"11477. Rev. Wm. Duncan, Founder of the Native Mission, / Metlakatla, Alaska.
/
Published by W. H. Case, Juneau, Alaska" showing him standing on some stairs, black
& white post card, unused, heavily toned back, one corner badly creased, other corner & edge wear. $12.50 an"1953
/ "Alberto
Ascari" / Campione del mondo di F.1 / au Ferra500 / Giovanni Cremonini" signed art on
unused continental postcard from a limited edition of 500 issued in 1993, hint of corner
wear. World champion of Formula 1. $3.75 a(r)n
"31 / 01 / 97 Eddie Irvine F310'96 ibrida" showing a portrait of the driver &
advertising in color on the back, unused continental post
card, near mint. Classic design.
$3.00 a(r)n
"53 MAUD JEFFERIES // Photo by / W. & D. Downey"
wearing a peignoir sepia-tone real photo post card with writing on right front border.
$6.50 ln
"Adrienne Augarde" donning a large hat over
flowers in her hair, hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard, A. L. Series, tiny spots on
back from production process. Edwardian-era star of
theater & Broadway. $10.00 mnt
ANDRÉ BRETON, poet & critic, 1955.
Wanted to buy--postcards showing him, so that we may restock. Please offer
us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! na
"ARNOLD FITNESS EXPO 2000 // Arnold / Schwarzenegger // Ronald /
McDonald" publicity photo for the Columbus Ohio event, slightly smaller than
a continental postcard, no post card back, fresh appearance. A study in
contrasts! Shown. $1.50 s(b)no%.
Same except a bend at the upper right front corner that would probably press
out. $1.25 s(b)no
"Asta Nielsen / In ihrem Heim / 8612" real photo postcard mailed from Serbia with 3
Hungarian stamps, fairly fresh. Popular Danish actress of
silent films, many made in Germany. $10.00 nmd-s
"Becker & Maar... / Hedda Vernon" early movie star, post card mailed 1919 (no
stamp, feldpost usage), writing on front in lower margin. $15.00 n+
"BECKHESSER HANS SACHS VEIT PROGNER / NÜRNBERGER MEISTERSINGER" showing a group
of 3 busts of these Bavarians in a striking image, postcard number 5031 from Herman Martin, unused,
slight yellowing of the paper with age, minor wear at 2 corners. $5.00 bn
"Binghamton N.Y. / Fritzi Scheff in 'Mamselle Modiste'." black & white postcard showing
the soprano with drum and flags in the second operetta composed by Victor Herbert
especially to showcase her talent, city name added in gold glitter, from Wheelock &
Co., unused, small tear, lightly toned back. $27.00 nmng+
"Bismarck is tot, / Gott schütze Deutschland!" black & white on undivided
back post card proclaiming the death of Chancellor Bismarck in 1898, unused, brownish paper, album marks on back. $17.00 gn
"Bob Boden Leaving Mexico" showing the rider being
thrown from that horse at a rodeo, unused linen post card with yellowing paper on back,
Doubleday copyright, printed in 1939, trivial corner rounding. Hard to find. $5.00 cn
"CALVIN PLAISTED, THE OLD BASKET MAN" at Kennebunk (York County) Maine,
undivided back post card from Enterprise Press, unused & fairly fresh. $35.00
"Charles DeWitt Brower King of
the Arctic / 1884 to 1945" in a fur coat, unused Kodak real photo postcard
in vertical format, good contrast & focus, small upper corner bend, small
spots of light toning in the lower front border. He ran a successful whaling
business at Barrow Alaska, with strong ties to the native communities. $9.00
aa(b)n
"CHARLOTTE CORDAY. -- Gravure de A. LAMOTTE, d'après
MULLER / G1 LL. MUSÉE DU HAVRE" showing the French
revolutionary who killed Marat in 1793, at a barred
prison window; sepia-tone postcard, writing on back explains in English,
tiny bottom corner bump. $2.75 pnhm
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"Collection 'PORTRAITS' (1re série) / 1. Bettina Rheims
Charlotte Rampling, Paris (1985)" elegantly attired in a low-cut blouse, unused black
& white continental post card from Editions Admira, fresh appearance. $1.50 wn
"Distinguished Speaker
Series / Lisa Ling is a Special / Correspondent for the / Oprah show and /
contributor to National Geographic Channel and / the Oxygen Network"
continental publicity card for her appearance at Penn State University,
near-mint condition. $1.50 tc(p)n NEW
/ NEU / NOVO
"Don Chencho - Over 118 Years Old - And The / Lighthouse He Helped Build in 1852 -
/ Port
Isabel, Texas 6-0-397" showing him on a donkey cart, unused Ekc real photo postcard from W. M.
