Showing 1–40 of 138 postcards

  • Santorin, St. Nikolas

    Very hard to know the exact age of this B&W card. It was mailed and has two stamps, with almost-legible postmark, a caption that either reads “1999” or “1939,” and reference to Joakimides Thira. It has been pinned to a bulletin board several times at top but the holes are well hidden on front. Serrated edges. Grade: 4

    Code: 20523001

    Price: $4.00

    Santorin, St. Nikolas
  • Meteora, monastery

    Vintage B&W card, heavily aged, small pencilled notation on reverse–but unmailed. Edge and corner abrasions. Grade: 4

    Code: 20523002

    Price: $3.50

    Meteora, monastery
  • Santorin, windmill

    One could imagine the film “Foreign Correspondent” being shot here, but it wasn’t. The Joakimides Thira card dates from 1939, is unmailed, has serrated edges, and is highly aged on reverse but exotic, atmospheric and beautiful in its way. Grade: 2

    Code: 20523003

    Price: $5.00

    Santorin, windmill
  • Athens, Constitution Square and Acropolis

    Unused card from the 1960s, as-new. And we want to say from the card you can see how powerful and all-inclusive the Acropolis is over the city of Athens. Grade: 1

    Code: 20523006

    Price: $5.00

    Athens, Constitution Square and Acropolis
  • Athens, Olympiein (Nord-Ouest)

    In 1916, a French person wrote a message to his parents on the back of this card, but it wasn’t mailed. The edges are battered and creased a bit, while the front of the card is glossy and embossed. Grade: 4

    Code: 20523007

    Price: $11.00

    Athens, Olympiein (Nord-Ouest)
  • Athens, University

    This undated real photo card with serrated edges looks like it’s from the 1950s, and has captions in French and Greek stating that this is The University. (Seems quite modest for the world’s seat of learning.) A message is written in Greek on the reverse, though the card was never mailed. Grade: 4

    Code: 20523008

    Price: $10.50

    Athens, University
  • Theatre d’Epidaure

    Not sure when this Perla Athens real photo was taken, but in 1949 a message was written on the back. There is no commercial printing on the reverse, and at one point this card had been folded in half. Grade: 4

    Code: 20523009

    Price: $9.50

    Theatre d’Epidaure
  • Mykonos

    Either sepia to start, or B&W turned sepia through fading, but either way the card is now real-photo sepia, unused, and first obtained in the 1960s. Grade: 3

    Code: 20523010

    Price: $7.00

    Mykonos
  • Athens, general view of Acropolis

    Not a very distinguished card–you could almost call it “domestic”–but it was mailed in 1969, has the stamp and most of the postmark, and some postmark smudging on the front. Quite authentic! Grade: 3

    Code: 20523011

    Price: $3.00

    Athens, general view of Acropolis
  • Athens, Omonia (Concord) Square

    Except that the buildings must have changed since this unused card was picked up in 1969, it could be sold as-new now. Grade: 1

    Code: 20523012

    Price: $3.50

    Athens, Omonia (Concord) Square
  • Athens, the Cariatides

    Almost as if they were posing … the card was mailed in 1969 with one stamp but the postmarks are not legible and the writing on the reverse is smudged a little. Grade: 3

    Code: 20523013

    Price: $3.00

    Athens, the Cariatides
  • Papos

    The hyper-efficient US postal system stuck a white strip on the front so they could further deface the card with an orange bar code. So, sorry, we don’t really know if this is Papos or Paros but it looks like a nice place to visit. The card itself was mailed from the USA to Hong Kong in 2002, with a 70-cent US stamp, and yet more barcodes on the reverse, so all in all this is just a space filler. Grade: 5

    Code: 20523014

    Price: $1.00

    Papos
  • Athens, Temple of Aphaea

    Mailed in 1973, two stamps, and readable postmark. We wonder if similar cards before or after show these stones to have moved. Grade: 1

    Code: 20523015

    Price: $5.50

    Athens, Temple of Aphaea
  • Poros, port

    Cards, like people, travel all over. This one was mailed from Malaysia in 1986. It has two Malaysian stamps and most of a postmark, and the card has begun to age noticeably on the reverse. Grade: 3

    Code: 20523016

    Price: $3.50

    Poros, port
  • Mykonos

    The card was mailed in the mid-1990s, and has its stamp and a series of partial postmarks. It really makes Mykonos look like a very pleasant place. Grade: 1

    Code: 20523017

    Price: $3.00

    Mykonos
  • Delfi

    However you choose to spell the Oracle’s home, this card was mailed in 1999 and has stamp and Delfi postmark, though the writer had some trouble with her pens. Card is still in excellent shape. Grade: 1

    Code: 20523018

    Price: $3.00

    Delfi
  • Kos

    Kos calls itself “The best island,” and that would be a tough decision. The card was mailed in 1999 and has its stamp but no legible postmark. The address is on an affixed sticker. Grade: 3

    Code: 20523019

    Price: $3.00

    Kos
  • Skopelos, Aegean Sea

    Another of these cards that may or may not have begun life in sepia but have turned that way now. Unused, bought in mid-1960s, aging–particularly around the edges. Grade: 3

    Code: 20523020

    Price: $5.50

    Skopelos, Aegean Sea
  • Poros, partial view

    This card was mailed in Malaysia (not Greece!) in 1986, with two Malaysian stamps and mostly readable postmark. Significant abrasion on upper front edge. Grade: 4

