Raphael Tuck "easter" series 1740

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Raphael Tuck "easter" series 1740

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Can anyone give me any info on the Easter series #1740 by G.E.
Shepheard? We have several, they are of the Egg men and women. You may
email me direct jacknau@aol.com ( California USA) Thank you. Judi

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Re: Raphael Tuck "easter" series 1740

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Hello Judy,

I can find no reference to series number 1740 . However, I'm wondering if your series may be the same as the Tuck series number 9344, what follows is about 9344.

The cards were printed in at least two versions, one with an Easter Greeting overprint to the base of the card, some have Egg-xxx captions in white speech bubbles some apparently not. The reference books here suggest two editions, a series I and a series II, but I'm sure that others were produced for sale in other countries.

There seem to have been six cards in the 9344 set; An Eggcellent menu (chefs at work), Eggstra Special (newspaper seller), Our Eggcellent Army (soldier eggs), EggCellent Exercises (two cards with this title , egg men as sailors and a gymnasium scene), and the Henlay Eggs Express (a railway station scene). Each card exists in more than one version with Easter overprints and so on.

I hope this helps, let me know if you need more.

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