Undivided-back Postcard

Official Cards

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”

The Biograph Studio, London

THE BIOGRAPH STUDIO 107 REGENT STREET W. The Biograph Studio, photographic printing studio, 107 Regent Street. London, W. The American Mutoscope Company was incorporated in New Jersey on December 30, 1895. The firm manufactured the Mutoscope and made flip-card movies for it as a rival to Edison’s Kinetoscope for individual “peep shows”, making the companyContinue reading “The Biograph Studio, London”

Peacock Brand

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”

more cards

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”

Unusual cards

Stereo Views Fabric Wolff Hagelberg of Berlin published unusual cards including a Christmas card decrorated with felt flowers. Hutson Brothers (qv). Postage Stamp Art This series of Chinese collages bear stamps that clearly date them outwith the undivided-back era. The Republic of China was a sovereign state in East Asia, established in in mainland ChinaContinue reading “Unusual cards”

Postcard from the Bund

I came across this correspondence card soon after I began to collect undivided-backs in September 2016. It has the printed wording: Imprimerie Israélite 81, Rue de Carouge, à GENÈVE It was postally used in Plainpalais Geneva on 15 March 1905 when it was sent to Herr A Katz at 15iii University Street, Zurich. Translated fromContinue reading “Postcard from the Bund”

Directory E

East Midland Baptist Association Derbyshire Baptist Lay Preachers Association was established in 1865. Although the Association did not formally close, it had effectively ceased to operate by 1918. Today the East Midland Baptist Association (EMBA) is an Association of over 155 churches based in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Peterborough with one or two inContinue reading “Directory E”

Directory C

Aurelio Caggiano, Naples, Italy Professor Aurelio Caggiano, (18 September 1869 to 1940), painter, sculptor and photographer, Naples. Son of the sculptor Emanuele, he soon left his study of humanities in favour of architecture. With the guidance of his father he devoted himself to sculpture. Adhering to the fashion for realism, he preferred to model hisContinue reading “Directory C”

Directory A

Librarie Abajoli, Izmir, Turkey [librarie = bookshop] The Abajoli family ran the biggest stationery and book store in Izmir until the 1970s. Izmir, formerly Smyrna, is the second largest port in Turkey and the third largest city of the country by the number of inhabitants. It is located on the Aegean Sea near the GulfContinue reading “Directory A”