"Christmas / Greetings" with a basket of holly design, colorful wooden tree ornament in vertical format made from a reproduced vintage postcard, glitter & ribbon to hang added, back is plain. $3.75 wc

Finnish birch postcards with offset printing. Lot of 10 different modern unused near-mint continental postcards depicting the types of scenes for which they are best suited--outdoor, animals, birds & camping. Framing suggested. $8.00 wf. Same, but a sampler of 4 different, near-mint. $4.00 wf Single near-mint example for study. $1.25 wf. Wood grain assures that every one is literally unique.

Two unused wooden post cards showing Native American art in dark green, both vertical format & from Vandercraft in Prineville Oregon. Had to be mailed with first-class stamps because hand-canceling was necessary. The pair would be attractive displayed together. $8.00 gets both. wo

    "W6MRV" small wooden San Francisco shortwave (21.200 mc) QSL mailed 1971 at Daly City, small hole provided by sender to facilitate hanging. Most unusual. From Louis Perasso. QSL card sold. Still available for scholarly study & genealogical research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (148,430 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 cwg

"With / Christmas / Greetings" with a design of holly, colorful wooden tree ornament in horizontal format made from a reproduced vintage postcard, glitter & ribbon to hang added, back is plain. $3.75 wc NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

    "WORLD'S FAIR / SOU-VENEER POST CARD FROM FOREST PARK. / Arrived Safely. Weather like the beach, no need for palm / fans--never saw-dust so scarce. Met friends from Ash-tabula..." long message with numerous puns on a Samuel Cupples Envelope Co., mailed by Will Macoubrie September 7th 1904 to Olathe Kansas but stamp removed, fancy back with standing lady in Art Nouveau style. $70.00 (ew)

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    "159. La Grande Guerre 1914-15-16 - Auve (Marne) - Les ruines de la charmante localité" unused post card. $4.00 fw

    "1. - Plateau de VILLERS-les-NANCY / Champ d'Aviation / Café-Restaurant de la Linotte-des-Bois / Aug. JACOB, Propiétaire // Union des Femmes de France / Poste de Secours" showing small buildings at an early military aviation field, inset showing a stagecoach & people in front of the restaurant; unused carte postale with unevenly toned back & front, pencil writing on back. Sold for the benefit of the French Red Cross during World War I. $30.00 f(v)agrw NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

    "2012 A Workout on the Parade Ground" showing a group of uniformed men running together, white-border era postcard with writing on back, good edges. $4.00 wm

    "22. PORT-à-PINSON-CHATILLON (Marne) - La Gare et quartier / de la gare bombarés par les obus allemands (cliché déc. 1918) M. D." also captioned in English, showing part of a train in the station & nearby rubble, sepia-tone on green back, lightly toned back, unused. $7.00 fw

    "22-9 Kearny Photo CAMP KEARNY SAN DIEGO" showing many men in California among their tents, real photo mailed there 1917, water stain affects upper left corner (sky), corner crease. Most of the 65,000 men who passed through here on their way to World War I assignments lived in such tents. $8.00 c(c)cw

"2376. THIAUCOURT (M.-et-M.) - Vue Générale - General View" showing US military auto & trucks, black & white on green back, unused. The town was taken by US troops on September 12 1918. $14.00 fw

    "24  PINON --- Route de Laffaux. -- Laffaux Road" showing a cyclist amidst the rubble created by a World War I battle there (April 1917), black & white post card with green back mailed 1921 to New York, 2 corners chipped away, small corner crease, many tiny spots of cancel ink in sky, edge toning on back. $1.75 fw

"25. REIMS dans les Ruines après la Retraite des Allemands / La Rue de Vesle / Thuillier, éditeur, Epernay" in 1918, sepia-tone carte postale from booklet, light album impressions at corners. $3.50 wf

    "26. STRASBOURG (Alsace) - Groupe d'Habitants (Photo 1918) M. D." showing Alsatian citizens viewing the parade celebrating their liberation in World War I, unused postcard with green back. $4.00 afpw

    "304. L'Argonne. -- Premiéres lignes allemandes à MARIE-THERESE / German front at Marie-Thérese." showing where they had dug in, sepia-tone carte postale with green back from booklet, back edges browning slightly with age. An interesting view, showing how these trenches were made safer for the soldiers within them. $3.75 wf