Cline, good focus & contrast & composition. $20.00 tln%
"Duane Keener's / Bambi / Pulling Team // All-Plant Liquid Plant Food" color
continental card showing the hometown star at the controls of his John Deere 4440 with 466
engine in action at a tractor pull, front wheels just beginning to lift. Excellent
condition except for a tiny corner bump. Duane's career started with a bang as the OSTPA
Super Stock Rookie of the Year in 1997 & the OSTPA Super Stock Puller of
the Year in 1998. $2.50 oan
"Eagle Island,
Me., The Summer Home of Robert E. Peary." color with an inset showing his portrait in
black & white, unused post card, circa 1915 from Merrill. $4.75 mn
"Eliazar Ben-Yehoda, creator of the Hebrew encyclopaedia" sepia-tone on
unused postcard. $9.50 (jn)
"EL TOREO de TIJUANA
Downtown Bullring / Sunday July 31, 1988 - .../ MATADORS: // DAVID / Silveti
// CESAR / Pastor // ALEJANDRO / Del Olivar // Fighting at Spanish Style
..." under bullfighting art, followed by 2 advertising logos, unused
postcard, tiny
corner crease. Sold but still available for scholarly
study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced
200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 each. bm(b)n
"EN EL 'TOREO'
MEXICO. / FERMIN ESPINOSA / 'ARMILLITA.' / 702.V" unused real photo postcard
printed in Mexico. The bullring is in Mexico City. $10.00 bm(d)n& NEW
/ NEU / NOVO
"Florence Steidl Duo / Gesangliche Neuheiten" showing their burlesque
novelty act on stage, black & white Postkarte with red-brown caption, mailed
in Germany circa 1907, minor wear at one corner. Hard to find! $14.00 bn
"FRANKENMUTH BAVARIAN INN / Frankenmuth, Michigan
48734 / Mrs. Agnes Zehnder has shown thousands of / visitors the art of baking Backofen Brot
in our / old-fashioned outdoor brick ovens
" chrome postcard mailed 1971. $2.00
"FRANK SMITH BULLDOGGING, /
PENDLETON 'ROUND-UP' Ó
R. R. DOUBLEDAY" unused sepia-tone real photo post card, a lot of toning on
back probably due to album contact. Good action shot at his moment of
contact. $35.00 cno
"GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924), 1904 / PHOTOGRAPHER
UNIDENTIFIED"; unused sepia-tone continental postcard reproduces a photo from the Bettmann
Archive; unused & fresh except for 2 small creases at one corner (mostly in the
border). $1.00 (nmf)*
"Giuseppe Verdi" showing the operatic composer's portrait & (presumably) his
original peasant home in Le Roncole Italy; color postcard from Winsch,
several small spots of toning on front, mailed AUG 30 1911 at Perry New York
(30 is upside-down in cancel), long corner crease misses the art. We believe
this design is copied from an 1899 postcard. $7.50 mni NEW
/ NEU / NOVO
"Gruss aus Wiesbaden / Hans Rodius / Kgl.
Schauspieler." black & white postkarte showing the
Hessian actor, mailed there 1898 to Illinois,
from a photo by L. W. Kurtz, faint album impressions at
the corners, short internal crease & long internal crease in the message
area. The latter has a short tear at the beginning edge, but it closes well
& the card is still attractive. Rare.
SOLD RECENTLY gnhp
"Hella Moja" 1920 BUMA cancel boldly struck ties 15-f blue chainbreaker stamp
used in Slovenia to sepia-tone post card. Probably an actress. $15.00
"Henny Porten / ... / 18" sepia-tone post card
mailed 1918 in Hungary, wear at upper left corner. $7.50 nm!
"Henny Porten / ... / 26" sepia-tone postcard
mailed 1918 in Hungary, small corner crease, minor
corner wear & rounding. Star of German silent films,
and later into the 1950's. $7.50 nm!
