Selwyn Cox Cards Produced for Local Publishers: a Survey

[Ross Ewington]

Selwyn Cox (Launceston) produced cards from their house stock of "Wynphotoprint Series" images for smaller local publishers.

This card "S.C. Wynphotoprint No.67" has, as the publisher, "Alfred Brown & Co., Longford" printed on the back. It was used from
Campbell Town in 1906.

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This card "S.C. Wynphotoprint No.107" has, as the publisher, "Dudgeon & Dudgeon, General Printers, Burnie, Tas." printed on the back.
It was used from Burnie in 1906. The photo index number 'A.26913' (well I think it is) can be seen on this card.

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If you have any cards of this type, i.e. produced by Selwyn Cox for a minor "local" publisher, can you please post an image and details
about the card (including date of use if this known) in this topic. It will be interesting to see what is "out there".

[Geoff Dane]

These 2 are similar. The Burnie postcard also refers to Dudgeon & Dudgeon, General Printers, Burnie, Tas. This card was used from Burnie in 1906.

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And the Distant View of Deloraine has Geo Harley, Stationer, Deloraine printed on the reverse. This postcard was used from Deloraine in 1907.

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[Ross Ewington]

Thanks Geoff ... I've not seen a card with Geo. Harley as publisher before.

This card "A Reach of the River Leven, Ulverstone..." (Wynphotoprint No.120) lists
the well-known producer of postcards from the Ulverstone area W.A. Skinner as the
publisher. The card was postally used at Ulverstone in 1907.

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I think we are already starting to see a fairly 'firm' period of use i.e. 1906/07 ... has anyone
got some cards of this type used much later than this?

[Hobbit123]

Gentlemen

A listing from my records. The formatting is probably a bit off, but I have included all the Wynphotoprint, Wynbromoprint and Photostyle examples that I have listed as being non-Selwyn Cox. I have not included the PPC Co, as this was Selwyn Cox's alias. M means mint and U means used. They are scattered over many albums, so I would have trouble finding them all Where I have it recorded I have included the A number scratched on the image.

WYNPHOTOPRINT

A distant view of Deloraine No 173, Geo. Harley, Deloraine M
A famous Tourists Resort. Mount Roland and Mount Claude No. 90, M E Mace U
A good crop of Flax, Forrester River, Scottsdale No. 165, A W Loone, Scottsdale M
An Anglers Paradise, Emu River & Bridge, Burnie No. 104 Dudgeon & Dudgeon U
An important Shipping Port, Burnie Dudgeon & Dudgeon, Burnie M
A popular picnic resort on the South Esk, Longford No. 69, Alfred Brown & Co. M/U
A pretty cascade, Sheffield No. 92, York, Schmidt & Co, Sheffield U
A pretty scene, No. 2 Falls, Falls River, near Sheffield No. 89, York, Schmidt & Co, Sheffield U
A prosperous NWC town, Burnie No 520, H Turner, Esplanade, Burnie U
A reach of the River Leven, Ulverstone No. 120 W A Skinner, Ulverstone U A25932
A Tasmanian Beauty Spot: Scene on the Leven River No. 94, W A Skinner, Ulverstone U
Burnie No. 525, G Carroll, Wilson St., Burnie
Burnie, NWC, a renowned Tourists Resort No 102, Dudgeon & Dudgeon U
Commercial Hotel, Wynyard F C Brown, Proprietor M & Comm'l ad on face
Greetings from Burnie No. 157, Studders, Wynyard U A25965
Greetings from Devonport John Hope, Stationer & bookseller U
Hamilton - on - the - Forth No. 122, W.A Skinner, Ulverstone U
Happy days on the sands at Stanley No. 105 Dudgeon & Dudgeon U
Kelcey's Falls, Don River, The Nook near Sheffield No. 91, York Schmidt & Co, Sheffield U
King's Bridge, Longford No 66, Alfred Brown & Co, Longford U
Landing at Leven Park, Ulverstone No 121, W A Skinner, Ulverstone U
Longford Church No 67, Alfred Brown & Co, Longford M
Main Street, Campbell Town No 510, Hart & Co, Campbell Town M
Marine Terrace from Wharf, Burnie No 525, G Carroll, Wilson St., Burnie M
Mill Dam, Longford No. 68, Alfred Brown, Longford M/U
New Breakwater, Stanley No. 586, Lean & Smith, Stanley M
"Oakleigh" Ideal Tourist Resort, Burnie. View of the Grounds Dudgeon & Dudgeon, Burnie U
Old Wharf, Stanley No. 588, Lean & Smith, Stanley M
Old Wharf from the Nut, Stanley No. 583, Lean & Smith, Stanley U
Picturesque Cave on Goat Island near Ulverstone No. 93 W A Skinner, Ulverstone U A78674?
Railway Viaduct Near Burnie No. 523 G. Carroll, Burnie M
Roman Catholic Church, Westbury No. 115, J.P.Sullivan, Westbury & D'raine U A25927
St Marks Church, Deloraine No 172, Geo. Harley, Deloraine M A78677?
Stanley and the Nut from Godfrey's Beach No. 587, Lean & Smith, Stanley M
Stanley and the Nut from West Beach No. 584, Lean & Smith, Stanley M Selwyn Cox No. 590
Table Cape, NWC No. 180, Stutterds, Wynyard U A28519
The Darling Falls, Near Burnie No. 108, Dudgeon & Dudgeon U
Ulverstone Beach at Low Tide No. 119, W A Skinner, Ulverstone U A25951
Whiskey Creek Falls, Ridgely, near Burnie No. 106, Dudgeon & Dudgeon U M E Mace
Young Tasmanians & the Lighthouse, Table Cape, NWC No. 184, Stutterds, Wynyard M A18525?