"315 bis. La Guerre 1914-15-16 -- Offensive Franco-Anglaise -- Feuillères (Somme) / Visé Paris 315 bis L'ancienne ligne allemande reprise par nos troupes / R. P. English french attack - The old german line taken again by our troups(sic)" black & white on green back with browning back edges, small written mark on back. $1.75 fw

"358. La Guerre 1914-15-16 Herleville (Somme) R. P. / Visé Paris 358 L'Église après le bombardement, black & white on green back with browning back edges, small written mark on back, tiny corner crease. $1.75 fw

    "38. -- MUSÉE DE L'ARMÉE - EGLISE DES INVALIDES. -- NOS MARTYRS pour le Droit et la Liberté / par Joseph Aubert (1916) -- M. D." black & white on green back, showing an after-battle scene from World War I, unused, toning on back edges, corner crease, soft corners. $2.25 aw

"4. METZ (Lorraine) -- Une place (photo 1918) M D" including many soldiers in formation, unused sepia-tone carte postale with green back, browning edges on back, small corner crease. $3.25 wf

    "543  LES RUINES DE LA GRANDE GUERRE. -- SOISSONS. -- La Rue St-Martin. -- LL" unused sepia-tone carte postale from Lévy et Neurdein Réunis, light toning both sides showing age, good edges. The battle raged July 18 - 22 1918 at a cost of more than 12,000 American lives. $3.75 f(s)w NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

    "569 LA GRANDE GUERRE. -- Arras. -- Intérieur de la Gare., Installation de défenses à créneaux…" censored officer's post card to the United States 1919. $5.00 (fiw)

    "61.  LES PRISONNIERS ALLEMANDS EN FORÉT -- Après la Barbe, la Toilette au ruisseau" showing German prisoners, guarded by the French in a forest, freshening up after receiving a haircut; black & white carte postale with green back, toning near back edges, faint corner crease, trivial rounding at 3 corners. Most unusual subject matter; presumably a propaganda piece to assure the world such soldiers were being well-treated. $55.00 bwpm NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

    "752 Pacific Navigation Co's Str. 'Yale'" sepia-tone post card on yellowish paper, mailed 1911 but stamp removed. minor wear mostly along bottom edge. This coastal steamer serviced Los Angeles and San Francisco before being sold to the Navy. In World War I, after overhaul & modification, this ship transported hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Europe. $7.50 s(p)s(c)c(s)c(l)w

    "9 Château-Thierry / Rue du Général Desgoouttes" including townspeople & a couple of soldiers walking by some ruins, black & white on unused green back, lightly toned back. $2.50 f(c)w

    "9. ZEEBRUGGE. SOUVENIR DE LA GUERRE 1914-18 / Le torpilleur 'THETIS' bloquant l'entrée du canal. -- The torpedo-boat 'THETIS' obstructing canal entrance." as deliberately sunk by the British to impede the outlet for German U-boats in Belgium during World War I; unused carte postale on brown paper, toned back, minor corner wear, somewhat tilted printing. The effort caused only a brief delay because not all planned obstructions were put in place. $6.00 s(m)wb

    "ALBERT (Somme) -- Machines-outils, près de l'Eglise. -- Machinery near the church" interesting view of WWI devastation in France, writing & light toning on back, minor corner & edge wear. $3.00 (fw)+

    "ALLA BAYONETTA!" Mastroianni art showing WWI soldiers in a bayonet charge. Postcard sold. 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 aw

"Anvers. -- S/S «KROONLAND» de la Red Star Line." with a side view; unused black & white carte postale / Postkarte, yellowish paper, numeral 2 in stamp box area, trivial wear to one upper corner. The ship carried immigrants to Ellis Island, and later became a troop transport ship during World War I. $7.50 s(r)wbs(o) NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

    Appam (registered 1913 to the British & African Steam Navigation Company, Limited). Uncaptioned sepia-tone real photo post card with good focus & contrast, ship's name prominent, toning in right front (not on ship), toning on corresponding back edge too, tiny corner crease. In 1916 this vessel was captured by the German cruiser Moewe and sailed to then-neutral United States. The US District Court ordered her return to the owning company, and it sailed as the Mandingo until the WWI armistice (after which she again became the Appam). Her case is still cited as an important one in international law. $8.00 s(b)lws(o)

