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	Item 225318     Japan Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Winter Time Japanese Woman Mortimer Menpes ART Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Old Postcard, Tuck's Oilette, Japanese at Home. Lady Woman with Umbrella. Mountain. Winter Time. Snowy Ground. Painted by Mortimer Menpes. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Japanese at Home Price: £0.99 €1.29 US$1.36
	Item 225317     Japan Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard A GEISHA GIRL Playing SAMISEN Japanese at Home Vintage Tuck's Oilette Art Artist Drawn Colour Old Postcard, Japan, Ethnic Life. Geisha Girl, Lady Woman. Traditional Kimono costume, Playing the Samisen. Musician. Musical Instrument. Music. Japanese at Home. Teapot. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons OILETTE Wide Wide World Price: £3.99 €5.19 US$5.47
	Item 224989     China, Life in 1910 Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Chinese Pirates Rocks Cliffs Gun Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Old Post card. 1910. Ethnic Life. Qing Dynasty Costumes. Life in China. The Chinese Pirates are a treacherous and unscrupulous race infesting the southern coast of China. Living in caves near the shore they await a passing or disabled vessel, and when assured of its defenceless character by their sentinels, they advance from their hidden harbours and endeavour to overcome their prey. Their calling makes them careless of their lives and they are dangerous enemies if allowed to come to close quarters. GB KE7 1/2d Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Life in China Price: £14.99 €19.49 US$20.54
	Item 224988     China 1910 Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard A Foreign Devil, Chinese Street Scene Dog Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Old Post card. 1910. Ethnic Life. Qing Dynasty. Life in China. Native Chinese Street Scene. Houses. Lanterns. Dog Puppy. Western Man dressed in white, with an umbrella. Costumes. Foreign Devil. This cry invariably greets the daring European who attempts to explore the lower quarters of Chinese towns. The natives hate the foreigners and it is only necessary to refuse their invitation to purchase some useless article, to provoke a storm of vituperation and abuse. The epithet "Foreign Devil" is derived from the fact of wearing no pigtail, by means of which the Chinese hope to be dragged into Heaven!. GB KE7 1/2d Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Life in China Price: £11.99 €15.59 US$16.43
	Item 224987     China KE7 1910 Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Chinese Express Horse Pony Mail Wagon Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Old Post card. 1910 Ethnic Life. Qing Dynasty. Life in China. A Chinese Express. Horses Drawn Wagon. Postman, Postmen. The Chinese are of a very slow and conservative turn of mind. Mails and messages are still carried across the remote country districts in wagons drawn by ponies, and during winter when the untended roads are nearly impasable the mails are frequently considerably delayed. The ponies are small, stubborn and under-fed, and curses and the whip are the only form of encouragement the drivers ever seem to use. GB KE7 1/2d Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Life in China Price: £14.99 €19.49 US$20.54
	Item 224898     Pekinese Pekingese Dog Puppy 1931 Old Postcard Tuck's Oilette The Golden Message Vintage Old Art Artist Drawn Colour Postcard. 1931. Pet Animal. Pekinese Pekingese Dog Puppy. Tuck's Oilette The Golden Message. Many Happy Returns of the Day. With thoughts sincere and wishes true, my Birthday Greeting comes to you. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette The Golden Message Price: £9.99 €12.99 US$13.69
	Item 224766     Japan Ella du Cane 1910 Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Wistaria Blossoms, Pagoda 紫藤 Vintage Old Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Colour Postcard. Japan, Japanese. Japan-British Exhibition 1910. Blooming Trees. Flowers. Pagoda, Temple. Stone Lantern. Steps. Geisha Girls Women Ladies. Umbrella. From "Flowers and Gardens of Japan" Series I. No. 7916. by Ella du Cane. 紫藤. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Souvenir - Japan-British Exhibition 1910 Price: £9.99 €12.99 US$13.69
