1878 government postal card with the logo of the New Bedford Mercury newspaper, also giving their address in Massachusetts. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format in black & white. $1.50 mn

    "197 CONGRESS AND INDEPENDENCE HALL, PHILADELPHIA, PA. / 3A-H965" including the Public Ledger (newspaper) building, unused linen post card from Lynn H. Boyer, worn corners, tiny spot of toning in right front margin. $1.75 pn

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    "224  THE TRIBUNE TOWER, BY NIGHT, CHICAGO / 202-29" by moonlight as it appeared in early 1929; color postcard with Century of Progress 1933 back, very late usage at Brookfield Illinois, corner crease not into the image, three tiny spots of toning within the right front border. Home of the Chicago Tribune newspaper. $3.75 iemn

    "A Chinatown Gentleman / San Francisco, California" reading a newspaper in Chinese that he is holding, linen postcard in vertical format, back toned, tiny creases at all corners (best noticed from the back). $2.50 c(s)n

"Afghanistan, Mahmud Tarzi, father of Afghan / Journalism (1869-1933)" black & white portrait within a black border, 1999 copyright, unused oversize postcard, trivial edge wear. $1.75 aj

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    "ARANY JÁNOS" showing the Hungarian journalist & poet who wrote 40+ ballads that have been translated into many languages; color portrait in vertical format on an unused card with toning both sides & a little edge wear. You may also encounter his name as János Arany. $2.75 ajpm

Barr's Postcard News. June 20 2005 (40 pages). Articles on police-related, dealings in public places, Fourth of July from Germany, newspapers & more. $1.75 b,n

    "Best Wishes / for a / Happy Holiday / Season / Your / Columbus Dispatch Carrier / (signature)" card with no post card back from a Columbus Ohio newspaper boy, showing Santa and elves. Nice. $2.00 ocn

"Best Wishes / for a Holiday / filled with all / of the nicest things / Your Columbus Dispatch / Newspaper Carrier" card signed by paperboy, design shows cute kitten looking out of a Santa hat. Nice. $2.00 ocn

    "Calle de los Arcos. - Gto." showing the editorial office of Don Luis Hernandez of 'El Noticioso' (letterpress services sign pictures the printing press) in the distance, store at right foreground has 'MISCELANEA' (miscellaneous) sign; unused Azo (triangles both ways) real photo postcard with crisp focus & excellent contrast. The weekly newspaper was printed for 22 years by Hernandez until it was acquired in March 1944. $7.50 m(g)ng NEW / NY / NOUVEAU / ÚJ

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    "Caught while reading the morning news. Very good / of the house." caption from writing on front, real photo postcard with good focus mailed 1914 in Los Angeles (stamp damaged), light toning on back. House shown is 5357 Virginia Avenue, with woman reading on porch, slight oxidation. $12.50 nc

    Clear BOSTON MASS. CARRIER / DEC 4 2PM (1878) receiving mark on government postal mailed at New Bedford the same day, bearing the logo of the NEW BEDFORD / MERCURY // UNION / 92 / STREET, heavy vertical crease, triangular violet B. D. / BOSTON / DEC 4 / 2 P.M. marking on back, heavy vertical crease mercifully misses all postal markings, a few small ink spots on front. $30.00 m(n)n-m

    Clear SEP 15 1890 New Bedford Mass. 2 hand cancel dates government postal card to Connecticut from E. Anthony & Sons (publishers of the Evening Standard & Republican Standard). $8.00 mn-m

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    "COMPLIMENTS OF / THE COUNTY REVIEW, Riverhead, N. Y. / THE PAPER THE PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT" black & white multiview with 3 scenes, postcard with undivided back, writing both sides, small corner crease, minor edge wear. $6.00 nnm

    "COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY W. R. HEARST  A BRIG OUTWARD BOUND" color postcard with undivided back from a complimentary distribution by the New York Sunday American & Journal, back paper browning with age, very late usage at Brigantine New York, 2 faint corner creases, corner rounding & edge wear, faint cancel ink toning in upper front border. $2.25 s(o)n

"D. & H. AND JOURNAL BLDG., ALBANY, N. Y. / 10254" white-border era post card from O. S. Pulman, fresh appearance. $3.50 n

    "Final Resting Place of O. O. McIntyre, Mound Hill Cemetery, Gallipolis, Ohio / 0B336-N" as it appeared circa 1940, linen postcard with 1-c stamp applied to back but no writing, minor corner wear, 2 small spots of dark toning in the upper front margin. Oscar Odd McIntyre was a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, who later edited the Dayton Herald and Cincinnati Post. $3.00 o(g)gcn NEW / NY / NOUVEAU / ÚJ

