Postcard Mariánské Lázně, Hotel Krakonoš

Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons; Description: Obverse: "MARIENBAD, CAFÉ RÜBEZAHL", Terrace Hotel Krakonoš, Reverse: "TUCK´S  POSTKARTE."and mark: "rounded crest with crown prince,lion and unicorn", at the left edge of the publisher's name and: "OILETTE" Serie "Marienbad" No. 700, in the text field at the top a printed text with information about Café Krakonoš, in the box for stamp 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.