We continue our series with British film star postcard series with Colourgraph. This series was issued by Picturegoer in the 1930s. All postcards were hand-coloured.
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Nils Asther. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C 47.
![Maurice Chevalier]()
Maurice Chevalier. British postcard in the Colourgraph series, London, no. C 64.
![Greta Garbo]()
Greta Garbo. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C 81.
![Mabel Poulton]()
Mabel Poulton. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C 82.
![Winifred Shotter]()
Winifred Shotter. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C 146.
![Henri Garat]()
Henri Garat. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C 153. Photo: Paramount.
In the 1920s and 1940s, each Picturegoer postcard measured 3-1/2" X 5-1/2", the regular postcard size. These were real photos with glossy finish on front.
On the back of each card is a number. The lettering after some of the numbers denotes the series that the card was from.
The postcards were issued in series, the first one, which ran to over 1400 cards, did not have any kind of prefix letter. The first series was followed by Series A, Series B, and Series C- the Colourgraph series.
Groups of several poses of the same star were sometimes published in this series and were identified with an alphabetical suffix. Subsequent series were given a prefix letter with the majority of images being in sepia tone.
Fo instance W stands for those postcards issued in the 1940s, D for the 1950s and S for the last series issued up to 1960.
![Greta Nissen]()
Greta Nissen. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C 184. Photo: Fox.
![Herbert Marshall]()
Herbert Marshall. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C 233. Photo: M.G.M.
![John Stuart]()
John Stuart. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C. 237. Photo: Mannell.
![Lilli Palmer]()
Lilli Palmer. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, no. C 288. Photo: Gaumont British.
![Nova Pilbeam]()
Nova Pilbeam. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, no. C 332. Photo: Cannons.
![Sabu in The Thief of Baghdad (1940)]()
Sabu. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C. 338. Photo: Alexander Korda Productions. Publicity still for The Thief of Baghdad (Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, 1940).
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Nils Asther. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C 47.
Maurice Chevalier. British postcard in the Colourgraph series, London, no. C 64.
Greta Garbo. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C 81.
Mabel Poulton. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C 82.
Winifred Shotter. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C 146.
Henri Garat. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C 153. Photo: Paramount.
Picturegoer
In the 1920s and 1940s, each Picturegoer postcard measured 3-1/2" X 5-1/2", the regular postcard size. These were real photos with glossy finish on front.
On the back of each card is a number. The lettering after some of the numbers denotes the series that the card was from.
The postcards were issued in series, the first one, which ran to over 1400 cards, did not have any kind of prefix letter. The first series was followed by Series A, Series B, and Series C- the Colourgraph series.
Groups of several poses of the same star were sometimes published in this series and were identified with an alphabetical suffix. Subsequent series were given a prefix letter with the majority of images being in sepia tone.
Fo instance W stands for those postcards issued in the 1940s, D for the 1950s and S for the last series issued up to 1960.
Greta Nissen. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C 184. Photo: Fox.
Herbert Marshall. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C 233. Photo: M.G.M.
John Stuart. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C. 237. Photo: Mannell.
Lilli Palmer. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, no. C 288. Photo: Gaumont British.
Nova Pilbeam. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, no. C 332. Photo: Cannons.
Sabu. British postcard in the Colourgraph Series, London, no. C. 338. Photo: Alexander Korda Productions. Publicity still for The Thief of Baghdad (Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, 1940).
It is Postcard Friendship Friday, hosted by Beth at the The Best Hearts are Crunchy. You can visit her by clicking on the button below.