PHOTOSTYLE SERIES

Cape Hills and River Inglis, Wynyard No. 556, J.H.Stutterd & Co, Wynyard M
Devonport (Esplanade Road and River Mersey) No. 528, A.W Marshall, Devonport U
On the Wharf, Devonport, Shipping Potatoes and Produce No. 533, Central Stationery Depot, D'port M
Ulverstone Tasmania No. 515, W A Skinner, Ulverstone U

WYNBROMO

Methodist Church, Longford No. 216 A. Brown & Co., The Cash Emporium, Longford.
Sunset and Evening Star', River Tamar No. 222 Len. Wilkinson, Post Card Depot, Launceston.

Any queries, please ask and I will do my best.

Patrick

[Ross Ewington]

many thanks Patrick ...that's a really impressive list!

Would you be able to provide the year of use (where discernible) of the used cards if after 1907 please?
(You can add these to your previous post using the edit function) ..... no rush but there could be an
article for The Courier here somewhere.

[Hobbit123]

I have been through three boxes of cards and extracted the Wynphotoprint cards that were in them. These are now in their own album, so something good has come of this!The following that I have found have dates in 1907 or later:

Commercial Hotel, Wynyard (Just Wynphotoprint on reverse, and commercial blurb overprinted on the front) used 23/12/09
A Reach of the River Leven, No. 120, W A Skinner, 20/09/07
Roman Catholic Church, Westbury, No. 113, J P Sullivan, The King of Storekeepers, Westbury & Deloraine, 18/12/07
At the Mouth of the Brid River, Bridport, EC, No. 139, Selwyn Cox, 5/2/07
Fern Scene in Denison Gorge, No. 62, PPC Co., 21/5/10
A Pretty Cascade, Sheffield, York, Schmidt & Co, Sheffield, 21/12/10
View of Entrance to Cataract Cliff Grounds....., PPC Co., 11/1/10

So only a couple that really fall into the non-Selwyn Cox and after 1907 category.

Hope this helps

I will post more if I have time. I have three more boxes and lots of albums to go through!

