Rene North (died 1971) produced a series of b&w postcards sold in sets (of 6) as 'Paint Your Own' covering a range of Uniforms. The idea being that you could colour them in yourself. Which if you did would presumably reduce the current value considerably...
The couple of (posthumously published) Almark books above are really quite nice and he uses the cards to illustrate them.
There is a short biography on the back of his Hamlyn book:
After his death the Paint Your Own cards were sold by John Edgcumbe (about whom I know little except that in 1944 he was stationed near Richmond (Yorkshire) with the 17/21 Lancers. After his death there was an advert in Military Modelling Magazine offering the business for sale .....
I no longer have the list of cards so thats another thing on the 'to find' list..
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