Glitter Added Postcards & Flocked Post Cards

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"12176 -- Skinners Dry Dock, BALTIMORE, Md. / Printed in Germany" unused color postcard with undivided back & much glitter added, lightly toned both sides. The Skinner family resided in Baltimore since colonial times. $6.00 m(b)gg NEW / NEU / BAGO

"126. - PARIS. - Avenue des Champs-Elysées" black & white postcard with light blue & dark green & red tinting, glitter added to the arch & to outline buildings & trees, undivided back. $5.50

"13" showing a little girl astride a rather small toy horse on wheels, color postcard with glitter & paste beads added, light toning in sky. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 tg(i)go

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"184 St(sic) John's Episcopal Church, Bridgeport, Conn. / ILL. POST CARD CO., N. Y." with missing period after caption abbreviation as indicated, black-and-white with sky tint & glitter added, corners worn & rounded, mailed there 1905, partial cancel on front. $6.50 cga

"186 / Greetings / from / Pecksburg / Ind." spelled out in gold glitter on embossed art depicting a yellow rose, writing on back dates to 1908, postcard mailed but uncancelled stamp removed, trivial edge wear. $3.75 ig

1907. Beautifully embossed postcard with year with flowers & glitter. tiny corner bend, four small ink spots near one back edge. $6.00 yg

1907. Women within numerals framed by glitter. Mailed post card, corner crease. $2.50 y

1907, Heavily embossed year numerals with glitter. Unused postcard. $7.50 yg

"2005 -- Columbia University Library, New York. / Souvenir Post Card Co., New York and Berlin" with glitter added to the edges of the building & street; undivided back postcard mailed 1906 to Miss Mattie Murphy of Hartford Connecticut, mild corner & edge wear, faint upper corner crease. $4.25 nclg

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"204. - PARIS. - Avenue de l'Opéra" black & white on undivided back, multicolor glitter & red tinting & pale green tinting added to buildings, unused post card. $7.50

"2067 VIEW OF DREAMLAND at NIGHT, Coney Island, N. Y. ILL. POST CARD CO., N. Y." black & white postcard with glitter added on unused undivided back, toned back, corner wear & rounding, toning in front caption area. One large sign for FIGHTING FLAMES. $6.50 nga

"2398 / 6" hand-colored / tinted real photo post card of woman standing next to a tree which is entirely covered in multicolor glitter. The process used to apply the glitter has heavily stained the back. $6.00

"27. - PARIS / Arc de Triomphe / de l'Etoile" with pale blue & pale red tinting, glitter added to the arch, unused postcard. $4.00

"4902-- / Crosbey High / School. / Waterbury, Ct" an exterior corner view in monochromatic green with silver glitter added; pebbled stock, post card mailed circa 1905, mild corner rounding, very light toning in front message area. $7.50 cg

"4903--Bank Street, Waterbury, Conn." street scene in monochromatic green with glitter highlights to the buildings & a telephone pole; postcard mailed there 1905, mild corner wear & rounding, lightly toned back. $7.50 cg

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"508/7" Woman with upraised arms, dressed in Spanish-style dress. NPG published postcard with glitter & paste jewels added, mailed circa 1909 in the United States, back toned from long album contact. Nice. $10.00 wg

"52. -- Paris - Le Trocadéro" black & white with pale red & pale green & pale blue tinting, much multicolored glitter added to the building and sidewalk, undivided back, unused post card. $7.50

"578 OPERA HOUSE, Hornell, N. Y. ILLUST. POST CARD CO., N. Y." black & white post card with sky tint & glitter added, unused, undivided back, mild corner wear, thin line in front caption area from the printing process. $8.50 n(h)mg

"63. -- Paris - Opéra" black & white with pale red & green tinting, glitter added to buildings, undivided back postcard, unused, a few small toning spots on the back. $6.00

"6305 ALLEN CO. COURT HOUSE, FT. WAYNE, IND." color post card on brownish paper with much glitter added to the building, Bosselman published, mild corner wear. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 igcn

