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I have been toying with the idea of doing a section about the artists of Red Rose for a few years now. It took fellow collector Dave Huebert
to get me going with it. Most of what is here is actually his hard work. Thanks, Dave, for doing the work and also for sharing it with us.
I think Red Rose would have to agree that the tea card promotion was certainly successful. What the heck, people are still collecting
them almost 45 years after they were issued. Part of the reason for their success is the incredible artwork on the cards themselves.
Red Rose's parent company at the time, Brooke Bond, commissioned the National Wildlife Federation to procure art for images on the cards.
Over time I plan to add informational pages on each artist. I'll start with the largest contributor and work my way down.
| The Cards |
Artist |
Series |
Cards |
W. Carl Burger |
2 - Animals of NA |
2 |
Guy Joseph Coheleach |
13 - NA Wildlife in Danger |
9, 31 |
John Crosby |
9 - Can/Amer Songbirds |
unknown |
| Louis Darling Jr. |
6 - Tropical Birds |
10, 11, 16, 43, 47 |
Donald Richard Eckelberry
"DRE" |
1 - Songbirds of NA |
22, 24, 26, 30, 31, 34, 37, 43, 44, 48 |
| 2 - Animals of NA |
2, 11, 17, 30 |
| 3 - Wildflowers of NA |
1, 2,
4, 7, 8,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34,
35, 36, 37,
39, 40, 42, 43 |
| 4 - Birds of NA |
3, 4,
6, 10,
19, 20, 24, 27, 34, 36, 37,
39, 40, 44,
46, 48 |
| 6 - Tropical Birds |
2, 5, 6, 7,
8 , 9, 13, 14,
15, 18, 20 thru 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 44, 45, 48 |
| 9 - Can/Amer Songbirds |
1, 3, 4, 5,
6, 11, 15, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, 28, 31, 34, 35, 36, 38, 42, 47 |
| 11 - Trees of NA |
18, 27, 38 |
| 13 - NA Wildlife in Danger |
3, 10, 17, 46 |
Walter Ferguson |
8 - Butterflies of NA |
20,
38 |
Charles Frace |
13 - NA Wildlife in Danger |
2, 6, 7, 8,
12, 22, 26, 28, 37, 38, 44 |
| Albert Earl 'Gil' Gilbert |
14 - Exploring the Ocean |
33, 47 |
| Robert W. 'Bob' Hines |
2 - Animals of NA |
19, 20, 26, 43 |
| Francis Lee Jaques |
2 - Animals of NA |
8, 14, 47 |
| 4 - Birds of NA |
25, 41 |
| Gerry Lazare and Lewis Parker (L&P) |
16 - The Arctic |
1,
2, 3,
4 , 5, 6, 7, 8, 14 |
| 17 - Indians of Canada |
1,
2, 3,
4, 5,
6, 7,
8, 9,
10, 11,
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45,
46, 47, 48 - the complete series |
| Donald Leo Malick |
8 - Butterflies of NA |
16, 17 |
| 9 - Can/Amer Songbirds |
2, 7, 8, 10, 12, 20, 21, 23, 27,
32, 39, 40, 41, 46, 48 |
| Roger Tory Peterson |
1 - Songbirds of NA |
1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 25, 28, 29, 32, 35, 36, 38, 42, 46 |
| 4 - Birds of NA |
1,
5, 21, 22, 23, 26,
28, 35, 43,
45, 47 |
| 6 - Tropical Birds |
1,
3, 12, 17, 19, 27, 30, 32, 35, 39, 42, 46 |
| 8 - Butterflies of NA |
9, 15, 23 |
| 9 - Can/Amer Songbirds |
30, 45 |
| 13 - NA Wildlife in Danger |
11, 24 |
| Maynard D. Reece |
2 - Animals of NA |
5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 28, 31, 40, 42, 45, 48 |
| 3 - Wildflowers of NA |
3, 5, 6, 9, 16, 18, 23, 25,
26, 30, 31, 38, 41, 44, 45,
46, 47, 48 |
| 4 - Birds of NA |
2, 7,
8, 9, 11, 12,
14, 16, 17,
18, 30, 31, 32, 33 |
| 8 - Butterflies of NA |
14, 21, 22, 31, 42 |
| 11 - Trees of NA |
4, 13, 21, 24, 37, 42,
44 |
| 13 - NA Wildlife in Danger |
18, 23, 32 |
| 14 - Exploring the Ocean |
40 |
| Charles Lewis 'Chuck' Ripper |
2 - Animals of NA |
4, 9, 25, 29, 32, 41 |
| 4 - Birds of NA |
42 |
| 9 - Can/Amer Songbirds |
13, 37, 43 |
| 10 - Transportation Thru the Ages |
Contributor - he touched up a single card. |
| 11 - Trees of NA |
1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14,
15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48 |
| 13 - NA Wildlife in Danger |
1, 4, 5, 13 thru 16, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27, 29,
30, 33, 34, 36, 39 thru 43, 45, 47, 48 |
| 14 - Exploring the Ocean |
22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
32, 34 thru 37, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46,
48 |
| 15 - Animals and Their Young |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 - the complete series |
| 16 - The Arctic |
26 thru 48 |
| Dr. H. Wayne Trimm |
14 - Exploring the Ocean |
23, 38 |
| C. F. Tunnicliffe |
7 - African Animals |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40,
41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 - the complete series |
| Clare Walton |
14 - Exploring the Ocean |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
17, 18, 19, 20, 21 |
| 16 - The Arctic |
9,
10, 11, 12, 13,
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 |
| Richard Ward |
10 - Transportation Thru the Ages |
1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 - the complete series |
Walter Alois Weber
a.k.a.
