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Sunny Queensland: Vintage Postcard Sugar Cane

March 29th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in postcard, vintage postcard
Old Australia: Scarce vintage postcard, depicting a group of men, harvesting sugar cane. Entitled “Sugar. Queens Land”. Unused postcard from app. 1900. Fine condition.

Help us win! War Bond Postcard W.W.I.

March 12th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in WW1, postcard
W.W.I.: Help us to Victory! Lithographed postcard to advertise war bonds. Designed by Fritz Erler. Unused postcard in poster-style from app. 1915. Very fine condition

1915: Austrian Patriotic Postcard. WW1

February 17th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Austria, WW1, history, postcard
We have been adding quite a few World War One postcards recently, like this one: W.W.I.: Decorative, lithographed vintage postcard with K.u.k. war flag, Emperor’s pennant, burning roof-tops. Below is a war slogan by the German poet Theodor Koerner, 1791 - 1813. MORE such posrtcards

Old Japan: Woodblock Print as Postcard: Ladies and Baby. Utamaro

January 26th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Japan, antique print, postcard
Interesting, decorative Japanese woodblock print ( Kitagawa Utamaro ) as postcard, from ca. 1910. It shows 2 ladies in attractive Kimono and a baby. One lady preparing giving breast to the baby Unused, very fine condition. Published by The Shimbi Shoin, Tokyo.

The King of Siam: Vintage Postcard from 1921

January 8th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Royals, history, postcard, siam
Scarce, tinted postcard, depicting “ H. M. The King of Siam”. The postcard has been published by Y. Ebata ( Photo studio Mikasa, Y. Asow Co.).Used as postcard ( in an envelope) Bangkok, 1921. Fine condition.The Photo depicts the Siam Kindg Rama VI (1881 – 1925) Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua (Thai: พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรเมนทรมหาวชิราวุธฯ

Antique Austrian Postcards: Lower Austria

December 29th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Austria, postcard, vintage postcard
We have added a new lane: Vintage postcards from old Lower Austria. All are scarce postcards, like this one:Greetings from Maria Enzersdorf:

Chinese Headsmen. Vintage Postcard from China.

June 1st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in chinese antiques, postcard
b/w vintage postcard, entitled "Chinesische Scharfrichter" ( Chinese executioners ). It shows 2 headmen with their swords. Published by Max Grill in Tsingtao. Unused, very fine condition, scarce.

Scarce Korea Postcard of Destroyed South Gate.

May 22nd, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Korea, history, photography, postcard
b/w vintage postcard from South Korea depicting a tram and workers in front of the South gate. Unused, very fine condition. The Southgate, Namdaemun, made of wood and stone with a two-tiered, pagoda-shaped tiled roof, was completed in 1398 and served as the main southern entrance to Seoul, which was then a walled city. It was the oldest wooden structure in Seoul, an iconic reminder of old

Outstanding Poster Style Postcard from 1909: Don’t Worry, Smile!

November 23rd, 2007 | Comments Off | Posted in art deco, art nouveau, cat, postcard, unusual
Quite unusual vintage postcard from 1909: Don’t Worry, Smile! – says a grinning cat. This kind of poster style is normally found after Art Deco period and yet has been used in a time when Art Nouveau was in style. Definitely authentic as it has been used as postcard in England and has a clear Warwick 1909 – cancellation. Fine condition. Very scarce.

Merry X-Mas. 1900 Vintage Litho Postcard with Santa in blue Gown.

November 15th, 2007 | Comments Off | Posted in Xmas, postcard, vintage
Merry Christmas: Austria. Lithographed postcard from 1900 with Santa in a blue coat, with X-Mas tree and a bag with gifts. An angel is showing him the way. Used in Silesia. Scarcer Trzynietz 1900 – cancellation. Fine condition.
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