Postcard Index.

The dating of postcards can sometimes be assisted by knowledge of historical postage rates.

  • Up to June 1918 - Halfpenny. (Undivided back up to 1902)
  • June 1918 to June 1921 - One penny.
  • June 1921 to 1922 - One and a halfpence.
  • 1922 to 1940 - One penny.
  •  
  • 2011 - thirty-six pence (second class).
    • Rotary Photo E.C. - Foulsham & Banfield Ltd, 49 Old Bond St, London, England.
    00111594 BPostally used Sept 4th 1911
    00211426 G Postally used July 2nd 1909
    00311426 CPostally used April 30th 1909
    0042388 K Unused
    00511762 D Unused
    0101656 XPostally used July 9th 1906
    014P339 D Postally used December 8th 1907
    015P339 F Unused
    0171656 APostally used June 27th 1905
    0204825 B Postally used November ???
    021A 189-2 Postally used August 1917
    0224827 J Postally used 17th June 1908
    0244124 DUnused
    026Unused
    0274931 CUnused
    02811500 BUnused
    029530408Unused
    03011555 DBy hand, dated 1909
    032A189-3Unused
    033P339Postally used August 26th 1907
    03411427 CUnused
    0353296 AUnused
    0364827 HPostally used September 24th 1907
    0377491 AUnused
    03811556 APostally used January 24th 1910
    03911556 CPostally used May 6th 1911
    04011556 EUnused
    041D.O.63.A.Unused
    042O.3020.C.Postally used January 15th 1909
    0434828 AUnused
    0443296 DUnused
    0464827 BUnused
    0474827 CUnused
    0721996 IUnused
    07311556 DPostally used October 12th
    0747490 CUnused
    075A.1113.SPostally used September 6th 1918
    07711592 FUnused
    08111786 CUnused
    0824395 FPostally used May 9th.
    0834395 HPostally used January 5th 1912.
    08511642 GUnused.
    08611592 DUnused.
    08711762 GUnused.
    0884931 TUnused.
    0894825 CUnused.
    0904159 KUnused.
    0914827 GUnused.
    0924931 HUnused.
    095A. 572-4.Postally used June 13th 1915.
    0962827 R.Postally used December 25th 1909.
    0971656 XPostally used March 15th 1906.
    0982388 NUnused.
    10011574 BUnused.
    10111539 AUnused.
    102A.303Unused.
    10311555 APostally used March 26th 1912.
    1041656 OPostally used January 22nd 1906.
    1051996 MUnused.
    10613216 DPostally used October 6th 1905.
    10711784 DUnused.
    10811592 EPostally used February.
    10911789 AUnused.
    11011555 CUnused.
    11111594 AUnused.
    11211762 FBy hand.
    113703Postally used July 5th 1905.
    1144931 SPostally used January 26th 1909.
    11511428 APostally used December 24th 1909.
    1167490 FPostally used March 12th 1910.
    1184827 TUnused.
    11911785 BPostally used 1911.
    12011545 CUnused.
    1214124 EUnused.
    12211499 AUnused.
    12311543 AUnused.
    1241656 KUnused.
    1254228 NUnused.
    12811533 DUnused.
    1294931 EUnused.
    1303295 EUnused.
    RB0211803 C
    RB0311790 B
    RB04B32-3
    17311765 CPostally used April 27th 1911
    RB0711594 E
    RB084483 C
    1311989 APostally used April 14th 1906.
    13211788 CUnused.
    1344827 KUnused.
    135Postally used July 12th 1908.
    1364260 GUnused.
    1377490 BUnused.
    1387490 CUnused.
    1392388 FUnused.
    1407491 DUnused.
    1417491 FUnused.
    1424159 HPostally used April 22nd 1908.
    14311539 DPostally used July 26th 1910.
    1444243 FPostally used July 4th 1911.
    14511765 BPostally used April 18th 1911.
    1461658Postally used June 9th 1904.
    1487490 AUnused.
    1504931 OUnused.
    1511996 EUnused.
    0531344-5Unused.
    0681656 WUnused.
    0674827 SUnused.
    05011642 HUnused.
    06111501 BUnused.
    06511556 BPostally used 1911.
    05611426 FPostally used 1909.
    05411762 CPostally used 1911.
    0694827 EUnused.
    0574260 JUnused.
    07111642 FUnused.
    05811799 EUnused.
    05911762 BPostally used 1911.
    15411642 LBy Hand - no date.
    1553261 DPostally used - August 1908
    1562388 MUnused.
    1572388 LUnused.
    WD0022388 IUnused.
    WD0032388 JPostally used - February 26th 1911.
    WD00111592 GUnused.
    15811546 FUnused.
    15911840 EUnused.
    1604159 DPostally used - December 4th 1906.
    16111784 CUnused.
    1621996 GPostally used - August 26th 1907.
    1664159 APostally used - January 18th 1907.
    1674159 BBy hand - January 15th 1907.
    16811803 AUnused.
    169P.337Unused (Autographed).