Al Kreml
(Numbers in
Black
indicate Kreml signature) |
1 - Songbirds of NA |
2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 33, 39,
40
, 41, 45, 47 |
| 2 - Animals of NA |
1, 3, 15, 21
, 23, 24, 27, 33, 34,
35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 44, 46 |
| 4 - Birds of NA |
13, 15, 29,
38 |
| 6 - Tropical Birds |
4 |
| 11 - Trees of NA |
26 |
| 13 - NA Wildlife in Danger |
35 |
| 14 - Exploring the Ocean |
43 |
| Helmut K. Wimmer |
12 - The Space Age |
1,
2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35,
36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 - the complete series |
| Jean Day Zallinger |
8 - Butterflies of NA |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 thru 13, 18,
19, 24 thru 30, 32 thru 37, 39, 40, 41, 43 thru 48 |
| Rudolph Franz Zallinger |
5 - Dinosaurs |
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,
40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 - the complete series |
| Unknown Artists * |
9 - Can/Amer Songbirds |
9, 14, 16, 17, 24, 29, 33, 44 |
* It appears impossible to determine the artist for these eight. These have no discernable
signature and were not used for the NWF stamp program.
| Series Info |
Artist |
Srs 1 |
Srs 2 |
Srs 3 |
Srs 4 |
Srs 5 |
Srs 6 |
Srs 7 |
Srs 8 |
Srs 9 |
Srs 10 |
Srs 11 |
Srs 12 |
Srs 13 |
Srs 14 |
Srs 15 |
Srs 16 |
Srs 17 |
Total |
| W. Carl Burger |
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1 |
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1 |
| Guy Joseph Coheleach |
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2 |
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2 |
John Crosby |
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? |
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? |
| Louis Darling Jr. |
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5 |
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| Donald Richard Eckelberry |
10 |
4 |
30 |
16 |
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30 |
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20 |
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3 |
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4 |
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117 |
| Walter Ferguson |
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2 |
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2 |
| Charles Frace |
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11 |
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11 |
| Albert Earl 'Gil' Gilbert |
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2 |
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2 |
| Robert W. 'Bob' Hines |
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4 |
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4 |
| Francis Lee Jaques |
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3 |
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2 |
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5 |
| Gerry Lazare and Lewis Parker (L&P)† |
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9 |
48 |
57 |
| Donald Leo Malick |
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2 |
15 |
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17 |
| Roger Tory Peterson |
21 |
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11 |
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12 |
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3 |
2 |
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2 |
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51 |
| Maynard D. Reece |
|
14 |
18 |
14 |
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5 |
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7 |
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3 |
1 |
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62 |
| Charles Lewis 'Chuck' Ripper |
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6 |
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1 |
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3 |
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37 |
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25 |
21 |
48 |
23 |
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164 |
| Dr. H. Wayne Trimm |
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2 |
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2 |
| C. F. Tunnicliffe |
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48 |
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48 |
| Clare Walton |
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21 |
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16 |
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37 |
| Richard Ward |
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48 |
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48 |
| Walter Alois Weber a.k.a. Al Kreml |
17 |
16 |
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4 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
1 |
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41 |
| Helmut K. Wimmer |
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48 |
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48 |
| Jean Day Zallinger |
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36 |
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36 |
| Rudolph Franz Zallinger |
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48 |
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48 |
| Unknown Artists * |
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8 |
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8 |
| Artists Contributing |
3 |
7 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
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| Totals |
48 |
48 |
48 |
48 |
48 |
48 |
48 |
48 |
48 |
48 |
48 |
48 |
48 |
48 |
48 |
48 |
48 |
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† - L & P are treated as one artist for the purposes of this count.
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