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 | Item 203273 New
China Old Tuck's Oile Postcard Shanghai Soochow Creek River Bridge Sailing Boats
Vintage Colour Artist Drawn Art Old Picture Post card. Tuck's Oilette. China. Chinese Junks, Boats, BRIDGE. Shanghai, The Soochow Creek.
The site of the British Settlement at Shanghai, is bounded on the north by the Soochow Creek, on the other side of which is the American Settlement. The Creek is spanned by 7 bridges and is crowded by craft of every size and kind. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Scenes in Shanghai Series II |  | Item 203272 New
China Old Tuck's Postcard Shanghai The Bund Bridge Street Scene Rickshaw Coolies
Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Old Tuck's Oilette Post card. China, Chinese Street Scene. Bridge, Rickshaw & Coolie. The Bund. Blooming Trees. Panorama. / The handsome thorough-fare which faces the river in this, the principal port of Central China. The public buildings, especially in the British section are noteworthy, Banks, Hotels and private mansions standing in large shady gardens, as well as the British Consular Buildings with their wide sweep of lawns. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Scenes in Shanghai Series II |  | Item 203271 New
China Old Tuck's Oilet Postcard Shanghai Loong Wah Pagoda Lung Wha Temple Bridge
Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Old Picture Post card. TUCK's OILETTE Chinese Street Scene. Bridge. The Loong Wah Lungwha Pagoda Temple. Rickshaw. Coolie. / Shanghai has been called the Model Settlement and the Charing Cross of the EAst. Its volume of trade, its advantageous position, its fine equipment of spacious and even noble buildings do not exhaust its attractions. There are also the native towers and temples and pagodas each with a meaning and a history full of interest to the myriad travellers who hear the East a-calling. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Wide Wide World Scenes in Shanghai Series II |  | Item 203181 New
WW1 The Iron Walls of England King's Highway Warship EA 1916 Old Tuck's Postcard
Vintage Old Art Drawn Postcard. 1916. Tuck's Oilette, The Iron Walls of England. Artist Signed by E.A. 1916. First World War WW1. Shipping. Military Vessel Warship Battleship. Flag Flags. Globe Globes. England! What thou wert, thou art! Henry Newbolt.
The King's Highway. So long as the sea-wind blows unbound, And the sea-wave breaks in spray, For the Island's sons, the word still runs. The King, and the King's Highways. Henry Newbolt. By permission of the Author and "The Times". Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette The Iron Walls of England |  | Item 203164 New
H.M.S Victory SHIP Portsmouth Harbour Lord Nelson's Flagship Old Tuck's Postcard
Vintage Old Colour Art Artist Drawn Postcard, Tuck's Oilette Nelson Centenary, Shipping, Military Vessel, Battleship, Warship, H.M.S. Victory in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire. Lord Nelson's Old Flagship "The Victory" in Portsmouth Harbour. Rowing Boat. Sailing Boats. Steamer Steam Ship. Portrait of Lord Nelson. Sent to Selby Yorkshire. KE7 1/2d
HMS VICTORY is the oldest commissioned warship in the world, and is still manned by officers and ratings of the Royal Navy. She is now the flagship of the Second Sea Lord and Commander in Chief Naval Home Command and lies in No 2 Dry Dock at Portsmouth Naval Base, Portsmouth, England.
H.M.S. Victory was designed by Thomas Slade, the Senior Surveyor of the Navy. Her keel was laid down in Chatham on 23 July 1759 and she was launched on 7 May 1765 but was not commissioned until 1778. Once commissioned she became the most successful first rate ship ever built.
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Nelson Centenary |  | Item 202906
The Vickers Pusher FB 12, Fighting Biplane Warplane, Tuck's Oilette Old Postcard
Vintage Art Drawn Colour Old Postcard. Tuck's Oilette, In The Air. Aviation Aeroplane Airplane Warplane Aircraft. The Vickers Pusher F B 12. This is a single-seater pusher designed for fighting, and is one of the most successful of the long series of Vickers fighting biplanes. It has a Gnome rotary engine and a fixed machine-gun in the front of the body. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette In The Air Series III| Price: | £9.99 | €12.99 | US$13.49 |
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Louis Wain Artist Signed Cat Kitten Diabolo Stick Trick 1908 Old Tuck's Postcard
Vintage Colour Art Drawn Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard. Artist Signed by Louis Wain Cat Kitten Playing Diabolo. Diabolo - The Stick Trick. Postally Used in 1908 with King Edward 7th 1/2d stamp, tied Wellington, addressed to Drewsteignton with postmark FE 27 08, redirected to Newton Abbot. Greenham Postmark. Louis Wain (1860–1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens. In his later years he suffered from schizophrenia, which, according to some psychologists, can be seen in his works.
