Arms, Flags and Types of Nations

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Arms, Flags and Types of Nations

Series information :

• Issued by : Many different companies in different formats in different countries
• Date of issue : pre 1914
• Number of stamps/cards : 50
• Image variants : Not known, but many sizes and texts on reverse

Introduction

This series was issued in the early 20th century, probably between 1900-1914. The exact date, origin and author are not known. When a date of a certain series is known, it is mentioned below for that specific series.

The images of these series have been used in a number of different formats, from small stamps to nearly postcard size. The series have been used by a large number of companies in at least Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, the United States and the United Kingdom. It is very likely that the overview shown below is far from complete.

Not all companies seem to have issued all images, but I have no complete overview per company, neither for the series.

The printer for the German series is sometimes mentioned as Dresdner Kunstanstalt AG, for the Dutch sometimes as Gebr. Cats, Amsterdam. The Belgian and English cards bear no reference to a printer/publisher.

Images issued

The images were issued in several countries and at least 7 different numbering systems and sequences are known. The following images are known to have been issued (sorted alphabetically in English).

Companies

In the table below the companies that are known to have issued these series are listed. Per company there is one example of front and reverse, as well as some minor company information. More images (when known) can be seen by clicking on the name of the company.

Company	Country	Image information	Front image	Reverse image
Aecht Hauswaldt coffee additions/coffee surrogates	Germany	Numbered on front issued in 8 series of 6 6,9 x 10,5 cm
Alex Meijer & Co, coffee and tea	Netherlands	Not numbered 6,9 x 10,5 cm
Avis sanding powder	Netherlands	Not numbered 4,2 x 7,0 cm
van Baerle & Sponnagel soaps and bleaching soda	Germany	Numbered on front issued in 8 series of 6 6,9 x 10,5 cm
Bethge & Jordan Chocolate and coffee surrogate	Magdeburg, Germany	Not numbered 9,2 x 5 cm
W. v.d. Bend Breakfast cakes	Netherlands	Not numbered 6,9 x 10,5 cm
Berliner Cichorien Fabrik coffee surrogates	Germany	Numbered on front issued as 8 series of 6 6,9 x 10,5 cm
Black & White Whisky	England	Numbered on front 4 x 6.5 cm
Brauschweiger Aktien-Cichorien-Fabrik coffee surrogates	Germany	Numbered on front 4 x 6.5 cm
H. de Bruijn cakes and pastries	Netherlands	Not numbered issued in 8 series of 6 6,9 x 10,5 cm
Brunonia sewing machines	Germany	Numbered on front issued in 8 series of 6 6,9 x 10,5 cm
Cope's cigarettes	England	Numbered on front issued in 1904 6,5 x 4 cm
Diamantine shoecream	Germany	Numbered on front issued in 8 series of 6 6,9 x 10,5 cm
Dobbelmann soaps	Netherlands	not numbered 7 x 4,1 cm
Francken chocolate	Netherlands	not numbered 7 x 4,1 cm
Ferd. Fuesers coffee	Germany	Numbered on front issued in 8 series of 6 6,9 x 10,5 cm
Honig maizena and pudding powder	Netherlands	not numbered 6,9 x 10,5 cm
De Jong coffee and tea	Netherlands	not numbered 6,9 x 10,5 cm
J.G. Karstel groceries "De Mercuur".	Netherlands	not numbered 6,9 x 10,5 cm
Keg tea	Netherlands	Numbered on front, text in German 7 x 4,6 cm		no text on reverse
Keg tea	Netherlands	Numbered on front From the album Keg's Thee-album Internationaal 9,2 x 5 cm
W. Lapair beers, wines and spirits	Netherlands	not numbered 6,9 x 10,5 cm
F. Lieftinck tobacco	Netherlands	not numbered 7 x 4 cm
Moderne chocolates	Netherlands	Numbered on front, text in German 7 x 4,6 cm		no text on reverse
Natrogat coffee flavours and surrogates	Germany	Small series : numbered on front issued as 8 series of 6 9,3 x 4,7 cm
Natrogat coffee flavours and surrogates	Germany	Large series : numbered on front issued as 8 series of 6 6,9 x 10,5 cm
Pfund brothers dairy	Germany	Numbered on front issued as 8 series of 6 6,9 x 10,5 cm
Riquet chocolate and tea	Germany	Numbered on front issued as 8 series of 6 6,9 x 10,5 cm
Scheuer coffee flavours and surrogates	Germany	Numbered on front 7 x 4,6 cm		No text on reverse
J.P. Stoppel coffee surrogates	Germany	Numbered on front issued as 8 series of 6 6,9 x 10,5 cm Two different texts on back
Ufficio di Controllo e Verifica control office	Italy	Numbered on front in German issued as 8 series of 6 6,9 x 10,5 cm
Unitas chocolate	Netherlands	series of 48, numbered on back 7 x 4 cm
Verkouw & Stokhuyzen grocers	Netherlands	not numbered 7 x 4 cm
Georg Vollmer grocers	Germany	Numbered on front 7 x 4,6 cm		No text on reverse
Victoria chocolate	Belgium	numbered on front 4,0 x 6,4 cm
Waschmeister washing powder	Germany	Numbered on front issued as 8 series of 6 6,9 x 10,5 cm
J.G. Weiss coffee surrogates	Germany	Numbered on front issued as 8 series of 6 6,9 x 10,5 cm
J.W. Zimmer beer, wines and spirits : De drie Fleschjes"	Netherlands	not numbered 6,9 x 10,5 cm
A. Zuntz sel Wwe. coffee	Germany	Numbered on front issued as 8 series of 6 6,9 x 10,5 cm
Unknown Flaggenspiel (game)	Germany	Numbered on front 7 x 4,6 cm	no text on reverse