"7 PARIS -- Boulevard des Italiens / B. J. C." postcard with the ascenseur building in the foreground, multicolored glitter added to many buildings. $4.50

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"7. -- Paris - Tour Eiffel" monochromatic blue on undivided back, multicolor glitter added to the tower & public areas nearby, unused post card. $7.50

"Asta Westergaard // FURIA // 243 / 1" hand-colored / tinted with glitter accents on dress & hat, made in Germany for the American Post Card Company, writing on back, heavily toned back from album contact. minor corner & edge wear. $7.50 wng!

"A Valentine / sent from / Hoosick Falls" color floral design with much glitter added, postcard mailed there 1907, large scraped area on front almost blends in with design, light toning on back, as is. $1.50 ng

"BELLEVUE / OHIO" signed art depicting daisies with glitter added to flowers & caption. from W. G. MacFarlane, undivided back post card mailed there 1907, small spots of ink on back, album marks on back, corner wear, 3 corner creases. $3.75 og

"Binghamton N.Y. / Fritzi Scheff in 'Mamselle Modiste'." black & white postcard showing the soprano with drum and flags in the second operetta composed by Victor Herbert especially to showcase her talent, city name added in gold glitter, from Wheelock & Co., unused, small tear, lightly toned back. $27.00 nmng

"Bird's Eye View of White City." looking down the chute-the-chutes ride at the Cleveland amusement park, Poly-chrome postcard with glitter added, mailed there 1906 to Fort Erie Ontario, light toning both from album contact, small upper corner crease. This park operated from 1900 - 1908, reopening as the Cleveland Beach Park in 1909. $12.00 ao(c)g NEW / NEU / BAGO

"Chicago. Railway Exchange" with an exterior corner view decorated with glitter, undivided back postcard in vertical format, mailed there 1906, published by The Western News Company (5743), small corner crease, heavily toned back, noticeable, cancel ink on front, curved internal crease in the front message area, as is. $1.25 i(c)g

"Christmas Greetings / from / Smithton, Pa." with glitter applied to an ornate flowered bell & its support, writing on front dates to 1907, unusual back with 2 nude women kneeling by a stars-and-stripes shield, long crease, small corner crease, 2 stained areas on back. Unusual postcard from both sides! $6.00 pcbg%

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"CORNELIUS VANDERBILT HOUSE, NEWPORT, R. J." J for I in caption (presumably not printed again), color from Bosselman, undivided back post card with glitter added, writing on back, writing on front, light toning near some edges., light album marks at back corners $4.25 rgbe

"Escribiendo a sa mamita" a young woman writes as a young man watches, postcard with album adherences on back, trimmed (can be detected from the back). $2.00

"From Golden..." a floral greeting card in which the sender spelled out his own name (Golden) and added outlining to the embossed flowers in gold glitter. post card mailed to West Virginia. $3.75

"GL // 1312 / 1" hand-colored / tinted postcard with glitter accents, slight yellowing of the paper with age, pencil writing on back. $6.50 wg

"Greetings / from / Beaver City Okla." post card with gold glitter & embossed flowers, light yellowish paper, light toning in lower right front corner. $3.50 og

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"Greetings From / Caldwell / Ohio" color postcard with embossing & glitter added to flower & bird design, writing on back, minor corner wear. Notice how it changes from vertical format to horizontal. $3.50 o(c)fbg

"Greetings / from / Capon Bridge W. Va" spelled out in dark glitter on a floral circa 1909 postcard. Corners rounded, one creased. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

"Greetings / from / Coal Dale, Pa." lettered in glitter on a postcard with violets design, addressed neatly but unsent, girl's name written on front, circa 1912-1915 post card. very light toning on front, trivial corner rounding. $4.25 pg

"Greetings / from / Fort Dodge // A FINANCIAL PROBLEM" caption in gold glitter to left of an embossed boy sitting on a curb in color, post card with writing on back, 2 corner creases (one badly), tiny scrapes on high parts of boy, light spots of toning on both sides. Fort Dodge is in Iowa. $3.00 igb