	Item 224641     Singapore Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard New Bridge Road Chinatown Dog Puppy Coolie Vintage Tuck's Oilette Art Artist Drawn Old Postcard, Straits Settlements Malaya Malay Singapore. Street Scene - Rickshaws & Coolies, Dog, Puppy. New Bridge Road, Chinatown, China Town. Shops, Shopfronts. New Bridge Road. When Singapore was taken over by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819 on behalf of the East India Company, it was almost uninhabited, but has now (then) a population of nearly a quarter of a million. The climate is almost humid and usually very hot. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Singapore Price: £14.99 €19.49 US$20.54
	Item 224640     Singapore Old Tuck's Postcard Victoria Theatre & Memorial Hall Vintage Motor Car Vintage Tuck's Oilette Art Artist Drawn Old Postcard, Straits Settlements, Malaya Malay. Singapore. Street Scene - Rickshaws & Coolies, Horse Carriage. Cyclist. Clock Tower. Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall. Victoria Theatre. Singapore possesses few buildings of note, but Government House, the Law Courts, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, the Theatre and St. Andrew's Cathedral are exceptions. The mosques and Chinese and Hindu temples are numerous. There are also establishments for tinning pineapples, and on the island of Pulau Brani are the largest ti-smelting works in the world. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Singapore Price: £16.99 €22.09 US$23.28
	Item 224581     Penang Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Ditch of Fort Cornwallis, Bridge, Clock Tower Vintage Old Colour Artist Art Drawn Tuck's Oilette Picture Postcard, Ditch of Fort Cornwallis, Bridge, Clock Tower, River. Malaya Straits Settlements, Malay. Penang, The official name of the island is Prince of Wales Island and the town is Georgetown, but neither of these names is in general use. Penang was founded 17th July 1786, having been ceded to the East India Company by the Sultan of Kedal, in return for an annuity in 1785. At this time the island was almost uninhabited. Penang has an excellent harbour and is the centre of considerable trade. Penang (in Malay Pulau Pinang, Jawi:بينانج) is an island on the north-west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The offical name of the Penang island is Prince of Wales Island and the town is Georgetown, but neither of these names is in general use. Penang was founded 17th July, 1786, having been ceded to the East India Company by the Sultan of Kedal, in return for an annuity in 1785. At this time the island was almost uninhabited, Penang has an excellent harbour and is the centre of considerable trade. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Wide Wide World Penang Series I. Price: £7.99 €10.39 US$10.95
	Item 224580     Penang Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Ayer Itam Temple W. Wide World Series II 8962 Vintage Tuck's Oilette Art Artist Drawn Colour Old Picture Postcard. c.1920. Malaya Malay Straits Settlements. Penang. Ayer Itam Temple. Penang, the town and island which with Singapore forms the most important portion of the Straits Settlements. The island is about 15 1/2 miles long by 10 1/2 wide at the broadest point, and has an area of over 100 square miles. The town of Penang, built on a promontory at the point nearest to the mainland, possesses a European club, a race-course, and good golf links. Penang (in Malay Pulau Pinang, Jawi:بينانج) is an island on the north-west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The offical name of the Penang island is Prince of Wales Island and the town is Georgetown, but neither of these names is in general use. Penang was founded 17th July, 1786, having been ceded to the East India Company by the Sultan of Kedal, in return for an annuity in 1785. At this time the island was almost uninhabited, Penang has an excellent harbour and is the centre of considerable trade. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Penang Series II Price: £7.99 €10.39 US$10.95
	Item 224576     TIBET China Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard A Moment of Suspense Men Pulling a Horse Vintage Tuck's OILETTE Artist Signed by Landor Art Drawn Old Postcard. Tibet China India. Ethnic Life. A Moment of Suspense. Horse Rescuers. A.H. Savage Landor. A most novel way of transporting animals from one trail to another is accomplished by suspending two poles on ropes from parts of the rock from one side of the precipice to the other, and then by means of ropes the animal is pulled across. / From TIBET, by A. Henry Savage Landor (A. & C. Black). With printed Artist's Signature at bottom left. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons OILETTE Wide Wide World Series TIBET Price: £7.99 €10.39 US$10.95
