1938 SCOTTISH EMPIRE
EXHIBITION.
I have had a request for a list of the coloured Brian Gerald cards issued for this exhibition, and thought it may be of interest to other members. Type 1 is an odd series and I have only found two of them, they could be early cards issued, before Valentines decided to tart them up with a splash of red. Further information on these would be welcome. As far as I know I am only four cards short of Type 2 which is the main series, Nos. 703, 706, 707, and 714 unless there are any more numbers after 722. The list for Type 3 is complete.
You will notice I have described the vertical format cards as Vert left, if you hold a vertical card looking at the picture and turn it over like the page of a book, the heading ie POST CARD will be on the left or the right side. I do this as some cards are known with the backs printed to the right and the left, and where this occurs I collect them both.
Valentine & Sons Ltd.
Art Colour Series.
Type 1. Coloured,
from original water colours by Brian Gerald. Grey back with the Empire
Exhibition Lion logo at bottom of the single line divider also in grey. All the
titles end in 'Empire Exhibition,
A 691 The Clachan,
A 693 North Cascade and Tower,
Type 2. As Type 1 with grey back, but the Empire Exhibition Lion logo is now in red, this was printed in a second operation as the red can be misplaced sideways by as much as 17mm, minor misplacements are common. The logo is also misplaced verticaly, on some cards the divider line touches the lions head while in others there can be a 3mm gap. There are shade variations in both the grey and the red, but like the misplacements these are not listed individually. Numbers 708 to 713 were sold in a packet (Set No. 23) as 'Clan Tartan' at six for 1/-, and were earlier views repeated, the other cards were sold at eight for 1/-.
A 691 The Clachan,
A 692 Dominions and Colonial Avenues,
A. The letters C.B. are printed in the stamp box, at bottom right.
A 693 North Cascade and Tower, Vert left.
A 694 South Cascade and Tower,
A 695 Cascade
and
A 696 Dominions and Colonial Avenues,
A 697 South Cascade & Tower by night, Vert left.
A 698 Atlantic Restaurant and Tower,
A 699 The Tower Vert left.
A
A 701 Kingsway,
A 702 The
A 704 The
A 705 The
A 708 The Tower, (as No. 699 but with a Cameron Tartan border including their Coat of Arms and sprig of heather) Vert left.
A 709 Dominions & Colonial Avenues, (as No. 696 but with a Fraser Tartan border including their Coat of Arms and sprig of heather)
A 710 Dominions & Colonial Avenues, (as No. 692 but with a Gordon Tartan border including their Coat of Arms and sprig of heather)
A 711 The Clachan, (as No. 691 but with a Royal Stewart Tartan border including their Coat of Arms and sprig of heather)
A 712 North Cascade & Tower, (as No. 693 but with a MacKenzie Tartan border including their Coat of Arms and sprig of heather) Vert left.
A 713 South Cascade & Tower, (as No. 694 but with a MacDonald Tartan border including their Coat of Arms and sprig of heather)
A 715 The Globe, United Kingdom Pavilion, Vert left.
A
A 717
A 718
A 719 North Cascade and Tower
A 720 An Clachan
A 721 The Post Office, an Clachan
A 722 An Clachan
A 733 An Clachan
Note. It is possible that No. 733 was printed in error and should be 723, or it could have been an odd card produced for some reason. The cards were sold in two packets of 8 and one of 6 which adds up to 22 ie 691 to 722
Type 3. As Type 2, coloured but with a simulated 'brush stroke' effect on the front like the Tuck Oilfacsims, on the packet (Set No. 22) these are listed as 'Art Colour Postcards with oil paint finish', and were sold at nine for 1/6. Grey back, with the Empire Exhibition Lion logo in red, this like Type 2 was printed in a second operation as the red can be misplaced verticaly, on some cards the divider line touches the lions head while in others there can be a 3mm gap. Very little sideways misplacement has been noted, there are shade variations in both the grey and the red, but like the misplacements these are not listed individually.
A 691 The Clachan,
A 692 Dominions and Colonial Avenues,
A 693 North Cascade and Tower, Vert left.
A 694 South Cascade and Tower,
A 695 Cascade
and
A 696 Dominions and Colonial Avenues,
A 697 South Cascade & Tower by night, Vert left.
A 698 Atlantic Restaurant and Tower,
A 699 The Tower Vert left.
© Exhibition Study Group 1994