Postcard Mariánské Lázně, Square Franz Josef

Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons; Description: Obverse: "MARIENBAD, FRANZ JOSEF PLATZ", Halbmayrhaus (No. 32), Reverse: "TUCK´S  POSTKARTE."and mark: "rounded arms with a crown of a prince, a lion and an unicorn", on the left edge of the publisher's name and: "OILETTE" Serie "Marienbad" No. 699, in the text field at a the top printed text with information about the Square of Franz Josef, in the box for stamp a publisher´s tag. Raphael Tuck & Sons was a business started by Raphael Tuck and his wife in Bishopsgate in the City of London on October 1866, selling pictures and greeting cards, and eventually selling postcards, the latter being the most successful. Their business was one of the most well known in the 'postcard boom' of the late 1800s and early 1900s.