Divided back, artist-signed, unused postcard. Made in Hungary. Series or number 320. Price: $10.00 An artist-signed postcard, maybe from the 1930s? There is another postcard showing up online with the same type of reverse that the seller listed as circa…Read More…
Category: Mysteries
W. L. S. A. Choice Groceries
Trade card for the W. L. S. A. grocery, Lynn, Massachusetts. Publisher unknown. No. 2500. Circa 1880s – 1890s. Price: $15.00 A dream of spring? Here’s an unusual trade card for a couple of reasons: the design – a spring…Read More…
Power Lines Down At H Street
This Real Photo Postcard dates from about 1907 – 1918, due to the divided back and the style of AZO stamp box with all four triangles pointing upward. The location is unknown, presumably somewhere in the United States, and somewhere…Read More…
The Keystone Craft Shop
This postcard is a double mystery – for the postcard artist and the whereabouts of the shop that was giving out these complimentary cards. J. Leslie Melville’s signature appears at the bottom left of the card – a little difficult…Read More…
A Smiling Couple
Divided back, unused Real Photo Postcard. AZO stamp box. Circa 1907 – 1918. Price: $5.00 I’m thinking that this couple are man and wife, and of Swedish descent. I asked my husband and he said he just had the impression…Read More…
Wishing For You In Augusta, Michigan
Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked December 1919 from Augusta, Michigan. Series or number 2138. Price: $5.00 “I Broke My Wishbone Wishing for You in AUGUSTA, U.S.A. Come and Mend it P. D. Q.” A cute pennant postcard showing a small…Read More…
For Lousia From Lucreta And Edia
It’s funny that this postcard with the trademark below, comes right after the prior post. Same theme – a child standing on a flat-surfaced rock reaching to put a postcard in the mailbox. Different mailbox style, and this one shows…Read More…
Dovecote, Old Manor, Bucklebury
A dovecote, dovecot or doocot (Scottish) is the term used for the structure built to house pigeons or doves. These are buildings of historical interest and much has been written about them. They are sometimes round, sometimes square or multi-sided,…Read More…
Puerto Armuelles, Panamá
Divided back, Real Photo Postcard. Postmarked May 11, 1947. Republic of Panamá. Price: $25.00 Here’s a Real Photo Postcard from the Republic of Panamá, 1947. The cancellation mark is too blurred to read the city. The sender wrote: “Hi Sweet: …Read More…
Our New Church
My guess is that this is a church, newly built. We see a small pile of scrap lumber on the ground, and obviously there are no trees or large bushes, other than what we can see on the right, and…Read More…