These albums measure 96 x 138mm and have had different cover styles. Again both thin card and cloth covered card with embossed gilt illustration were in use between 1915 (or earlier) until the 1930s (or later). Whether these two represent ordinary and deluxe editions is unknown. Most have the relevant year printed on the first page, but when this is inexplicably missing the Easter Day stamp and its date reveal the year.
By the 1950s A more simple cover design had been introduced, but they were still available with thicker or thin card covers, some of the former had light embossing of the design. A further change in the late 1950s introduced white covers with gilt embossing.
While several stamp designs were used, those from The Faith Press are quite distinctive, partly from their size and proportions. The changes over the years can be seen from the illustrations.

The 1918-19 edition in the collection was collected by N. Cozens of 3 Chanter St, Gillingham, Hants. It has a plain card cover unlike some other albums in the collection. Consequently the corners are a bit scuffed. While the cover and pages are in reasonable condition the staples have corroded and some pages are loose. The stamps follow the same format as other Faith Press stamps - rather ornate, one for each particular Sunday and different border colours for each quarter, with occasional ‘specials’. Unfortunately not may are actually stuck in straight.

These following early albums are hardback with fabric finish, and stapled pages. Dating from 1925-26, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1929-30 and 1930-31, so presumably there is no significant change in design for a number of years. Unknown owner for the 1926 collection, and only 18 stamps are present.
Two of the 1927 and 1928 albums were bought together and the second was owned by Miranda Breen of Luddenden Foot (wherever that is!). The earlier album has 54 of 62 stamp places filled while the other has 32. A red softcover album from 1928-29 is largely empty, while a blue soft covered album was owned by an Ethel Evans is nearly complete. An example of the 1928-29 album has been seen with a red cover but with the same inlaid gilt design and similar format stamps. this raises the possibility of albums being issued in differently coloured covers each year, for reasons unclear. These does not seem to be any significant differences between the blue and red albums from year to year.
The blue hardback 1929-30 album and belonged to an Edna May Brewster, “Trefusis”, Main Road, Harwich and has 48 of 54 stamp places filled. A second red album is quite complete and belonged to Ian Coleman of Beckley. Unfortunately some stamps handed out were from previous years and from a different publisher.
I have two copies of the 1930-31 album - note the change of colour from blue to red. Bath are in good condition but this is probably a reflection of there only being 7 stamps in one. That was owned by a William Evans of Armthorpe, Manchester. The other have no identifiers, and is missing 16 attendances, and all four full quarter attendance stamps. Different stamp sets have been used for the two books; see illustration of ame album page below.
The 1931-32 example is in good to excellent condtion and only lacks 3 stamps for the whole year. There is no name of church written inside it.
Note: There is a record of a 1925-26 album in the Other Examples with a different cover illustration but with stamp design style that differ from the others of this publisher. It is unlikely that the year is incorrect because this is usually printed on page 1.

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       1925-26

       1927-28

       1928-29

       1929-30

       1930-31

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       1931-32

A red soft back covered album for 1932-33 was owned by Peggy McLean. Its a bit scuffed on the outside with attendance stamps only starting after Easter. Even then it is not complete due to holidays, absences and an apparent giving up in November.

       1932-33

Two contrasting albums for 1933-34 are in my collection. Both have the soft cover. The blue album is in very good condition and is only short of the last four stamps. Ut belonged to Georgina Cheryer of Lymington in Hampshire. With a different set of stamps is the red album which is scruffy and has been folded in half. James McLean of Harrogate looks to have given up attending just after Easter.

      
1933-34
      

For all the above the stamps are 30 x 50 mm and perf 11. Single colours were used for each stamp in 1925, but colour coded; Easter to Whitsun dull orange, Trinity olive green. Special dates such as Easter Day in gold and notable saints days in vermillion. The stamps state the day of the Church Calendar. Notable dates such as Christmas and Easter use gold or silver as one of the colours. The stamps are bi-coloured in 1926, with a short quote in the framed border. Special days incorporate gold or silver and contrasting colours. For all tjhe Faith Press stamps and when they were used see The Stamps page.

