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by CollectIreland
Wed Mar 30, 2016 9:12 am
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Albums and Auctions
Replies: 5
Views: 16517

Re: Albums and Auctions

Caveat Emptor! There's real no other answer to this because if you bid online it's what you're up against. Did you leave, or threaten to leave, negative feedback? I find that even with online auctions it's fairly easy to spot dubious listings, but then I'm on the auction scene for more years than I ...
by CollectIreland
Mon Mar 14, 2016 1:45 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: To eBay or not to eBay?
Replies: 53
Views: 307548

Re: To eBay or not to eBay?

I use eBay to buy/sell on, but the latter less with each passing month. I only buy on Delcampe. I find there's an enormous number of sellers trying to sell overpriced tat on eBay and to a lesser extent Delcampe. Many dealers can't even be bothered to indicate the publishers name. I collect Irish car...
by CollectIreland
Fri Feb 12, 2016 4:37 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Looking for Irish clubs
Replies: 2
Views: 10405

Re: Looking for Irish clubs

Good luck with that! I live in Ireland and have become interested in collecting Irish cards, but there's little or nothing out there. No club that I can identify at all in the Republic, and the Northern Ireland Postcard Club are invisible. Such is my level of frustration that I have resorted to sort...
by CollectIreland
Sun Jan 17, 2016 10:19 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Arthur Burkart & Co. London
Replies: 0
Views: 12751

Arthur Burkart & Co. London

Can anybody tell me when this company ceased operating or were they taken over? Thanks.
by CollectIreland
Fri Jan 01, 2016 1:10 am
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Scholastic Production Co. Belfast
Replies: 15
Views: 54049

Re: Scholastic Production Co. Belfast

Another recent purchase which I believe to be a Scholastic Productions card but I have nobody to ask. Presumably the SP Co.logo indicates that it is the same concern? Thanks in advance for any information. Happy New Year. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k7VOm2VOjWI/VoXI9se7MmI/AAAAAAAAEUE/-jMFMp_OpRs/s160...
by CollectIreland
Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:04 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: STF Switzerland
Replies: 2
Views: 9895

Re: STF Switzerland

And, yet again, just when I thought I had got to the bottom of the mystery...I came across this card - published by Scholastic, printed in Switzerland and carrying the STF logo! I have the identical card with just the STF logo and no mention of Scholastic. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gUzWxMPmFwM/Vi5Ek...
by CollectIreland
Sun Oct 25, 2015 9:39 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: STF Switzerland
Replies: 2
Views: 9895

Re: STF Switzerland

Since posting earlier I've partly answered my own question following a visit to http://www.metropostcard.com/publisherss3.html - should have gone there first but I might as will leave this here now. The postcard used to illustrate the entry for Stehli Freres is by Irish artist Maurice Canning Wilks ...
by CollectIreland
Sun Oct 25, 2015 8:49 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: STF Switzerland
Replies: 2
Views: 9895

STF Switzerland

Just when I thought that I was beginning to get a handle on the postcard output of Scholastic Productions Belfast when another mystery arises. The card shown below is one of a number by Scholastic but that also appear in another variation with the logo STF . Anybody able to throw any light on this o...
by CollectIreland
Mon Sep 21, 2015 3:38 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: When is a Misch & Stock card NOT a Misch & Stock card?
Replies: 2
Views: 10460

Re: When is a Misch & Stock card NOT a Misch & Stock card?

Thanks for the reply and links - I think that they make things a bit clearer.
by CollectIreland
Thu Sep 10, 2015 10:47 am
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Wrench London Checklist?
Replies: 38
Views: 138014

Re: Wrench London Checklist?

Thanks to Alan my database and collection continues to grow daily. My latest acquisition was another ' must have ' and I passed on an used version of the same card in preference for this gem! I'm up to 231 identified Irish cards today. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a5jbPXR9TJg/VfFU5lt-0MI/AAAAAAAAEG8/Qj...
by CollectIreland
Sat Sep 05, 2015 8:12 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: When is a Misch & Stock card NOT a Misch & Stock card?
Replies: 2
Views: 10460

When is a Misch & Stock card NOT a Misch & Stock card?

I have recently started collecting the Misch & Stock 'Natures Miniatures ' Irish series but I have encountered a problem. The card (below) is definitely from the series and the artist is S Bowers - who seems to have done all the other cards in the series - but the back of the card is not Misch &...
by CollectIreland
Mon Aug 31, 2015 5:24 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Wrench London Checklist?
Replies: 38
Views: 138014

Re: Wrench London Checklist?

Just reached 192 Irish cards. I took the plunge and bought this one on eBay last week - €11including p+p from France. Worth every cent and not looking bad for a 114+ year old piece of ephemera! The pink hue is not on the card and appears to be caused by my scanner. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CQoA8i0y...
by CollectIreland
Tue Aug 25, 2015 10:51 am
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Francis Frith or F. Frankel & Co.
Replies: 3
Views: 12768

Re: Francis Frith or F. Frankel & Co.

Thanks for the information and I'm certain that you're correct. I was led astray through a purchase that was sold as Francis Frith but was by Frankel.
by CollectIreland
Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:11 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Wrench London Checklist?
Replies: 38
Views: 138014

Re: Wrench London Checklist?

Up to 166 Irish Wrench's identified now and I've stepped up my purchasing too! I picked up the ten cards -pictured below - for less than €1 each including p+p on Delcampe's German site. All unposted and in mint condition. Just as well they were so cheap as I had to pay over £11.00 for the ' must hav...
by CollectIreland
Wed Aug 12, 2015 12:12 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Francis Frith or F. Frankel & Co.
Replies: 3
Views: 12768

Re: Francis Frith or F. Frankel & Co.

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This is the logo that appears on some F.F.& Co. cards - is this a clue?