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<font size=5><center>'''Heraldic postcards from the United Kingdom'''</center></font> | <font size=5><center>'''Heraldic postcards from the United Kingdom'''</center></font> | ||
Heraldic postcards from the United Kingdom, including Ireland for pre 1918 cards. | [[Heraldic postcards]] from the United Kingdom, including Ireland for pre 1918 cards. | ||
Heraldic postcards were a popular topic at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. There have been many larger and smaller series with heraldic designs, often very similar, and also often without clear markings or series information. Below the series and cards that I know of are listed. | Heraldic postcards were a popular topic at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. There have been many larger and smaller series with heraldic designs, often very similar, and also often without clear markings or series information. Below the series and cards that I know of are listed. | ||
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==Medium series (10-50 cards)== | ==Medium series (10-50 cards)== | ||
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File:bedford.hol.jpg|[[House of Lords (Tuck)]]<br>'''Coats of arms of the members of the House of Lords'''<br>Issued by Tuck postcards, pre 1914. | File:bedford.hol.jpg|[[House of Lords (Tuck)]]<br>'''Coats of arms of the members of the House of Lords'''<br>Issued by Tuck postcards, pre 1914. | ||
File:oxford.tuck.jpg|[[UK Town arms (Tuck)]]<br>'''Coats of arms cities in the UK'''<br>Issued by Tuck, pre 1914. | File:oxford.tuck.jpg|[[UK Town arms (Tuck)]]<br>'''Coats of arms cities in the UK'''<br>Issued by Tuck, pre 1914. | ||
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File:windermere.rppc.jpg|[[UK Town arms (RPPC)]]<br>'''Coats of arms cities in the UK'''<br>Issued by RPCC postcards, pre 1914. | File:windermere.rppc.jpg|[[UK Town arms (RPPC)]]<br>'''Coats of arms cities in the UK'''<br>Issued by RPCC postcards, pre 1914. | ||
File:derby.scott.jpg|[[UK Town arms (Scott)]]<br>'''Coats of arms cities in the UK'''<br>Issued by Scott, Russell & Co, pre 1914. | File:derby.scott.jpg|[[UK Town arms (Scott)]]<br>'''Coats of arms cities in the UK'''<br>Issued by Scott, Russell & Co, pre 1914. | ||
File:aberdeen.wrs.jpg|[[ | File:aberdeen.wrs.jpg|[[UK town arms (WRS)]]<br>A series of cards with the arms of Scottish and English towns<br>Issued by WR&S around 1900. | ||
File:glasgow.ukpc.jpg|[[Caledonia Series]]<br>A series of cards with the arms of Scottish towns. | File:glasgow.ukpc.jpg|[[Caledonia Series]]<br>A series of cards with the arms of Scottish towns. | ||
File:grimsby.hs1.jpg|[[Heraldic Series (UK)]]<br>Heraldic series with UK town arms. Unknown publisher. | File:grimsby.hs1.jpg|[[Heraldic Series (UK)]]<br>Heraldic series with UK town arms. Unknown publisher. | ||
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==Small series (<10 cards)== | ==Small series (<10 cards)== | ||
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File:rppc-schools2.jpg|'''Arms of Schools'''<br>A small series of cards with the arms of schools, issued by RPCC. | File:rppc-schools2.jpg|'''Arms of Schools'''<br>A small series of cards with the arms of schools, issued by RPCC. | ||
File:cornwall.ant.jpg|'''[[Antler Series]] Heraldic Postcards'''<br>A small series of large cards with the arms of municipalities, regions or persons in English counties. | File:cornwall.ant.jpg|'''[[Antler Series]] Heraldic Postcards'''<br>A small series of large cards with the arms of municipalities, regions or persons in English counties. | ||
