Showing 41–80 of 317 postcards

  • Happy Halloween!

    Only about 40 more cards like this and we can open a new “Halloween” category, but until then … mailed from Germany in 2012 with stamp, full postmark, and blue trilingual Priority label.  Orange postal barcoding.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30000044

    Price: $1.00

    Happy Halloween!
  • DAF Space Cab

    Mailed from the Netherlands in 2011 with stamp and postmark, but what this has to do with Holland, we don’t know.  No caption on the reverse.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30000045

    Price: $0.50

    DAF Space Cab
  • Nudist sport

    Whatever information there was about the photo was carefully obscured by the writer, in Russia, in 2011.  The stamp is there, and part of the postmark.  Grade: 3

    Code: 30000046

    Price: $1.00

    Nudist sport
  • IFA G 5-2

    Here is what you might want to know:  “IFA G 5-2 als Werkstattkofferwagen der 2. Generation zum Bulldogtreffen in Burkhardtsdorf,” on 26th of August 2007.  The card was mailed in 2011 or 2012 with two stamps but the postmark is black on a black stamp.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30000047

    Price: $2.00

    IFA G 5-2
  • The Bush Decision (Ann Telnaes) (USA)

    You need to be familiar with American politics to understand what the artist was saying here.  It’s clever.  Card mailed from US in 2012 with 98-cent stamp and postmark.  Orange postal barcoding on the front, black on the back.  Grade: 3

    Code: 30000048

    Price: $1.00

    The Bush Decision (Ann Telnaes) (USA)
  • We have nothing to fear but fear itself

    Four of these unused Laff Gram cards 51-D are available.  Who would ever buy this to send it?  It’s not funny, it’s not frightening, it’s just taking up space on our website.  Grades: 1

    Code: 30000049

    Price: $0.50

    We have nothing to fear but fear itself
  • Roses

    Not connected with any particular holiday or occasion, this card was printed in Germany and mailed in the USA in 1909, from one sister to another.   The stamp is there; the postmark mostly not there.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30000050

    Price: $1.00

    Roses
  • Keep Calm and Carry On

    Glitter on the crown, card from 2010 and mailed in 2012 with three British stamps, Royal Mail Air Mail sticker, and orange postal barcoding.  Grade: 3

    Code: 30000051

    Price: $1.00

    Keep Calm and Carry On
  • To my Valentine

    Not postally used, a brief message in ink on the reverse, and much water staining.  Grade: 5

    Code: 30000052

    Price: $0.50

    To my Valentine
  • I’m thinking of Home and Mother

    Surprise your mom (and make her wonder) with this sepia-toned card, not postally used but with an undated inked message on the reverse. Grade: 4

    Code: 30000053

    Price: $1.00

    I’m thinking of Home and Mother
  • a get well wish for you

    Unused religious-themed card (Acts 27:22).  Grade: 1

    Code: 30000054

    Price: $0.50

    a get well wish for you
  • Compel me not to toe the mark

    Buried amongst the sweet dreck of so many postcards of that era, one like this pops up.  Just read the whole verse, and you’ll know what we mean.  We love it!  Mailed way back when, but the stamp is gone and the postmark not quite legible.  Grade: 4

    Code: 30000055

    Price: $1.00

    Compel me not to toe the mark
  • Two girls

    Austrian card mailed in 2012 from Finland with an Aurora borealis stamp and blue Priority label.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30000056

    Price: $1.00

    Two girls
  • Wigwam Follies in Amsterdam (Netherlands)

    Mailed in 2012 with three different stamps and very faint postmark.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30000057

    Price: $3.00

    Wigwam Follies in Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • May Success be Thine

    Embossed card, mailed in 1921 (if we see the postmark clearly), and with stamp.  Grade: 3

    Code: 30000058

    Price: $1.00

    May Success be Thine
  • Don’t Argue Politics

    How timely.  Unused card, aging but very, very frameable.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30000059

    Price: $6.00

    Don’t Argue Politics
  • Nude with feathers

    Actually an unused ad card from Prague.  We studied and studied this, but couldn’t quite call it “sexy,” so compromised on “No specific theme” and will let you use your own imagination.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30000060

    Price: $1.00

    Nude with feathers
  • Huoleton huilvili (Finland)

    Meaning something like “carefree rascal” in Finnish, this card for us at least is unclassifiable.  Mailed with two stamps and blue Priority label affixed.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30000061

    Price: $1.00

    Huoleton huilvili (Finland)
  • May the leaves of friendships volumn …

    Message, and stamp is gone.  Grade: 5

    Code: 30000062

    Price: $0.50

    May the leaves of friendships volumn …
  • The Ideal (USA)