    "Aus friedlichen Tagen.  Unser Kronprinz als Gast bei dem Generaloberst v. Kluck" showing Crown Prince William with a general, unused real photo postcard with matte finish, fairly fresh with good edges. Among other things, General Alexander von Kluck commanded the 1st Army in the First Battle of the Marne in 1914. $15.00 rgw

"BACCARAT. - L'Hôtel de Ville Incendié par les Allemands" with interesting annotation on front 'No change at all here in Aug 1918 / just as it was left by the Boche / in 1914', unmailed carte postale with green back, back paper browning near edges, corner crease. $3.00 wf

    "Base Hospital with Camp in Background - Camp Sherman,  Chillicothe, Ohio" mailed there 1918, corners soft. $4.50 omw+

"Bataille de la Marne 1918 / ROCOURT-SAINT-MARTIN (Aisne) - Emplacement de la Bertha / dans le Bois du Chatelet (Juillet 1918)" with a soldier at the giant artillery piece captured by the French in the second battle of the Marne, unused sepia-tone carte postal, back paper browning near edges, minor corner rounding. $4.00 wf

"BOMBARDMENT OF SCARBOROUGH / House in Wykeham Street, where Mrs. Barnett and two / children were killed" mailed 1917, tape reinforced along two creases on back, toned back, toning especially along front edges, as is. A gripping image from England. $5.00 ew

    Bornu (1899 registration to the British & African Steam Navigation Company). Unused sepia-tone Kodak real photo, faint corner crease. In 1915 this ship was sold to the Admiralty for whom it served as an Army Transport Supply Ship. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 s(b)s(m)w

"CAMPAGNE 1914-1917 / VERDUN. -- Le Pont de la Galavande. -- Galavande bridge.  ND. Phot." showing the bridge that was damaged & then repaired, black & white carte postale with green back, back edges browning with age, stray check mark on back. $3.00 wf

    "CAMP DE PRISONNIERS PRÈS DE VERDUN / Septembre 1917 / (Ph. M. D.)" showing numerous prisoners in an outdoor prison in France, black & white on green back, from Helio Marotte Paris, writing on back. $7.00 pfw*

    "CANTINE DES DEUX DRAPEAUX POUR LES PERMISSIONNAIRES (Croix Rouge Américaine). / Abris de bombardement." showing soldiers of two countries on furlough outside a canteen (replete with bomb shelter) set up by the American Red Cross; black & white carte postale with green back, French writing in pencil over all the back, large spots of light toning on back, small spot of toning in front caption area. Unusual subject matter! $10.00 wr NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

    "CHATEAU-THIERRY (Aisne). -- La Gare et les bâtiments bombardés. Visa Paris 2305..." Unused, corner & edge wear, brownish paper. Shows a French railroad station bombed by the Germans. $7.50 (fw)

    "Chow" showing soldiers getting their food, signed Marshall Davis art, free mail from APO 7034 passed by Army Examiner, sent to Virginia, writing on front, soft corners. From World War I. $5.00 aw**

    "CIMITERO DI GOTTRES CORTINA." real photo post card from A. Zardini on undivided back, pencil writing on back, minor corner wear & rounding, light toning in the lower front border, slight oxidation. The fighting resulting in this cemetery occurred in the Summer of 1915, in the Gottres Valley north of Cortina d'Ampezzo. SALE IN PROGRESS cipw

 
"Coblenz - Blick auf Coblenz u. Ehrenbreitstein" black & white Stengel-published post card in 2 panels, annotated by hand '3rd Army Hq. / Maj Duncan?'s office' & "Moselle joins the Rhine' with accompanying arrows on front, no writing on back, paper yellowing evenly with age, light toning on back. City now known as Koblenz in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. The headquarters referred to opened 15 December 1918. $7.50 swwn

    "Company Barber" numbered 1361--7 on back, obviously World War I vintage, unused postcard printed in the USA, corner & edge wear. $25.00 (bwm(a))*

