(Made in Devonport: Issue Four, November 2009. Devonport Postcards')
(this update to Issue 4 added Oct 2013)
Rare Devonport Postcards
If you collect Devonport postcards you will know that many of them are rare,
and fetch high prices; several of these rare ones are shown below. As always, even
with rare ones, price achieved depends on quality/condition of the card.
Mutton Cove
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DATE SOLD: 2005 - Ebay
SELLER'S DESCRIPTION:
Condition of Card/s. Fine plus unused. Fine early last century
view of the buildings as they were in this part of Devonport
PRICE REALISED: £87
Tavistock Street
DATE SOLD: 2005 - Ebay
SELLER'S DESCRIPTION: Tavistock Street. A "Clardo" Series card posted from
Devonport on 10th October 1917. A glossy print in clean condition with some corner
wear and edge curl. The Picturedrome cinema can be seen along the road.
PRICE REALISED: £50.99
Tavistock Street
DATE SOLD: 2004 - Ebay
SELLER'S DESCRIPTION: This is a Stengel postcard
of Tavistock Street, Devonport. Unused. V.G.C. It shows people, shops, and horses
and carts. Great old postcard that is in very good to better condition.
PRICE REALISED: £27.00
North Corner
DATE SOLD: 2003
SELLER'S DESCRIPTION:
Sold by auction at Plymouth Postcard Collectors meeting. This card was in excellent condition.
PRICE REALISED: £92.00
Market
DATE SOLD: 2011 - Ebay
SELLER'S DESCRIPTION: Postcard of the market Devonport
posted 1905. Card in very good condition.
PRICE REALISED: £34.00
JB-Love's-Great-Emporium
DATE SOLD: 2008 - Ebay
SELLER'S DESCRIPTION: Devonport 1911 PPC
- J.B.LOVE'S GREAT EMPORIUM. Good clean card used 1911.
PRICE REALISED: £34.00
Catherine Street
DATE SOLD:
Card 1. 2003, Ebay
Card 2. 2011, Ebay
SELLER'S DESCRIPTION:
Card 1. 2003. Catherine Street real photo postcard, coloured, with shops and people.
Had been posted but the stamp has been removed. Number E18644
Card 2. 2011. A postally used postcard of Catherine street, Devonport.It was posted
in October 1906 and shows a few shop fronts, one with Frys and Cadbury Chocolate
signs, and other Business advertisments to buildings. It is generally clean, just
a light grime to the bottom white border and some light creasing to bottom right
corner, as seen.
PRICE REALISED:
Card 1. £23.55
Card 2. £33.33
SERIES: by Welch & Sons
The set below was published by J Welch & Sons, Photographic Publishers
of Portsmouth. Odd ones in the series occasionally become available, although rare,
and in 12 years of collecting I've never seen a full set being sold together.
The cards have a glossy gelatin coating and were printed in Germany circa 1900-1910
Catherine Street. Catherine Street ran south from Fore Street. Its position was a little further west of
where the new Wall Street is located - more or less corresponding to the current
entrance into South Yard/Granby Gate.
Date Sold / Price Realised:- Sold via Ebay 2009. £33
Mutton Cove.
Date Sold / Price Realised:- A card the same as this sold via Ebay for £16.04 January 2014.
View of Mount Wise, overlooking rooftops of Pembroke Street and Clowance Street. Mount Wise Barracks (aka the Laboratory) can also be seen centre right.
Date Sold / Price Realised:
Fore Street and South Yard Gate
Date Sold: October 2012 / Price Realised: £9.10
Ferry that crosses between Devonport and Torpoint
Date Sold / Price Realised: Unknown
Royal Naval Barracks at Devonport
Date Sold / Price Realised: Unknown
View of Hamoaze from the Column, overlooking the town.
Date Sold: October 2013. Ebay
PRICE REALISED: £28.51
Since seven is an odd number I'm guessing there is an eighth card to this series; although I've never seen one
for sale it is probably a view of the top of Ker Street, showing the Guildhall and
Column.
TORPOINT FERRY
There exists well over 30 different postcards of the ferry, of which the first 5 or
6 of the very early ones are rare, and the next 5 or 6 getting hard to find.
WHILST NOT TRULY RARE THE FOLLOWING ARE DEFINITELY BECOMING HARD TO FIND .....
Royal Albert Hospital
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DATE SOLD: 2008 - Ebay
SELLER'S DESCRIPTION: Royal Albert Hospital
PRICE REALISED: £22.58
Royal Albert Hospital
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DATE SOLD:
Card 1. 2005 Ebay
Card 2. 2006 Ebay
SELLER'S
DESCRIPTION:
Card 1. Royal Albert Hospital. By Stengel & Co. Number E 18642. Postally used from
Devonport in 1907. Very good condition for age, a couple of small creases and writing
on the front bottom edge. A very fine animated scene with horse-drawn transport,
lots of bystanders, a policeman by an interesting weighing-machine (?) and the rear
end of a tram on the left. Robert Quantick was the proprietor of the Marlborough
Hotel on the right.
Card 2. Royal Albert Hospital. This card was published by Stengel, numbered E1864
and is postally used with an Edward VII stamp. There is postmarking on the front,
also small corner creases and slight corner wear.
PRICE REALISED:
Card 1. £26.55
Card 2. £21.05
Richmond Walk / Victualling Yard in the distance
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(This card sold well even though it was mucky on the front)
DATE SOLD: October 2012. Ebay
SELLER'S DESCRIPTION:
Richmond Walk / Victualling Yard
3.5" x 5.5" printed Valentine's Postcard in reasonable posted 1907 condition.
PRICE REALISED: £21.02.
Royal Sailors Rest
At least half a dozen postcards exist of Agnes Weston's Royal Sailors Rest; hard to find and always achieve good prices.
Issue Four, 'Devonport Postcards', contains the following pages ...
(Revised October 2013 - the section on rare postcards added)