FAMOUS MONASTERIES

"FAMOUS MONASTERY OF TIBET" complete booklet of 10 different unused continental postcards showing several monasteries; bilingual captions in Tibetan & Chinese. Outer cover has some extra bends. Postcards inside are all in excellent condition, however. Quality printing. $28.00 for all. t

"Glacier Landscape" also captioned in 2 other languages, unused continental showing mountains of unreal beauty, published by the Posts & Telecommunications Administration of the Tibet Autonomous Region, fresh appearance. $2.25 t

POTALA PALACE

     Above the clouds.

            Mountainous backdrop

  Night lights

Potala Palace booklet cover & 9 out of 10 of the different unused continental postcards it once contained. Quality printing supervised by The Post & Telecommunication Administration of The Tibet Autonomous Region. Each captioned on the back in 5 languages--including Tibetan, Chinese & English. Small piece missing from backflap of cover; all postcards in excellent condition. $24.00 t

"Rancho Encantado. Come feel the sights. Explore the desert / southwest on horseback…" writing on back explains--Here they are, the first 5 immigrants, together with the other New Mexico Tibetans after oour welcom Puja at one Chorten. 5 more are coming in this week. 17 total by November…" $6.50 t

SANGSU LAMASERY

9 different unused continental cards with beautiful printing, excellent condition. Seldom seen. Trilingual captioning--Tibetan, Chinese & English. All for $24.00 t

"SCENERY"
(Somehow, the word "scenery"
does not seem to do it full justice!)

"SCENERY OF TIBET" booklet cover & 8 out of 10 of the different unused continental postcards it once contained. Quality printing published by the Lhasa Post Office. Mild wear & toning of the cover, but the postcards are thankfully in excellent condition. Mountain shown on the left is Qomolangma. Would be spectacular displayed together. $20.00 for all. tm

Temple ticket souvenir, no English, no postcard back, approximately 3" x 7", in color. $2.00

"The Kasang Temple" multilingual ticket souvenir, no postcard back, approximately 3" x 7", in color. $2.00

"The Potala, Lhasa. This famous palace stands upon a hill / northwest of Lhasa…" unused continental with wonderful colors. $2.25 t

"The Thatten Meju Temble" multilingual ticket souvenir, no postcard back, approximately 3" x 7", in color. $2.00

    "TIBET LANDSCAPE" also captioned in 2 other languages, booklet covers of outstanding beauty, photos by Chow Chan, no postcard back, dated 1988. $2.00

    "TIBETAN MENDICANT AGED 94 YEARS" real photo from J. Singh in Darjeeling, unforgettable image with good focus & composition, unused, diamond printed in stamp box area, couple tiny spots near back edge, slight oxidation, slight yellowing of the paper with age. $40.00

"TIBET / Nomad girl jumping rope on the 'Rooftop of the World' (15,500 FT.) / © Michael J. McCormick" oversized 5"x"7" postcards, unused. $1.75

5" x 7" color photo of a Tibetan shrine. $2.00

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    "199  BRUGES / Rue des Pierres. -- The Stones Street. // ND / Phot." in vertical format, with readable signs (e.g., Cigarettes Pall-Mall at the tobacconist shop at the right); unused black & white carte postale with good edges. In Belgium. $6.00 bt

    "854. / The Indian and his pipe of peace / soon will pass away. / But the Irishman with his / piece of pipe / will last for many a day." Racist overtones, color with embossed edge on undivided back, copyright 1906 by Tammen, lightly toned back, light album marks on back. $10.00 (it)

"A-22--Night Scene, / R. & J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's Office Bldg., / Winston-Salem, N. C." by moonlight, unused Curteich linen. faint album marks on back. $2.00 nt

"Auction Time in Eastern Carolina / This is a typical tobacco auction scene…" unused chrome. (2 available) $2.00 each

"Chew Flat Iron / Plug Tobacco…" caption from blanket on horses pulling a Summit Stores (Grocery) parade wagon, reproduced by a collector to advertise his interest in Pennsylvania postcards, corrected phone number on back but otherwise unused, low-contrast / grayish. $2.00

    "'Creators of Reasonable Drug Prices' / ECKERD'S Cigar Counter -- 1530 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina" black & white, unused, fresh & exceptionally interesting. $4.50 (stpi)%