    "Cosne-sur-Loire  Caserne Binot" including soldiers marching through the guarded gate, unused sepia-tone carte postale with green back, back paper browning near the edges, 3 small corner creases. $2.75 wf

    "Dans les Flandres / Nov. 1914" signed Dupuis art, shows head of a bearded sailor, No. 5 Nos Poilus on back, unused carte postale, minor wear at one corner, faint marks at corners from album contact. $6.50 awh+

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"Destroyed Bridge near Bouillonville" in France, unused sepia-tone postcard from booklet, lightly toned back. $2.75 wf

    "Die Bäcker im Felde. / Das frische Brot wird zum Lagerraum gebracht." showing the delivery of fresh bread by German military bakers during World War I, unused Kriegspostkarte, reddish-brown paper, trivial edge wear. $12.50 wfm(g) NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

    "Die Bäcker im Felde. / In Serbien erbeutete Feldbäkerei, engl. Herkunst, in deutschem Betriebe." sepia-tone view of a military bakery in Serbia, Kriegspostkarte with brownish paper, unused. $12.50 (scwfm(g))

    "Die Bäcker im Felde. / Mannschaften einer Feldbäckerei auf dem westlichen Kriegsschauplatz." showing the crew of a field baker's shop on the western front in World War I, unused Kriegspostkarte, reddish-brown paper minor corner wear & rounding. $11.50 wfm(g)

    "DINNER FOR / BATTERY .F. / WELLSTON, O. / SEPT. 25, 1917" detailed AZO real photo showing the battery that departed 3 days later from Ohio to Alabama from their depot, unused, trivial corner rounding, light toning on back. One of the best Ohio postcards we have ever seen. (Shown is detail from the upper right corner of the card.) $47.50 o(w)w

"ECOMMOY -- La Place - Passage de troupes" during World War I, including several horse-drawn artillery pieces, black & white on green back, unused, soiled back, worn corners, lacks freshness. $2.50 fw

    "en Argonne / 1915" signed Dupuis art, shows helmeted head of a soldier, No. 3 Nos Poilus on back, unused carte postale, album marks on front. $6.50 awf+

    "Eton  Die Hauptstrasse" showing a cart with soldiers passing by some World War I ruins, black & white, Verlag Willy Koehler, numbered 237 on back, unused, light brownish paper. $6.00 fw

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    "FORÊT de COMPIÈGNE -- Monument de l'Armistice (Marcel Magès, architecte) / Emplacement du Wagon du Maréchal Foch" showing where the Armistice was signed, when the railroad card was not there yet. black & white, unused, violet handstamp on the back dated 11 Novembre 1918, extraneous but small red mark on back, faint small corner crease. $3.50 f(f)w

    "German Uhlans / Captured by / French / Dragoons" being led through the streets of Douai, color, numbered C.C.A.145 on back, unused, corner wear & rounding. $6.50 fm(f)w

"GETTING NEWS FROM HOME, U. S. ARMY CAMP." Showing a group of men reading their mail by some tents, white-border era, long crease, 2 corner creases, toned back, corner wear & rounding, as is. $1.50 wm*

    "Gotha over Paris / P.E.L." with a German giant biplane bomber flying overhead as illuminated by 3 searchlights, sepia-toned photo with toned back. Date necessarily 1917 - 1918. $12.00 a(m)wf

    "In Action! / Making Doughnuts at Front Line" showing female Salvation Army workers cooking for many American soldiers in France during World War I. Widely reported throughout America by hardened war correspondents, the anticipated scandals never materialized and the Salvation Army reaped millions of dollars worth of free publicity. Their charitable organization was thereby transformed. Unused post card from the 1919 Salvation Army fund-raising campaign capitalizing on that publicity. Minor corner wear, lightly toned back. $15.00 scfw NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

    "INTERIOR VIEW, HOSTESS HOUSE / CAMP MILLS, N. Y." with several people seated in wicker furniture near a fireplace, black & white, unused postcard with toned back, corner wear & rounding, old price in stamp box does not completely remove. This Long Island facility was erected by The Knights of Columbus and the YWCA for the World War I embarkation camp. $5.00 nwfi

"IRLES (Somme) -- Le terrain repris depuis le 25 Aoút 1918, depuis Irles jusqu'a l'horizon / Ground reconquered since the 25th of august 1918, from Irles to the horizon" black & white on green back with light browning back edges, unused. $2.00 fw