    Code: 20523021

    Price: $3.50

    Poros, partial view
  • Rhodes, Knights Street

    Heavily aging card first mailed in about 1974, with stamp and a couple of mostly legible postmarks. Grade: 4

    Code: 20523022

    Price: $3.00

    Rhodes, Knights Street
  • Athens, Guards at Royal Palace

    Unused card, old and getting older but hanging in there. Grade: 3

    Code: 20523023

    Price: $14.00

    Athens, Guards at Royal Palace
  • Athens, Acropolis

    Lovely old card, mailed in 1909 with the stamp on the front and a fullly legible postmark. The reverse has a brief message from the writer to his correspondent in France. Aged, but beautiful. Grade: 2

    Code: 20523024

    Price: $65.00

    Athens, Acropolis
  • Corfu

    Unused real photo card, and the only printing on the reverse are three rubber-stamped words “Platane Gastouri Corfou.” Grade: 1

    Code: 20523025

    Price: $9.50

    Corfu
  • 1913 battle

    Google is surprisingly unhelpful about the background to this event, or we just don’t understand. Probably the latter. Presume the unused card was printed after 1913–but not much later. Heavily aged on the reverse. Grade: 4

    Code: 20523026

    Price: $16.00

    1913 battle
  • Salonica, Tower of Kouchakli-Kouli and Byzantine wall

    Looks like this card was produced in Paris. An extensive message was written, probably in 1917, in French on the reverse but the card was not postally mailed. This is the second part of the message; the first part is on card 20523028. If both are still available, you can have them together for $20. Grade: 4

    Code: 20523027

    Price: $15.00

    Salonica, Tower of Kouchakli-Kouli and Byzantine wall
  • Salonica, Oriental hairdressing

    B&W card definitely no later than 1917 as it contains the first part of a long message in French that continues on Greece card 027. We wonder whether anyone spots the irony in the card’s caption. Grade: 4

    Code: 20523028

    Price: $14.00

    Salonica, Oriental hairdressing
  • Mistras, The Palace

    Unused but aging B&W real photo card was bought in 1969 though definitely looks a lot older. Grade: 3

    Code: 20523029

    Price: $4.00

    Mistras, The Palace
  • Santorini, road to Phira

    Unused but aging B&W real photo card was bought in 1969 though definitely looks older. Grade: 3

    Code: 20523030

    Price: $5.00

    Santorini, road to Phira
  • Athens, Erechtee

    In April, 1907, a gentleman wrote a message to “Petite Suzette Cherie” in Paris about his thoughts, which don’t seem to have much to do with Greece but are interesting nonetheless. This card was not postally mailed, and may not be as old as the Erechtee, but almost looks like it. Grade: 4

    Code: 20523031

    Price: $9.00

    Athens, Erechtee
  • Athens, Theatre of Bacchus

    Unused card of a certain age. We wonder if they allowed wine to be sold? Grade: 2

    Code: 20523032

    Price: $8.00

    Athens, Theatre of Bacchus
  • Rhodes, general view

    This antique postcard was not postally mailed but has messages, in French, on the front and back, rightfully describing Rhodes as a land of windmills. One hopes Mlle. Louise was able to receive the card. Grade: 4

    Code: 20523033

    Price: $18.50

    Rhodes, general view
  • Salonica, folio

    Very hard to price this but if you’re a Salonica specialist, you’d want it. Let’s start at the beginning. Twelve old (early 1900s) cards remain from what may have been a set of 13 or 14, printed in Paris, all attached through perforations and a staple along the top edge. A small rubber stamp on the outer binding (not on the front card itself) names a book shop in Sydney. The cards however were bought in Tokyo in 1980. So they’ve been around. And they have further to go. The price is for the set, not per car

    Code: 20523034

    Price: $22.00

    Salonica, folio
  • Athens, Plaka

    Unused and unattributed card from 1969. Grade: 1

    Code: 20523038

    Price: $3.50

    Athens, Plaka
  • Athens, The Parthenon at night

    Unused and unattributed card from 1969. Grade: 1

    Code: 20523039

    Price: $3.00

    Athens, The Parthenon at night
  • Monuments

    The caption on the front is in Greek so we’re not certain what these monuments are. The card has an extensive message, and address, written in French in 1921. A stamp may or may not have been there, but it’s not there now; and there is most of a postmark. Grade: 4

    Code: 20523043

    Price: $8.00

    Monuments
  • Athens, The Parthenon

    In the days of photos developed on paper, imagine working in the kiosk near here and printing the same picture day after day, hour after hour … hooray for digital! Unused and unattributed card from 1969. Grade: 1

    Code: 20523044

    Price: $3.00

    Athens, The Parthenon
  • Delphi, The Tholos of Marmaria

    Unused and unattributed card from 1969, but aging a bit more than usual on the reverse. Grade: 2

    Code: 20523045

    Price: $3.00

    Delphi, The Tholos of Marmaria
  • Athens, multiple views

    Individually, maybe not too exciting; but collectively, and with the caption in Greek, a nicer unused and unatttributed card from 1969. Grade: 1

    Code: 20523046

    Price: $3.50

    Athens, multiple views
  • House

    Looking eerily like a painting, this photo by Georges Meis is on a 4.75″ x 6.7″ card mailed from England in 1984 with stamp and full Kensington postmark.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20523047

    Price: $2.50

    House
  • Patmos

    Contemporary, mailed card with stamp and faint largely unreadable postmark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20523048

    Price: $2.00

    Patmos