File:colonies1.brcol.jpg|'''[[Colonial arms (postcards)|Colonial arms]]'''<br>A series of colonial arms, issued between 1903-1910 | File:colonies1.brcol.jpg|'''[[Colonial arms (postcards)|Colonial arms]]'''<br>A series of colonial arms, issued between 1903-1910 | ||
File:1-chichester.gos.jpg|'''[[Goss postcards|Goss heraldic china]]'''<br>A series of postcards with crested china | File:1-chichester.gos.jpg|'''[[Goss postcards|Goss heraldic china]]'''<br>A series of postcards with crested china | ||
</gallery> | |||
===Railway heraldry series=== | |||
<gallery perrow=0> | |||
File:railway1.ukpc.jpg | |||
File:railway2.ukpc.jpg | |||
File:railway3.ukpc.jpg | |||
File:railway4.ukpc.jpg | |||
File:railway5.ukpc.jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Achievement Ltd. heraldry series=== | |||
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File:herald.ukpc.jpg | |||
File:shield.ukpc.jpg | |||
File:bosworth.ukpc.jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Cambridge colleges=== | |||
Issued around 1900-1905 | |||
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File:downing.camc.jpg | |||
File:stjohns.camc.jpg | |||
File:kings.camc.jpg | |||
File:ridleyhall.camc.jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Queen and People=== | |||
Issued around 1960 (?) part of a larger (largely non heraldic) series of 60 | |||
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File:Australia.qp.jpg|[[Australia]] | |||
File:Canada.qp.jpg|[[Canada]] | |||
File:Newzealand.qp.jpg|[[New Zealand]] | |||
File:Queenelizabeth.qp.jpg|Queen Elizabeth I | |||
File:Royalarms.qp.jpg|Royal arms | |||
File:Scotland.qp.jpg|Royal arms in Scotland | |||
File:reverse.qp.jpg|Reverse | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Individual cards== | ==Individual cards== | ||
===Cambridge and Oxford colleges=== | |||
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File:oxcoll11.ukpc.jpg|Oxford University and colleges <br> (Alfred Savage, 1910s ?) | |||
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File:oxcoll1.ukpc.jpg|Oxford University and colleges <br> (Valentines, 1950s ?) | File:oxcoll1.ukpc.jpg|Oxford University and colleges <br> (Valentines, 1950s ?) | ||
File:oxcoll2.ukpc.jpg|Oxford University and colleges <br> (Photo Precision Ltd, 1980s?) | File:oxcoll2.ukpc.jpg|Oxford University and colleges <br> (Photo Precision Ltd, 1980s?) | ||
File:oxcoll3.ukpc.jpg|Oxford University and colleges <br> (Thomas Photos, used 1991) | File:oxcoll3.ukpc.jpg|Oxford University and colleges <br> (Thomas Photos, used 1991) | ||
File:cambcoll1.ukpc.jpg|Cambridge University and colleges <br>(J. Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks, 1980s?) | File:oxcoll4.ukpc.jpg|Oxford University and colleges <br> | ||
File:oxcoll5.ukpc.jpg|Oxford University and colleges <br> (Unmarked) | |||
File:cambcoll1.ukpc.jpg|Cambridge University and colleges <br>(J. Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks, 1980s?, two different backs) | |||
File:cambcoll2.ukpc.jpg|Cambridge University and colleges <br> (J. Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks, 1990s?, larger design) | File:cambcoll2.ukpc.jpg|Cambridge University and colleges <br> (J. Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks, 1990s?, larger design) | ||
File:cambcoll3.ukpc.jpg|Cambridge University and colleges <br>(Valentines, pre 1920, with two different backs; with and without 'British manufacture') | File:cambcoll3.ukpc.jpg|Cambridge University and colleges <br>(Valentines, pre 1920, with two different backs; with and without 'British manufacture') | ||