  "Korpskommandant / F. Z. M. Stephan Ljubicic / PHOT. JANUDKA / WIEN, 1919." striking portrait Austro-Hungarian officer Stephan Baron von Ljubicic in uniform, tiny spot of light toning at two front corners, trivial wear at one corner, otherwise surprisingly fresh. Born in Croatia, his long military career spanned 1877-1915, rising to Kommandant of XI Corps. Hard to find. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg (208,620 bytes) or .tif format. $1.75 wcgm

    "Korpskommandant G. de H. / Karl Tersztyánsky von Nádás." portrait of the Hungarian-born Austro-Hungarian officer in uniform with many medals, unused black & white postcard from Brüder Kohn, minor corner & edge wear. Headed the Army Group that guarded the Bosnian & Voyvodina frontiers from Serb incursions in 1915. Hard to find. $19.00 whmv

"K...P.-de-C.) -- Parc et Tennis" with location information scraped off in censorship, writing on back from soldier at the 1st Army Rest Camp dates to July 1917. small stain along one back edge, small corner crease. $4.00

    "La Grande Guerre 1914-15  Blemerey (Meurthe-et-Moselle). / Visé Paris 41  R.P. Paris  Barricade élevée par nos poilus" unused black & white carte postale from booklet, stress mark near the detachment edge noticeable from the back, printing at a slight tilt as issued. $4.50 wfm(f) NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

    "La Guerre de 1914. / L. C. H. Paris / Officier prussien prisonnier en gare de Champigny / Prussian officer prisoner at Champigny railway station" black & white carte postale with number written in ink near stamp box, corners deliberately rounded with scissors, lightly toned back. $9.50 f(c)pw

"La Guerre en Lorraine en 1914-1917 / GERBEVILLER. - Après le bombardement / La Chåteau, vu du Parc" black & white carte postale with red caption & green back, back edges browning with age, minor corner rounding. $3.00 wf

    "La Gruric Fevrier / 1915" signed Dupuis art, shows head of a soldier, No. 4 Nos Poilus on back, unused postcard, small corner crease, light marks at corner from album contact. $6.00 aw

    "La Guerre de 1914-1915 dans les Vosges / NOMPATELIZE (Vosges) / Eglise incendiée a Nompatelize et Tombes de Soldats morts pendant les Combat du Mois d'Aout 1914" including a cemetery, black & white with red caption, much writing on back, 2 spots of toning on back, one spot of toning at front top edge, mild corner & edge wear. $3.50 fcw

"La Guerre 1914-18 -- L. C. II., Visé Paris / 236. La Cathedrale(sic) de REIMS en feu - The Cathedral of REIMS on fire" during World War I, black & white on green back, unused, light toning along 3 back edges. $3.50 fwf

    "La Récompense d'un brave. /  Fiançailles en Alsace, à Sopper-le-Haut" Unused post card, showing Alsatian women with soldiers in World War I, lightly toned back. $5.50 afw

    "L'Argonne. -- 311. Abris allemands au Camp du Kronprinz Ruprech / German Shelter" unused black & white carte postale neatly separated from booklet, green back. $3.50 wf(a) NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

"La retraite allemande en Belgique  Novembre 1918" showing retreating German soldiers & their wagons in a city, unused sepia-tone postcard from a photo by P. Legast, mild corner wear & rounding, back paper browned with age. $5.50 bhw

    "Les Américains en France / RIMAUCOURT (Hte-Marne). - Les Baraquements / Edit. A. M." showing the barracks of American soldiers during World War II, black & white carte postale with green back, light toning near the back edges, small corner crease, minor corner rounding & edge wear. $6.00 f(r)m(u)w NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

"LES FÊTES DE LA VICTOIRE À PARIS -- 14 JUILLET 1919 / Avant la Défilé - Maréchaux PÉTAIN & FOCH" showing the generals at the front of a victory parade, unused carte postale with green back, back edges browning with age, long but inconspicuous internal crease, minor corner rounding. $5.00 wfp

