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HC-181 · WELCOME YELLOW · Extended historical · 2020–2025
Drop 2 · The RolesEdition of 25 per side · opens Mon 2 Nov 2026 · Family 48 hours early · closes Sun 22 Nov 2026

What does a Welcome Yellow hanky mean?

Newcomer / Seeker. Left pocket: Experienced Guide. Right pocket: Curious Newcomer.

Newcomer / Seeker — WELCOME YELLOW hanky code print, left pocket: EXPERIENCED GUIDE
Left pocket · givesExperienced Guide
Newcomer / Seeker — WELCOME YELLOW hanky code print, right pocket: NEWCOMER
Right pocket · receivesCurious Newcomer
ReferenceHC-181
ColourWELCOME YELLOW · #FDF887
Era2020-2025
OriginExtended historical · 2020–2025

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The swatchThe print at phone size with a name in the margin. Make it yours or make it for the person who should read you, and send it. No account, no email.
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The Study · one sideNumbered digital edition of 250 per side: the press-ready A3 file with the HANKY FAMILY® mark and HC-181 in the margin, certificate, provenance card, hanging spec. The full £30 is credited against the Edition within twelve months.
£30
Left · Experienced GuideRight · Newcomer
The Study · the pairBoth pockets, hung the way you stand. Left gives, right receives.
£50
The Study pair
The Print · A3Giclée A3 on Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm, made by Prodigi, our print partner, and posted to you rolled in a tube. Unsigned. A timed edition — open for the 21 days of its drop, then closed for good — numbered in the Register in order of sale, with the Register QR printed in the margin. Also in our TikTok Shop and on Etsy at the same price.
£60
Print · leftPrint · right
The Print · the pairBoth pockets, posted together in one tube.
£110
The Print pair
The Edition · Family onlyGiclée on Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm, A3, 25 per side, signed, numbered, blind-stamped, entered in the Register and anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain. Open to members for 21 days from the drop date; when the window closes the edition closes at the number it reached. Pair £280.
£150
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Drop 2 · The Roles · Family early access Sat 31 Oct 2026 · opens Mon 2 Nov 2026 · closes Sun 22 Nov 2026.

Adults only. We store the address for this drop and delete it when the drop closes unless you are in the Family. How we handle data.

Where it comes from. Documented in later bar charts and community lists, 1980s–1990s. Part of the living record.

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Where it sits in the story

Newcomer / Seeker entered the code through the extended bar charts and community lists of the 2020–2025s. Left pocket: experienced guide. Right pocket: curious newcomer. Part of the living record — documented, argued over and revised by the people who wore it.

197220261980 · Extended bar charts · Damron

Timeline stage: 1980 · Extended bar charts · Damron. Read the full history →

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The code was read across a room, so what sits next to a colour matters. Nearest by eye, from the Greens family and beyond.

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In the same cluster: Your place in the room.

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