"Henny Porten / in ihren Rollen 'Höhenluft'" real
photo post card mailed in Lativa 1923, corner crease, corner & edge wear. Also starred in ROSE BERND (1919) & SKANDAL UM
EVA (1930). $8.00 !
"Herald House / INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI / ISRAEL A. SMITH / President..." unused
chrome postcard, fresh appearance except for trivial edge wear. $5.00 (mrn)
"HERBERT HOOVER
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY / ... / Lou Henry Hoover in the White House" unused chrome post card, pertinent information on back,
fairly fresh, excellent contrast. $3.75 n
"HUBERT LATHAM THE MAN WHO DELIGHTED / ALL BALTIMOREANS
SEATED IN HIS ANTOINETTE" black & white post card with printed excerpts from his
description of the November 7 1910 flight, reprinted by the Baltimore Philatelic Society,
unused, light toning at one back corner. Exceptionally interesting. $5.00 an
"'IT ALL STARTED WITH A
MOUSE'" Walt Disney stands before Sleeping Beauty's Castle with many of his
characters, including Mickey Mouse & Dumbo; unused postcard produced for sale at
Anaheim, good edges. The
auction site dealers will sell it to you for $4.00 and up, but our price is
a much more reasonable $3.00 dc(a)n NEW
/ NEU / NOVO
"JOHN and MARSHA EMARY" missionaries to Ecuador, postcard mailed 1981 in the United States, giving Quito
field address, Nyack NY headquarters address, and other information. SOLD (ern)
"Juliette Gordon Low--Founder of Girl Scouting in U.S.A." black & white
portrait, circa-1950's postcard with corner crease, faint album impressions at the corners.
Sold but still available for scholarly
study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in
.jpg or .tif format. $1.50 sw(s)n
"JULY / GUEST STAR / MAMIE VAN DOREN" on the back of an unused post card
publicizing a paper collectibles & movie memorabilia show in New York City
in 1996, fairly fresh. $2.00 ppn(n)nm
"KATHERINE HEPBURN, HOLLYWOOD, 1935 / PHOTOGRAPHER
UNIDENTIFIED" seated in men's clothing, unused black & white continental postcard from fotofolio, fresh appearance. $1.50 wn
"KENESAW MOUNTAIN LANDIS" baseball's first
commissioner 1920-1944, unused Hall of Fame postcard,
very light toning in back message area. From 1905
to 1922 he was a Federal judge. His first name is sometimes misspelled
Kennesaw, which would be the preferred way to spell the name of the
mountain. $1.25
s(b)nl NEW
/ NEU / NOVO
"KOBUK MARY KOTZEBUE, ALASKA FHW 96" real photo post card with glossy finish mailed there
1956. tape residue & thin mar back, small corner crease, 2 small spots of toning in upper left
front border. $5.50 eina
"KONSTANTIN E. TSIOLKOVSKY (1857-1935) / USSR rocket theorist. Published his theories
of / rocket-powered spaceflight in 1903..." postcard portrait published 1977,
long but faint internal crease, small corner bend. Sold but still available for scholarly
study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in
.jpg or .tif format. $1.50 sn
"Les Présidents de la République Française depuis sa fondation" showing
portraits of the first 9 French presidents-- including Casimir Périer, Felix Faure,
Raymond Poincaré & J. Grévy. black & white carte postale on brownish paper,
small corner crease, lightly toned back. $5.00 nh
"Lise Fleuron" seated & playing a mandolin, with a generous view of her
bosom, color postcard with undivided back, unused, album impressions at the corners. $25.00
(bnm)
"Lise Fleuron / B.F., Paris" smiling & up close, with a rabbit-ear-like head wrap & a
generous view of her bosom, color post card with undivided back on pale green stock,
unused & fresh. We have another postcard of this lady
playing a mandolin, probably in a burlesque theater. $20.00
bnm
"LOWELL THOMAS was born April 6, 1892 in
/ Woodington... /
...Painting on display at Garst Museum / Greenville, Ohio" with signed portrait of the
author & news commentator by Gene Anthony, unused chrome post card with 1971
copyright, old price may be hard to erase on back, good edges. $1.50 o(g)o(w)mna
"Major von Parseval / mit
seinem lenkbaren Luftschiff in Zürich." with an inset showing the pioneering
aviator, unused sepia-tone real photo postcard prominently showing the
pioneering dirigible balloon from the side, P/RA in the stamp box, oxidation