    1714825 AUnused.
    1724483 FUnused (Autographed).
    1741996 FUnused.
    1754159 JBy hand - February 25th 1907.
    17611593 CUnused.
    17711501 DBy hand - October 4th 1909.
    17811595 CPostally used - November 4th 1911.
    1791996 HUnused.
    1803295 AUnused.
    1824828 CUnused.
    1844827 IPostally used November 28th 1907.
    18511546 DUnused.
    18711595 AUnused.
    18811533 CPostally used December 24th 1909.
    19011501 CPostaly used September 2nd.
    1931996 PPostally used July 6th 1906.
    1944159 IPostally used December 5th 1907.
    19511787 AUnused.
    196P.1836 BPostally used May 17th 1908.
    19711426 DPostally used.
    19811784 AUnused.
    19911784 BUnused. July 1911.
    20011785 FUnused.
    2013295 CUnused.
    20211426 HUnused.
    203P 339BPostally used September 21st.
    20411546 APostally used.
    2061656 IPostally used February 2nd 1906.
    20911788 APostally used September 16th 1912.
    21011502 AUnused.
    21411848 BUnused.
    21511848 GUnused.
    21711789 BUnused.
    21811765 DUnused.
    21911785 EUnused.
    22011786 AUnused.
    2214160 CPostally used 28th May 1908.
    22311799 DPostally used 21st October.
    2241656 MPostally used 17th November 1905.
    225O.6015.DUnused.
    2264837 APostally used 17th March 1908.
    2339092Unused.
    2404159 FUnused.
    DR0111555 EPostally used November 1909.
    DR0211593 APostally used August 1911.
    DR0311593 BUnused.
    DR0411594 DUnused.
    DR0511642 MPostally used February 1912.
    DR0611762 AUnused.
    DR0711762 EPostally used March 1911.
    DR0811765 AUnused.
    DR0911765 EUnused.
    DR1011785 AUnused.
    DR123262 AUnused.
    DR133262 DPostally used April 1906.
    DR144395 APostally used April 1907.
    DR154826 AUnused.
    DR164827 DUnused.
    DR174827 MUnused.
    DR184827 RPostally used July 1917.
    DR194827 WUnused.
    DR204828 BUnused.
    DR217490 DUnused.
    DR227491 CPostally used January 1910.
    2434827 PUnused.
    2443279 EUnused.
    2474837 EUnused.
    2481659 CPostally used 17th September 1904.
    2491656 NPostally used 9th August 1907.
    2534124 FUnused.
    2584159 EPostally used 18th September 1907.
    2593998 KUnused.
    2611656 QUnused.
    2634827 FPostally used 8th Jy 1909.
    264P338Postally used pre 1913.
    26511775 AUnused
    2664931 JUnused
    2681656 MPostally used 29th March 1908
    2703182aUnused and badly damaged
    27511789CPostally used May 8th
    27811799 CUnused
    27911790 DUnused
    2804837 CUnused
    28111841 AUnused
    2931656 BUnused
    29411848 EUnused
    29511426 BPostally used November 25th 1909
    2974825 DPostally used, London to Bristol
    29911788 EUnused
    Stan0311547 APostally used 1910
    3004159 G 
    30111790 AUnused
    30241348 AUnused
    3043262 CUnused
    3053262 DUnused
    3063262 AUnused
     also 3262 E & FUnused
    3071996 NPostally used
    3144484 FUnused
    FM0024827 Y 
    FM00311775 C 
    FM00411775 B 
    FM00511499 C 
    315X.S. 441Postally used 24 December 1907
    3163997 EUnused
    31711427 ?Unknown
    3197491CUnused
    32211788 BUnused
    32511499 BUnused (but with 1/2d stamp)
    328R.12.AUnused
    33211848 AUnused
    33411426 DPotally used 9th May 1910
    335A 1976Postally used Jan 10 1920
    3371656 TUnused
    34011790 CUnused
    341BW16? Illusion SeriesUnused
    3423283 FLeicester to Liverpool 7-7-1909
    344Rotary 2085 JPostally used October 15 1907, Wellington NZ
    170515Rotary 1996 C
    3461656 HPostally used March 8 1907, Cape Town
    3474931 PUnused
    3494124 APostally used ?? 1907?
    3511656 YPostally used November 20 1906
    3551996 JPostally used December 14 1906
    35611841 CPostally used May 24 1913
    36211428 GPostally used July 15 1909
    36311595 DPostally used January 16 1911
    3644931 FPostally used March 17 1908
    36511555 BPostally used Auguest 5 1910
    3664243 GPostally used February 13 1911
    36811790 EUnposted but dated 1913
    3691178APostally used West Hartlepool June 3 1905
    3713295 BUnused - Not Elsie
    3723283 DPostally used Hull Feb 16 1907
    3741576 PUnused but hand dated Sept 1911
    38211546 EUnused
    38311547 CUnused
    38411500 AUnused
    38511539 FPosted, no date
    38611595 EUnused
    389A 1976-1Postally used January 27th 1920
    390M 10 E Moirette SeriesPostally used July 1st 1910
    39111765 APostally used October 13 1911
    393P 339 B Plate DSunk Gem SeriesUnused
    394B44-2Not posted but with message
    Davidson Bros
    0061459 Unused
    0114394 Postally used January 2nd 1909
    0451490 Postally used January 18th 1908
    0515004 Postally used August 12th 1909
    0932271 Postally used August 15th 1908
    0551164 Postally used 1905
    1635001 Unused
    1706130 Unused
    1926166 Unused
    2451589 Postally used October 2nd 1908
    2541568 Unused
    2761518 Postally used May 26th 1906
    3084774 Unused
    333Series 1464Potally used 23rd August 1906
    338Series 1534Potally used 4th August 1906
    354Series 1501Potally used 30th March 1908
    3734855Potally used 2nd Oct 1909
    Ray & Co. London E.C.
