The PCM (March 2009) lists 5 cards (presumably printed as a set of six).

One card  (which is signed) "The Old Maidens Prayer" appears to have been printed in two forms  with the same back and same plate - apart from a rectangular area which holds the revised wording.

The earliest located is dated from December 1907 and they presumably represent "work in progress" when the London View Company Ltd closed down in August 1907 - but publication went ahead, involving H. Vertigen and the usual Saxony printer. The following observations point to this possibility:

• Most unsigned (common after August 1907 publication date)

• Inland Saxony back

• H Vertigen & Co as only publisher so far recorded

• At least three cards later republished with Numbered Back  (PC. I) - as were a number of the Vertigen "F S" cards.

See also "Kiss me under the mistletoe"

Good Fortune smile on you this Christmas

Unsigned

No publisher

Inland Saxony back

24 December 1907

Good Fortune smile on you this Christmas

Unsigned

H Vertigen & Co

Inland Saxony back

Good Fortune smile on you this Christmas

Unsigned

No Publisher

Number only

47

   (PC. I)

Pleasant Things await you at every step this Christmas

Unsigned

H Vertigen & Co

Inland Saxony back

December 1907

The Old Maiden's Prayer

May your wildest hopes be realised this day!

Dear Father Christmas Bring me a husband or any kind of man

Signed F S

No publisher

Inland Saxony back

The Old Maiden's Prayer

May your wildest hopes be realised this day!

Oh Lord, what is it that disturbs

My slumbers sound and sweet

Oh  send a husband unto me

Whereon to warm my feet

Signed F S

No Publisher

Inland Saxony back

Unposted

19 December, 1907 April 1908

[Note right hand corner changed - curtains do not match exactly over the join line]

Hoping you'll get many a Christmas Box

Unsigned

No Publisher

No 41

Ah! Happy years! Once more who would not be a boy?

Byron

Good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both, this happy Christmas Day.

Unsigned

No Publisher

Number only

45

   (PC. I)

May you find something in your stocking this Christmas Morn

Signed F S

H Vertigen & Co

Inland Saxony back

Other Versions - See Fleas