Tag: Tuck postcards

  • G. W. Bonte’s Tuck Postcards

    G. W. Bonte’s Tuck Postcards

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    Stan Davidson died at his Massachusetts home in 2012 and left his postcard friends to wonder how we would ever replace him. So far, it hasn’t happened. If you knew Stan, you were aware that Stan was the most deliberate checklist writer of anyone in our hobby. He was born in Maine, educated at the…

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  • Admire Her Beauty, for a biography is wanting

    Admire Her Beauty, for a biography is wanting

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    It appears that there is no American postcard of Miss Mabel Hirst. In the UK, yes, but no Americans. Which is a shame because, as you can see, she was a great beauty. And mysterious, because there is no biography. Which makes her all the more interesting to try to collect.

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  • A Day at the Burnham Beeches

    A Day at the Burnham Beeches

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    Collecting sets of postcards can be both a thrill and an anguish. The emotions are strongest when you find a set you knew nothing about, but the images remind you of a wonderful experience. Such was the case with the cards of Raphael Tuck & Sons set #6219.

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Past Article

Kaya B Fellcheck
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We welcome Ms. Fellcheck back to Postcard History with this article that only scratches the surface of the A. & C. Black work product. From their London headquarters in SoHo Square, the father and son founders produced postcards of quality equaled nowhere else by no other publisher.

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