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gc 2 | not recorded | No Postcards listed by Sprake | not listed |
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Comments: | There are recorded a number of silk postcards with continental cards, all with GRANT woven silks. These seem to originate from France, and there is a theory these silks were taken to Paris in 1900 by a member of the Grant family, where they were mounted and exhibited at the Paris Expo. The problem with this theory is that Britain was the first country to allow divided back postcards (which this card has) in 1902, not in 1900. The actual woven silk is of Queen Victoria, woven by GRANT, and recorded as go288: Victoria, Her Majesty Queen - Mother of Nations (larger version).
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