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Diabolo| Price: | £22.99 | €29.89 | US$31.04 |
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LOUIS WAIN Artist Signed Cat At Last Shell Mascot O.A.S. B.E.F 1915 Old Postcard
Vintage Art Drawn Colour Old Postcard. Tuck's Oilette, The Shell Mascot No. 8819. Cat Kitten. Louis Wain Artist Signed. Comic Humour. At Last, We Shell, A Mascot, Cannon. Military. Postally Used with in 1915 with Red Meter Mark Southampton Paid Oct 1 15. WW1 First World War On Active Service B.E.F. ( British Expeditionary Force O.A.S.)
"We Shell!" says the Shell Mascot and crossing his fingers for luck, settles down to it and shells. Respectfully dedicated to the right Hon David Lloyd George MP Minister of Munitions. Louis Wain (1860–1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens. In his later years he suffered from schizophrenia, which, according to some psychologists, can be seen in his works.
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette The Shell Mascot| Price: | £44.99 | €58.49 | US$60.74 |
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Louis Wain Artist Signed Cat Prize Pussie I'm Tired of Waiting 1918 Old Postcard
Vintage Art Drawn Tuck's Oilette Prize Pussies Old Postcard. Artist Signed by Louis Wain. Cat Cats Kitten Kittens. I'm Tired of Waiting! 1918. Louis Wain (1860–1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens. In his later years he suffered from schizophrenia, which, according to some psychologists, can be seen in his works.
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Prize Pussies| Price: | £44.99 | €58.49 | US$60.74 |
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LOUIS WAIN Artist Signed Cats as Geisha, Japan Jappy Happy Tea 1904 Old Postcard
Vintage Art Drawn Colour Tuck's Oilette Louis Wain's Cats Old Postcard. Louis Wain Artist Signed. Comic Humour. Cat Cats Kitten Kitten dressed as Geisha Girls Women ladies. Kimono Japan Japanese Traditional Costumes. Jappy and Happy. Tea Time, Teapot, Cup and Saucer. Gate. 1904. Postally Used with King Edward 7th 1/2d stamp, tied Shepherds bush, addressed to Forest Gate with arrival postmark. Circular 29. Sent from Shepherds Bush to Forest Gate. KE7 1/2d
Louis Wain (1860–1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens. In his later years he suffered from schizophrenia, which, according to some psychologists, can be seen in his works.
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Louis Wain's Cats| Price: | £25.99 | €33.79 | US$35.09 |
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Louis Wain Artist Signed, Cat Kitten, Love Sick 1904 Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard
Vintage Colour Art Drawn Old Postcard. Tuck's Oilette, Louis Wain's Cats. Artist Signed by Louis Wain. Cat Kitten, Pet Animal. Love Sick. 1904. Louis Wain (1860–1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens. In his later years he suffered from schizophrenia, which, according to some psychologists, can be seen in his works.
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Louis Wain Cats| Price: | £25.99 | €33.79 | US$35.09 |
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FISH 1909 Old Postcard Just a Line from Ramsey, Isle of Man, Tuck's Oilette 9373
Vintage Colour Tuck's Oilette Old Postcard. Isle of Man, I.O.M., Just a Line from Ramsey. A Line of Fish hanging on a pole. 1909. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette
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J. Parlett 1917 Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard All For Her. I'll Give him What For!
Vintage Comic Humour Old Picture Postcard, Tuck's All For Her series. J. Parlett Artist Signed. Children. Little Boy doing Exercise, Pulling Strings, Rubber Rope. I'll Give him What For!. 1917. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette All For Her
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China Old Tuck's Postcard Marauding Chunchuses Chinese Banditti Horse Rider Snow
Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Old Post card. Ethnic Life. Qing Dynasty. Life in China. Horses. Chinese Horse Riders. Winter, Snow Snowy Ground. Marauding Chunchuses.
