One of the early postcards
photographed by
Fred Judge of a Special
Event in Hastings.
REYNOLDS COLLECTORS' WORLD
This site leads to other pages of information on Judges Postcards, Jigsaw Puzzles, Lincolnshire Postal History, Waddingtons Games, tea and cigarette cards, Bank cheques (checks), etc. Our hobbies have given us many years experience of collecting, cataloguing and data basing. Hopefully you will find an aspect you are interested in. We can provide you with some information and you can probably supply us with some.
Select your topic from our list below:
Judges Picture
Postcards.
Lincolnshire Post Office
History.
Post Office Postcards.
Jigsaw
Puzzles.
Bank Cheques.
Board
Games Particularly Waddingtons, Waddington's.
Brooke
Bond and Red Rose,Tea and Weetabix Cards.
Railway
and Bus Tea, cigarette and trade cards.
United
Kingdom PHILATELIC service.
ROYAL MAIL RECEIVED AT RAINBOWBRIDGE, 1 SOMERFIELD DR.,
NORTH SOMERCOTES, LOUTH, LINCOLNSHIRE, U.K. LN11 7GA
E-MAIL to SONIA-AND-ANDREW-REYNOLDS@bigfoot.com
This web site was created on 24th April, 1999 and was last improved on 6th June, 2008, so see you again soon,
We like collecting information so the number of times this site has been visited is indicated here, we did though start the counter at one and not a higher number!
This web site and all images are © COPYRIGHT Sonia and Andrew Reynolds.
Judges Ltd. was founded in 1902 and has been producing picture postcards from 1903 to present day at St. Leonards-On-Sea, Hastings. The early cards are mostly sepia photographic with black and white photographic being used from the mid 1950's and colour photographic from the late 1950's. The main sepia/black and white series extends from 50 to 31,784. The colour 'C' Series now numbers from C1-C34,073 by June, 2006. Do you know of a higher number? Andrew is Chairman and "Keeper Of The Records"; for the Judges Study Circle. The following lists are available...
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One of the early postcards photographed by Fred Judge of a Special Event in Hastings. |
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If you would like to join the JUDGES' Postcard Study Group send £5.00 to Vickie Harris, 58 Northwood Drive, SITTINGBOURNE, Kent, ME10 4QS, U.K. A Study Group Newsletter is issued to all members, usually three times a year.
If you have any Judges Postcards in your possesion we would like to hear from you. A list of the cards we we particularly like details of and or would be interested in purchasing can be found at
THE WANTS LIST PAGE - older cards
THE WANTS LIST PAGE - modern cards
W. H. Constantine Judges Postcard Artist
Link to the company site of Judges Postcards Limited
LINCOLNSHIRE POST OFFICES
See Andrew's database of data so far compiled on the over 500 Post Offices in the County of Lincolnshire. Did you or your ancestor run a post office in Lincolnshire? Do you have anything that was posted in Lincolnshire in the last 350 years?
Andrew also has a collection of modern postcards of Post Offices,
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North Somercotes Post Office August, 1998 Photo A. Reynolds By 2005 new blinds have now been fitted |
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can you send us a post office postcard please? Email can be sent to
or Royal mail
JIGSAW PUZZLES
We enjoy completing them and Andrew has a database of over 5,000 cardboard Jigsaw puzzles of with over 400 pieces. New information will be added as it becomes available.
See the list of known makers of Puzzles of 400 pieces and over.
See the extract for Tower Press Jigsaw Puzzles. Updated new website with more images September, 2007.
See the extract for Philmar Jigsaw Puzzles.
18000 PIECE JIGSAW In July 2005 I started to complete an 18000 piece jigsaw, the largest that has been produced. Click the link to see how I progressed. I completed the jigsaw in March, 2007.
BANK CHEQUES (CHECKS)
Andrew collects cheques (checks) (blank ones!, we have to pay any real ones into the bank) If you bank with an unusual bank please send us an example, he has some spare ones he can exchange. Email can be sent to
or Royal mail
Also if you have any Bank Cheques in your possesion or bank with a bank we do not have a cheque from we would like to hear from you. A list of the cheques we have in our collection or would like to add to it can be found at
BOARD GAMES
We are gameplaying enthusiasts and have a collection of board games. If you would like game rules, or have hints or tips, or have an interesting game you have purchased let us know.
or Royal mail
We have built up an archive of descriptions of Waddingtons Games over the last six years. We hope to continue to add new information to the site each month Press here to see the game archive.
BROOKE BOND RED ROSE AND WEETABIX CARDS
Andrew has been collecting Brooke Bond, Red Rose and Weetabix cards since he was a child. See his lists of sets they have produced and cards he would like to obtain.
Press here to see the Brooke Bond List (older list including Weetabix cards).
Press here to see the illustrated list of Weetabix Cards Added, January. 2006
RAILWAY, BUSES AND TRAMS CIGARETTE AND TRADE CARDS
Andrew has been collecting Cigarette and Trade cards of Railways, Buses and Trams for many years. See his lists of sets that have been produced and cards he would like to obtain.
U.K. POST OFFICE SERVICE
Andrew is a Relief Subpostmaster in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. He has a keen interest in what is new in the British Philatelic World though his main interest is collecting postmarks from the U.K. He can supply Postmarks, Post Office Postcards mint or with First Day of Issue Postmarks and U.K. Stamps. He still has a few covers of the Architects of the air issue with the 26p stamp of the Chadwick Avro franked with the special postmark for the 617 Squadron Scampton 10th June, 1997 cost £2.00.
We welcome your comments
Mail to Sonia and Andrew Reynolds
LINKS
List of Andrew Reynolds websites
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