For over six decades I have enjoyed collecting postcards. I have somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000 cards. Some I will never part with, but others are “excess to my needs,” and as time permits I will begin making them available to the world. As I post more and more cards, this page will evolve with my most recent cataloged listings and groups at the top. For my images I have created galleries which you may “click” for larger views. I will be adding and adding to this page. If a search engine brought you here you may wish to use the “find” function on your browser to find the key word or name that brought you here.
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WINCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE – N.H.
COLLECTION OF 5 POSTCARDS
Five postcards of this small Cheshire County village on the border with Massachusetts. Included (all divided back) are: Elm Street; The Common; The “Square;” High School; and Universalist Memorial Church. I sure hope these can go back to a Winchester history collection. Price – $25 for the collection of five cards. Remember to click to enlarge images – fronts and back may no be lined up properly in this gallery – sorry, computer hiccup.
GILSUM, NEW HAMPSHIRE – NH
COLLECTION OF 11 CARDS – INCLUDING RPPC
Images tell all, but here are some of the words from the images on the cards: Main St., Gilsum Village, NH; Gilsum Woolen Mill; Gilsum Village and Oshuelot (sic – should be Ashuelot River); River; Congregational Church. Note that a number of the Real Photo Postcards have image numbers on them.
Shown below are images including the back side of each card (images tad out of order). Included are Real Photo Post Cards, divided backs, undivided backs (pre-1907), posted, and never mailed cards. Offered as a lot — $50 for 11 cards including “Real Photo Post Cards” RPPC
47 DIFFERENT – GUERRE 1914-1916 – STEREO VIEW POSTCARDS – VISA PARIS – UNIQUE – RARE
Based upon my research, offered at a reasonable “bargain” price of $275 for this unique collection (Order Number 2222)
An interesting group of French World War I postcards, published by Visa Paris, depicting war preparations, military action, and bombing destruction. I can find little information on the publisher, or this series of cards. This is the first time I have ever seen postcards that doubled as stereo views. Detailed are part of the descriptions on the cards, and brief translations of some descriptions. The cards in this collection have never been mailed. They are numbered, some cards are titled Guerrre 1914 and others Guerre 1914-1916 — and I have in this lot:
6 – Les bons amis
7 – Prisonniers allemands capturés…
8 – Pres d Arras…
9 – Marocains a Vite-le-Francois
12 – Cavalerie anglaise
13 – Dans l’Aisne Infanterie Francaise
17 (could be 11) – Les Cosaques
18 – Dans la Meuse…
21 – Projectiles laisses par les allemands…
22 – La halte en attendant les camions…
23 – Meaux Infanterie anglaise…
24 – Etangs de Belval…
29 – Village garibaldien en Argonne
33 – Viffort apres le bombardment
34 – Clermont-en-Argonne apre le bombardement
35 – La Chapelle Monthodon…
36 – Senlis – Solats anglais
39 – La Chapelle Monthodon…
42 – Eglise de Loupy – Le Chateau (Meuse) – ruins
43 – Hotel de Ville de Laheycourt (Meuse) … – ruins
45 – L’oeuvre de la Kultit … (ruins)
47 -Rambercourt-aux-Pots (Meuse) apres le bombardement
48 – Sommeille (Meuse) apres le bombardement
49 – Artillerie française se rendant sur le Front – [French artillery heading to the Front]
54 – Arras Un Spahi en reconnaissance
55 – L’Artillerie anglaise dans la Lori\et de Compiegne
57 – Artillerie russe traversant une riviere – [Russian artillery crossing a river]
61 – L’Artillerie lourde…
63 – Fn Argonne Piece de 270 cacher par des branches d’arbres – [Fn Argonne Piece of 270 hidden by tree branches]
64 – Courtacon Seine-et-Marne apres la fuite des allemands – [Courtacon Seine-et-Marne after the flight of the Germans]
66 – Position d’artillerie sous bois en Argonne – [Artillery position under woods in Argonne]
69 – Un cheval projete dans un arbre…
70 – Maison Commune de Sommeille (Meuse) bombardier par les allemands – [Communal House of Sommeille (Meuse) bombed by the Germans]
71 – L’Eglise de Saint Thomas… (ruins)
72 – Spahis marocains a Vitry-le-Chateau
73 – Le Crime de Reims Le Mont de Piete bombarde par les Allemands – [The Crime of Reims The Mont de Piete bombed by the Germans]
81 – Le Crime de Reims. La Toiture de la Cathédrale apres le bombardement – [The Crime of Reims. The Roof of the Cathedral after the Bombing]
82 – Le Crime de Reims. Maison incendiée et bombardée par les Allemands.
83 – Le Crime de Reims. Intérieur de la Fabrique de Tissus Prieru – [The Crime of Reims. Interior of the Prieru Fabric Factory]
84 – Le Crime de Reims. La Rue de Nanteuil incendiee et bombardie par les Allemands
86 – Le Crime de Reims. Maison bombardée par les Allemands
87 – Le Crime de Reims. L’Abside de la Cathédrale apres le bombardement
89 – Le Crime de Reims. La Rue de l’université bombardée par les Allemands
90 – Le Crime de Reims. La Rue de la Gabelle bombardée par les Allemands
91 – Le Crime de Reims. La Rue Colbert apres bombardément par les Allemands
95 – Le Crime de Reims. La Maison Prieur et Cie apres le bombardement
96 – Le Crime de Reims. La Place Royale et lat Cathédrale en feu pendant le bombardement – [The Place Royale and the Cathedral on fire during the bombing]
TWO — COW GIRL and MILDRED DOUGLASS RIDING A WILD STEER — POSTCARDS
Offered as a pair are two fun Rodeo postcards. First a Real Photo Post Card (RPPC) of Mildred Douglas Chrisman – on postcard as Douglass (1895 – 1982) who is a 1988 National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame inductee. Working as a Bronc rider, trick rider and shooter, and nurse she was even in silent films with Tom Mix. Never mailed, the rear of the card has some tale about her it seems, but I cannot make out all the writing. On photo states MILDRED DOUGLASS RIDING WILDSTEEER, R.F.P.CO, INC.