"D-885  A SOUTHERN TOBACCO FIELD / M-10   A SCENE NEAR MARTINSVILLE, VA.  E-5414" unused linen from the Asheville Post Card Company, near mint. $3.75 vat

"DUKE HOMESTEAD / DURHAM, No. Carolina" interior displaying equipment for tobacco product manufacturing in the early 1900's, unused chrome from photo by Jack Harmon. $1.25 nt

"East Bengal. Harvest on a / home-patch of tobacco." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 from Kingsford Heights Indiana. $2.00

    "EIGHTH AVENUE LOOKING WEST, CALGARY, ALBERTA" showing prominently a streetcar, Lamberts Clothes Shop, a drug store, Winchester Cigarette sign, etc.; white-border era postcard, Valentine Edy published. $6.00 astg

    "EXPOSITION DE GAND 1913 - Stand de Fabrication / des CIGARETTES / DIPLOME D'HONNEUR;..." where Alba cigarettes were manufactured on public view, sepia-tone on unused post card with brownish paper, several spots of toning on back, exceptionally interesting & detailed view. $15.00 et

"…HUCULKA" with accent in L, also captioned in Cyrillic, art showing a man smoking a pipe while riding a horse, J.O.K. is the only printing on the back, worn corners & thinned along one back edge. $2.25

"LOADING AND HANDLING RIPE TOBACCO / JUST CROPPED ON STICKS FOR / HANGING IN CURING BARN" unsigned art on unused early chrome, fairly fresh. $2.50

    "MODEL TOBACCO FACTORY, PETERSBURG PIKE (U. S. ROUTE NO. 1), RICHMOND, VA." corner view of the exterior, period before Pike should be a space, linen mailed 1952, slight yellowing of the paper with age, minor edge wear near one corner. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg (296,922 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 vt

"OLD GOLD CIGARETTES, 1920's / PHOTOGRAPH BY LEJAREN À HILLER" showing a group of people smoking in a tropical setting, unused continental with one bent corner, corner crease. $1.75 stp*+

"PLEASE-- / 'Keep California Green and Golden' / Your ashtray will help" unused black & white showing Shasta Dam and Lake in Shasta County California. $3.75

    "POLLYWOGS / CIGARS // NO BUTTONS / 'Vexation'" color circa 1890 trade card in vertical format showing a frog family. Backstamped by Failing & Dun, Columbus wholesale dealers in Cigars and tobaccos. $12.00 ftoa%

    "Tobacco Field." showing 4 black workers (including a child) in the distance, color, circa 1915, unused, considerable edge wear. $3.75 (tba+)

"Tobacco Sale, Acree's Warehouse, Danville, Va." unused Curteich linen, 4 small dark marks on back. $1.75 (tv)%

    "'TOO LATE'" reproduction of a Heywood Hardy painting on a premium card from Honest Long Cut & Seal of North Carolina tobacco, brownish paper, album marks on back, corner crease. Scene explained on back: young couple leaving church where they were married are met by her distraught father and brother who have arrived too late to prevent the union. $3.50 tah!

    Uncaptioned hand-colored  / tinted real photo of 2 young children trying a pipe, decorated with paste beads, ad for Clarinda Lawn Mowers' Easy Adjusting Line on the back, printed in Germany, fresh & unused. $10.00

    Uncaptioned real photo of a man smoking a pipe aboard a ship, undivided back mailed from Provincetown Massachusetts, light cancel ink on front. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (ts)

    Uncaptioned real photo showing a row of coffins with many potted plants beside them in a large building displaying a French DEFENSER DE FUMER sign, WWI from the looks of it. $5.00

"Victory. Walter Whitehead, oil on canvas, c. 1918. Symbolic / portrait of an American soldier from World War I, which was / used by Fatima Tobacco Company for advertising purposes" reproduced on continental postcard, much writing on back, good edges. $1.50 pt

    "…VIII. 1. Zdiàr. (Zupe Spisskà) / Matej Pitoniak. / Jeune homme. / (Fot. Karol Plicks.)" accents omitted from the z & s characters, sepia-tone showing a man smoking in Czechoslovakia. $4.75