File:cambcoll4.ukpc.jpg|Cambridge University and colleges <br>(Stearns Cambridge, late 1960s (?)) | |||
File:cambcoll5.ukpc.jpg|Cambridge University and colleges <br>(Photo Precision Ltd, 1980s (?)) | |||
File:cambcoll6.ukpc.jpg|Cambridge University and colleges <br>(Alfred Savage, posted 1955) | |||
File:cambcoll7.ukpc.jpg|Cambridge University and colleges <br>(Colourmaster int. posted 1981) | |||
File:cambcoll8.ukpc.jpg|Cambridge University and colleges <br>(The Cambridge Portfolio, 1990s) | |||
File:cambcoll9.ukpc.jpg|Cambridge University and colleges <br>(The Cambridge Portfolio, 2010s) | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Other individual postcards | ===Other individual postcards=== | ||
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File:barmouth.ukpc.jpg|Barmouth | File:barmouth.ukpc.jpg|Barmouth | ||
File:Banner.ukpc.jpg|Banner Talbot/Clermont | |||
File:Barnstaple.ukpc.jpg|[[Barnstaple]] | |||
File:blackprince.ukpc.jpg|Black Prince | File:blackprince.ukpc.jpg|Black Prince | ||
File:bat.ukpc.jpg|[[British Antarctic Territory]] | |||
File:bc.ukpc.jpg|[[British Columbia]] | |||
File:cardiff.ukpc.jpg|[[Cardiff]] | File:cardiff.ukpc.jpg|[[Cardiff]] | ||
File:canterburyd.ukpc.jpg|[[Archdiocese of Canterbury]] | |||
File:christmas.ukpc.jpg|Christmas | File:christmas.ukpc.jpg|Christmas | ||
File:Dartford.ukpc.jpg|[[Dartford]] | |||
File:dingwall.ukpc.jpg|[[Dingwall]] | |||
File:halifax.ukpc.jpg|[[Halifax (Yorkshire)|Halifax]] | File:halifax.ukpc.jpg|[[Halifax (Yorkshire)|Halifax]] | ||
File:hull.ukpc.jpg|[[Hull]] | |||
File:Ilfracombe.ukpc.jpg|[[Ilfracombe]] | |||
File:Ingelheim.ukpc.jpg|[[Ingelheim am Main]] and [[Stevenage]] | |||
File:inverness.ukpc.jpg|[[Inverness]] | |||
File:ionacarpets.ukpc.jpg|Heraldic carpets, Iona | |||
File:iwm.ukpc.jpg|[[Imperial War Museum]] | |||
File:leek.ukpc.jpg|Land of the Leek | |||
File:kingswood.ukpc.jpg|[[Kingswood]] | |||
File:lewisham.ukpc.jpg|[[Lewisham]] | File:lewisham.ukpc.jpg|[[Lewisham]] | ||
File:Lisburn.ukpc.jpg|[[Lisburn]] | |||
File:merthyrt.ukpc.jpg|[[Merthyr Tydfil]] | |||
File:Morecambe.ukpc.jpg|[[Morecambe and Heysham|Morecambe]] | |||
File:perth.ukpc.jpg|[[Perth]] | |||
File:Portsmouth.ukpc.jpg|[[Portsmouth]] | |||
File:ripon.ukpc.jpg|[[Ripon]] | File:ripon.ukpc.jpg|[[Ripon]] | ||
File: | File:crysj.ukpc.jpg|[[College of Ripon and York St John]] | ||
File:royal.ukpc.jpg|Royal arms in St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh | |||
File:royal1.ukpc.jpg|Royal arms of James I | |||
File:sthelens.ukpc.jpg|[[Saint Helens]] | File:sthelens.ukpc.jpg|[[Saint Helens]] | ||
File:scotland3.ukpc.jpg|[[Scotland]] | |||
File:scotland4.ukpc.jpg|[[Scotland]] | |||
File:sledmere.ukpc.jpg|[[Cardiff]]Sledmere HouseSuffolk]] | |||
File:tricollege.ukpc.jpg|Trinity College, Cambridge | |||
File:sandwich.ukpc.jpg|Cinque Ports, Sandwich | |||
File:wells.ukpc.jpg|[[Wells]] | |||
File:western.ukpc.jpg|Western Railway | |||
File:gwestern.ukpc.jpg|Western Railway | |||
File:willesden.ukpc.jpg|[[Willesden]] | |||
File:windsoreton.ukpc.jpg|[[Windsor]] and [[Eton College]] | |||
File:spinsters.ukpc.jpg|Spinsters | File:spinsters.ukpc.jpg|Spinsters | ||
File:benedicts.ukpc.jpg|Benedicts | File:benedicts.ukpc.jpg|Benedicts | ||
File:motorists.ukpc.jpg|Motorists | File:motorists.ukpc.jpg|Motorists | ||
File:downluck.ukpc.jpg|Down luck | File:downluck.ukpc.jpg|Down luck | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Postcards]] | [[Category:Postcards]] | ||
[[Category:United Kingdom]] | [[Category:United Kingdom]] | ||
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Heraldic postcards from the United Kingdom, including Ireland for pre 1918 cards.