These people are a race of banditti and like their brethren the pirates of the sea, are a constant terror to the country they infest. They make their living by robbery and are here depicted after looting a solitary hamlet. Their recklessness and daring in destroying bridges, roads and railways made them useful auxiliaries during the Russo-Japanese War although this was somewhat discounted by their unpleasant custom of robbing the dead. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Life in China| Price: | £12.99 | €16.89 | US$17.54 |
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China Old Tuck's Postcard A Chinese Pirate Junk Native Sailing Boat Ship Pirates
Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Old Post card. Ethnic Life. Qing Dynasty. Life in China. Native Sailing Boat. Transport. A Chinese Pirate Junk. Pirates. Qing Dynasty. Costumes. Fan.
The coast of China and especially the southern part is infested with a race of sea-robbers or pirates. In their swift and capacious junks with all signs of their dangerous character hidden, they hug the shore, making signs of amity to passing vessels, and woe betide the unwary captain who accepts their friendly overtures and permits their near approach. Certain destruction is the penalty for such carelessness. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Life in China
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China Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard A Foreign Devil Chinese Street Scene Black Dog
Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Old Post card. 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!. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Life in China| Price: | £9.99 | €12.99 | US$13.49 |
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China Old Tuck's Postcard Chinese Junk Crossing Yellow River Sailing Boat Winter
Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Old Post card. Ethnic Life. Qing Dynasty. Life in China. Native Sailing Boat. Transport. Temple Pagoda. River Scene. Winter Snow Ice. Chinese Junk Crossing The Yellow River.
China, as evidenced during the Russo-Japanese War, is subject to rigorous winters. The rivers are frozen over and until the frost is sufficiently severe to make the ice safe, the crossing of the rivers is only possible by means of the ferry, a flat-bottomed punt-like craft from which the natives break their passage through the ice by means of poles. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Life in China
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China Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Chinese Express, Horse Pony Mail Wagon, Street
Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Old Post card. 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. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Life in China| Price: | £16.99 | €22.09 | US$22.94 |
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China Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard A Chinese Pirate Junk Pirates Sailing Boat ART
Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Old Post card. Ethnic Life. Qing Dynasty. Life in China. Native Sailing Boat. Transport. A Chinese Pirate Junk. Pirates. Qing Dynasty. Costumes. Fan. / The coast of China and especially the southern part is infested with a race of sea-robbers or pirates. In their swift and capacious junks with all signs of their dangerous character hidden, they hug the shore, making signs of amity to passing vessels, and woe betide the unwary captain who accepts their friendly overtures and permits their near approach. Certain destruction is the penalty for such carelessness. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Life in China| Price: | £12.99 | €16.89 | US$17.54 |
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China Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Chinese Pirates with Gun & Dagger Rocks Cliffs
Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Old Post card. 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. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Life in China| Price: | £16.99 | €22.09 | US$22.94 |
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China Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Chinese Junk Crossing Snowy Yellow River, Boat
Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Old Post card. Ethnic Life. Qing Dynasty. Life in China. Native Sailing Boat. Transport. Temple Pagoda. Snowy Yellow River Scene. Winter Snow Ice. Chinese Junk Crossing The Yellow River. / China, as evidenced during the Russo-Japanese War, is subject to rigorous winters. The rivers are frozen over and until the frost is sufficiently severe to make the ice safe, the crossing of the rivers is only possible by means of the ferry, a flat-bottomed punt-like craft from which the natives break their passage through the ice by means of poles. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Life in China| Price: | £14.99 | €19.49 | US$20.24 |
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China Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard A Foreign Devil, Qing Chinese Street Scene Dog
Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Old Post card. 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!. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Life in China| Price: | £14.99 | €19.49 | US$20.24 |
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China Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Marauding Chunchuses Chinese Banditti & Horses
Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Tuck's Oilette Old Post card. Ethnic Life. Qing Dynasty. Life in China. Horses. Chinese Horse Riders. Winter, Snow. Marauding Chunchuses. / These people are a race of banditti and like their brethren the pirates of the sea, are a constant terror to the country they infest. They make their living by robbery and are here depicted after looting a solitary hamlet. Their recklessness and daring in destroying bridges, roads and railways made them useful auxiliaries during the Russo-Japanese War although this was somewhat discounted by their unpleasant custom of robbing the dead. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Life in China
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Perch A. Roland Knight Artist Signed 1907 Old Postcard Tuck Oilette British Fish
Vintage Old Art Drawn Colour Postcard. Tuck's Oilette, British Fish. Artist Signed by A. Roland Knight. Perch Fish. 1907. Perch is a common name for fish of the genus Perca, freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae.