    "You will enjoy a visit to this modern cigarette factory and / see how L&M, CHESTERFIELD and LARK cigarettes are made." In Durham, North Carolina, unused & fresh. $10.00 (t)

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    "The 1960 BEECHCRAFT Super G18 - Top Speed 234 mph.  Top Range 1,626 miles." showing aircraft N9644R boarding businessmen, advertising postcard mailed 1961 from Shreveport Louisiana, a little wear to the bottom edge, tiny corner crease, a little raindrop spotting on back, hint of cancel ink on front. Rare. When it was deregistered in 1996 it belonged to an individual in Nukualofa Tonga. $15.00 ta(a)%

    "Tongan Plantation Boys // Photo by / August Hettig" color post card published by Hettig, writing on back, toning along bottom back edge, good edges. $6.00 t%

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    "10.--Petits Métiers--Fabricant de Jouets. / Little crafts.--Toy maker." black & white post card, circa 1915, unused, Collection Liou-Seu, lightly toned front, small toned area on back. $20.00 ct

    "13" showing a little girl astride a rather small toy horse on wheels, color postcard with glitter & paste beads added, message on back to Miss Essie Maye Immelt of Masseville Ohio, light toning in sky. SALE IN PROGRESS tg(i)go

    "203 / 3" hand-colored  / tinted real photo (with paste beads) postcard of a boy in sailor suit standing next to his flower truck, writing on back by Ester Hansson, light discoloration at back corners from album mounts. $12.50 tb

"80. - METZ. - Jet d'eau de l'Esplanade" including 3 girls in a small toy wagon, one of whom is pulling a small toy elephant on 4 wheels; unused black & white carte postale with green back, good edges. $4.00 fte

    "Aug / 39" with caption from hand annotation in the bottom border, approximately 3"x5" black & white photo showing 2 boys outside with their pedal-car (hood somewhat like locomotive), 3 pinholes in the top border, wear at a bottom corner, small corner crease, back toned. $7.00 tb NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

"A very Happy / Birthday, Dear. // You've been / growing fast / and To-day / You're Three, / ..." and more poetry, hand-colored  / tinted real photo of girl dressing near her doll & stuffed dog, from Rotary Photographic; quite fresh, it could be used for its original purpose, pre-written message printed on back. $10.00 tg

    "BEST WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS / Along the pathway of your life... // 1750 / 1" three children with dolls & toys by their Christmas tree, hand-colored  / tinted real photo from E. A. Schwerdtfeger & Co., mailed 1912 in Ohio, yellowish paper, writing on front in dark areas, considerable oxidation. $15.00 tc

"CALLING ALL MODEL / & PEDAL CARS!" continental advertising card publicizing a 2005 series of shows held throughout the US, near mint. Both sides full color & interesting. $1.25 taa NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

    "CEKo / 414" monogram in lower left front has EK within the C, hand-colored  / tinted real photo showing 3 children with toys that include an artillery piece, horse-drawn cart & several poles built up from smaller segments. French made, mailed in Belgium (1923?), trivial wear at the center of one short edge. $12.50 t

"Dalarna. Sweden. / ... / Dalecarlia's most well-known souvenir - the genuine / 'Dalahäst' - is carved and decorated by hand." including numerous toy horses & soldiers at the work station, unused continental postcard with rough edges as issued, copyrighted. $2.50 ts

"DÉDÉ / o / PARIS / 1040" two children with their toy horse, hand-colored  / tinted real photo post card, French made, unused, tiny bends at bottom corners. $12.50 t

"DO'NT(sic) LOSE YOUR MARBLES - / LET ME HAVE 'EM! // NATIONAL / POSTCARD / WEEK / 5-11 MAY / 1996" continental postcard with cartoon art, from a limited edition of 300 issued by a collector of marbles, mailed to Ohio. tiny corner crease. $2.50 tm

    "Gare / à l'attelage! / Bonsoir, / ô bientôt // 637" hand-colored  / tinted real photo showing boy & girl aboard a flower-decorated wagon drawn by a toy horse, mailed 1907 in Belgium, brownish paper, edge wear. $12.50 tc%

    "Génie précose" showing a young girl playing at a toy keyboard with another singing, Concone lesson book prominent in foreground. Mailed 1912 from Belgium. $14.00 (tgm)

