Abadie
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Album information :
- Issued by : Abadie, Vienna, Austria
- Date of issue : 1928-33
- Number of stamps/cards : 3877
- Image variants : around 15 changed images; several hundreds of reprints with text variations
Background
In 1928 the Abadie cigarette paper company started with issueing small 3x5 cm images of arms to their cigarette papers. The images contained arms and flags of countries, cities and regions. Initially four series were planned, of which only two were described : Series A Banners and Flags (325 images) and Series B Arms of countries and cities (400 images). Series C and D had not yet been named. The series were sub-divided in smaller groups, such as Flags of Prussian provinces, Flags of Countries etc. The author of the texts and the designer of the images are not known.
To the series an album was issued, consisting of a map of Austria. some photographs and texts of the company and about tobacco, a collector's page and empty numbered sheets for the images. The album consisted of loose sheets, that could be bound together with a ribbon. This enabled later additions (sheets) to be added to the album. As planned all series were to be issued for one year only, to make the series more collectable.
As it turned out, the albums and images were very collectable and the first album was enlarged to 1984 images in several series. The series were also reprinted as was the album. The second edition of the album was now divided into sections with a colooured index page of each section. In the first edition all images were numbered sequencially, in the second edition later additions were added to the original chapters and some series were regrouped. Some images were also changed.
On the back of the images, not visible in the album, the company first printed some short information on the country, town or arms. On the flag images generally there was no text. In the second, and sometimes third edition of the images, more texts were added. Also some texts were adapted and changed. In many albums the images are totally glued, even though there was a small strip marked 'Kleberaum' (glue-area) and the texts are no longer readable.
Content of the albums
Content by chapter
Original German title
English translation
Das Flaggenalphabet ]]
International flag alphabet
Fahnen der Europäischen Staaten
European National flags
Fahnen Österreich-Ungarns vor 1914
Austro-Hungarian flags pre 1914
Fahnen der Deutschen Staaten
Flags of German States
Preussische Provinzen
Flags of Prussian provinces
Fahnen der Schweizer Kantone
Flags of Swiss cantons
Flaggen diverse Staaten
Flags of countries
Europäische Länderwappen
Coat of arms of European countries
Englische Dominions
Coat of arms of English dominions
Österreichische Städtewappen vor 1914
Austrian city arms pre 1914
Wappen der wichtigsten Städte
Coat of arms of important cities in the world
Wappen von Wien und Wiener Bezirke
Coat of arms of Vienna and Viennese districts
Österreichische Städtewappen vor 1914 (II)
Austrian city arms pre 1914
Wappen der wichtigsten Städte (II)
Coat of arms of important cities in the world
Fahnen der Vereingte Staaten von Amerika
Flags of US States
Wappen der Zünfte und Innungen
Coat of arms of (Viennese) guilds
Historische Fahnen aus dem Jahre 1350
Historical flags from 1350
Historische Fahnen aus dem Jahre 1705
Historical flags from 1705
Wappen der Schweizer Kantone
Coat of arms of Swiss cantons
Österreich-Ungarische Städtewappen
Austro-Hungarian city arms
Flaggen und Abzeichen Englisher kolonien
Arms and badges of English colonies
Länderwappen der Österr.-Ungarn. Monarchie
Austro-Hungarian state arms
Flaggen des Deutschen Reiches
Flags of the German Empire
Italienische Städtewappen
Italian city arms
Alte Nationalfahnen
Old national flags
Historische Fahnen usw aus dem Heeresmuseum
Historical flags and militaria from the war museum in Vienna
Flaggen der Europäischen Staaten
Flags of European countries
Französische Wappen
Coat of arms of French provinces and cities
Historische Amerikanische Fahnen
American historical flags
Deutsche Städtewappen (I)
German city arms (I)
Deutsche Städtewappen (II)
German city arms (II)
Übersee flaggen
Flags of non European countries
Deutsche Städtewappen (III)
German city arms (III)
Ungarische Komitate
Hungarian provincial arms
Vereins Abzeichen
Badges of clubs
Content by number
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