SET: Greeting, No Royal Attribution (Q.V. period), RAPHAEL TUCK AND SONS without LTD, Birthday, Numbered

Set Information edit

Set Comment

RAPHAEL TUCK AND SONS with or without LONDON

Items in Set

MAY EVERY BLESSING LOVE CAN PRAY CROWN THY YEAR WHICH OPE'S TO-DAY, much design all over
6019-QV NRA
MAY EVERY BLESSING LOVE CAN PRAY CROWN THY YEAR WHICH OPE'S TO-DAY, much design all over
Item Comment

oblong, triple folded card to, left & right decorated flaps, 2 urns on lower flaps
back on top flap:-MAY THIS RETURNING DAY FOR EVER FIND....LOVE!
centre:-THY EVERY BIRTHDAY ADD BUT JOY TO JOY.
left:-LIVING TO LOVE AND LOVING TO LIVE, WHAT GREATER JOYS CAN THIS WORLD GIVE?
right:-NOTHING IS TRUE BUT LOVE, NOR AUGHT OF WORTH; ,LOVE IS THE INCENSE WHICH DOTH SWEETEN EARTH.

Author
SAMUEL JOHNSON
Size
12.7 x 8.8 cm.
Categories
WITH BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, much brown, blue & white design all over
6019-QV NRA
WITH BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, much brown, blue & white design all over
Item Comment

oblong, triple folded card to to, left & right decorated flaps, 2 urns on lower flaps
back on top flap:-ANOTHER BIRTHDAY! MAY IT PROVE ANOTHER LINK OF GOLD//ITS GOLD
centre:-THY PATH BE EVER STREWN WITH FLOWERS. violets & primroses
left:-BIRTHDAYS COME AND BIRTHDAYS GO//EBB AGAIN
right:-GENTLY FALL, O DEWS OF EVE; GENTLY FALL, O RAIN OF NIGHT//BRIGHT!
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Author
SAMUEL K. COWAN. M.A.
Size
12.7 x 8.8 cm.
Categories
LONG YEARS OF HEALTH AND HAPPINESS gilt border, blue background
6023-QV NRA
LONG YEARS OF HEALTH AND HAPPINESS gilt border, blue background
Item Comment

single sheet, once folded, extra page stuck inside back
inside left:-MAY EVERY HAPPINESS, WITH YOU ON ALL DAYS DWELL! BUT IF ONE DAY MORE BLISS; OR MORE IN GILTS EXCEL THAN OTHER DAYS, O MAY THAT ONE DAY BE TO-DAY!
right top corner:- A HAPPY BIRTHDAY
below left:-A DAY OF LOVE AND PEACE FOR THEE A DAY OF NEW BORN BLISS! AND MANY MORE IN YEARS TO BE HAPPY HAPPY AND BRIGHT AS THIS! white lilies & ginkgo
back:- clump of ferns

Author
SAMUEL K. COWAN. M.A., EDEN HOOPER
Size
11.7 x 8.5 cm.
Categories