Arms and Flags (Honig)

From Heraldry of the World
Revision as of 06:24, 22 August 2010 by Knorrepoes (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Logo1.gif
Heraldry of the World
Heraldic collector's items catalogue > Heraldic postcards
Logo1.gif


Arms and Flags series (Honig)


Beieren.honig.jpg

Series information :

  • Date of issue : 1910s ? (approx.)
  • Number of cards : around 75
  • Image variants : ?

Company

This is a large series of trade cards, showing the arms and flags of countries. The series is not dated, but based on the images on the cards, as well as the names of countries, can be dated as <1918. The series was printed in Holland, but the printer, nor the designer is known.

As trade cards the series was issued by a number of Dutch companies :

Honig
Kraepelien & Holm
Neelmeijer
Smith
Van Dijk
Paul Kaiser

As tobacco cards the series was issued by James in the UK.

As postcards the series was issued by EFA (the Excelsior Fine Art Company) for the UK market and by the Dutch firm Spit & De Vletter as appointment cards.

Achterkant.honig.jpg

Series

For all known cards see here.

Some examples:

Beieren.honig.jpg

Bavaria
Rusland.honig.jpg

Russian Empire