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Wills's Arms of the British Empire
Series information :
Series : Arms of the British Empire : Australian Issue
Date of issue : 1910
Number of cards : 1 series of 50
Image variants : ? |
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Company
See here for a general introduction to the company and its heraldic series.
Series
This series shows the arms of British colonies, protectorated and cities. The series is essentially the same as the UK series with the same name, with some small changes.
The UK series has as number 1 the Hudson Bay Company, the Australian version has Hong Kong. Also some cards have a different number :
| Card |
UK number |
AUS number |
| Bombay |
36 |
35 |
| East India Company |
6 |
7 |
| Lagos |
13 |
14 |
| Mauritius |
9 |
10 |
| Nova Scotia |
10 |
9 |
| Transvaal |
7 |
6 |
| Victoria |
35 |
36 |
The design of the cards is slightly different between the series, but the following arms are essentially different (left Australian issues, right UK issues)
 
 
 
Cards issued :
1 |
Hong Kong |
|
2 |
Sydney |
 |
3 |
Cape Town |
 |
4 |
Rhodesia |
 |
5 |
Bermuda |
 |
6 |
Transvaal |
 |
7 |
East India Company |
 |
8 |
Burma |
 |
9 |
Nova Scotia |
 |
10 |
Mauritius |
 |
11 |
Cape Colony |
 |
12 |
Bombay city |
 |
13 |
Commonwealth of Australia |
|
14 |
Lagos |
 |
15 |
Western Australia |
|
16 |
Manitoba |
 |
17 |
New South Wales |
 |
18 |
British Columbia |
 |
19 |
Prince Edward Island |
 |
20 |
Natal |
 |
21 |
Leeward Islands |
 |
22 |
North Borneo |
 |
23 |
Jamaica |
 |
24 |
Calcutta |
 |
25 |
British Honduras |
 |
26 |
Fiji Islands |
 |
27 |
Malta |
 |
28 |
New Zealand |
 |
29 |
Malay States |
 |
30 |
Saskatchewan |
 |
31 |
Ontario |
 |
32 |
Cyprus |
 |
33 |
Ceylon |
 |
34 |
Alberta |
 |
35 |
Bombay |
 |
36 |
Victoria |
 |
37 |
Quebec |
 |
38 |
East Africa Protectorate |
 |
39 |
Tasmania |
 |
40 |
Queensland |
 |
41 |
Johannesburg |
 |
42 |
New Brunswick |
 |
43 |
Madras |
 |
44 |
Gibraltar |
 |
45 |
Sierra Leone |
 |
46 |
Isle of Man |
 |
47 |
Straits Settlements |
 |
48 |
Canada |
 |
49 |
Newfoundland |
 |
50 |
South Australia |
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