    00792 Unused
    'Dainty Novels' Series
    008Unused
    'Yes or No' Series
    009Unused
    147Unused
    183Postally used August 4th 1905.
    The Philco Publishing Co., Holborn Place, London W.C.
    0123381 B Postally used October 29th 1908
    0182125 F Unused
    0192015 F Unused
    0233055 F Postally used 23rd April 1905
    0703096 C Postally used 1913
    1813381 F Unused
    2563466 F Postally used 1906?
    mle0012128 C Postally used 1911
    3795067 E Postally used date?
    3802260 B Postally used 1909
    3813096 B Postally used 1905
    'Enamelette'
    013Postally used April 4th 1905
    E S London
    016Unused
    Regent
    0251039Postally used September 17th 1906
    CW Faulkner & Co., London E.C.
    031S 44Unused
    255S 1621Unused
    277S 257Postally used 1905.
    J Beagles and Co. Ltd., London E.C.
    049139.SUnused
    076139.MUnused
    079139.TUnused
    080127.SUnused
    127179.JPostally used February 1913.
    RB06139.U
    099179.MUnused.
    186179.RPostally used August 7th 1913.
    211139.Y.Unused.
    212179.N.Unused.
    213139.L.Unused.
    222179.P.Postally used.
    237139.X.Unused.
    DR11139 VUnused.
    242127 AUnused.
    246139.W 
    251179.OUnused
    252139.JUnused
    269127.XUnused
    272140.FUnused
    273139.OUnused
    296139.RUnused
    339339.LUnused
    353140.HUnused
    357127.WPosted, no date
    377139.CUnused
    388140.G Bertram ParkUnused
    I Grollman.
    052Postally used May 28th 1909
    David Allen and Sons, Ltd.
    078Unused
    W. Straker.
    084By hand. May 8th 1930
    Bassano Ltd. London.
    094Unused.
    32610638Unused. Wrench Series
    Wrench Series postcards. at the turn of the century. Card numbers 10431, 10432, 10637 and 10638 feature Elsie.
    Ralph Dunn & Co., 63 Barbican, London E.C.
    117A.123.Postally used August 27th 1905.
    153A.51.Postally used November 10th 1905.
    191A.203.Postally used July 9th 1905.
    Picturegoer Series, 88 long Acre, London.
    126194Unused.
    164294Unused.
    The Rotophot Postcard.
    1330377Postally used September 15th 1905.
    3590379Unused.
    Raphael Tuck and Sons.
    1496558Postally used.
    2081811Unused.
    232Series 18Postally used 1904.
    311Series 18Postally used.
    Milton Glossette Series.
    06260/6558Postally used 1905.
    60A60AUnused.
    60D60DPostally used June 13th 1906.
    The Cynicus Publishing Co. Ltd., Tayport, Fife.
    165M25Postally used July 19th 1905.
    Rapid Photo Co. London EC.
    2052447Postally used November 30th 1905.
    336A 1976Postally used April 18 1908?
    Millar and Lang, Ltd., Glasgow and London.
    207Postally used July 13th 1907.
    298Postally used April 27th 1905.
    W. Hagelberg, London, New York, Berlin.
    2603478Unused. Printed in Germany
    3583478Postally used 24th Feb 1906 Goole. Printed in Germany
    Valentines
    327Unused.
    Unkown, on T.I.C. Horseshoe Paper (1920s)
    303 Unused.
    H.G.L.
    352'Statuesque Series', unused.
    360'Statuesque Series', unused.
    Aristophot Company, London
    387'AL Series, E.844', unused.
    State Publishing Company, Liverpool
    3921504Postally used March 18th 1907.
    Unknown
    0603480Postally used July 29th 1905
    1521133Unused. German - C.B.N. St. Serie 20/10 Deffins.
    066Postally used 1908
    0643480Unused.
    063Postally used 1908
    048Unused.
    238Unused. Aristophot Co., London. Printed in Saxony. AL E 852.
    239Postally used July 19th 1904
    250Postally used 6th October. Pooto, Bassano, Ltd.?
    313Postally used April 23rd 1906, Belfast
    344Rotary 2085 JPostally used October 15 1907, Wellington NZ
    345Johnston Hoffmann 18Postally used December 30th 1905, Liverpool


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