    "Maréchal Foch / Nôtre Vainqueur // DIX / Paris / 1355" hand-tinted real photo (M. Manuel Phot.) on unused postcard, spot of toning under stamp box, trivial wear at 2 corners. $13.00 wm

    "No hot towels / here" unused black & white post card published by the Chicago Daily News, obviously World War I vintage, small corner bend, minor wear at another corner. $5.00 (bw)

    "One of the / Belgian / Dog-drawn / Machine Guns / Off to the Front" color postcard, W.C.A. 145 on back, unused, corner wear & rounding. This idea was only temporary because the dogs did not like the noise of battle. $35.00 bdmw*

"On the Fringe of No Man's Land / A Lassie meets a Laddie" showing silhouettes of a female Salvation Army worker near the front line saluting a soldier in the American Expeditionary Force in France circa 1918; unused black & white postcard solicitation for the Salvation Army Home Service Fund, small corner crease, long internal crease, toned back, and a few small raised spots on the front (possibly from the printing process), noticeable scrape on soldier's arm. Campaign in 1919 just after the publicity that predictably followed the sending of women to the front lines. The women behaved circumspectly and with great credit to their organization; there was not even a hint of scandal. $10.00 w(s)ssw

    "ORIGNY-SAINTE-BENOITE --Grande Rue / Edit. réser. Vauthier Crampon - Origny-Ste-B'e" showing World War I devastation, sepia-tone on unused carte postale with green back. $4.00 fw

    "Ossuaire de DOUAUMONT. -- Façade Principale..." green back, subscription for ossuary in France, unusual subject matter. $2.75 (fcw)+

    "PALS" signed Gunn art showing Scottish, American & French soldiers; unused, fairly fresh, good edges. Emphasized the Allied cooperation during World War I. $12.50 aw

"Park Scene, showing World War Memorial, Port Chester, N. Y.  3 / 1A3004-N" as it looked in 1931, reprinted later and mailed in 1953, corner crease, minor corner & edge wear, some extraneous writing on back. $2.00 nw

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    "P. Carrier-Belleuse -- PANTHÉON DE LA GUERRE -- A.-F. Gorguet / Les Auteurs et les principaux Collaborateurs" showing portraits of 19 named men, unused black & white post card, slight browning of the paper with age, unusually detailed. 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 wh

    "P. & O. R.M.S. Kaisar-i-Hind, 11,500 Tons Gross. / India Mail and Passenger Service." with signed art, unused, toned front side edges. Registered in 1914, she serviced London and Bombay primarily. Later requisitioned for transport in World War I, she carried British, French & Indian troops. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 s(p)s(o)wi

    "Refugees Fleeing from Louvain" color from Underwood & Underwood, unused corner wear & rounding. The Germans approached in the summer of 1914 during World War I. $5.00 bw

"REIMS / CATHÉDRALE / SAUVETAGE DES VITRAUX, TANSEPT SUD / NOV. 1917" sepia-tone showing the salvage of stained glass windows in France during World War I, No. 36 Collection Antony Thouret, unused, paper browning with age, unusual subject matter. $8.00 fsw

"Sac de LOUVAIN 1914 Entrée du Théâtre" black & white showing men in the ruins of a Belgian theater, mailed there 1915 to Oxford, corner crease, faint but long crease, small ink smear on back. The sack was by the Germans in August of that year, during World War I. $2.75 bw

    "Salvation Army making Doughnuts under / bombardment of German Guns, Front Line, France" showing female Salvation Army workers cooking for American soldiers during World War I. Widely reported throughout America by hardened war correspondents, the anticipated scandals never materialized and the Salvation Army reaped millions of dollars worth of free publicity. Their charitable organization was thereby transformed. Black & white postcard from the Chicago Daily News--an example of the publicity. $12.00 wsc. Same image but an unused postcard with a different back from the 1919 Salvation Army fund-raising campaign capitalizing on that publicity. Minor corner wear, lightly toned back. $15.00 wsc

    "Scenes in Belgium / after the / Battle of Haelen" showing the Belgian infantry at rest, badly creased corner. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (194,778 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50  bmw

"St.-AGNANT (Meuse) bombardé" showing the church that was bombed in WWI, unused sepia-tone carte postale with green back & red caption, toning near back edges. $5.50fw