	Item 224430     Burma Building Charles E Flower British Empire Exhibition 1924 Old Tuck Postcard Vintage Art Drawn Tuck's Oilette Colour Old Postcard. Burma. Burmese Pagoda Temple. Garden. Statues. River. Bridge. British Empire Exhibition 1924. The Burma Building is designed on the lines of the old royal and sacred buildings of Mandalay. The general design, both of the main building and of the various features in the grounds, are entirely Burmese and the decorative work on all the buildings etc., was specially made in Mandalay and Rangoon. The exhibits represent every branch of commerce and art in Burma. After the Original Painting by Charles E. Flower. Artist Signed. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. Oilette The British Empire Exhibition Series II Price: £11.99 €15.59 US$16.43
	Item 224429     Burma Pagoda Charles E Flower British Empire Exhibition 1924 Old Tuck's Postcard Vintage Art Drawn Tuck's Oilette Colour Old Postcard. Burma. Burmese Pagoda Temple. Steps. Gate. British Empire Exhibition 1924. Burma, The Bridge House. Copy of the Western Gate of the Arakan Pagoda at Mandalay. After the Original Painting by Charles E. Flower. Artist Signed. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. Oilette The British Empire Exhibition Price: £12.99 €16.89 US$17.8
	Item 224062     Gold Coast E. Cheesman Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard A Manganese Mine Steel Mining Vintage Tuck's OILETTE Art Artist Drawn Old Postcard. Artist Signed by E. Cheesman. c.1920. Gold Coast Ghana, Africa, Cote D'or. West Central Africa. A Manganese Mine. Mining. This mine was discovered by the Government Geologist in 1915 at the time when the allies were in great need of Manganese. Five million steel helmets were made from Manganese steel during the war WW1. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Gold Coast Government Series I Price: £14.99 €19.49 US$20.54
	Item 224042     Singapore Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard General Post Office Street Hong Kong to UK Vintage Old Tuck's Oilette Colour Art Artist Drawn Postcard. c.1930. Malay Malaya Straits Settlements Singapore - GPO G.P.O. The General Post Office. Rickshaw and Coolie, Horse Cart, Carriage. Street scene. Postally Used with stamp removed, Postmark Hong Kong to London England. The General Post Office. As Singapore is the administrative centre of the colony, the Governor, who is also High Commissioner of the Federated Malay States, has his residence in the town. Here also are the offices of the various heads of the Government Departments, and here the Legislative Council holds its session. Sent from Hong Kong to London England. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Singapore Price: £16.99 €22.09 US$23.28
	Item 224038     Tibet China India Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Tibetan Dandy & Bearers Darjeeling Vintage Tuck's Oilette Colour Old Postcard. Tibetan India China. Darjeeling - Dandy and Bearers & Chair. Ethnic Life. / The means of locomotion in the East are many. From the rapid and easy-going railway train to the disagreeable mount on the camel, there are a number of varieties. One of the most pleasant forms fo travelling is in the dandy. The bearers are strong and active men, and the distance they can cover at a rapid pace is always a matter of surprise to the European. Darjeeling is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal and centre of the region of the same name, situated in the foothills of the Himalaya at elevations of between 2,000 and 3,000 metres above sea level. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Native Life - India Series II Price: £7.99 €10.39 US$10.95
	Item 223932     The Wren Bird Birds and Flowers Tuck's Oilette Sweet Songsters 1919 Old Postcard Vintage Old Artist Drawn Colour Postcard. Tuck's Oilette Sweet Songsters No. 9487. The Wren Bird Birds. Flowers. The Wren (Troglodytes parvulus) is a very common variety in Great Britain. The birds measure about 3 3/4 inches in length, and constructed a fair-sized nest of moss, hair, grass and feathers with a dome roof and entrance at the side. The eggs are white in colour with light brown spots and number from 4 to 9 in a nest. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Sweet Songsters Price: £4.99 €6.49 US$6.84