mostly near the bottom front border, good edges. Flights to Zurich were
attempted (& sometimes accomplished) to partially satisfy military
specifications. The Major was a retired German officer and his designs
competed against those of Major Von Gross & Count Zeppelin. This airship wrecked and fell
into Lake Plau in April 1910. Does the silhouette of this airship remind you
of any movie you have seen? $75.00 za(m)ssn
"Margaret Anglin" showing the beautiful actress in nursing
attire (note
Red Cross armband & pin), vertical format; black & white postcard mailed 1911 in
Missouri, both sides are toned (front less so than the back), minor corner
rounding. This postcard shows Miss Anglin starring as Zira in the opera of
the same name in 1905. A favorable review of her first-night performance was
published in the New York Times of September 22 1905. NO LONGER
AVAILABLE--AWARDED AS A PRIZE TO A BARR'S POSTCARD NEWS READER. rnnm
"Micky Hicks Rarin' Back
an' Ridin' Blackhawk / Stryker's 'Photogloss' - Rodeo Series - 15" an
action scene in vertical format, black & white postcard, small corner crease
not into image. $22.50 chng
"MISS HILDA DUGDALE / PHOTO LALLIE CHARLES" black & white, printed in Bavaria,
writing on back. minor wear at the lower left corner. Lallie Charles was a studio
photographer noted for her theatrical photos. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (80 KB) or .tif format. $1.50 np
Please E-mail us to
propose reciprocal links
to similar postcard & paper collectibles webpages.
Collector, museum & club links are especially welcome.
"Miss Rita Peñares / Unang / 'Bitoon sa Babaye'
/ May 1,
1931 / Cebu Studio" real photo post card of her as a beautiful young woman, toned back, thin
spot on back as if a stamp had been placed & then removed, minor corner wear. $4.00 ng
"MOLL
(Henri) / Alsacien, d'origine colmarienne..." Art card in color showing an infantry
officer & troops with detailed biography on back, unused, small spots at top.
$3.75
(an)
"monstermuscle.com
/ ... / THE BENCH PRESS KING / ..." picturing
George Halbert (733 bench press at 215 body weight), advertising postcard for videos, T's,
bumper stickers & more, near mint. $2.00 s(b)nc
"MR. & MRS. O.
H. PARTRIDGE, BEN MY CHREE, B.C." Azo real
photo (squares in corners) post card, unused, small spot on lower edge. $7.00 (bng)
"Mr. John Patterson / The Hero and General of Rescuers / who himself risked his life to
save / others; watching Heroic Workers / during Greatest Flood in Modern / History at Dayton,
O., March 1913." black & sepia-tone on brownish paper with dark red caption,
postcard
published by Kraemer Art, unused, very light toning in back address & stamp area, good
edges. Notice the policeman in the background ensuring that the spectators keep their
distance. $9.00 kognl*-
"Mr. Phyllis Wiley / ... / Hand Crocheted Rag Rugs / Available to Teach
Classes / or Demonstrate" unused black & white post card in near-mint
condition. $2.00 o(j)kn
"Mrs. Thomas A. Edison
2-1-531" unused real photo postcard on Kodak Paper, glossy finish with
slight disturbances at the corners (not into the image). Seldom seen; seldom
offered. $5.00 n NEW / NEU / NOVO
"N-476 WILEY OAKLEY, 'THE ROAMING MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS' / GATLINBURG, TENN.
/ A SCENE ON
THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL, IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS / NATIONAL PARK" showing the hunter
& tourist guide, unused linen postcard. $3.25 (t(g)nh)*
"MUSÉE DU LOUVRE. - École Allemande / 1400 HOLBEIN (Hans), le Jeune
(1497-1543) / Portrait de Nicolas Kratzer, Astronome du Roi d'Angleterre Henri VIII
/ ND
Phot." depicted with some of his instruments, sepia-tone, unused, album impressions
at the corners, fairly fresh. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study &
research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (171,987 bytes) or .tif format.
$1.50 a(h)an
"NORMAN MASON WINNER BUCKING CONTEST BELLE FOURCHE / 1919" riding, hat in hand,
on a horse in mid-jump; unused Azo real photo postcard (triangles both ways), considerable
corner wear & rounding, soiled back, lightly toned front. Rare South Dakota postcard.