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"Greetings from / Griffin / Ga." black & white large letters filled with women's faces, town name & letter edges in gold glitter, design includes art of family in auto; from United Art Publishing Co., mailed there 1906, considerable corner & edge wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 glg#

"Greetings / From / Halsey / Valley, / N. Y." color postcard with embossed floral design & purple glitter added (some letters worn). printed in Germany, faint album impressions at the corners, minor corner & edge wear. $4.50 ng

"Greetings / from / Indianapolis" in glitter over a flower design on color postcard, corner & edge wear, corner crease, writing on back. $2.00 ig

"Greetings / from / Kimball / SD" with letters in glitter under embossed violets, postcard printed in Germany circa 1910, album marks on 2 front corners, brownish paper, much writing on back. $5.00 sgf

"Greetings / From / Litchfield / Minn." with black & white art showing shepherdess near large vat, lettering in gold glitter, made by St. Paul Souvenir Co., post card mailed circa 1908, yellowing paper, album marks on front. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 mg

"Greetings / from / Millhousen / Ind. / 994" embossed flowers with caption in gold glitter, unused generic post card, album marks at the corners front & back, back toned evenly from album contact, trivial wear at the bottom corners. The only postcard we have ever seen from this small Indiana town. Generic postcards explained. $5.00 ifg

"Greetings / from / Mt. / Gilead O." embossed floral card (roses) with glitter accents & lettering, undivided back postcard from United Art Publishing, unused & fairly fresh both sides. $5.00 og

"Greetings / from / Mt. Victory / Ohio" colorful embossed floral card with lettering & accents in gold glitter, post card with writing on back by Grace M. Cummings, faint corner crease, front corners lightly toned from album contact. $3.75 ogf

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"Greetings / from / Patchogue" at showing squirrel on bough & flowers, lettering by glitter added; unused undivided back postcard, badly creased corner. light toning on front. $3.25 ng%

"Greetings from / Sheridan / Nebr" floral with glitter added to words. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (gnf)

"Greetings from Syracuse, Neb" colorful & embossed floral postcard with glitter added, made in Germany circa 1910, writing on back. minor wear at 2 corners. $8.00 ng

"Greetings from the Golden Gate" with no bridge yet completed, sent by someone who visited the city of San Francisco in August-October 1908. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original postcard area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75 cg

"Greetings / from / Woodland Park" postcard art showing a columbine plant (bearing Colorado's state flower), glitter highlights & lettering, brownish paper, light toning on front, light toning on back, mild corner & edge wear, mailed circa 1917 but no cancel. $3.75 cfg

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"HAZEL" post card with glitter applied & a large bunch of embossed grapes in the background, writing on back, fairly fresh. $3.25 lg

"HER LATE MAJESTY, QUEEN VICTORIA" hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard with paste & glitter added, Bamforth & Co. published, unused, slight browning of the paper with age, minor edge wear. $12.50 rg

"H.M. QUEEN ALEXANDRA" hand-colored / tinted bas relief real photo post card with glitter & paste beads added extensively, Alliance Series 115, unused, brownish paper, good edges. $12.50 rg

"Hope Club. Providence R. I." color postcard with glitter added, published by Rhode Island News, light toning on back, writing on front. One of the oldest social clubs in America. $4.75 (rgs)

"K4LSP" Kingsport Tennessee QSL post card mailed 1969, design is world map with superimposed handshake, textured with some glitter in the dark areas. $2.00 gt%

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"Lift up Erin's flag, let its folds to the breeze; / May it wave o'er the land, may it float o'er the seas. // Erin go bragh / (Ireland Forever)" art with flocked shamrock & pipe prominent, undivided back postcard published by Blanchard Young & Company, mailed Mar 17 1906 at Waterbury Connecticut, mild edge wear, bottom corner crease, another corner crease affects the stamp, lightly toned front. Very unusual address: 'Humpty' / Buckle Co. / City. Humorous front message. $6.00 sig