	Item 223876     Gibraltar Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Entrance to Harbour, Dry Docks Piers Ships Vintage Colour Tuck's Oilette Old Postcard, Gibraltar. Entrance to The Harbour. The new harbour, of which the entrances figure in this picture, is only now nearing completion, and forms with the new dry docks a splendid base for our battleships and mercantile marine. The cost of these works are over £4,000,000. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Gibraltar Price: £2.99 €3.89 US$4.1
	Item 223869     Penang Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Victoria Pier Clock Tower Native Boats Harbor Vintage Tuck's Oilette Art Artist Drawn Colour Old Picture Postcard. c.1920. Malaya Malay Straits Settlements. Penang. Victoria Pier. Native Boats, Harbour, Quay. Clock Tower. / Penang. The official name of the island is Prince of Wales Island and the town is Georgetown, but neither of these names is in general use. Penang was founded 17th July 1786, having been ceded to the East India Company by the Sultan of Keda, in return for an annuity in 1785. At this time the island was almost uninhabited. Penang has an excellent harbour and is the centre of considerable trade. Penang (in Malay Pulau Pinang, Jawi:بينانج) is an island on the north-west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The offical name of the Penang island is Prince of Wales Island and the town is Georgetown, but neither of these names is in general use. Penang was founded 17th July, 1786, having been ceded to the East India Company by the Sultan of Kedal, in return for an annuity in 1785. At this time the island was almost uninhabited, Penang has an excellent harbour and is the centre of considerable trade. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Penang Series II Price: £16.99 €22.09 US$23.28
	Item 223819     Penang Cricket Club Malaya Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Sport Sports Artist Drawn Vintage Old Colour Artist Art Drawn Postcard, Tuck's Oilette. The Penang Cricket Club. Sport. Sports. / Penang. The official name of the island is Prince of Wales Island and the town is Georgetown, but neither of these names is in general use. Penang was founded 17th July 1786, having been ceded to the East India Company by the Sultan of Kedal, in return for an annuity in 1785. At this time the island was almost uninhabited. Penang has an excellent harbour and is the centre of considerable trade. Penang (in Malay Pulau Pinang, Jawi:بينانج) is an island on the north-west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The offical name of the Penang island is Prince of Wales Island and the town is Georgetown, but neither of these names is in general use. Penang was founded 17th July, 1786, having been ceded to the East India Company by the Sultan of Kedal, in return for an annuity in 1785. At this time the island was almost uninhabited, Penang has an excellent harbour and is the centre of considerable trade. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Wid Wide World Penang Series I. Price: £22.99 €29.89 US$31.5
	Item 223680     India KGV1a 1919 Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Hooseinabad Bird's Eye View Lucknow Vintage British Indian Colour Tuck's Oilette Art Artist Drawn Picture Postcard. Lucknow - Hooseinabad Bird's Eye View Husainabad. Panorama, General View. / 1,000 yards beyond the Turkish Gate is the Hooseinabad Imambara, and opposite, a beautiful garden, with Clock Tower 220 feet high. The Imambara Hall is filled with mirrors and candlesticks, and contains the King's throne, covered with beaten silver. The Jami Masjid, with three domes and two minarets, is perhaps the most satisfactory specimen or Oriental architecture in Lucknow. Postally Used in 1919 with King George 5th 1a stamp, tied Poona, addressed to London. KG5 1a Lucknow is the capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Lucknow Price: £5.99 €7.79 US$8.21
	Item 223678     India 1919 Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Calcutta High Court West Government House Vintage British Indian Tuck's Oilette Art Artist Drawn Old Postcard. India, Law Courts. The High Court of Justice, Calcutta. Lake. Street Scene. / High Court. West of Government House, Calcutta, and nearer the river stand the Law Courts, built in 1872, and said to be modelled on the beautiful Town Hall of Ypres in Belgium. Postally Used in 1919 with King George 5th 1a bottom marginal stamp, tied Poona, addressed to London. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Calcutta Price: £4.99 €6.49 US$6.84