    "Steamer Yale leaving Harbor, / San Pedro, Cal." color postcard from O. Newman Company, mailed 1912 to Missouri, stamp removed, corner crease, corner & edge wear, partial cancel on front. When registered to the Pacific Navigation Company, this coastal steamer also serviced Los Angeles, before being sold to the Navy. In World War I, after overhaul & modification, this ship transported hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Europe. $6.50 s(p)s(c)c(s)c(l)w NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

    "STRASBOURG. - 22 Novembre 1918. - Le Général Gouraude pendant le Défilé des éléments de la IVe Armée / ..." Green back, writing on back, The prosthesis on the General's right arm is visible; that arm was lost when he led a French expeditionary force at the Dardanelles in 1915. He commanded the 4th Army mentioned in the caption till the end of World War I, and later served as a one-time member of the supreme war council. $8.00 am(f)wg

"Street to the Bridge in St. Mihiel." showing pedestrians & a cart near some wartime damage, unused sepia=tone carte postale from booklet, paper browning evenly with age. $3.00 wf

   
"The Moonshiners" real photos picturing two tents (one with indicated caption in banner), some men, a dog & a flag. One mailed Sep 1917 at Chillicothe Ohio has a little edge wear & message stating there were 15,000 there. The other an unmailed CYKO, with album marks on back. What these show are the tents of some of the 15,000 workers (not soldiers, soldier trainees were not allowed to bring pets) who arrived there to build Camp Sherman for training World War I soldiers. The first of more than 120,000 men trained there left for Europe later, in June 1918. Obviously unique. Both for $47.50 (ocw)

    "Unser König beim 2. Korps. / Februar 1915" showing the Bavarian King inspecting his troops during World War I, unused, yellowish paper, lightly toned back, minor wear at one corner. $11.00 bwr

"Visé Paris no 696 696 LES RUINES DE LA GRANDE GUERRE. -- Prosnes. -- Posted d'ambulance. / Great War Ruins. -- Prosnes. -- Field hospital. -- LL" with Red Cross sign prominent, black & white on green back, unused, sound edges. $3.50

    Uncaptioned real photo showing a row of coffins with many potted plants beside them in a large building displaying a French DEFENSER DE FUMER sign, WWI from the looks of it. $5.00 (wcs)

    "UNION-CASTLE LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMER 'GASCON.", black & white mailed JU 13 10 from Durban Natal (bold cancel ties 1-d King stamp, partial arrival marking next day) to Ladysmith Natal, minor wear & rounding to bottom corners, trace of cancel ink on front , faint album impressions at the corners. Mailed just after her transfer to East Africa service; later, serving as a hospital ship in World War I, she rescued HMS Pegasus survivors. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (s(u)mw)!!%

"U. S. Cruiser 'North Carolina' in transport service..." with many men crowded on deck, unused Azo (triangles both ways) postcard, rounded corners. Extensive light soil on both sides, but could be mostly cleaned up with patience & a very soft eraser. Necessarily between December 1918 & July 1919, when she repatriated servicemen of the AEF returning from World War I. You clean $6.00, we clean $10.00. s(m)w

    "U. S. MOTORCYCLE CORPS, SHOWING ARMOURED MOTORCYCLE WITH MACHINE GUN." More precisely: a shielded Hotchkiss machine gun on an early Harley-Davidson. Unused white-border era postcard, trivial corner wear. 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 mwm(a)

    USS MANCHURIA. The troop transporter in World War I at St. Nazaire France, Azo real photo (triangles both ways), thins on back due to album removal, corner crease, edge wear, lacks freshness. $8.50 Photo from the same series as that shown at wonderland.com.

