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Category: Postcards Unused

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…

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…

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…

John B. Hawkins Street Scene RPPC, 1920s – 1930s

Real Photo Postcard, divided back, unused. Circa 1920s – 1930s.  Made by:  John B. Hawkins, Marion, Massachusetts. Price:  $12.00 This is possibly a Marion, Massachusetts, or neighboring town street view – showing a line of parked cars in front of…Read More…

Baseball Player At Bat Old Postcard

Undivided back postcard. Circa 1906. Publisher or Printer:  Stationers Manufacturing Co., Quincy, Ohio. Price:  $4.00 I had wanted to get this card up for MLB opening day, but it didn’t make it. No biggie, anyway it’s showing a young ball…Read More…

Artist-Signed Postcard Birds in Pine Tree

Divided Back, deckled edge, unused, artist-signed postcard. Number or series 206. Publisher:  Alfred Mainzer, Inc. 39-33 29th Street. Long Island City 1, New York. Printed in Belgium. Circa 1940s – 1950s. Price:  $12.00 This is a beautiful card that I’ve…Read More…

Smiling Young Man in Shaped Border RPPC

Divided back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa 1920s. AZO stamp box. Price:  $7.00 A happy guy, great pose for the camera, wearing a large-check patterned suitcoat, pencils in the pocket (maybe he was an accountant, an architect, an artist….), tie,…Read More…

Avenida Juárez, Guanajuato, México

Vintage Mexican postcard, unused. Publisher info:  Ediciones Guanajuato – Jardin Union No. 5, Teléfono 2.87.- Guanajuato, Gto. Series G-202. Circa 1950s. Price:  $10.00 Avenida Juárez, circa 1950s A beauty of a card with all those colors. The central Mexican city…Read More…