This example of a Sunday Stamp Album from 1933-34 has a plain card cover with embossing or gilding. Unlike the previous few albums there is now date printed on the first page, but the with Easter Day falling on April 1st only 1934 fits the bill. The change to thinner car covers while the embossed fabric editions were still available more than raises the possibility of there being ordinary and deluxe editions of the albums around this period. This one was collected by Edna Watson of Stoke, near Coventry. Though in good condition there are only 15 stamps. The stamps do not match the above 1920’s examples in design, but do match those of the later ones below.

This 1935-36 Sunday Stamp Album below still retains the thick fabric covered card with textured gold design and lettering of those from the 1920s. This example was owned by Marie Coles of Ynyston Farm, Leckwith; this is a mile or two outside modern day Cardiff. It appears to be one stamp missing though this may be one misplaced on another page. There is duplication of stamps in this album with those in the 33-34 album above. Were the same stamps issued year after year, or were the stamps for this album old stock? There is one silver and blue ‘Never Late, Never Absent’ stamp, presumably given for a reasonable non-attendance. The album’s condition is not good. The cover hasn’t worn well, and the centre pages have become loose.
A blue card cover album in the collection is devoid of stamps, in near perfect condition, and may be the only example (so far) of an unused album here.

The Faith Press at this time is still publishing at least two different albums. A 1935 Childermote Album is known (see Other Examples) which uses the same pages as this album. However, while different stamps are stuck into that album there is no guarantee that either Sunday School was using the correct stamps for the year, or indeed if there are set stamps for different years.

The next three years are covered by the collection of Dorothy Taylor of Owlesbury in Hampshire; namely 1936-37, 1937-38, and 1938-39. All three are next clean and tidy, and with the gold embossed textured card (deluxe?) covers. Dorothy previously collected The Gospel Stamps, and was absent for the last eight weeks. However she restarted for Advent in 1936 and missed ten dates, seven of which were in July and August. The 1937-38 is missing 14 stamps including a run of 7 weeks, which coincided with normal school holidays. In 1939 ten stamps are missing including six from the same period. The same happened in 1936, so perhaps Dorothy was shipped off to relatives for summer; or did the Sunday School shut down for that period? I do note though, that the outbreak of war in September 1939 did not have any effect. All three are of the same format as earlier.
There is also a pair of albums, 1937-38 and 1938-39, which don’t quite duplicate what is illustrated below. the 1937 is labeled Mary Adams who attended St Andrews at Chandstock, and it could be assumed the other was collected by her too. Both have rather faded gold embossed covers; the earlier is complete except for three stamps, but the second is given up for Lent and later. Both have stamp sets different to those below, but the 1937 example has the same stamps as used in the 1935-36 album above - suggesting that either old stamps were used sometimes, or that some stamp sets were available for a number of years. The 1938-39 year is now represented in the collection by four albums, all with different stamp sets!

         
1936-37

        
1937-38

      
1938-39

Three more albums from this period. Two, from 1938-39 and 1939-40 were collected by Miranda Coppola of St John the Baptist at Baginton near Coventry. One is complete with a penciled “ALL THE YEAR” and the other is missing only 4 stamps. However, both seem to have been stored somewhere damp, and while they are both hardback editions with embossed covers, all the gold has been lost. The 1938-39 album has a totally different style of stamps to the example above; further evidence of more than one set of stamps being available each year.
The 1938-39 hardback album also came with a red cover. My examples was collected by a Maurice Shiner, of Langleybury. There are only 4 stamps which is a shame, because all the empty spaces have been ticked for attendance, so he should have had the full set. The four present are from the previous year, evidenced by the 1937-38 album, so presumably, for some reason, these represent a few left over and for some reason albums were purchased but not stamps.

1938 alternative stamps

    
1938 red cover and incorrect stamps

  
1939

This is a 1941-42 album, with a thin buff coloured cover showing a rather defiant wartime image of St Pauls which escaped damage from the Blitz. The collector was Dorothy Sproat who attended St Peters church in Comerton. The stamps are complete bar the last two of the church year, but some have extra bits of sticky paper helping to keep the stamps attached. Overall it is in average condition; a but dog-eared and a bit dirty.
A second example has the thick card, gold embossed cover. The collector was Alan Harbatch of All Saints, Kings Heath, Birmingham. The condition is good, but the only the first part of the year was attended. The stamps though, are not the same as the first album, being the rather more formal style of previous years.