The second card, mailed in 1910 from Sidney,Nebraska, is titled “COW GIRL, WESTERN NEBRASKA” with cowgirl sitting atop a horse. — for the pair – $22.50 (order number 2287)
COLLECTION OF 25 – COWBOY / RODEO / CATTLE ROUND-UP and Related Postcards – for this great lot – $87.50 (order number 2288)
I just separated this mini-collection from one of the many postcard collections I have purchased along with book collections over the past three decades. A fun collection as assembled over 25 years ago that I thought someone may enjoy. Too much to detail each one, but my images will give you a feel for what is here. A worthwhile purchase for you at less than $4 per card plus only one shipping charge – as compared to buying one at a time.
First here are — “Cowboys at Lunch” – “Cowboys racing to Dinner” (two different publishers, one is Detroit Publishing Co.) – A Cowboy Breakfast” – Oldest Cowboy on the Range, “Dad” Hickman – and “Doing Some” bronco riding
The below three” “Ranching in the Canadian West – Saddling & Broncho” – “Wife Wanted – A Cow Boy Washing Clothes” – “The Cow Boy’s Call” cow hands playing cards ONE READY TO PULL HIS GUN
the six cards below include cattle round-ups; branding; and the last one “watering cattle out west”
Below, top left “A Beef Herd on Water” – “Cattle Drive in Raton Mountains” New Mexico; “Throwing a Calf”; and more branding.
these last five include: white border — The Ponies, Braddock Heights, MD, ; linen card – “On the Backstretch, Hialeah Park, Miami – modern chromes of Florida horse racing tracks
From 1909 on – EIGHT (8) EARLY BLACK HISTORY POSTCARDS – 5 Pre-1907 – UNIQUE LOT — $60 (order number 2290)
Below in this group is included (showing both front and back of the cards:
1 – 1905 undivided back – Christmas greetings – copyright 1905 by Raymond Howa
2 – undivided back – copyright 1906 J. Tully – I’M Out for the Dust – crease on right side
3 – undivided back – mailed 1909 – A Sudden Rise in Wool
4 – divided back – scale on boardwalk
5 – 1898 Act of Congress undivided back postmarked 1907 – ‘You Look Good to Me”
6 – divided back mailed 1906 – “Out on a Foul”
7 – undivided back never mailed – BLACK KID COMICS No. 179, Mohegan Lake, NY – “Alone at Last”
8 – divided back mailed 1907 – THANKSGIVING – 19 “black folk” surrounding a turkey – artist name hard to make out – faint fold/creases on left hand side
EIGHT (8) DIVIDED-BACK BLACK HISTORY POSTCARDS – COMIC THEMES – UNIQUE LOT – $40 (order number 2291)
Below in this group is included (showing both front and back of the cards:
1 – LAWDY ME – WHAT A STRANGE LITTLE BOY – Asheville Post Card Co. – KC-4
2 – HOPE YOU’LL DROP IN SOON – C-215 – Asheville Post Card Co.
3 – OK, BIG BOY, YOUR FURNISH THE DIAMOND AND I’LL LAY BALL WITH YOU – art by Larry Smith – Asheville Post Card Co.
4 – ROSIE’S ARE RED… – By E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee – 11637
5 – ENJOYING THE BLACKOUT HERE – wartime post-free in 1944 from Camp Shelby, Miss.
6 – WHO’S IN THERE? … Asheville Post Card Co. – 523
7 – LOVE THEY SAY IS WICKED BAD AND BUM … Curt Teich & CO. SC-H2
8 – MUSIC HATH CHARM … E. C. Kropp, Milwaukee C76 – 13778
EIGHT (8) BLACK HISTORY POSTCARDS – WATERMELON, COTTON, COMIC THEMES – FUN LOT – $50 (order number 2292)
Below in this group is included (showing both front and back of the cards:
1 – SEVEN LITTLE PICKANNINIES – Undivided Back – Illustrated Postal Card Co. 78-4- mailed 1906 – Great Card
2 – AINT GOING BE NO RINE – eating watermelon – Undivided Back – Hug C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME No. 1964 – mailed 1907
3 – COMPARING NOTES – Storks comparing the babies they are delivering – Copyright 1905 by U. Co., NY – mailed 1907 damage on left side
4 – FLORIDA NATIVES – PICKANINNIES AND COCONUTS – published St. Petersburg News Company – 43229
5 – HAPPY & CONTENTED
6 – A LITTLE LIGHT ON A DARK SUBJECT
7 – GOSH – WHY HANIT I GOT THREE HANDS – holding watermelon, no hands left to get chicken
8 – OUT ON BALE – cotton bale and boy – Detroit Publishing Co. – 10542 – trimmed on side
Ray Boas, Bookseller 