"16. LION HUNT ON ATHI PLAINS--Lions / abound in great numbers in the Athi district, and / carefully organized hunts..." color post card showing Roosevelt & dead lion & many natives with spears in Kenya. unused, corner & edge wear, brownish paper. $5.00 rhk& NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

    "172. Une rue de MOMBASA" A street of Mombasa, Kenya, circa 1907. Undivided back postcard with browning paper confirming age. Free of faults. "Messageries Maritime" indicative of ship company origin. $7.00 (k)

    "177 Environs de MOMBASA" showing a group of native men seated in a circle with huts in the distance, black & white carte postale with undivided back from Messageries Maritimes, short mark at top back edge, otherwise surprisingly fresh for its age. $9.50 k

"179. Une Crique à MOMBASA" showing small coastal boats & people, unused black & white carte postale with undivided back from Messageries Maritimes, light toning near the top back edge. $9.00

    "3. ENTERING MOMBASA HARBOR" showing 4 men--Roosevelt, Selous (famous African hunter), Mearns (Smithsonian representative in charge of all taxidermy work on the expedition) & Kermit Roosevelt; post card mailed 1913, stamp damaged, considerable corner & edge wear, light cancel ink on front, tiny scrape on front, as is. $4.50 rthk%

"551. Une rue à MOMBASA" showing a woman walking by some thatched huts on a dirt road, unused black & white carte postale with undivided back from Messageries Maritimes, minor corner wear & rounding. $9.00 k

"5Z4FM" shortwave QSL card used 1992 by operator Jim Stewart, excellent condition. $1.50 k. Similar but a small corner crease, and an ink spot on the back. $1.25 k NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

"6. ROOSEVELT GOING INTO AFRICA. From / Mombassa to Nairobi, Roosevelt, with two friends and / one of the guides, rode on the front of the locomotive..." color post card scene in Kenya, unused, minor corner wear. $5.50 rk%

"A Kenya Masai smiles, as he / dons the lion-mane headpiece / that almost cost his life" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 in the United States, ink smear on back, light amount of cancel ink on front. $2.00

    "Civil Native Hospital, Mombasa" black-and-white, unused, publisher not given. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

IAS CARGO AIRLINES (United Kingdom). Unused continental postcard showing its Canadair CL-44 (G-BCWJ) in 1977, from a limited edition of 600, near mint. Shortly thereafter, on July 6 1978, the landing gear of this aircraft gave way while landing at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, and it was written off. $10.00 aku

"IMPALA 203" showing the animal at water's edge, sepia-tone viewcard with QSL usage on back by operator E. Robson at Nairobi, copyrighted view, tiny corner bend. $2.00.ka

"JAMIA MOSQUE, NAIROBI" early chrome post card mailed to the United States but stamp removed. corner crease. $1.00 (k)!

"Kenya, Africa" showing a large rural residence, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1965 in US. $1.75 (k)!

"Kenya, Africa" showing cattle grazing near tall trees, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1964 in US. $1.75 (k)!

KENYA AIRWAYS. Continental black & white photograph of its Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 (5Y-BBS) parked near some buildings, good focus & composition & contrast. Rare. On July 10 1988, this aircraft crash landed at Kisumu Airport & never flew again; fortunately there were no fatalities. $7.50 a

KENYA AIRWAYS. Unused continental color postcard showing its Let L-410UVP-E9 (5Y-VVB) at Ostrava in November 2000, copyrighted & printed in the Czech Republic, near mint. A striking image that was taken at night. $7.50 ak

"Kikuyu" continental real photo post card, unused, rough edges as issued, from Frank Studio in Mombasa. $1.75 (k)!

"Kikuyus at Kikuyu, Kenya" black & white postcard from a work by Zanzibar photographer Coutinho, full male frontal nudity, lightly toned back, soft corners. $10.00 (k)!

"Kikuyu from the Nyeri District, Kenya" continental real photo post card. unused, rough edges as issued, from Frank Studio in Mombasa. $1.75 (k)!

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    "Kilindini Harbour, Mombassa" black on yellowish paper, postcard from an undisclosed publisher, unused. $2.50 k+!

"Lions (The Whole Family)" continental post card mailed 1965 to US. rough edges as issued, 3 stamps with mixed currency, small corner crease, edge pushed in at one spot. $1.00

    "Masai" black line drawing on brownish paper, signed by Savary, postcard printed in England, unused. $4.00 kai+

"Mombasa Harbour" black & white post card, unused, corner crease. $2.00

    See also Kenya postal history. Shown are stamps of Great Britain used in Kenya.