"GREETINGS From 'The Penna. Dutch Country.' AMISH Boys / of 'The Lil Red Schoolhouse' playing a race with their home- / made scooters." unused chrome postcard from a photo by Vincent Tortora, excellent condition. $2.00 tba NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

    "Heureuse / Fête // Irène" hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard in vertical format showing a young girl in a large & fanciful toy horse-drawn automobile, mailed 1909 in France, minor wear at one corner, very faint album impression at one corner. $12.50 tg

"In Luxemburg Gardens, Paris" showing a boy rolling a large hoop along a path, well-done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1963 at Stanford Illinois. $2.00 tf NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

    "J. A. Larkins Co's. / 'BORAXINE" / MAKES HOUSEKEEPERS HAPPY" with boy spinning a top on his hand, copyright 1882 advertising card, blank back, light toning on back. $15.00 abt!

      "KHA 4905" unused Fort Wayne Indiana QSL postcard picturing the operator Walter with his girl seated in his lap clutching her teddy bear. a little edge wear mostly along the top. $3.00 ti NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

    "Lola / 45" showing a group of young children playing with a toy push-auto, hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard made in France for the New Athens Book Store in Boston, writing on back, front quite fresh, good edges. $12.50 tc NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

"Marken" showing a little Dutch girl in costume on brick pavement with her noise-maker (resembles a unicycle, with beads that slide on 4 spokes set at 90-degree angles to each other as she pushes it along), color on grayish-yellow paper, unused, numbered A5626 on lower right of back, trivial edge wear. $6.00 tn

    "Nos Enfants / SEMI-BROMURE A. BREGER FRÈRES (DÉPOSÉ)" 2 girls both side-saddle on their own rocking horses, mailed 1905 in France (bold fancy cancel of Chambourcy Seine-et-Loire struck twice on 10-c stamp), lightly toned front, slight yellowing of the paper with age. $17.50 tg

    "RTB / 5492" showing a child playing with a toy he constructed, unused hand-colored / tinted real photo post card from the Meccano erector set series, made in Belgium, trivial wear to the corners. $15.00 tc NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

    See also Doll postcards. Shown in Rose O'Neill, creator of the Kewpie doll.

    "SEE PREMIUM OFFER ON OTHER SIDE, COPYRIGHT 1894 BY WOOLSON SPICE CO…" with girl in green dress rolling a hoop with her stick while boy watches, postcard-sized but offer entitled Meditation fills the back, light toning along the left front edge & lower right front corner from album contact. $17.50 (tga)

    "Spencer Park / Hastings Nebr. / Mar 1 1948" black & white photo showing a small child on a toy 4-wheel vehicle, caption from markings on back (which we know to be reliable). Size a little smaller than a regular postcard; no postcard back. Probably unique. $5.00 tn

"STAR WARS // THE TOYS" Beautifully bound collection of 30 near-mint continental postcards with serrated tabs showing the Toys that were generated by the success of the Star Wars film and its sequels. Fascinating & highest quality printing. Easily removed should you wish to mail or frame them. Examples: models for Kenner's proposed preschool line, Ewok Action Playset, 14 Rebels versus Imperial Forces, Creature Cantina Action Playset, etc. Very nice! $15.00 mt

    "Ste Marie" hand-colored  / tinted real photo of a girl with flowers on a toy scooter, real photo 1576, scrape on caption underline & 2 small marks, mailed 1922 (clear Bruxelles bilingual slogan cancel suggests the use of airpost for mail going to London & Paris}, minor corner wear, lightly toned back. $9.00 tg

    Uncaptioned postcard mailed 1962 in the Netherlands, showing a little girl blowing a soap bubble from an upside-down pipe (with which she is apparently having trouble judging by her facial expression), printed in Italy, rough edges as issued with minor wear, tiny pinhole at top center closes well. $2.25 tg

US postal card inquiry to Boucher Models, sent 1954, requesting a catalogue for HO gage model railroads, some extraneous writing on the address side. $1.50 t NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

"View of the Vaughan collection of toys and dolls. Essex Institute, Salem, Mass." in a display using a household interior as background, unused chrome postcard from Dexter Press, fairly fresh. $1.50 dt