Heraldic postcards were a popular topic at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. There have been many larger and smaller series with heraldic designs, often very similar, and also often without clear markings or series information. Below the series and cards that I know of are listed.
Large series (>50 cards)
Ja-Ja Heraldic Series
Probably the largest heraldic postcard series known, with over 650 cards. Issued by JaJa tobacco before 1914.
Coats of arms cities in the UK
A large series issued by C.W. Faulkner.
Medium series (10-50 cards)
House of Lords (Tuck)
Coats of arms of the members of the House of Lords
Issued by Tuck postcards, pre 1914.
UK Town arms (Tuck)
Coats of arms cities in the UK
Issued by Tuck, pre 1914.
UK Town arms (B&R)
Coats of arms cities in the UK
Issued by B & R, pre 1914.
UK Town arms (RPPC)
Coats of arms cities in the UK
Issued by RPCC postcards, pre 1914.
UK Town arms (Scott)
Coats of arms cities in the UK
Issued by Scott, Russell & Co, pre 1914.
UK town arms (WRS)
A series of cards with the arms of Scottish and English towns
Issued by WR&S around 1900.
Caledonia Series
A series of cards with the arms of Scottish towns.
Heraldic Series (UK)
Heraldic series with UK town arms. Unknown publisher.
Colleges (UK)
Coats of arms of Oxford University & Colleges Unknown publisher.Unknown publisher.
Westminster Abbey postcards
Postcards with coats of arms in Westminster Abbey
White Lion Society postcards
A series of modern postcards, which can still be obtained from the White Lion Society
Scottish clans and their arms (postcards)
A series of postcards issued by W & A.K. Johnston
Small series (<10 cards)
Arms of Schools
A small series of cards with the arms of schools, issued by RPCC.
Antler Series Heraldic Postcards
A small series of large cards with the arms of municipalities, regions or persons in English counties.
Colonial arms
A series of colonial arms, issued between 1903-1910
Goss heraldic china
A series of postcards with crested china
Railway heraldry series
Achievement Ltd. heraldry series
Cambridge colleges
Issued around 1900-1905
Queen and People
Issued around 1960 (?) part of a larger (largely non heraldic) series of 60
Queen Elizabeth I
Royal arms
Royal arms in Scotland
Reverse
Individual cards
Cambridge and Oxford colleges
Oxford University and colleges
(Alfred Savage, 1910s ?)
Oxford University and colleges
(Valentines, 1950s ?)
Oxford University and colleges
(Photo Precision Ltd, 1980s?)
Oxford University and colleges
(Thomas Photos, used 1991)
Oxford University and colleges
Oxford University and colleges
(Unmarked)
Cambridge University and colleges
(J. Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks, 1980s?, two different backs)
Cambridge University and colleges
(J. Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks, 1990s?, larger design)
Cambridge University and colleges
(Valentines, pre 1920, with two different backs; with and without 'British manufacture')
Cambridge University and colleges
(Stearns Cambridge, late 1960s (?))
Cambridge University and colleges
(Photo Precision Ltd, 1980s (?))
Cambridge University and colleges
(Alfred Savage, posted 1955)
Cambridge University and colleges
(Colourmaster int. posted 1981)
Cambridge University and colleges
(The Cambridge Portfolio, 1990s)
Cambridge University and colleges
(The Cambridge Portfolio, 2010s)
Other individual postcards
Barmouth
Banner Talbot/Clermont
Black Prince
Christmas
Heraldic carpets, Iona
Land of the Leek
Royal arms in St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
Royal arms of James I
CardiffSledmere HouseSuffolk]]
Trinity College, Cambridge
Cinque Ports, Sandwich
Western Railway
Western Railway
Windsor and Eton College
Spinsters
Benedicts
Motorists
Down luck
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