Card of the Day - 2021-12-13

Enid Georgiana Taylor was born in 1904 and her pathway to fame was winning a beauty contest which led to her being asked to appear on stage. STAMP, our link, was added in because it was her grandmother`s maiden name. 

This is a popular cartophilic pose for it appears on other cards – Gallaher “Stars of Screen and Stage” (1935) 13/48 – and Hill “Cinema Celebrities” (1936) 6/35, which is allied to our set. 

She was reportedly engaged to a Count, but married a man called Sidney Colton, who is quite elusive, they had a daughter but were then divorced. She acted in films as well as on the stage. She died in 1946 after a fall at her home, aged just 41.

This set is listed in our original Godfrey Phillips Cartophilic Reference Book No.13, issued in 1949, below item 131, but the first line is the header, because this is a curious set, or more correctly group of sets, as item 132 is a “Series of 35. Backs in grey-black, with ornamental framelines. Issued 1933” - and item 134 is a “Series of 35. Backs in grey-black – identical format to 132. Issued 1934“. Item 135 is a “Series of 50. Backs in black, no frame lines. Home and export issue 1935.”