Real Photo Postcard, unused. Date unknown. Publisher unknown. Price: $15.00 A Kabuki actor wearing an eboshi hat (a type of ceremonial headwear for men). Kabuki theater was invented by a woman but in the 17th Century women were banned from…Read More…
Category: Postcards
Indian Man With Monkeys RPPC
Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa 1918 – 1936. Stamp Box: K Ltd. Price: $12.00 Jumping from Bali over to India, (at least, we presume this to be India), here’s a lovely, Real Photo Postcard of a man in…Read More…
Temple Guardians, Bali, Indonesia
Divided back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa 1910s – 1930s. Publisher: Gevaert. Price: $75.00 This seems to be a rare card – we’re not finding any duplicates online – and the subject matter is great! It was after a couple…Read More…
Sphinx And Pyramids, Gevaert RPPC
Divided back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. Publisher: Grevaert. Circa late 1930s – early 1940s. Price: $8.00 This one is in okay shape, good except that the card is curling, rather than laying flat. And it’s not necessarily rare; there seem…Read More…
Mena House And Pyramids, Giza, Cairo
Undivided back postcard. Postmarked April 6, 1905, Cairo, Egypt. Artist unknown. Publisher: Lichtenstern & Harnel. Stamps: Used Deux Milliemes, Sphinx and Pyramid, Green; Unused Un Millieme, Sphinx and Pyramid, Brown. Enlarge images to view condition for stamps. Price: $30.00 An…Read More…
Bicharin
Divided back, unused postcard. Circa 1910s – 1920s. Publisher: The Cairo Postcard Trust. Price: $15.00 Here’s a striking portrait of a handsome young man, a member of the Bichari tribe. As per usual, we wish we knew his name and…Read More…
La Crue du Nile Old Postcard
Divided Back postcard. Postmarked June 22, 1912, Alexandria, Egypt. Publisher: POF or OPF. Stamp: Postes Egyptiennes, Cinq Milliemes, rose color. Price: $15.00 La Crue du Nile…..The Flood of the Nile The flooding of the Nile was usually an event each…Read More…
Port Said Entrée au Canal Old Postcard
Divided Back, Used postcard. Postmarked November 11, 1913, Port Said, Egypt. Publisher: The Cairo Postcard Trust. Series 306. Postally used stamp: Postes Egyptiennes, Deux Milliemes, Green. Price: $15.00 Colored scene of Port Said, Egypt, entrance to the Suez Canal. Publisher…Read More…
A Detroiter, Circa 1910s by Photographer Charles J. Merz
Real Photo Postcard, circa 1907 – 1918. Detroit, Michigan. AZO Stamp Box. Price: $10.00 We’re taking liberties with the title of this post by presuming that the subject above lived in Detroit. In any case, he’s a handsome guy, here…Read More…
Three Women Carrying A Trunk
Real Photo Postcard, Undivided back, unused. Circa 1904. Eastman Kodak Stamp Box. Price: $25.00 This seems like a photo taken on a tropical island or at least somewhere exotic from our North American viewpoint. A clue to location should be…Read More…