RTS easel and palette ARTISTIC SERIES TRADEMARK logo -- RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS -- LONDON ; PARIS ; NEW YORK -- DESIGNED AT THE LONDON STUDIOS AND PRINTED AT THE FINE ART WORKS IN SAXONY, COPYRIGHT, with or without ARTISTIC SERIES dating note: Raphael Tuck & Sons became Limited (LTD) in 1895
Title
COUNTRY LIFE WISHING YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR robin perched, head & breast seen through large perforation
In set
QV NRA
Item Comment
oblong, thicker stock, single fold inside left:- "O BIRD", I SAID, "I'VE MISSED THE POST!" WILL YOU CONVEY A WORD TO GREET SOME FRIENDS I VALUE MOST? HE ANSWERED"LIKE A BIRD!" BUT IF THE WORDS SOUND POOR AND THIN, YOU NEED NOT FEEL A DOUBT, HE'S BEEN AND PUT HIS CLAWSES IN, AND LEFT MY CLAUSES OUT! inside right:-robin stands holding placard EXTRA SPECIAL. LATEST EDITION. ARRIVAL OF THE NEW YEAR.....ETC. ETC. used 1891