Patrick

[Hobbit123]

Three more boxes processed and a few more for the record:

Happy Days on the Sands at Stanley, No. 105 Wynchromo; Selwyn Cox: 10/12/1908
The Kings Bridge and River Tamar, Launceston: TS Loongana Outward Bound, No. 225 Wynchromo: PPC Co. 1910 ( used in Melbourne)
Burnie NWC Tasmania, a Renowned Tourists Resort. No. 102 Wynphotoprint: Dudgeon & Dudgeon Burnie 22/12/1908
"Oakleigh" Ideal Tourist Resort, Burnie, Tasmania, View of the Grounds: Dudgeon & Dudgeon, Burnie 11/3/1914
"In the Back Blocks" Bridge over Wilmot River - near Sheffield. No 133 Wynphotoprint, 'Hand Coloured Series' 21/1/1909 (this went to Denmark as Printed matter for ½d!)
Table Cape NWC Tasmania No. 180 Wynphotoprint. Stutterds, Storekeeper, Wynyard, 24/12/1906
Paloona Ford River Forth, Tas. No. 211 Wynbromoprint. 1/11/1909 (from Spreyton to England)

Note that some do not identify the publisher at all.

Thanks for the prod. Some of the publishers are now getting sorted!

Just the albums to go now.

[Hobbit123]

A few more with later dates:

The Cataract Gorge & King's Bridge, Launceston, No. 145, PPC Co., 28/3/1910
A Pretty Scene on the Meander River near Deloraine. No. 174, PPC Co., 19/7/1911
A Popular Picnic Resort on the South Esk, Longford. No. 69, Alfred Brown & Vo, Longford, 1/7/1906
South Esk River Bridge, Longford, No. 214 (Wynbromoprint), A Brown & Co., The Cash Emporium, Longford, 4/1/1910
Boat Race at Georgetown, No. 203 (Wynbromoprint), Selwyn Cox, 1/4/10
An Important Shipping Port, Burnie, No number (A25815), Dudgeon & Dudgeon, General Printers, Burnie, 10/1/1908 (receiver - stamp removed).
The Cataract Gorge, King's Bridge, Launceston, No. 145 (Wynchromo), Len Wilkinson, Post Card Depot, Launceston, 9/6/1915
St Helens, No. 220 (Wynbromoprint)Selwyn Cox, 15/3/1908
"An Anglers Paradise" Emu River & Bridge, Burnie, No. 104, Dudgeon & Dudgeon, General Printers, Burnie, 14/1/1907
Whiskey Creek Falls, Ridgely, near Burnie, No. 106, Dudgeon & Dudgeon, General Printers, Burnie, 14/1/1907

Note: The Len Wilkinson was in my list, but without the publisher detail, hence its absence from my original posted list.

I think that is all I can contribute, unless scans of any of the cards are requested.

[Des_Beechey]

Selwyn Cox seems to have been very prolific in producing names and numbers. Perhaps those who have collected his cards for a period could enlighten me on some aspects:

1. Firstly, the name WYNPHOTOPRINT. This might imply that he was a photo printing shop, but I can see no mention of this. So why did he use this name? What photos was he printing?

2. What was the connection between WYNPHOTOPRINT and PPC Co? Is the former a series name, and the latter his company name? Did he as the PPC Co publish cards that were not WYNPHOTOPRINT?

3. Cards carry a number such as A25980. I assume this is a photo number? Quite a large collection if it started from 1. Or whose collection was it?

4. He published very many different cards over only a few years - my highest number is No.174. (He's almost up there with Ash Bester). Does the numbering start at 1?

5. So who did print his cards?

Sorry for all the questions. There's so much good information available about him that it leaves these questions begging.

Cheers
Des Beechey

[Geoff Dane]

A little additional information on the image of Burnie (an important shipping port) posted earlier.

The same image is shown in Long's book (page 119) and is on a card with the photographer named as E Warde with the image titled Breakwater at Burnie.

[Geoff Dane]

I have a copy of Railway Viaduct Near Burnie No. 523 , advertising G. Carroll, Bookseller and stationer, Wilson St, Burnie postmarked Hobart June 1910 which is later than the usual use dates recorded so far.

[Hobbit123]

Checking my lists, I have a mint copy of this card, as well as a mint copy inscribed Selwyn Cox &c.