SINCEREWAYS. Continental postcard showing its Douglas DC-6 aircraft (5Y-BMM) on the ground, writing on back identifies country of operator. $5.00 ak

    "Turkana Chief" black line drawing on brownish paper, signed by Savary, post card printed in England, unused. $4.00 kai+

"VQ4RF" QSL viewcard showing a charging rhinoceros, used 1961, via RFB Featherstone Nakuru. $2.25 ka*%*c

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"RESERVATION APPLICATION / KEWPIE® / PORCELAIN COLLECTOR DOLL" unused business reply card separated from a magazine, an offer under Permit No. 456 of Norwalk Connecticut by the Danbury Mint. $1.00 k-c

    "ROSE O'NEILL - 'CREATOR OF THE KEWPIE DOLL' / AT / HER OZARK HOME - BONNIEBROOK" unused Kodak real photo (possibly of a painting) postcard, good edges. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

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    "Kirgiz children's ballet performing in a Lenin- / grad festival of the arts..." sepia-tone postcard, unused, propaganda from the American Russian Institute. $7.00 (krd)

"Kirghiz mother lives in / Afghanistan's Pamir Mts." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1962 at Spring Creek Pennsylvania. $2.50 ak

"Kirghiz nomads of the / foothills of the Pamir Mts." men with a Westerner, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 at Allenport Pennsylvania. $2.50 ak

"Kirgiz women weaving / straps for the yurt." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1962 in US. $2.00 +

PHOENIX AVIATION (Kyrgyzstan). Unused regular-size postcard showing its Ilyushin IL-18D at Ostend in October 1999, published in Switzerland, 2 crossing internal creases occur mercifully in the runway image where they are harder to notice. $4.50 ak

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    "12.--Petits Métiers-- Raccommodeur de Faïence. Little crafts--Chinese mender." showing a man mending earthenware, boys in the back hold kites; black & white postcard on browning paper, circa 1915, unused, album marks at front corners, lower corner crease tangential to the image. The man is mending pottery. $35.00 cppk

    "BBM" hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard showing a boy flying a leaf-shaped kite at low level to amuse 4 other children & a woman, mailed in France circa 1915 but stamp removed, minor corner wear, light toning both sides. $6.50 kc%

"Chang'e Flying the Moon" unused continental post card showing a Chinese kite in flight, fresh appearance. $2.00 ck*

"Double Happiness Sandwiched by / Dragon and Phoenix" unused continental postcard showing a Chinese kite, fresh appearance. $2.00 ck*

"Dragon and Phoenixes Kite" unused continental post card showing a Chinese kite, fresh appearance. $2.00 ck*

"ÉDOUARD BOURAT / SAN SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRÉSIL, 1984" showing a line of kites at a beach, presumably for sale or rent; unused black-and-white continental postcard with 1988 copyright, trivial wear at upper corners. $1.25 kb

"Flowers of Friendship" unused continental post card showing a Chinese kite, fresh appearance. $2.00 ck*

"Flying Wing to Wing" unused continental post card showing 4 Chinese kites in the shape of butterflies & insects, fresh appearance. $2.00 ck*

"God of Longevity and Celestial Peach" unused continental postcard showing a Chinese kite, fresh appearance. $2.00 ck*

    "HUMAN KITE, AT FLORIDA'S BEAUTIFUL / CYPRESS GARDENS / ... / A WATER SKIER SAILING THROUGH SPACE / CLINGING TO A GIANT KITE" unused chrome post card from Ridge Distributing Company, fairly fresh, unusual subject matter. Florida's Cypress Gardens is now closed. $2.50 s(w)fk+

    "JOCKEY'S RIDGE / Nags Head, North Carolina / …" showing 2 enthusiasts checking their large kite, unused chrome postcard with tiny corner crease. $1.00 (nk)

    "Kite Written with Chinese / Characters 'Dragon'" unused continental post card showing a Chinese kite in flight, fresh appearance. $2.00 ck*

"Peacock Spreading its Tail" unused continental postcard showing a Chinese kite, fresh appearance. $2.00 ck*

    "Seeking Treasure from the Dragon Palace" unused continental post card showing a Chinese kite, fresh appearance. $2.00 ck*