"Miniature Railroad, Luna Park, Coney Island, N. Y." black & white on undivided back with heavy golden glitter added, postcard published by I. Stern, light toning on back. $15.00 nga

"Penn Yan, N. Y., Str. Penn Yan Lake Keuka" color with glitter added from Hugh C. Leighton Co., mailed 1906, mild corner wear & rounding. The steamer Penn Yan was registered in 1892 to Keuka Lakes Navigation Company. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75 s(k)n(k)n(p)gs(l)

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"Penn Valley Park, / Kansas City, Mo." in color with glitter added, private post card with undivided back, writing on back; publisher corrected on back--original lined out, W. G. MacFarlane added. $5.00 emg

"Pergola on the Paseo. / Kansas City, Mo." color with glitter added, private postcard with undivided back, writing on back; publisher corrected on back--original lined out, W. G. MacFarlane added; wear at one corner, pencil x on front. $4.00 emg

"S. S. Christopher Columbus, Chicago, Ill. / C-18 ILLUSTRATED POST CARD CO., N. Y. (CHICAGO & MILWAUKEE ROUTE)" color on undivided back post card with glitter added, 3 small spots of toning at back edges, writing on front, small corner crease, minor corner & edge wear. $8.00 s(l)ig

"The Upper Cover, Sag Harbor L. I." black & white with glitter added in trees & light blue tinting in sky, postcard mailed there 1905 to Fort Terry (almost complete Doane 5 receiving mark), light toning on back. L.I. is Long Island in New York. $6.00 ng-n

"To my / Mother And Dad / from Coney Island" small US flag with glitter & glitter writing within an embossed border, no post card back. $3.00 ng

Uncaptioned (either side) color portrait of George Washington within an embossed oval border, glitter added to frame and his jacket, writing on back, toned near one back edge, 3 corners well worn. $2.25 wg

Uncaptioned hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard of a boy (close-up) with clasped hands, clothing outlined & accented in gold glitter. unused. $5.00

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Uncaptioned Rotograph winter scene in monochromatic blue with gold glitter added to the trees and hedges, undivided back post card, unused & attractive. $5.00 Another post card in the same series but showing a family going down hill away from their home on multiple sleds; glitter suggests their paths and outlines houses in the background. $6.00

"A Note from / U. S. S. Tennessee / Panama" with message dated Feb. 26 '09 at R. P. Panama. Sailor wrote: "...Have been here since the 22^nd and expect to remain 14 days." Fancy postcard with envelope enclosure (still there!) & glitter on the letters. Apparently mailed as an enclosure itself, because there was no cancel. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original postcard area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75 ps(m)g

"WA1MCJ" Bristol Rhode Island shortwave (3.243 MHz) QSL post card with space-related art, from operator Edna Sanroma, trace of cancel ink on front, fluorescent orange color (that is hard to reproduce) with flecks of gold glitter. $3.00 (grs)

"WA9QMY" Berne Indiana QSL postcard mailed there 1969, hobby related art with glitter added on a background of vibrant red, partial cancel on front, bent corner. $1.75

"'WASHINGTON' / FIRST IN PEACE, FIRST IN WAR AND FIRST / IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN. / 564" with color postcard portrait in embossed frame with much golden glitter added, writing on back, slight browning of the paper with age. $4.00 wg. Same, except no glitter added, no writing on back, trivial wear at one upper corner. $4.00 w NEW / NEU / BAGO

"With Christmas Greetings" under 3 embossed bells & holly accented with glitter; color Tuck Holly Post Card (no numbering) with undivided back, mailed DEC 10 1906 to Miss Ethel Sampson in Yorkshire New York (Doane 3 South Wales transit mark the next day, also in Cattaraugus County), light spotty toning on front, minor corner & edge wear including a tiny crease at the bottom. $4.00 n-ctggb

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