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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:

1898: Canton Postcard. Paquebot Ligne N. to Wien

December 8th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Chinese postcard, postal history, vintage postcard
Imperial China 1898: „Greetings from Canton“. b/w postcard, depicting the wheel-steamer Han-Kow, boats and junks. Sent as postcard per Ligne N Paquebot Fr. No. 7 to Wien. Thge stamp most probably has been replaced, otherwise fine condition.

Knowels Hare signed Litho Postcard. Girl with huge Hat.

July 8th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in art nouveau, artist signed, beauty, vintage postcard
Attractive, lithographed Art Nouveau postcard, depicting a pretty girl with huge hat, entitled Eloise.Uses as postcard in Graz in 1914. Fine condition.John Knowles Hare was born in 1884. He was a member of the Society of Illustrators in New York. In the early 1900s he designed many magazine covers like "Sympathy", "The Saturday Evening Post" oder "The Country Gentleman".Hare died in 1947 in

August Strindberg. Scarce Art Nouveau Postcard by Carl Larsson.

June 17th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in art nouveau, painter, vintage postcard
August Strindberg: Vintage postcard, portrait August Strindberg, after a graphic by Carl Larsson. Text: „ AVG Strindberg. Furusund. Juli 1899. Ritadt af Hans Gamle van. C. L.". Used as postcard in Austria in 1924. Fine condition. Carl Larsson (1853 - 1919) was a Swedish artist. He is considered to be one af the most famous Swedish artists.

Art Nouveau Postcard: Lady with Hat. Fine Lithograph.

June 16th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in art nouveau, vintage postcard
Most attractive Art Nouveau postcard depicting a pretty lady with a wonderful hat on.Lithographed, very strong design, extremely delicate artwork.Published in Wien in app. 1915. ( W. R. B & Co, Vienne, Serie Nr. 22 - 39 ). Scarce. Very fine condition.

Japanische Poster Postcard for Military Actions in China

May 31st, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Japan, lithograph, militaria, vintage postcard
Decorative Japanese postcard from app. 1918. It depicts Japanese soldiers and corpsmen under a Japanese flag.Some writing at the reverse but not postally used. Fine condition, scarce.

2 old China Postcards made of Stamps. 2 Gods.

January 28th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Chinese postcard, stamps, vintage postcard
China ca. 1920. Two postcards with mythological figures, hand painted and made of stamps. The front side is in fine condition, at the reverse are paper remnants from an album and the postcard with the goddess has a band. Unused.