$30.00 cns
"Oberammergau. Christusdarsteller Anton Lang." sepia tone
post card from Ottmar Zieher, unforgettable image, unused. $5.50 (brn)+
"'ONE MORE TIME' / Custom-made Rag Rugs / Designed by
Phyllis T. Wiley / ...Jewett, OH..." showing her at work with some of her handiwork,
unused chrome postcard in near mint condition. $2.50 o(j)n
"ORVILLE EWING / ....The photograph on this card shows Mr. Ewing / at the
time he visited Jacksonville, Florida, in 1957" unused real photo post card
in excellent condition. An itinerant artist who traveled all over the US, he
did pencil sketches at this time. $6.00 nf
"Portrait de Nathalie - Nathalie Galan,
// Top
Etoile / Paris / ..." seated & elegantly dressed, unused black & white
continental postcard from Edition Tushita. $1.50 wn
"PO-TI-NAH" showing the Blood
Indian (Blackfoot Confederacy) warrior wearing
buckskin
& fur hat, holding bow & arrows; color post card
from the Anglo Indian Series, unused, heavily toned back from album
contact. Another series named his tribe; this series is
more scarce. $6.00 icn NEW / NEU / NOVO
"ROBERTO GUERRERO, driving the STP / Dianetics
/ Lola for
the Vince Granatelli Racing Team..." with Dianetics advertising information, unused
continental postcard, 1988 copyright, near mint. The driver stands holding the book near
to his racing car. $2.50 a(r)n
"ROSE O'NEILL - 'CREATOR OF THE KEWPIE DOLL' / AT / HER OZARK HOME - BONNIEBROOK"
unused Kodak real photo (possibly of a painting), good edges. Post
card 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
"Sam Stewart, Texas Cowboy, Fighting a Brahma Bull / Stryker's 'Photogloss'
- Rodeo Series -16" unused black & white post card, light toning both sides,
trivial corner wear. $7.50 cbgn
See also Author post cards, which
have their own webpage. Shown is the Serbian writer &
poet Dositej Obradovic.
See also Scientist postcards, which have
their own webpage. Shown is the Irish physicist Lord
Kelvin.
"Soter Economids" from identification written on back, unused Azo real photo
(triangles both ways) post card, toned back. $4.00
(ng)
"The Commander / With the Two Waifs // Where the 'Other Half' Lives"
showing Commander Evangeline Booth (her name was not necessary, everyone called her 'The
Commander') standing with 2 poor children, inset on a view of wash
overhanging a slum
street in America; black & white postcard solicitation for the Salvation Army Home
Service Fund, unmailed, 2 small corner creases, minor corner wear, lightly toned back.
Circa 1919, just after her program of sending personnel directly to the American
Expeditionary Force in the front lines in France provided the publicity she needed to
raise millions instead of tens of thousands of dollars. $15.00 sng
"This outstanding painting by Kitty Dumont de- / picts
the great sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, as he / said..."
quotation about Mount Rushmore continues, unused chrome post card
published for the Burgess Company, small corner bend, otherwise fresh. $1.50 afss
"... THOMAS HARDY" with his portrait in sepia-tones, couple of tiny spots of
toning in the border area. Sold but still available for scholarly
study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced
200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 an
"... Ukrainian Balletmaster / Vasile Avramenko" also captioned in Cyrillic,
black & white post card with mild corner wear. A talented man, Avramenko
also taught folk dancing & produced motion pictures in the 1920's & 1930's. Sold but still available for scholarly
study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced
200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00
udnm
"... Ukrainian Balletmaster / Vasile Avramenko" also captioned in Cyrillic. Another pose,
same costume but more dramatic than the above, sepia-tone, corner crease. Sold but still available for scholarly
study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced
200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00
udnm.
"Venice Beach, / California" blonde in bikini on
continental postcard is identified as Laura Hodges on the back, from photo by Jeffrey Stanton,
mailed 1990 to Ohio. Nice! $2.50 pnpc
"Vera Vernon" showing her standing in an elegant but traditional folk
costume, sepia-tone real photo postcard mailed 23.12.31 at Riga Latvia to
another address in Riga (6-santimo stamp not damaged), slight ink smear in
message area obscures nothing. $15.00 lnc-l NEW / NEU / NOVO
Wanted to buy--post cards depicting Marie Marvingt, French
aviator and sportswoman. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c
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