"Franklin Park Lake / Rowland" unused undivided back postcard from a Columbus Dispatch newspaper series of 16 subjects, faint album impressions at the corners, minor rounding to one bottom corner, fairly fresh. $3.25 o(c)n NEW / NY / NOUVEAU / ÚJ

"German Press / Germania" caption from prominent signage in view, sepia-tone postcard, unused, much corner & edge wear, long crease, 4 small spots on back from paste mounting, 3 tiny scrapes near right front edge. $2.00 n

    "Gruss von einem Leser der Lincoln Freie Press" undivided back multiview showing the building were this German-language paper was published, the dispatch of the papers by horse-drawn wagon & a pressroom work scene! Excellent condition. Quite simply the best Nebraska post card we have ever seen! $20.00 (nnmg)

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    "HERALD SQUARE, BROADWAY AND SIXTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY." including several streetcars & signage -- Budweiser (partial), David P. Leany Realty Co., Star Shoe Co., HEARN; unused white-border era postcard, two tiny spots in the sky, minor corner rounding, back lightly but extensively toned. The New York Herald & The Telegram newspapers occupied the building in the center. $5.50 n(n)rsn NEW / NY / NOUVEAU / ÚJ

    "Hood's Latest / 1884 / ...HOOD'S TOOTH POWER WHITENS AND BEAUTIFIES THE TEETH, SWEETENS / THE BREATH, AND HARDENS THE GUMS..." advertising card with woman's face breaking through newspaper, stuck to an album remnant but attractive, no postcard back. C. I. Hood & Company was located in Lowell Massachusetts. $4.25 admn+

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    "LAFAYETTE YOUNG / DES MOINES, IOWA / Republican Candidate for / United States Senator / Subject to the Primaries June, 1912..." political ad card whose back is covered with an endorsement letter from Elihu Root. Founder & publisher of the Atlantic Telegraph; war correspondent during the Spanish-American War; edited the Des Moines Capital until his demise, This campaign was not successful. Nice & seldom seen! $8.50 inpg

"LESS THAN 78˘ A WEEK... / for the stamps you want and the news you need / ... / Linn's / Stamp News" unused subscription business reply card, continental size. $1.00 nps

"LOWELL THOMAS was born April 6, 1892 in / Woodington... / ...Painting on display at Garst Museum / Greenville, Ohio" with signed portrait in vertical format 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%

"MAIN BANKING ROOM / THE SUPERIOR SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY / ROCKEFELLER BUILDING" black & white on postcard from a series of 16 issued by the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper, unused, paper browning slightly with age, soft corners, tiny ding in bottom edge. $3.00 oin

    "MARTIN HALL. SCIENCE HALL AND EXPERIMENT STATION, UNIVERSITY OF W. VA., MORGANTOWN, W. VA." mailed 1933, light cancel on front, minor corner wear. The oldest building at the university, the hall now houses the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 wcn

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    "Newspaper Row / COPYRIGHT 1897 BY C. F. TH. KREH. N.Y." unused private mailing card, buildings named & also labeled to show where the Times, New York Journal, The World, and Staats-Zeitung were produced, minor corner & edge wear, unusually detailed & interesting. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 nnp

NOV 13 1954 handwritten request for a photo made to the Milwaukee Sentinell by a Navy sailor on government postal card. The shot showed a man running with a trophy & 8 sailors. The paper did not print the photo, and as explained in the typed note from Miss A. Berezinski, returning the sailor's postcard, the negatives were not kept. The reply was mailed November 13 (metered on newspaper stationery), and forwarded to Masury Ohio. Original government postal card & reply envelope with contents for $4.00 nw

    "ON AN IRRIGATION CANAL. CAIRO." art including a man, a woman & a sheep; unused Egyptian Gazette Tuck Oilette post card (Series No. 2), minor toning on back, trivial corner wear. The Gazette is the oldest English-language newspaper in the Mideast. Seldom offered. $10.00 nte

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    "PFEIFFER'S GARAGE." in Forest Ohio, with 7 Ford autos & several men standing outside it & the neighboring newspaper the Forest Advertiser (& Job Printing shop), unused Cyko real photo postcard with our caption caption taken from the most prominent sign, album impressions noticeable at the front corners, faint album marks at the back corners. Good focus, contrast a bit low, well composed, good edges. Possibly one-of-a-kind: no photographer attribution, no publisher credit, no caption, so just for personal use. 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 o(f)gna

