Author Archives: Undivided-back Postcard

The Religious Tract Society was a British evangelical Christian organization founded in 1799 and known for publishing a variety of popular religious and quasi-religious texts in the 19th century. The society engaged in charity as well as commercial enterprise, publishing books and periodicals for profit. The idea for the society came from the Congregationalist minister George Burder, whoContinue reading “The Religious Tract Society, London”

St Louis, Missouri, USA Samuel Cupples (13 September 1831 to 6 January 1912) was one of the 13 children of James and Elizabeth Cupples who emigrated from County Down, Ireland. His father established a school in Pittsburgh but it is said that Cupples had very little formal education. At the age of 15, Cupples leftContinue reading “Samuel Cupples Envelope Company”

Lord Methuen Field Marshal Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DL (1 September 1845 to 30 October 1932) was a British Army officer. He served in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War in 1873 and then in the expedition of Sir Charles Warren to Bechuanaland in the mid-1880s. He took a prominent role as General Officer Commanding the 1st Division in the Second Boer War and suffered both defeatsContinue reading “Military cards”

Although much more a feature of the divided-back era, many photographic studios, when printing the efforts of their customers did so on postcard blanks. The Eastman Kodak Company was founded by George Eastman (1854 to 1932) and Henry A. Strong (1838 to 1919) on 4 September 1888, and headquartered in Rochester, New York. It wasContinue reading “One-off Cards”

Here are some distinctive styles of “POST CARD”. Otherwise, try my Publishers’ Initials Logos and Series page. Carlo Bassani Blum & Degen Golike & Wilburg Knackstedt & Näther K&N produced cards for a number of Scandinavian publishers in a distinctive font and wording. Source: Famgus Vykort Langsdorf Lichtenstern & Hariri Modiano The elaborate A inContinue reading ““POST CARD” Clues”

Source: The Stamp Atlas by Stuart Rossiter & John Flower, 1986, Macdonald & Co; All About Post Cards by W.J. Scott, August 1903, Scott & Wilson, Leeds. Blue, Red, and Green At the 2nd congress of the Universal Postal Union in 1878 the member countries agreed to introduce uniform colours of the stamps of blueContinue reading “Official Cards”

Peacock Brand and bird illustration were first used in December 190020 by the Pictorial Stationery Company Limited (qv). There are three categories of card: 1 The three digit series These are tinted photographs of England and Wales. The place names are largely in red and the reverses started in brown but soon became green –Continue reading “Peacock Brand”

I have restricted each entry in the Directory to one card. Where there is another excellent card, I will put it on this page with a link to the Directory entry. Meantime, here’s a rather sweet card by an unknown publisher bringing Christmas greetings in 1902. It is one of the few undivided-backs to featureContinue reading “more cards”

Stereo Views Fabric Wolff Hagelberg of Berlin published unusual cards including a Christmas card decrorated with felt flowers. Giant Cards Before 1918 ETW Dennis of Scarborough published a series of Giant View Cards, a massive 12.4 by 9 inches. John Tilley of Ledbury printed and published a series of Giant Photo-Cards, 8 by 11 inches,Continue reading “Unusual cards”