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Publishers Delittle, Fenwick & Co. Ltd. The "DEFCO" Series |
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Publishers Delittle, Fenwick & Co. Ltd. The "DEFCO" Series |
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 Earliest noted 11 July 1906 |
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The Arrival - The Departure The DEFCO Series 2911B |
Sunset on the pier The DEFCO Series 2911 |
"Duck. You fools! Duck!" The DEFCO Series 2911A 20 March 1907 |
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"We can take you if you'll sleep with Johnny!" The DEFCO Series 2911D |
"Whisper and I shall hear" The DEFCO Series |
 A home from home The public sitting room The DEFCO Series 2030 11 July 1906 |
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I wouldn't leave my little wooden hut for you u u The DEFCO Series 2931 13 August 1906 |
 I wouldn't leave my little wooden hut for you u u The DEFCO Series 31 December 1907 |
 I wouldn't leave my little wooden hut for you u u The DEFCO Series 2939 12 & 13 October 1906 |
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Fun on the flying machine at Southport The Leyland Series No ?31 August 1907 [Other Leyland series linked to Southport, but not Defco] |
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VISITOR:- "What a disagreeable smell about this morning" Are the drains out of order?" LANDLADY:- "Certainly not: we 'aven't any drains: it must be their's next door." The DEFCO Series 2933 |
LANDLADY:- "Here's your bill, Sir!" VISITOR:- "What, just for a week! What do you take us for - 'The Catch of the Season'?" The DEFCO Series 2934 |
"The Landlady adjusts the gas at the meter so carefully (though she blames the 'bad pressure') that I find it well to take a candle in for reading." The DEFCO Series |
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| Early DEFCO Cards | ||||||||
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Most of their early cards, including many view cards and
the comic examples below, are in the DEFCO Series and have the same logo but
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A Frog he would a wooing go ... ... The DEFCO Series August 1904 |
I came to the sea to be quiet The DEFCO Series June 1904 |
Met a few old friends The DEFCO Series November 1904 |
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Walters Road, Swansea The DEFCO Series August 1905 |
Houses of Parliament, London The DEFCO Series September 1905 |
Buckingham Palace, London The DEFCO Series April 1906 |
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 A Happy Birthday The DEFCO Series October 1906 |
 St Bartholomew the Great The DEFCO Series
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Delittle,Fenwick & Co, Art & Colour Printers, York This space may be used for communication except when sent abroad |
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| The Shurey Fine Art Post Cards | ||||||||
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This beautiful Series of Fine Art Post Cards is supplied free exclusively by Shurey's Publications, comprising "Smart Novels," "Yes or No," and "Dainty Novels." The finest 1d Magazine is "Weekly Tale Teller." |
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Old Mill, Cassiobury Park, Watford, posted 1908 |
The Bridge, Aldenham House, Herts |
 A Scene at Ware, Herts posted 1911 |
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For INLAND Postage only this space
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