gilt, u/b, DESIGNED IN ENGLAND, CHROMOGRAPHED IN GERMANY, although recorded we believe that these images were never made as individually numbered cards i.n. 3970-3975
Sold As
set of 6 cards
First Use
09/08/1902
Where Sold
Great Britain, Canada & United States of America
Title
EDWARD VII, GOD AND HIS ANGELS GUARD YOUR SACRED THRONE
Number
617
Item Comment
comes inscr. on back TO THE KINGS GUEST, JULY 5TH 1902, with anthem quote SHAKESPEARE. Postcard for Edward VII's Coronation Dinner for the London poor 5th July 1902. Celebratory dinners were held all over London for 500,000 of the capital's poorest people, partly funded by the King himself. This postcard was presumably issued to every attendee ("the King's Guest") - in part no doubt to assist in the singing of the National Anthem. It was made by the postcard manufacturers Raphael Tuck and Sons.