"VROOLIJK KERSTFEEST" hand-colored  / tinted real photo shows 2 children, toy rabbit & toy sheep by a small Christmas tree, R&KL 7127 / 1, mailed 1920 at Rotterdam but stamp removed. toned back. $8.50 tc

    "Vroolijk / Kerstfeest" hand-colored  / tinted real photo post card shows 2 girls with stuffed animals by a small Christmas tree, numbered 6524, made in France, mailed in Belgium. $12.50 tc

"WALDE HUTH-SCHMOLZ / Werbefoto für Kindermode" showing a girl's feet on the pedals of the front wheel of her tricycle, unused continental postcard, tiny bend at one corner not into the image. $1.25 tb NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

Wanted to buy--postcards showing spinning tops. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

"With A JOLLY / WISH for / Your BIRTHDAY" verse beside hand-colored  / tinted Rajar bromide real photo post card of boy playing with old model tractor, decorative embossed edges, writing on back, corner wear & rounding. $5.00 tb

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    "Abend in Jericho" showing a tent camp at nightfall, color post card published by Carl Hirsch, signed Perlberg art, undivided back mailed within Germany 1904, stamp removed, minor corner wear. At the time, Jericho was in Transjordan. $6.50 at+

"Member of Transjordan's / Arab Legion" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1964 from Van Lear Kentucky, corner crease, minor wear at 2 corners. $2.25 t

"Transjordan" showing an Arab with his horse, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1964 from La Marque Texas, one corner with long multiple creases. $1.75 t

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    "Photographed by Transkei Studio, UMTATA" real photo postcard with writing on back explaining this is the Church of England. $5.00 Different image with writing on back explaining this is the Dutch Reformed church. $5.00

"Tembu women grinding maize on a stone slab outside their / huts set in open grassland" also captioned in Afrikaans, unused continental post card from ABC Press, serrated edge from booklet, fresh appearance. $2.00

    "TRANSKEI WOMAN" smoking a very long pipe outside her thatched house, "ca. 1930" written in pencil on back (about right), black & white real photo postcard in vertical format, printed in South Africa, light album marks at back corners, good edges. $10.00 ts NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

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Quite simply the best two Transvaal cards
we have seen in over 20 years of dealing.
Minor toning and edge wear.
Card at right has a corner crease.
$40.00 postpaid & insured to any US address

    ALBION COLLIERIES LIMITED (Transvaal). 5"x7" color photo of its steam locomotive No. 3 and its tender hard at work pulling coal, good focus & contrast & composition. Rare. $5.00 rt

    "Commissioner Street Boksburg" prominently showing the W. Dorning East Rand Motor Works & Boksburg Cycle Depot, the storefront of A. Goldman, and another Cycle Depot further back (!); black & white postcard with red caption, mailed there 1905 but stamp removed creates thin on back, edge wear at top, 2 corner creases (one faint), small spot of yellowish toning in sky, small spots of dark toning at back edges. Depot brand signage: 'Raleigh', 'Swift', '…Abingdon / Grands / & B.S.A.' Exceptionally interesting. $25.00 tm

"No. 16  Robinson Gold Mine -- Walling a stope, 800 feet." black & white post card, mailed JA 18 1907 from Point Natal (bold cancel ties 1-d King stamp) to London (clear arrival mark FE 11 07. Rare. $25.00 tm-n

    See also Transvaal stamps.

"Transvaal: Wylies Poort" real photo postcard mailed at Germiston Station in 1931 to Illinois (2 different South African definitive stamps tied), edges with minor toning & wear. $5.00

"ZS6AJM" Fish Hoek QSL card used 1953, bureau label affixed, rounded corners as printed, cartoon art. $2.50

"ZS6ALD" Lyttelton (Transvaal) QSL card used 1960, bureau label affixed to back. $3.00

"ZS6AOG" Roodepoort (Transvaal) QSL card used 1955. $2.00

"ZS6BDO" Springs Transvaal QSL card used 1969, bureau label affixed to back, small tape stains. $2.00

"ZS6CJ" Brits Transvaal QSL card used 1954. Bureau label affixed to back, corner crease, lightly toned front. $2.25

"ZS6CJ" Brits QSL card mailed there 1954 to Michigan, multiple creases, brownish paper. $1.25

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