     "Providence Hospital, Sandusky, O." showing its exterior, black & white postcard published by The Evening Star-Journal (then a daily newspaper in Ohio) & mailed there 1907, 2 corners with small creases, light toning on front mostly in the borders. The Sisters of St. Francis served there for almost 80 years before it was sold & became the Firelands Regional Medical Center South Campus. $5.00 o(s)c(s)mn

"READING THE BULLETIN BOARDS, CHINATOWN, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.  63" showing a group of men reading the Chinese equivalent of a newspaper; unused linen postcard circa 1935, copyrighted Stanley A. Piltz, good edges. $3.00 c(s)n

REED AVIATION. Unused continental post card showing its BAe HS-748 at Liverpool in March 1995, published in France, near mint. Reed distributes UK newspapers by air to more than 40 countries. $7.50 aen

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"RUINS OF AN ANCIENT PALACE, / ROME, ITALY--... / This is one of 50 beauti- / ful Post Cards that will be / given away absolutely free with one year's subscrip- / tion to / The Cleveland Press..." color, unused, 3 small corner crease. $1.25 nos

"Smilin' Sam / KDR-3723" QSL card with Runnin' Bare commissioned art (shapely newspaper reporter putting her feet up on a desk) for Suzanne Whitman, writing on back, 1978 copyright dates to 1968. $2.00 o(n)n

    "THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH / Newsboys / Military Band" playing outdoors to a standing crown, black & white souvenir postcard, much writing on back is either erased or lined out, considerable corner & edge wear. $5.00 onmb

"THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH / Newsboys / Military Band" playing outdoors to a standing crown, black & white souvenir post card, much writing on back is either erased or lined out, considerable corner & edge wear. $5.00 onm

"The Five Great Department Stores of / Boston have each increased only in the Herald / their advertising appropriation for the coming / year. / The Boston Herald Sells Their Good!" all-word printed message on government postal card addressed to New York, heavily toned back, tiny ding in top edge, small spot on bottom front edge, light toning on front. $4.00 nm

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"'The Home of The Topeka Daily Capital / Arthur Capper, Publisher.'" with a corner view of their building, color postcard, unused, Arthur Capper's logo in back message area, 2 toned back edges, mild wear along top edge including its corners. $4.25 nk

    "THE PYRAMIDS OF GHIZEH, CAIRO" unused Egyptian Gazette Oilette postcard (Series No. 2) published by Tuck, minor wear to the upper edge & to the lower left front corner, light toning near 2 back edges. The Gazette is the oldest English-language newspaper in the Mideast. Seldom offered. $9.50 nte NEW / NY / NOUVEAU / ÚJ

    "Times Square Building, New York" as seen from a high angle, pedestrians & a streetcar nearby; lithographed post card with very late usage at Huguenot NY, tiny bottom corner crease, soft corners. During the 10 years when the New York Times headquarters occupied it (1905 - 1915). Now the place of the New Year's Eve Ball drop. $3.50

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    Uncaptioned in English, unused Russian 60-let postal card with illustrations of various newspapers such as Pravda, one bent corner. $1.50 nr-r

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    "WATER CARRIERS ... NEAR CAIRO" showing 4 women balancing large buckets on their heads, unused Egyptian Gazette Oilette postcard (series No. 3) from Tuck, printed in England, tiny paper separation at one upper corner, otherwise fairly fresh. The third word in the caption is very hard to read. $10.00 nte NEW / NY / NOUVEAU / ÚJ

    "Where can I get / reliable information on / POLITICS, COMMERCE and INDUSTRY / in the Czechoslovak Republic / Central and Western Europe? / ONLY / THE DAILY NEWSPAPER THE / Prager Press / ... / CIRCULATION 250,000..." post card mailed in Prague Czechoslovakia to New York City, spectacular back (shown) that is almost as interesting & unusual as the front. $15.00 nc

"YOU AND YOUR OLD NEWSPAPER; WHY DON'T / YOU PAY SOME ATTENTION TO ME ONCE IN AWHILE" scolds a woman with 7 children near her, unused Tichnor chrome postcard, a few tiny spots on the back from the printing process, good edges. $1.50 cn

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    See also Author post cards. Shown is Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Márquez.

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See also Author topical stamps.

    See also Communications topical covers. Shown is an 1890 envelope from the Smith Premier Typewriter Company.

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