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Category: Postcards Unused

That Summertime Smile

Per Playle’s guide for dating stamp boxes on Real Photo Postcards, this NOKO design ranged from about 1907 – 1929; a broad range to be sure! My feeling is it might have been taken in the 1910s or early ’20s….Read More…

This Tin Lizzy Makes Some Feed!

“When a Ford gets sick, Hit her with a brick, And she’ll ramble right along just the same.” Here’s a humorous artist-signed postcard of a drawing of a man tossing a brick at the radiator of a Model T, while…Read More…

Le Lièvre Et La Tortue

The Hare and the Tortoise…more commonly known in the U.S. as The Tortoise and the Hare…. This is an antique postcard produced from a work by an unknown artist. It appears to have been modeled after an illustration of Le…Read More…

Hotel Grounds, Korea

It was just by happy chance that this postcard was put up after the prior one (also regarding Seoul.) So, we’ve got a short theme going here. This one is from sometime between 1910 and 1945 when Japan occupied Korea….Read More…

Seoul Anglican Cathedral

This postcard, from about the 1950s or 1960s, was found in the tourist postcard envelope of the prior post (but it would certainly seem unlikely that this one was part of that original set, since that cover references Japan.) The…Read More…

Four Little Angels

Divided back, unused Real Photo Postcard. Cyko stamp box. December 1912. Price:  $15.00 This one is from December 1912, showing four siblings, ages maybe about 18 months to six years old. The eldest is a girl, the middle two are…Read More…

Hyde Park, Marble Arch

Divided back, unused postcard. Printed in England. Publisher information:  Raphael Tuck & Sons’ “Oilette”  [Regd.] Art publishers to their Majesties the King and Queen. “Hyde Park” Series II. Postcard 7224. Circa 1906. Availability status:  SOLD “The Marble Arch was originally…Read More…

York Minster, From The City Walls

This is an artist-signed postcard, not in the best of shape – pen mark on the left sky area – entitled  “York Minster, from the City Walls, Early Morning.”  The signature shows as:  “T. Guy.”  This same postcard view was…Read More…

A Family Outing

Divided back, British, unused, Real Photo Postcard with glossy finish. Circa 1902 – 1918. Price:  $12.00 I guess this is like an outing within an outing. 😉 But it’s a Real Photo Postcard with glossy finish, presumably taken in England,…Read More…

Seven Women In Alaska

A blurry but interesting Real Photo Postcard that was marked  “Alaska”  on the little sticker on the plastic sleeve, showing a group of seven smiling ladies posing in front of what might be a wooden train depot or station of…Read More…