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette British Fish Series II| Price: | £9.99 | €12.99 | US$13.49 |
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Trout Hooked but Not Landed British Fish A. Roland Knight 1907 Old Tuck Postcard
Vintage Old Art Drawn Colour Postcard. Tuck's Oilette, British Fish. Artist Signed by A. Roland Knight. Embossed : Christmas Greetings. Xmas. Trout - Hooked but Not Landed. 1907. Sent from Bangor to Bangor. KE7 1/2d
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette British Fish| Price: | £9.99 | €12.99 | US$13.49 |
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Louis Wain Artist Signed Cat, Wounded After a Famous Victory Old Tuck's Postcard
Vintage Art Drawn Colour Postcard. Tuck's Oilette. Never More No. 8839. Louis Wain Artist Signed. Cats Kittens. Wounded Cat Kitten. But Things Like This You Know Must Be, After a Famous Victory. Louis Wain (1860–1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens. In his later years he suffered from schizophrenia, which, according to some psychologists, can be seen in his works.
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Never More| Price: | £29.99 | €38.99 | US$40.49 |
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Singapore 1932 Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard General Post Office Street Scene Cart
Vintage Old Tuck's Oilette Colour Art Artist Drawn Postcard. Malay Malaya Straits Settlements Singapore - GPO G.P.O. The General Post Office. Rickshaw and Coolie, Horse Cart, Carriage. Street scene. 1932. Typed message on back.
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. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Singapore| Price: | £14.99 | €19.49 | US$20.24 |
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TIBET China India Old Tuck's Postcard Tibetan Yellow Lama Lamas & Prayer Wheels
Vintage Old Tuck's Oilette Art Artist Drawn Postcard. Tibet, China India. Tibetan Lama. Yellow Lamas with Prayer Wheels. Ethnic Life. Tibetan Buddhism. Costumes.
The Lamas are the Priests of Tibet, and worship Buddha. They have a novel way of worshipping. Their book of prayers is inserted in reel to which is attached leaden weights. This is revolved by repeating these words : Omni mani padme lun, referring to the reincarnation of Buddha from a lotus flower : O God, the Gem emerging from the Lotus Flower. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons OILETTE Wide Wide World Series TIBET
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AW Bridgman Old Tuck's Postcard Wool Bridge and Manor House, Woolbridge Cow 7755
Vintage Art Drawn Colour Old Postcard. Tuck's Oilette, Picturesque Counties - Dorset No. 7755. Wool Bridge and Manor House. River Scene, Cattle, Cow. Panorama. Artist Signed by A.W. Bridgman.
Woolbridge House, now a farm, was at one time the manor-house residence of the D'Urbervilles, and has been made famous by its mention in Thomas Hardy's novel, "Tess of the D'Urbervilles." Readers of this book will easily be able to identify it with the "Wellbridge" wherein Tess spent her unhappy honeymoon with Angel Clare. The bridge which spans the Frome in the immediate vicinity is an interesting and famous structure. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Picturesque Counties Dorset
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AR Quinton Old Tuck's Postcard Cottage Homes of England East Hendred Berks. 9533
Vintage ARQ A.R.Q. Art Drawn Colour Old Postcard. Tuck's Oilette, The Cottage Homes of England No. 9533. The Cottage Homes of England, East Hendred, Berks. Berkshire. Thatched Cottage Houses. Street Scene. Church. Horses, Horse Cart. Woman and Little Girl. Artist Signed. From an original water colour drawing / painting by A.R. Quinton. No. 9533.
East Hendred, a small village in north-west Berkshire, was in former days a prosperous town engaged in the manufacture of cloth. It possesses an Early England church, restored and enlarged in 1861, which, however, retains its old-world appearance and many relics of its past. The cottages and houses surrounding the church are of the delightful rural type which renders English scenery so attractive. East Hendred is a village and civil parish about 4 miles east of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse and a similar distance west of Didcot.
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette The Cottage Homes of England| Price: | £7.99 | €10.39 | US$10.79 |
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