u/b, embossed, comes with Tuck ad.on back offering this as 669 for p/c back or as 105 plain back, also comes unnumbered with completely blank back
First Use
05/07/1902
Where Sold
Great Britain
Title
crest & flags GOD SAVE THE KING three verses of National Anthem
Number
669
Item Comment
Comes with toTHE KINGS GUEST on the reverse. 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 - their RTS monogram can be seen on the address
