GWR correspondence postcards

The Great Western Railway used several hundred different picture postcards for correspondence purposes and we hold a few examples of these in our collection. They can be found by selecting Correspondence cards within the 'Postcard collection/GWR postcards' option under the 'MEMORABILIA' menu tab. The vast majority of these cards were printed for the GWR by Wyndham & Co. of Acton in London using their own stock images. We have been able to gather images of many of these cards from various sources since 2014 and thought it would be useful to make them available for reference purposes. We maintain a list of all the cards known to us, and this can be accessed via the web page referenced above.

Wyndham Series - from 1912

A vast series of correspondence cards utilising standard Wyndham cards came into use from about 1912. These often had a blue outlined square near the top left corner of the address side containing the words In reply quote this reference. The address side of the cards were printed in red with the pro-forma correspondence wording overprinted in blue.

There were two slight variations of these cards which seem to have been issued concurrently. One series had a white border around the picture within which the image title and the reference number (for example 3907 The "Wyndham" Series.) was printed, in either red or black. The other had the words The "WYNDHAM" Series printed in red diagonally in the top left corner on the address side, and the image title together with its reference number (for example W8122) in white cursive script on the front.

Warwick Castle 1047

Torrent Walk, Dolgelly 1091

Sandsfoot Castle, Weymouth 1359

Cockington Forge 1407

St.Brelade's Bay, Jersey 1623

Upper Falls, Lynmouth 2309

Banqueting Hall, Kenilworth Castle 2497

Caesar's Tower, Warwick Castle 2503

Harbour & Cliff Railway, Lynmouth 3731

Valley of Rocks, Lynmouth 3739

At Watersmeet, Lynmouth 3746

Upper Falls, Watersmeet, Lynmouth 3748

The Hobby Drive, Clovelly 37817

Watersmeet, Lynmouth 3859

Sark Post Office 4567

St.Martin's Road, St. Helier 4668

Roman Baths & Abbey Church, Bath 5888

The Deanery & Cathedral, Winchester 5898

St. Cross, near Winchester 5907

The Governor’s Office, H.M.Convict Prison, Portland 6356

Dorchester 6487

West Walk, Dorchester 6499

Wier & Lock, Great Marlow 6856

State Drawing Room, Warwick Castle 6887

Kenilworth Castle 6894

'The "Wyndham" Series' card back

Grammar School & Wye Bridge, Monmouth W1078

Martin's Tower, Chepstow Castle W1107

Wye Bridge, Monmouth W1141

Burnham Beeches W1234

The Wharves, St. Heliers, Jersey W1649

Cary Arms Hotel, Babbicombe

Brasenose College Quad, Oxford W1768

Founders Tower, Magdalen College, Oxford W1779

Lee W2128

Old Cottage at Lynmouth W2318

Chepstow Castle W2862

Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool W3213

Red Lion Court, Clovelly W3812

Castle Street & Town Hall, Liverpool W4043

Marlow Bridge and Church W4534

Rozel Harbour, Jersey W4680

The River, Oxford W4987

Capstone Hill, Ilfracombe W5144

Lion Rock & Cliffs, Cheddar W5611

The Lady Chapel, Wells Cathedral W5628

West Front, St. Joseph's Chapel, Glastonbury W5640

Walpole Park, Ealing W5766

Haven Green, Ealing W5775

The Weirs, Winchester W5904

Over Monnow, Monmouth W6164

Over Monnow, Monmouth W6165

The Screen, Hereford Cathedral W6580

Wellington Square, Cheltenham W5690

AllSaints Church, Cheltenham W6694

Folly Bridge, Oxford W6872

The Castle, Dartmouth W7661

Newton Mill, Newton Abbot W7973

St.Leonards Tower, Newton Abbot W7978

Market Day, Newton Abbot W7979

Ogwell Mill, Newton Abbot W7982

Totnes W8052

(Middle) Ferry Cookham W8103

"B" House, Marlborough College W8112

St. Peter's Church, Staines W8189

House Boats at Staines W8195

Victoria Gardens & ChesilBeach, PortlandW82w16

Mutley Plain, Plymouth W8266

Church & Castle, Dartmouith W9119

'G.W.R.' card back version 1

'G.W.R.' card back version 2

Wyndham Series - 1913 to 1915

This set of 16 cards was printed by Wyndhams in 1913, 1914 and 1915, according to the reference numbers on the back. The image on the front was printed in green, brown or grey but regardless of the colour used the address sides were always printed in green. These cards had a reference number which indicated the year of printing in the top left corner of the address side, and the title on the picture side was written in either black or white towards the left with G.W.R. in the bottom right hand corner.