    "U.S.S. WEST-MADAKET  In the Port of Rotterdam / 1-18-19" unused real photo postcard, image printed at an angle to the edges, noticeable edge wear & toning both sides. Commissioned in late October 1918, this was her first (delivering flour) of only 2 trips in World War I; decommissioning was in May 1919. We doubt there are many photos of this ship from that brief period in existence. This Liberty Ship was later to be torpedoed in the Atlantic, sinking on May 5 1943. $12.00 s(m)nw NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

"VERDUN. -- La rue Chatel bombardée. Vise Paris 2328 / Chatel street bombarded" including a couple of soldiers mounted on horseback, unused sepia-tone carte postale from booklet, browning paper with age. $3.75 wf

"Visé Paris No 3021  886  NOYON. -- Trou fait par l'éxplosion d'une mine. / Au loin, la Cathédrale. -- LL." including a few people & some soldiers for scale, black & white postcard on unused green back with toned back edges, 2 small spots of toning in front caption area. $6.00 fw%

    "Visé Paris No 3015  800  NOYON. -- Bureau de change installé par les Allemands. -- LL." black & white on unused post card with green back, toned back edges. German in sign reads "Wechselstube'. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

    "Visé Paris no 689 689  LES RUINES DE LA GRANDE GUERRE. - Witry-lès-Reims. / Entrée du Fort / Great War Reims/ Witry-les-Reims. - Entrance of the Fort. -- LL." with several military men outside it, unused black & white carte postale from booklet, green back. Circa 1920 but fresh for its age. $3.50 wf(w) NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

WALL WWI PATRIOTICS--5 UNUSED POSTCARDS

The Hun Ain't Born Yet That is to Get Me (corner crush)
The others captioned as follows:
I'm some laundress (corner crease, stain near edge, heavily toned back); Old elbows don't get a chance to get rusty (saluting soldier)
Some bonnet / I eat & drink out of it / It protects my brains /
It'll come home with me under it
You sent me away with a smile /
I'm still wearing that smile (lightly toned back)
$25.00 postpaid & insured to a US address. awp

    "We built this Bridge under fire / at Dun-sur-Meuse Nove 5 -1918 / at night" which was 6 days before the armistice, sepia-tone Azo real photo (triangle both ways) postcard with caption taken from handwriting on back, trivial corner rounding, possibly unique. $10.00 wfb

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WWI WANTED TO BUY NOTICES

Wanted to buy--color postcards bearing the art of Marcel Augis. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

    "Bergbahn Wildbad" color, mailed there to New York 1911, two crisp non-overlapping cancels, edge wear. $5.50 (w*)

"Friedrichshafen" showing two small rowboats on river, mailed to Washington DC in 1921, par of 40 pfg. Germania stamps, receiving mark of recipient patent attorney in violet. $2.75

    "Gruss vom 'Heilbronner Herbst.'" with art showing couples dancing outdoors around a large fire at an autumn festival, unused postkarte in color, mailed 1905 at Gmuend (Schwabisch), one corner with 2 small creases, the other corners with minor wear. Heilbronn is in Württemberg. $9.50 gwd NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

    "Herrenalb mit Kurhaus" monochromatic dark blue postcard mailed there 1899 to Kreuznach, clear cancel & receiving mark, lightly toned front. $5.50 (w)

"HÜTTEN, Kreis Munsingen" real photo mailed to US 1961, rough borders as issued. $2.00

"Pfahlbauten in Unteruhldingen (Bodensee)" real photo view of Lake Constance, rough edges as issued, 2 small corner creases, mailed with pair of 10 pfg. Posthorn stamps. $3.25

SP AIR (Russia). Unused continental post card showing its Ilyushin IL-18D (RA-75497) at Stuttgart in August 1994, published in the Czech Republic, near mint. $7.50 arw

"Stuttgart - Fernsehturm" continental real photo mailed in 1950's to US, rough edges as issued. $1.25

"Stuttgart. Johanniskirche" color, mailed there 1903 to Boston (cleaar Jamaica Plain received station marking), small spot of toning on back, lightly toned back. $4.50

"Stuttgart.  Partie aus den Kgl. Anlagen" showing 3 women (1 with parasol), color on undivided back, Julius Stoess 176, unused, yellowish paper, minor corner wear & rounding. Almost like a painting. $9.00 w

"Stuttgart. Schicksalsbrunnen am Landestheater" outdoor fountain in Würrtemberg, statuary includes 2 nude couples embracing, real photo mailed there 1942, trivial corner wear. $3.50 nw

   "Wildbad. / Kurplaatz" color, mailed there 1905 to Landau (Pfalz), clear cancel & receiving mark. $4.75 (w)

Uncaptioned & unused black & white showing a young girl with fancy headgear, numbered 39732 and dated 1908 on back. $4.75

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