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OwenJones:hisworkandhislegacyPartTwo

1865-721875+1875+

1875+Chinese1862-65

PoWwithoutinitials1875+1855-621855-65

All1865-72

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After18621862-85(roundCorners,noindices)

1851-551862-651865-72

1872-751875+1855-62

1855-621888+Empire1875+

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1872+Both1851-55,maynotbebyOwenJones

Both1851-55,maynotbebyJones1865-72

All1870s1865-72

AlldescribedasFigured,1868-69

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AlldescribedasFigured,1868-69,theleft-handonealsodatesfrom1862

All1868-69;thesingle-colourversionswereproducedforthecheapergrades,suchasHighlanders.Atwo-colourversionoftheright-handMoorishdesignisshownabove;itwasusedfrom1862.

Violets;all1865-72

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Theabovetwosingle-colourdesignsfrom1875onwardswereusedincheapergradepacks.ItisdifficulttosaywhetherthesewerebyOwenJonesorjustfollowedonfromhiswork.Theright-handonehastwocoloursandisfromahighergrade.

Allfrom1865intothe1870sItalian?

1865-721865-72After1862

Japanesequince1875+Chinese,forcheappacksfrom1862DeLaRuealsosharedsomeoftheirdesignswithLawrenceCohenintheUnitedStates.BelowisapackwiththealteredAS,D4.1courtsandtheunnamedbackdesign168.

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OxalisChinese

214unnamed1868-69

205unnamedpost1862(chrysanthemum)1868-69Alltheabove20examplesareDeLaRuebacksfromthepost-Frizzleperiod,butIcan’tspecifythedatesmoreclosely,asIhaven’tseenthefronts(otherthanblanksinsomecases).

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206unnamed1868-69Lily,post1862post1862

1875+

1855-621875+

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1875+188unnamed1868-69196unnamed1868-69

200unnamed1868-69202unnamed1868-69211unnamed1868-69

213unnamed1868-691855-71ThefollowingdesignsareallfromeBay,mostlyfromAustraliansellers.IassumetheyhavebeenidentifiedcorrectlyasbeingbyDeLaRue;inmostcasesIcan’tverifythedate,asnofrontsareillustrated.

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Incidentally,thecentreoneofthebottomrowhasbeenusedbyCartaMundionsomeoftheirbridgepackswithslightalterations,intwodifferentcolourschemes.

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1875+1875+

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1875+