Back:

"Early Saxony Group"

"Early Saxony Back"

 

This Space may be used for

Communication. Inland Postage only

Printed in Saxony [Stamp Box]

Publisher (if any) on left margin

 

All cards signed "F S"

Published end 1906 - early 1907

 

Except where indicated the following series were not republished with a different back

 

 

J W A & Co ,

Blum & Degan

J Beagles

Gale & Polden

H Garner

F G Harwood & Co

London View Co Ltd

J Mandel;

Morris Singer

Regal Publishing Co

H Vertigen

This group of cards were published in sets of 6, with the same back, are all signed "F S", and in many cases had a publisher's name printed on the left margin of the back. With the exception of The Law the cards with were not republished - suggesting a different publishing arrangement to the cards with other backs from the 1906/7 period.

The earliest known postal date is June 1906 although most seem to date from November 1906 or shortly afterwards. It is likely that most of this later batch were published over a short period - as some series (especially the Pa's Holiday cards) have few dated examples.  In some sets it is possible that further publisher names are identified.

It seems clear that these cards were printed with the intention of either selling them with no publisher name, or with the "publisher" name added. My current view is that "F S" may have worked for the London View Co. Ltd, who was the UK agent for the unidentified printer in Saxony who actually printed them.

In general the sets are all named and described in PPCM (March 2009) by Ted Marks

Seaside 1906

Earliest: 13 June 1906

Signed "F S"

London View Co Ltd

[Green Printed back]

Earlier than others

The Law

Earliest: 20 July 1906

No Publisher

Gale & Polden

London View Co Ltd

J Mandel & Co

Later back with no signature. also by M Ettlinger with special back

Drink

Earliest: 22 September 1906

No Publisher

Blum & Degan

J W A & Co ,  

Jobs

Earliest: 6 October 1906

London View Co Ltd

Post

 Earliest: 2 December 1906

No Publisher

Blum & Degan

H Garner;

London View Co Ltd

J Mandel;

H Vertigen

Housemaids

Earliest: 4 December 1906

No Publisher

Gale & Polden

H Garner

London View Co Ltd

J Mandel

Xmas cards - Holly Borders

Earliest: 4 December 1906

No Publisher

London View Co Ltd

Where there is a woman

Earliest: 2 February 1907

"Where there is a woman Series"

No publisher, JWA, London View Co Ltd, R. P. Co

Some later cards redrawn

Be Good

Earliest: 3 February 1907

No Publisher

London View Co Ltd

H Vertigen & Co

Firemen

Earliest: 13 February 1907

No Publisher

Gale & Polden

London View Co Ltd

New Leaf

Earliest: 14 February 1907

No Publisher

H Garner

London View Co Ltd

J Mandel & Co,

H Vertigen & Co

 

I Don't Think

Earliest: 6 March 1907

No Publisher

Blum & Degan

J Beagles

H Garner

London View Co Ltd

Morris Singer

Puzzle!

Earliest: 18 April 1907

No Publisher

Gale & Polden

London View Co Ltd

H Vertigen & Co

 

Pa's Holiday at Brighton

[No posting info]

F G Harwood & Co

London View Co Ltd

Pa's Holiday at Southend-on-Sea

Earliest: 17 September 1907

London View Co Ltd

Pa's Holiday at Hastings

Earliest: 26 July 1909

London View Co Ltd
Unsigned sets - could be "F S"

The British Workman

Earliest: 17 June 1907

H Vertigen & Co

   
Single "F S" cards with same back - See Unnamed Sets

Do You Reverse

Signed "F S" 1 April 1907

Earliest: [2 March 1907]

No publisher  Early Saxony

Her Flowing Locks

Signed "F S"

Earliest: 4 September 1907

London View Co Ltd

Early Saxony

Republished with different text

see Down Here

 
Single unsigned cards with same back could be "F S"???

Hello! Hello! Hello! Its a different girl again!

Earliest: 4 September 1907

No publisher

Early Saxony

There is a divinity which shapes our ends (Shakespeare)

Earliest: 28 July 1907

No publisher

Early Saxony

  
Signed cards with same back - NOT "F S"

The Typist

Flirting with the Clerks

Signed F V P

Vertigen  Early Saxony