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Heraldry of the World Heraldic collector's items catalogue > Heraldic postcards |
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. |
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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. |
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UK Town arms (B&R) Coats of arms cities in the UK Issued by B & R, pre 1914. |
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UK Town arms (RPPC) Coats of arms cities in the UK Issued by RPCC postcards, pre 1914. |
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UK Town arms (Scott) Coats of arms cities in the UK Issued by Scott, Russell & Co, pre 1914. |
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Scottish arms (WRS) A series of cards with the arms of Scottish towns. |
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Heraldic Series (UK) Heraldic series with UK town arms. Unknown publisher. |
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Colleges (UK) Coats of arms of Oxford University & Colleges Unknown publisher.Unknown publisher. |
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Westminster Abbey postcards Postcards with coats of arms in Westminster Abbey| |
Small series (<10 cards)
Arms of Schools A small series of cards with the arms of schools, issued by RPCC. The company also issued another larger series (see above), and some cards with the arms of Cambridge University Colleges. The series can be seen here with filename rpcc-XXX. |
Individual cards
An overview of individual heraldic postcards can be seen Kingdom_(postcards) here.
Cambrigde and Oxford colleges:
(Valentines, 1950s ?) |
(Photo Precision Ltd, 1980s?) |
(Thomas Photos, used 1991) |
(J. Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks, 1980s?) |
(J. Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks, 1990s?, larger design) |
(Valentines, pre 1920, with two different backs; with and without 'British manufacture') |
Other individual postcards (examples)
(The Dainty series, 1920s?) |
(?, 1920s?) |
(?, 1920s?) |
(Fair city series, 1910s?) |