This card is rather a curiosity, as it was scanned for me and supplied as having been issued by Anstie - yet the only "King George V" in our original reference book to that company is recorded as follows :
- 1915. 1. KING GEORGE V. (untitled). Woven on ribbon. Size 2 5/8" x 3 3/4" (approx). Portrait in black, framed in red and surmounted by crossed Union Jacks and oak leaves. Produced by J.J. Cash, Ltd. Coventry.
The mystery is partially cleared up with the arrival of our original World Tobacco Issues Index, which tells us in the heading under Anstie`s name that "For Anonymous woven silks issued by the firm see Sets ZS.1".
That is in the accompanying handbook under "Anonymous Issues (4) - Silks", and the subsection "2. Unbacked silks" (to differentiate from those which were issued with paper on the back, from which the silk was peeled, and on which were often directions for use and, sometimes, even, a list of the other subjects in the set. This sub-section starts with the following :
2.A. BRITISH EMPIRE AND AMERICAN SILKS.
(a) ANSTIE WOVEN SILKS. Issued 1914-1916 in U.K., by Anstie. Width sizes only are quoted; the silks were prepared in ribbons and cut into non-uniform lengths.
- ROYAL STANDARDS AND PORTRAITS. (A). Single silks. See Ha.495.2. .. ZS1-3
1. Royal Standard. Large, width 61 m/m
2. King George V. (a) Large, width 71 m/m. Black frame
(b) Large, width 71 m/m. Gold frame
(c) Small, width 35 m/m
3. Queen Mary. (a) Large, width 71 m/m. Gold frame
(b) Small, width 35 m/m
4. Lord French. Large, width 71 m/m. Black frame
5. Lord Kitchener. Large, width 71 m/m. Black frame
These still remain in the anonymous section of the updated version of this book, and the text has not changed. However there is a new card code of ZS01-700.