"Soaring Dragon Kite" unused continental postcard showing a Chinese kite in flight, fresh appearance. $2.00 ck*

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"The Auspicious Dragon Kite" unused continental post card showing a Chinese kite, fresh appearance. $2.00 ck*

"The daring Kite Man takes to the air at one of the / four water ski shows held daily at beautiful Cypress / Gardens near Winter Haven, Fla." including 2 women nearby on water skis, unused chrome postcard, fairly fresh. $2.50 f(c)k

"Three-dragon-head Kite" unused continental post card showing a Chinese kite, fresh appearance. $2.00 ck*

Two booklet covers showing venues in China for kite competitions, quality printing, contents removed. Both for $3.75 k

"Vase, Lotus and Dragon Kite" unused continental postcard showing a Chinese kite, fresh appearance. $2.00 ck*

"Whole Dragon Kite" unused continental post card showing a Chinese kite, fresh appearance. $2.00 ck*

"Zhong Kui Marrying his Sister" unused continental postcard showing a Chinese kite, fresh appearance. $2.00 ck*

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    "Binnenhuisje (Marken)" showing a young girl knitting beside a baby, inside a traditionally decorated house; color postcard, D.B.M. 60, printed in Holland, unused postcard, light toning on back, light toning at front corners from album. Northholland Tramway advertising for tours in English on the back . $4.75 nik NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

    "Hampden / Watches // SEEING AND HEARING, / GRANDMAS SAYS, WE LITTLE WITCHES / MADE HER DROP A DOZEN STITCHES ..." with 6 more lines of poetry on a circa-1890 advertising card from M. V. Moore in Carson City Michigan, small tiny light spot of toning on back, otherwise quite fresh for its age. Back continues with accuracy, durability & beauty claims. $15.00 acgkm!

    "Holland" showing an elderly woman in traditional attire knitting something tubular (3 needles, probably a sock) in her home, clock on the wall nearby; well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1963 from Lexington Nebraska. $2.00 nkc NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

"Marken" sepia-tone real photo with blue caption handstamped lightly, showing a Dutch woman & 3 girls knitting, undivided back, unused, small corner crease, corner wear & rounding, much album adherences on back. $4.00

    "Ms. Phyllis Wiley / ... / Hand Crocheted Rag Rugs / Available to Teach Classes / or Demonstrate" unused black & white postcard in near-mint condition. $2.00 o(j)kng

    "Uitg. Jos. Nuss, Amsterdam.  Urk." showing a young Flevoland woman knitting outside her house, briefkaart with undivided back, very late usage at Roth North Dakota, mild corner rounding. $4.50 nk NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

    "V. Kornerup. Söndagmorgen" with an old woman knitting by a window, sepia-tone postcard, unused, Stenders Maleriserie, yellowish paper. $3.50 ak

"Walchersche meisjes" showing two girls knitting on a door stoop, color post card mailed 1910 in Rotterdam Netherlands to Maine, long crease, 1 / 2-inch tear at an edge. $2.50

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    "CAIRO MUSEUM, No. 79. / Procession of wooden offering-bearers from a tomb at Sakkara / ..." museum card with good edges, small spot of light toning on back. $3.00 ekma

"CAIRO MUSEUM, No. 80. / Wooden soldiers from a tomb at Assiut (Middle Empire) / ..." museum card with good edges, interesting scholarly commentary written on back. $4.00 ekma

    "CARHART & CURD, / DEALERS IN / Hard-ware, Tin-ware, Wooden-ware, Table and Pocket Cutlery, / NAILS, HOES, IRON, STEEL, &c…" Macon Georgia pioneer ad on government postal card from early 1880's, mailed, light but fairly large water stain at upper right corner. $10.00 g(m)agk

"Details of Carving in the Chapter-House, YORK MINSTER.  6931" unused sepia-tone postcard, copyrighted, published by Walter Scott, slight curl to the paper, tiny corner crease not near the image. At the top of each column there are 2 macabre gargoyle-like heads. $3.75 i(o)e(y)k

    "Fontainebleau / Galerie François Ier" a showplace for 16th-century Italian art & the carved walnut woodwork by Francisco Scibec Carpi; black & white carte postale with undivided back from B. F. Paris, unused, faint album marks at the corners of both sides. $3.50 fki(c)