[Ross Ewington]

This "Wynphotoprint" card with YORK SCHMIDT & Co., SHEFFIELD attributed as publishers has been
reported by Patrick in a previous post. The card has been used but unfortunately the franking has been
removed so the date of posting is not available. Please note that the back of the card is printed in black.

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This "Wynbromoprint" card No.215 DISTANT VIEW OF LONGFORD. TAS. has not been recorded above though the publisher
(A. Brown & Co., The Cash Emporium, Longford) has. The card has been used "under cover" so the date of posting is unknown.

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[Hobbit123]

I have just noticed on EBay (item 400385120965) a copy of "A Distant View if Deloraine", Wynphotoprint #173, publisher Geo. Harley, Deloraine. However, the printing of his name etc. is in a much duller green than the rest of the back of the card, suggesting it was added in a separate operation.

[Ross Ewington]

Well spotted Patrick!

Here's an image of the bit of the card mentioned.

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It is also interesting to note that Harley's details are printed ABOVE the Selwyn Cox details rather than below
which is normally the case with these cards.

[Ross Ewington]

Commercial Hotel, Wynyard (Just Wynphotoprint on reverse, and commercial blurb overprinted on the front) used 23/12/09
Patrick

Here's an example of this card...

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Are there any other examples of advertising cards produced under the "Wynphotoprint banner"? If Selwyn Cox produced a card
for one hotel it is likely that other hotels in Northern Tasmania were similarly supplied.

Footnote:

After making above post, I remembered that another example of this card was posted by Mike in the HOTEL ADVERTISING CARDS
topic elsewhere in this category.

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It is interesting that Mike's card is attributed to "The Photoglase Series" and not to "Wynphotoprint". Perhaps Mike could add an image
of the relevant bit on the back of the card to this topic.

Does anyone have other cards from "The Photoglase Series", advertising or not that they can post here? Can we assume that
these cards were also produced by Selwyn Cox?

[Mike]

I have stayed out of this post as I have my cards sorted by town / area, so to find and list cards by Selwyn Cox / Wynphotoprint would be a big task and I do not have the time at the moment.

I have two copies of the Commercial Hotel Wynyard, have scanned the back of each card. "The Photoglase Series" and "The Wynphotoprint Series".

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[Ross Ewington]

Two WYNPHOTOPRINT cards for Lean & Smith, Stanley used 1911.12 - one not listed by Patrick (see his list above)

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new - "Rough Sea at Stanley Breakwater..." (Wynphotoprint No.585)

[Ross Ewington]

This card (one of a panoramic set of 3) was produced for H.E. Ratcliff, Stanley

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[Ross Ewington]

Patrick has already listed a printing of this card "The Darling Falls, Near Burnie" (Wynphotoprint No.108)
with Dudgeon & Dudgeon, Burnie given as the publisher.

This example (used in 1911) has 'The P.P.C. Co., Launceston' given as the publisher.

________________to view the entire card, please 'click' once on the image_________________

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Does anyone know who the proprietor of The P.P.C. Co was and when and where (in Launceston) the firm was in operation?

[Ross Ewington]

A different view and an additional publisher

"Picturesque Tasmania · Picnic Resort Near Latrobe" - Wynphotoprint Series No.85 (photo index #A10668)
with W.L. Wells & Co., Latrobe printed on the verso as the publisher.

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[Ross Ewington]

This "Greetings from Devonport" with "John Hope, Stationer & Bookseller, Devonport" as publisher has been recorded above by Patrick

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[Ross Ewington]

The publisher of this card is cited to be "Len. Wilkinson, Post Card Depot, Launceston" - it was used in 1909 and is from Selwyn Cox's "Wynchromo" series (No.173)

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[Ross Ewington]

This card from Wynphotoprint Series (No.113) has "J.P. Sullivan, King of Storekeepers, Westbury & Deloraine"
cited as publisher.

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[Ross Ewington]

This Wynphotoprint card (No.509) gives Hart & Co. Campbell Town as the publisher

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