    It may be difficult for you to see, from the scan, the poem on the front of this card.  Maybe just as well.  Mailed in 1910 with stamp and postmark.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30000063

    Price: $2.00

    The Ideal (USA)
  • Nuoruus (Finland)

    There is a sort of glitter-based paint on his hat, some of the manes, the birds, and the flowers at the bottom.  And you are wondering what this says?  Here is Google Translate’s answer:  “Youth go in spending, but meikäpoika loved ones will not give up!”  That really helps.  (Can you help?)  Mailed in 2012 with stamp, Priority, and almost full postmark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30000064

    Price: $4.00

    Nuoruus (Finland)
  • Retro Russian (PR China)

    Produced as an internet card in China, what you see is the front.  It is a design, not a real stamp or postmark (on the front).  The reverse has two Chinese (not Russian) stamps, and postmark, and message, and assorted other markings that may or may not have come with the card.  Grade: 3

    Code: 30000065

    Price: $1.00

    Retro Russian (PR China)
  • A Horse Gored

    Unused card, part of a series (see also 30000067).  Edge abrasions.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30000066

    Price: $3.00

    A Horse Gored
  • The Fatal Charge

    Unused card, part of a series (see also 30000066).  Edge abrasions.  Both of these old cards were produced in the USA, showing Mexican scenes.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30000067

    Price: $3.00

    The Fatal Charge
  • Chunks of Wisdom

    Some good advice never changes.  Unused but heavily aged Taylor Art Co. card dated 1910.  Grade: 3

    Code: 30000068

    Price: $2.00

    Chunks of Wisdom
  • Flowers (USA)

    Card was copyrighted in 1909 and mailed the same year, with stamp and postmark.  Grade: 3

    Code: 30000069

    Price: $1.00

    Flowers (USA)
  • The Hook-Handed Man

    Mailed from USA with a $1.05 stamp and mostly readable postmark, with USPS barcoding.  One perforated edge.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30000070

    Price: $1.00

    The Hook-Handed Man
  • Knee

    Well, what would you call this?  There’s no formal caption.  Mailed from Belarus with one “M” stamp, mostly legible postmark, and bilingual Prioritaire rubber-stamp mark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30000071

    Price: $1.00

    Knee
  • My Best Wishes

    Another old, unused, embossed, handled card.  Grade: 4

    Code: 30000072

    Price: $1.00

    My Best Wishes
  • Gros Bisous de Chez Nous

    Not postally used, but with extensive message on the reverse.  Grade: 4

    Code: 30000073

    Price: $1.00

    Gros Bisous de Chez Nous
  • Twice-cooked pork recipe (PR China)

    Odd-shaped card mailed in 2011 with large stamp, an extra sticker, red bilingual airmail mark … Grade: 1

    Code: 30000074

    Price: $4.00

    Twice-cooked pork recipe (PR China)
  • House Moving

    Card was made and sent from England, with one 76p stamp, blue By Air Mail sticker, readable postmark, and orange postal barcoding.  Much postmark ink transfer on the front.  Grade: 4

    Code: 30000075

    Price: $1.00

    House Moving
  • I’m Waiting! Where? (USA)

    Who couldn’t take the hint?  The card was mailed in what looks like 1910.  Stamp and mostly readable postmark are there.  Grade: 3

    Code: 30000076

    Price: $1.00

    I’m Waiting!  Where? (USA)
  • White Chrysanthemum Sincerity

    Mailed in 1910 but stamp is gone.  Grade: 4

    Code: 30000077

    Price: $0.50

    White Chrysanthemum Sincerity
  • Woman from behind

    Mailed from Switzerland in 2012 with two different stamps, faint postmark, and blue A Priority chop mark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30000078

    Price: $0.50

    Woman from behind
  • Children using computers

    …but not really.  Mailed from Holland in 2012 with three different stamps and blue bilingual Priority label affixed.  A little postal bumping on one corner.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30000079

    Price: $1.00

    Children using computers
  • Flowers (Finland)

    Generic card mailed from Finland with stamp and postmark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30000080

    Price: $0.50

    Flowers (Finland)
  • Vanity Fair

    Reproduction of the April 1931 cover, on this card mailed from USA in 2012 with four stamps, full postmark, and barcoding.  Some postmark ink transfer on the front.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30000081

    Price: $1.00

    Vanity Fair
  • Potatoes

    How many people just feel like doing this once in awhile?  Well, not us, not yet, but there’s still time.  Mailed from Netherlands in 2012 with stamp and faint postmark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30000082

    Price: $1.00

    Potatoes
  • Woman on pier

    Photo by Alexey Anashkin on a card mailed from Slovenia in 2012 with stamp and Ljubljana postmark.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30000083

    Price: $1.00

    Woman on pier