	Item 223676     India 1919 Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Native Quarter Null Bazaar Street, BOMBAY Vintage Colour Tuck's Oilette Art Artist Drawn Old British Indian Picture Post card. India. Native Quarter Null Bazaar Street Scene. Bazar. Market. Ethnic Life. One of the principal highways, is typical of the many animated thoroughfares of this busy city. Perhaps 40 per cent. of the trade of India is now (then) done through Bombay, whilst the chief industries are dyeing, canning, and working in metal. / Written on back : Early 1900's. Bombay Null Bazaar. Postally Used in 1919 with King George 5th 1a stamp, tied Poona, addressed to London, Redirected to Sevenoaks. Published by Raphael Tuck & Oilette Wide Wide World Bombay Series I Price: £3.99 €5.19 US$5.47
	Item 223605     Ireland Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Black Valley, Killarney Kerry, Gap of Dunloe Vintage Artist Art Drawn Colour Tuck's Oilette Postcard. Ireland, Black Valley, Killarney, County Co. Kerry. Hills Mountains, Horse Rider. Rocks. Irish Panorama. Black Valley. The traveller who emerges from the upper end of the Gap of Dunloe (a rugged gorge which separates the Tomies Mountains from Macgillycuddy's Reeks) faces the Black Valley, which is really the beginning of an extensive valley stretching from Carntual 3414 feet) to Mangerton (2756 feet), Cromagian (1226 feet) and the Upper Lake of Killarney. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Killarney Series IV Price: £3.99 €5.19 US$5.47
	Item 223598     London Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard King William Street Scene Statue Monument ART Vintage Colour Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Old Postcard. London. King William Street Scene, King William IV Statue Monument Memorial. Horse Coaches Carts. Advertising Advertisement on Buildings : Tuck's Postcards (top left), Jones' Sewing Machines, Aerated Bread Company, etc. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons OILETTE London Price: £7.99 €10.39 US$10.95
	Item 223595     London Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Waterloo Place, Crimean Memorial Street Scene Vintage Old Tuck's Oilette Art Artist Drawn Colour Postcard. London, Waterloo Place - Crimean War Memorial Statue Monument, Street Scene, Horse Carts. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons OILETTE London Price: £4.99 €6.49 US$6.84
	Item 223421     Singapore Club Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Rickshaw Coolie Street Scene Cart Dog Vintage Tuck's Oilette Art Artist Drawn Old Postcard, Straits Settlements Malaya Malay. Street Scene - The Singapore Club, Horse Drawn Carriages, Carts. Rickshaw & Coolie, Ethnic Life. Man & dog. / Singapore has good harbour, docks and extensive coaling wharves, an Admiralty dockyard and many facilities for shipping. It is also resorted to by native sailing craft from all parts of the Malay Archipelago. There are extensive barracks at Tanglin. There is a good race course and polo ground, a fine cricket club, three golf courses and several clubs. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Wide Wide World Singapore Oilette Price: £19.99 €25.99 US$27.39
	Item 222072     Ceylon 1919 Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard River Scene & Padda Boat Mahavilla Ganga Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Old Picture Postcard. Ceylan Sri Lanka Ceylon. River Scene and Padda Boat. The most important river of Ceylon is the Mahavilla Ganga which has its source in the vicinity of Adam's Peak, and with its tributaries and connections drains an area of over 4,000 square miles. There are, of course, many others in the island, the majority of which are navigable. A padda boat is a craft of rough but clever construction by which much of the native river traffic is conducted. Postally Used in 1919 with British Indian King George 5th 1a stamp, addressed to Sevenoaks with arrival, redirected. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Wide Wide World Ceylon Price: £5.99 €7.79 US$8.21
	Item 222071     Ceylon Old Tuck's Picture Puzzle Postcard Road nr. Colombo Pettah Native Quarter Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Old Picture Postcard. Ceylan Sri Lanka Ceylon. Ethnic Life. Road near Colombo Native Street Scene Palm Trees. This is the very fringe of the Pettah or Native Quarter of Colombo. Cocoanut-Palms shade it from the hard blue sky and "the stare o' the sun", the noise of brass-workers goes on incessantly under the bright red roofs. Tuck's Picture Puzzle Postcards. Society's Latest Picture. Puzzling Half the Wits in England. For Progressive Puzzle Parties etc. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Wide Wide World Ceylon Series I Price: £7.99 €10.39 US$10.95