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Category: Postcards Used

To Flem Grizzle, Gas City, Kansas

Divided Back postcard, embossed. Postmarked Tioga, Texas, August 23, 1909. Printed in Germany.  Price:  $15.00 To My Dear Uncle….. Great color on this one and a welcome change from the black and white entries we’ve been posting! Addressed to:   “Flem…Read More…

Russian Photography House of V. T. Koksharova

  Real Photo Postcard. Russia, postal stamps removed. Date unknown. Price:  $20.00 A rare find….. We don’t come across many old postcards of photographers’ business locations in North America, and I’m guessing it’s probably the same situation for Russian cards….Read More…

Coming Home By Rail

Divided Back postcard. Postmarked from Loudonville, Ohio, October 10, 1908. Price:  $10.00 Railway days……. There are other “Coming Home By Rail” postcards that can be found online; the joke, of course, being that the person is not traveling by train…Read More…

With Every Fond Wish

Divided Back, embossed postcard. Copyright 1908, Julius Bien & Co., New York. Postmarked March 15, 1909 from Kansas City, Missouri. “St. Patrick” Series Number 740. Price:  $12.00 Just realized we missed posting a St. Valentine’s card last month, oops! But…Read More…

Time and Tide Pass Quickly Away

Divided Back, embossed, used postcard. Postmarked December 31, 1915 from Grand Central Station, New York, New York. Publisher:  S. A. S., copyright 1913. Series 254. Price:  $7.00 “A Bright New Year” “Time And Tide Pass Quickly Away But True Friendship…Read More…

To Mr. and Mrs. Les Sparks, Lansing, KS

Divided Back, embossed postcard. Made in U.S.A. Series 161. Postmarked from Tonganoxie, Kansas, December 23rd. Year missing. Circa 1925 – 1936. Price:  $7.00 A cute design for this card, with its bowl of holly, quite adorable bow and dainty stars….Read More…

A Joyful Christmas To Ida Thorstensen

Divided Back, embossed postcard. Postmarked December 24, 1914 from Brooklyn, N.Y., Station G. Series 347. Price:  $7.00 A small insert of Santa in his sleigh. He’s looking over his shoulder at us, surrounded by a spray of holly and berries….Read More…

Gator Couple

Divided Back, artist-signed, used postcard. Postmarked August 21, 1917, Brimfield, Illinois. Postcard artist:  Hans Horina. Price:  $15.00 A gator (the “husband” we presume) standing in a river or pond, calls out,“Oh, I don’t know!” to his wife, who is walking…Read More…

Hotel Turpin Autobus, San Francisco

Divided Back, used postcard. Postmarked July 23, 1916 from San Francisco, California. Stamp removed. Publisher:  Edward H. Mitchell.  Price:  $12.00 Auto Bus meets trains and Steamers. Hotel Turpin Auto Bus. 17 Powell St. at Market, San Francisco, Cal. F. L….Read More…

Postcard To Mabel L. Schultz, Halsey, Oregon

Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard. Postmarked June 9, 1910 from Portland, Oregon.  Price:  $15.00 The image on this postcard is of Tressa or Tessa, surname unknown. She writes: “Wish you were here this week enjoying the Rose carnival. Dude is…Read More…