"Great Northern mountain type locomotive is 58 inches / long, took 1,600 carving hours... " with a side view of the Ernest Warther ebony, ivory & pearl carving displayed at the Warther Museum in Dover Ohio; unused chrome postcard, 2 tiny spots of toning on back, otherwise fairly fresh. $2.50 o(d)kmr

"H. W. CLARK & CO., / WHOLESALE DEALERS IN / Fancy Goods, Notions, Buckskin Goods, / KNIT GOODS, UMBRELLAS, WHIPS, CUTLERY, ETC." advertising postal card (no watermark) from Hartford Connecticut to Chapinville (DPO 1828 - 1916), advising recipient that a salesman will call with samples, several creases mostly faint. Circa 1875 - 1880. $6.00 uk

    "Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church / Lexington Ave. at 88th St., New York 28, N. Y." with an interior view of the altar & chancel, including its irreplaceable wood carvings from the Black Forest; black & white real photo post card with good focus & composition; mailed 1960 at East Freetown NY, tiny bit of an upper corner is gone, other corners with trivial wear. This Manhattan church is also notable for its Gothic architecture. $5.00 

    "Kashmir decorative art. Carved kingfisher clutches / its prey amid flowers on a / box ... / ... almost two / inches in relief." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1961 from white Cloud Kansas. $2.00 bkk

"MAJESTIC / MANUFACTURERS, EXPORTERS, / WHOLESALERS, AND RETAILERS / OF / Chinese Handcarved Teakwood And / Camphor Wood Chests, Chow Benches, / Nest Tables..." fold-out business card in 2 panels with some Chinese at the top, 3 creases (2 of which are long). $4.00 ck

    "Model of Steel Mill in which Mr. Warther worked / for 21 years. Hand-carved of walnut and ivory..." chrome post card in color, unused. Location is Dover Ohio. $5.00 (ogk)

    "MODEL OF THE LITTLE BROWN CHURCH  / IN THE VALE / The Work of Bily Brothers, Spillville, Iowa" sepia-tone real photo postcard with glossy finish, mailed there 1953, message in a heavy hand, good edges. Hand made carving. $8.00 ikg

    "Musée des Arts Décoratifs / 136 - Chaises, bois sculpté, époque Louis XV.  ND Phot." showing a pair of chairs carved from wood, black & white carte postale, former owner's neat markings on back. $1.25 fmk

"Nepal" shows a man with a long knife at his waist, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1964 in US. $2.00 (nk)

    "Oberammergau.  Mutter u. Kinder beim Schnitzen. / Verlag von Carl Aug. Seyfried & Comp., München" showing a mother & her 2 daughters carving wooden artifacts & souvenirs; unused monochromatic blue-green postkarte with a little wear at the corners but otherwise fairly fresh for its age (circa 1900). Oberammergau has been an important center for woodcarving since the 12th century, and a school for woodcarvers is located there now. $15.00 bpk

    "Repair shop for 'Santos' / in the Museum of New Mexico" in Santa Fe, including a can of Ambroid liquid cement at the right, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1962 from Jal NM, slight curl to the paper. These religious carvings were used in converting the indigenous peoples to Roman Catholicism. $3.00 n(s)mr(a)k NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

"Sauder Village 20th Annual / Woodcarvers' Show & Sale / ..." unused continental postcard in excellent condition, a quality printing with color both sides. In Archbold Ohio. $1.25 ko

    "Simpson's-in-the-Strand / The Famous Old English Eating House / The gentleman who asked the carver whether / the meat was English or Foreign." quality signed comic art by H. M. Bateman, unused post card, quite fresh except for a tiny corner bend. $7.00 eafk!

"Slice into / Amazing Knife / Deals!" unused color business reply card from Bud K Worldwide in Moultrie Georgia, excellent condition. $1.00 kg

"Temple carving of Lord Shiva and his wife, Parvati. / Kathmandu, Nepal." continental postcard in vertical format, in color, 1985 copyright, good edges. $1.75 nk

"This engine, called 'The Big Boy', was duplicated / in scale ... / ...carved of unusual / burl walnut and ivory" showing a side view of the Union Pacific steam locomotive & tender model at the Warther Museum in Dover Ohio; unused chrome postcard, a few tiny spots near a bottom front corner, light yellowish toning along the bottom back. $2.50 o(d)kmr NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

    Uncaptioned, series number on back hard to read because of writing, unsigned art shows clothed boxer(?) sitting at a table with playing cards & knife, noticeable corner & edge wear, mailed in US 1908 (RPO cancel that can be figured). $10.00

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