Category: British South Africa Company

Real Photo Cards

Type IXD

Real Photo Cards

Type X

• Type XA – Rhodesia Post Card-Carte Postale

Real Photo Cards

Type XA

 

Percy M Clark

General Series I – Type IA B&W

Unlike Type 1, the word ‘Stamp’ is not capitalised. Backings seen in dark brown and reddish brown.

No.s	Description	Earliest PMK Date
N/A	North-Eastern Entrance to Temple, Great Zimbabwe.
N/A	The Hotel, Great Zimbabwe.
N/A	Western Temple, Acropolis, Great Zimbabwe

Aristophot Co Ltd

London

 

The firm Aristophot Photographische Maschinendruck Anstalt, a producer of machine manufactured photographs) was formed in Leipzig around 1900. After merging with Otto Lienekampf in 1902 they became Aristophot A.G. They evenutally opened a branch at 11 Southampton Row in London, England that published cards under the name Aristophot Co. Ltd.

While Aristophot produced stereo-views, most of their output was in real photo postcards issued in series, especially of actresses, children, and nudes. Many of these photo cards were hand coloured and released under the trade name Lychnogravure. 

They also had an office in New York City and produced a U.S. Series of Eastern view-cards as tinted halftones that were printed in Saxony. They also produced a number of fine continuous toned artist signed cards as Aquarellchroms. All their cards were manufactured in their factory at Taucha, just outside of Leipzig. After they closed in the 1940’s, their remaining stock was distributed by Misch & Company.

Postcards

• Flag Series

References

• Picture Postcards of the Golden Age
• www.metropostcard.com
• Journal of the Rhodesian Study Circle No.251
• Journal of the Rhodesian Study Circle No.252

Contributors

• Andrew Wilkie
• Malcolm Murphy
• Richard Barnett

Aristophot Co Ltd

Flag Series

This series was produced as a set of six in 1906.

No.s	Description	Earliest PMK Date
N/A	Main Street, Bulawayo	19/11/1911
N/A	Rhodes' Grave in the Matopos.	26/11/1911
N/A	Rhodes' Statue
N/A	The Shangani Memorial	03/03/1907
N/A	Victoria Falls.
N/A	Victoria Falls. Low Water.	12/12/1908