 Punch
and Judy
The
Punch and Judy card is not out-and-out rare, but doesn't
turn up quite as often as, say, the Speaking Dog or Trick
Pony cards.
The
example shown here is a distributor's card. A toy bank
distributor, or wholesaler, was a middleman from whom retail
dealers could acquire banks for resale. In the case of the
Punch and Judy card, the distributor, Selchow & Righter,
chose to leave the advertiser's panel at the bottom of the
front blank, while adding the reverse imprint shown
here.
The Punch
and Judy card, like the Humpty Dumpty card, was printed and
issued by the Courier Lith. Co. of Buffalo in 1884. It is
shown here at 85 percent of full size. The reverse is shown
at 60 percent of full size and rotated 90
degrees.
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