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1
4.
3.
2.
have
twenty
expresses
of various
cards
The
on the card of
such) -
bereaved families
stamps
slow to capitalise
printed
"Loving
purple
on
while
in
2. Condolence Cards.
6. K. Edward Covers.
4. Q. Victoria Covers.
Local stationers
issued
on
the
appropriate text or poem.
1. Announcement cards.
edgings, (not double cards).
both
"Burial
the
ANNOUNCEMENT
would
Memories"
but only one during the reign of
during
demand
black
3. Q. Victoria Mourning Covers.
heading I show cards in respect of
or
of the
CONDOLANCE CARDS.
reverse
5. K. Edward VII Mourning covers.
for
and
could notify families
CARDS.
is
The early cards on display are of
QUEEN VICTORIA COVERS.
one with a tassel, and a special "Anthem."
9.
similar
her reign,
Dead"
print black
close or to invite the addressee to the funeral.
for the sympathy shown in their bereavement.
QUEEN VICTORIA MOURNING
often
all
FRAME GUIDE
purple,
King George VI.
a
The third page gives
edges
on
the funeral location and time, while the last is blank.
and
and friends
Publishers
contains
wording
-
quote
both,
details
the
special envelopes
also
and
K. George VI
(I
in
from
and
notification, which was worded by the bereaved.
on the
have
8. K. George V Covers.
service
the
Castle, and there is also a Buckingham Palace "Sympathy" letter.
Prince Albert, also a couple of
silver
but were later produced in a joined double-sided four-page format.
COVERS/CARDS.
12. Miscellaneous items of
cards
Stationers
at
10. Miscellaneous Notables.
by
found
Bible
11. Government Depts/ OHMS
with
Being royalty, they depict the Queens' head.
envelope
of the deceased,
were
Here
interest
7. K. George V Mourning Covers.
bookmarks,
Under this
The examples shown display usage
we
black bordered envelopes,
and
The front
cards, so those shown are from King Edward VII and King George V reigns,
I have not found any Victorian
or an
and,
in producing a printed card which would convey the bereaved family ' s thanks
an intricate embossed filigree nature,
Windsor
pink
Local printers would again be involved
of the death of someone
which
not
about
8.
6.
7.
5.
.....
",
card
lilac,
shades
shown).
includes
Windsor
and
countries.
variety of
(Military),
The
cancellations
There
and 6d values.
2d blue,
Postal
KING
Castle
Lying
etc.
are
Examples
cancelled
in
and printings
In
display
Programme,
brown,
embossed "Marshall of
acknowledgement letter.
on
markings
shown
"Dowager Lady .......
State
used
EDWARD
There is a 1
Admission
Windsor
Envelopes
KING GEORGE V
Funeral
cards,
includes
28
VII
Memoriam
are
include
a
card,
and
postcard,
a
internally.
Yid
cards
Service
January
COVERS.
special
KING EDWARD VII STAMPS.
include "To Pay"
variously
various
variety
The
bantam,
1936,
overseas to Germany, Italy, Gibraltar and Aden.
MOURNING
In
Edward cards exist, (only some shown).
of
"Due"
the Diplomatic Corps", and
" or Solicitors and Vicars.
Programme,
ld on cards and
also
Examples
addressed
a
display
orange,
bearing a stamp
to
Card to View the Cortege at Paddington Station (in purple).
different
Memoriam
court
Special
Also shown are 2Yid,
Commemoration
"T", "Too
green,
Baroness, various "Opened By Censor" items, and a letter from
both the Yid and ld Downey and MacKennal stamps, as well as
envelopes.
"In
KING GEORGE V MOURNING COVERS/CARDS.
includes
1
printed request to attend a funeral with two-folds, (i.e., six pages).
1
on display
mounted
d
cards,
Late"
COVERS/CARDS.
3d, 4d,
District
Baronesses,
Service
on a
mourning
6d
October 1924 which arrived in Shanghai a month later on 21st November.
black,
include
examples
Quite
an "Undelivered/Return to Sender" item that went to New Zealand, and a pre-
Sutton on 20th
a Queen Mary sympathy
Yid embossed postal stationery item addressed to a
Yid
Yid, 2d, 2Yid
Memoriam"
letter
The display
black
Invitation
Also shown
Orders
are a letter from Schomberg House, (with crown embossed on special paper),
postcards, and a souvenir depicting various Edward stamps issued by Empire
used
"Lady
Railway
a
form,
red,
which come in various shapes and sizes; (extra large examples have not been
of