THE ITEM

ILLUSTRATED PICTURE-POST-CARD 

BAMFORTH POSTCARD

Bamforth and Company was founded by James Bamforth in the late 19th century and by the end of World War I more than 20 million postcards were being produced each year, selling all over the world.

Established in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, Bamforth quickly became the world's largest publisher of saucy, comic Postcards, depicting among others, hen pecked husbands, large ladies, with lots of cheeky captions. With over 70,000 images produced in over 90 years by such illustrators as Douglas Tempest, Arnold Taylor & Phillip Taylor, Ben Fitzpatrick and the famous Donald McGill, Bamforth was the iconic seaside postcard.

The phenomenal success of these cheeky Postcards quickly became world famous, and to this day they remain much sought after collector's items.

(www.mercury-print.co.uk)

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"A LA BONNE SANTÉ DE CEUX QUI SONT RESTÉS CHEZ EUX !"

TO THE GOOD HEALTH OF THOSE WHO REMAINED AT HOME

THE ONLY WORK I'M DOING THIS WEEK IS WORKING UP AN APPETITE

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COLOURS / TEXT / ILLUSTRATION

front-side:

illustration of a lady enjoying a seaside holiday, holding a pint of beer and saying cheers to the folks home, part of the signature "TAYLOR" is still visible

divided backside:

the necessary text/lines are printed in brown

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THE PUBLISHER:

BAMFORTH POSTCARD

NR.: 927

IMPRIMÉ EN ANGLETERRE

PRINTED IN ENGLAND

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SIZED:

8,9 X 13,7 CENTIMETERS

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CONDITION:

 reasonable to good, postally used with a 20 c. BELGIQUE-STAMP stamped with a special postal mark "KOSTELOZE BADEN / BAINS GRATUITS" (FREE BATHING) 1957, bit rubbed, dirty and discoloured, some light bumps and bends

KEYWORDS:

 POSTCARDS / ANSICHTSKARTEN / CARTES POSTALES / TARJETA POSTAL / ILLUSTRATIONS / SEASIDE / HOLIDAYS / PINTS / BEERS / CHEERS / SWIMMING

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