2 Loco Pc At Broomhill Strathspey Railway

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Great Little Railways Of Wales Pc

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Great Western Railway 4 4 0 NO3440 City Of Truro Pc

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George Stephensons Locomotion No1 Pc

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East Cliff Railway line Bournemouth Pc

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Royalty postcards

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:53:04 +0000

Perhaps the first postcard monarch was Edward VII. Postcards were produced to mark his coronation in 1902, his funeral in 1910 and all points in between. Postcards featuring these bookend events were produced in great numbers and are therefore quite reasonably priced. With regards to publishers, the Tuck Company published many of the most desirable sets - including coronation sets for Edward VII and George V. Their Empire series was perhaps the most delightful. Sets were produced featuring many of Europe's Royal Families, so there are sets featuring, for example, the Belgian Royal Family, German Royalty and the Russian Royal Family.

Modern Royalty postcards seem to focus extensively upon Princess Diana and the Royal Weddings of the 1980's - Charles & Diana and Andrew & Fergie. The Queen Mother is also featured on modern Royalty postcards. There are also postcards featuring Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Princess Margaret and many others.

2 THE QUEEN QEII PRINCE CHARLES DIXON POSTCARDS

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GEZIN von Vollenhoven Royal Family Netherlands Postcard

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Princess Christina Amsterdam the Netherlands Postcard

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Prince Bernardo Juliana Nicolas of Netherlands Postcard

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Prince Bernhard Prins von Netherlands Postcard ROYALTY

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Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Postcard Koningin

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Crown Prince King Carl Gustav Gustaf SWEDEN POSTCARD of

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Princess Märtha Louise of Norway Postcard Royal Family

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Crown Prince Crown Princess of NORWAY POSTCARD 60 ties

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Princess Juliana of the Netherlands Postcard Royalty

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Royal couple prince Luxemburg Luxembourg Postcard

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ABERDEEN royalty memorial Edward VII Scotland postcard

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Romantic postcards

admin — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:41:28 +0000

Apart from their saucy seaside postcards, Bamforth & Co. were an extremely prolific producer of romantic song cards. Many of the songs featured were the sickly-sweet, overly sentimental type so beloved by the Victorians. Sweet Adeline and Don't go down the Mine, Daddy were but three such examples. In fact Bamforths were so prolific that the Floridian, Major Robert W. Scherer produced a list of all the song cards that they produced.

Generally romantic postcards in the Edwardian era came in groups of six. Mostly they were photographic situations with titles such as 'Blossoming Romance' or 'Love on a Balcony'. The sets had a format which although not rigidly adhered to, was nevertheless a formula of some success. They followed a story from the first meeting through perhaps to a proposal or even a slap in the face for the unfortunate Edwardian gentleman.

Stunning RP French Romance Glamour PC Man Woman

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COMIC ROMANCE CHROMO LITHO CIRCA 1907

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GB 1909 PPC ROMANCE SAILOR MOONChester to TASMANIA

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Real photos ROMANTIC Two postcards 1911

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CHARLIE CHAPLIN TILLIES PUNCTURED ROMANCE postcard

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Spinning wheel ROMANTIC LADY art spinner love postcard

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Spinning ROMANTIC LADY pigeons art spinner postcard

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VERY OLD ROMANTIC POSTCARD 1914 No reserve

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5 VINTAGE ROMANTIC LOVE POEM CARDS

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CORBELLINI Italian Artist Postcard Romantic Girl Boy

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ROMANCE GIRL BOY Artist Postcard ARTHUR BUTCHUR

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VALENTINES SERIES IRISH COMIC JAUNTING CAR ROMANCE PIG

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Religious postcards

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:54:36 +0000

I think that it's safe to say that people living in the Edwardian era were a lot more God fearing than nowadays is the case. Back then the majority of religious postcards produced embraced Christianity, sets such as The Ten Commandments were firm favourites, but other faiths were catered for too.

Religious movements, structures and personalities were celebrated too. So organisations such as the Salvation Army were featured, as were pictures of Popes and views of Lourdes. Churches and abbeys, cathedrals and synagogues were pictured and found their way onto postcards.

Bamforth's produced a series of Hymn cards, with sentimental pictures plus the words and score of hymns. Rock of Ages, The Old Rugged Cross and Nearer my God to Thee were three very popular examples in this series. The most poignant examples featured Nearer my God... and images of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.

50s POSTCARD stfrancois sur bugeon STE ANNE CHAPELLE

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SOLITUDE CRUMMOCK WATERLAKE DISTRICT HMAYSONS

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WEST DOORWAY ELGIN CATHEDRAL SCOTLANDVALENTINES BW

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r p40 Italian procession passing Hotel Sultana

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At The Church Door by Edwin Ellis Griffin poetry pc

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TWO CARDS WHITBY ABBEY

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SIX NATURAL COLOUR SNAPS STMATHEWS CHURCH JERSEY

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Pchu04 West front of Iffley Church Oxfordshire c1910

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OLD POSTCARD ST ANTHONY CHURCH RELIGION

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OLD POSTCARD ST ANTHONYS CHURCH RELIGION BOATS

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OLD POSTCARD FRENCH CHARTRES STUNNING RELIGION

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OLD POSTCARD TISSINGTON CHURCH RELIGION

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Political postcards

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:57:23 +0000

As discussed with regard the military theme, the postcard has always been a handy propaganda tool due to its lightweight nature and potential for mass production. Of course it wasn't called satire then, but manufacturers also produced postcards poking fun at political figures of the day and making comment on political events. Joseph & Austen Chamberlain were deemed worthy of ridicule in the period prior to WWI and there were several excellent examples of cards produced which both celebrate and mock the Suffragette movement.

As the twentieth century moved on through the terror and carnage of two world wars, countless other local and not so local conflicts, and the Cold War we saw a fine selection of political postcards from now defunct entities such as the Soviet Union. Other communist states such as Cuba also produced postcards celebrating their success in defying the United States and into the 1980's, when the satire boom of the sixties was replicated, we had postcards surrounding the enigma that was Margaret Hilda Thatcher.

war70 LImperatrice Josephine a la Malmaison

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war75 Pitt Earl of Chatham 1778 by I Lovering

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war71 Cherbourg statue of Napoleon

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West Sussex political history postcard election 1906

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Kent political history postcard election Dover 1906

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Rousing The Lion Pall Mall Fiscal Series No 4

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Alfred Edward Housman BW Post card Un used mint

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WilsonHeath and ThorpeMPs Postcard1 x unused mint

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POSTCARD WINSTON CHURCHILLS GRAVE

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CCCP SOVIET RUSSIA COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA Postcard

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European Union Europe Day 2002 postcard

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UK Parliament advertising postcard

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Patriotic postcards

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:31:30 +0000

As distinct from military or political examples, patriotic postcards are very much a celebration of loyalty and devotion to 'the homeland'. Many were produced in the years following WWI, showing Allied flags, bulldogs and entente cordiale themes. Prior to the war, patriotic postcards had been produced but their distribution had been limited to the country which they celebrated. The United States has always been a country with many annual national events to celebrate and as usual, Tuck and Co. was in the vanguard with series such as Washington's Birthday, Lincoln's Birthday or Independence Day.