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    "Give this card to a friend / Joane B. Dye / …please / send me your 1949 edition of the SENIOR / FORECAST…" unused, depicts all astrological signs and the St. Louis Missouri astrologer; brownish paper, no postcard back, most unusual subject matter. Advertising card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 amg

Postcard Collector. January 1990 (Volume 8, Number 1). Features on peace promotions, zodiac postcards, Ullman's National Cupids & more. $2.50 p,a NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU0

"THE OX / Second sign of the zodiac. / Gentle and peacloving, the ox..." with Chinese character in upper right front, years applicable (1901, 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961 & 1973). unused continental from Hako productions, 1977 copyright, faint corner crease. $1.50 a

    "What about / Astrology?" religious tract with 7 pages of text plus cover. Size: a little smaller than a continental postcard (to fit in pocket). $1.25 ra

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ASTRONOMY POSTCARDS

    "100" Reflecting Telescope / Mt. Wilson, Calif.  A-81" unused Ekc real photo postcard, minor toning along 1 back edge. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 ac

"300 FT. TRANSIT RADIO TELESCOPE / The World's largest moveable radio telescope..." from a photograph by John Gitchell, unused chrome postcard. $1.50 a

    "507. - BAGNÈRES-de-BIGORRÉ / Observatoire du Pic du Midi / Enlèvement des Neiges" Unused, showing a French observatory being shoveled out in winter. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 afw

"747.  PLANETARIUM, HOLLYWOOD, CALIF." showing the exterior of the Griffith Observatory, unused linen postcard manufactured by Longshaw Card Company, mild corner & edge wear, stray mark in left front border. $2.00 ca. Same except smudged pencil writing on back & a small corner crease that affects nothing. $1.75 ca

"ADLER PLANETARIUM AND / ASTRONOMICAL MUSEUM / Chicago Park District..." with a view of the moon & pertinent information on back, unused. $1.25 (am)

"ADLER PLANETARIUM AND / ASTRONOMICAL MUSEUM / Chicago Park District / View from the west showing the Espla-nade and main entrance..." black & white with pertinent information on back, unused. $1.25 a

"A Heavenly Map of the U.S.A. featuring towns that actually exist!!!" emphasizing astronomical names--Ceres, Orion, Moon, etc. Continental size post card, one bent corner. $1.00 (ma)

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    "ALBANY, N.Y.-9 / Dudley Observatory / High School / State Normal School //  Copyright 1897 by American Souvenir Card Co. / 127 Duane St., New York." color multiview postcard with 3 scenes, undivided back, mailed 1906, back toned from album contact, corner & edge wear, heavy vertical crease, lightly toned front. The astronomical observatory is now part of Union University. $5.50 ncam+

    "...ATHÈNES  OBSERVATOIRE" with rest of caption in Greek, showing the astronomical observatory, black & white on undivided back with thin stock, minor toning due to album contact, good edges. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg (216,175 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 ga

    "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MEMORIAL AND / THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE / Parkway at Twentieth Street, Philadelphia / The Fels Planetarium..." showing an interior display, sepia-tone & black from Ruth Murray Miller, unused. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 pai

"HADLEY RILLE -- 1200 FEET DEEP / Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott parked the Lunar / Rover at the brink..." showing an as-yet-unexplained feature of the moon's surface, unused chrome in black & white from a NASA photograph, several tiny spots on back. $1.25 sa

    "HAYDEN PLANETARIUM--AMERICAN INDIAN STAR MYTHS" including the Blackfoot Sun God and Moon Goddess as painted by artist Charles R. Knight, black & white on yellowish paper, unused, fairly fresh. $2.50 ia

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"LICK OBSERVATORY / San Jose, California" chrome post card mailed at 6-cent rate, tiny corner crease, corner bend, fresh colors. $1.00 c(s)a

    March 30 1892 Great Britain penny postal card with gorgeous squared-circle London cancel from the Astronomer Royal to the Chief Clerk of the US Geological Survey in Washington DC, acknowledging donation of literature to the Library of the Observatory, New York City paid-all transit mark on front, a little crinkling at the top (hardly visible from the front), partial arrival mark in DC on the back, unimportant tiny toning spots & browning of the paper. $10.00 agg-a

    "MUSÉE DU LOUVRE. - École Allemande / 1400   HOLBEIN (Hans), le Jeune (1497-1543) / Portrait de Nicolas Kratzer, Astronome du Roi d'Angleterre Henri VIII / ND Phot." depicted with some of his instruments, sepia-tone, unused, album impressions at the corners, fairly fresh. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 a(h)a#

"OBSERVATORY GREENWICH." English scene by moonlight, black & white postcard on light green stock, undivided back, unused, album impressions at corners. $6.50

"OBSERVATORY, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, EVANSTON, ILL.--5" unused E. C. Kropp linen post card, soft corners. $2.25 ia

"Palomar Observatory / The 200-inch Hale telescope dome pictured on a / beautiful fall afternoon..." unused chrome postcard from a photo by Jean Mueller, near mint. A quality printing with saturated colors. $2.00 a NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

"PERKINS OBSERVATORY, DELAWARE, OHIO" Unused sepia-tone Artvue postcard on brownish paper, fairly fresh. $1.75 (oa+)

"PERKINS OBSERVATORY / Delaware, Ohio  43015, U.S.A." as seen from above, unused chrome post card from a photo by Lee E. Ekleberry Ph.D., near mint condition. $1.50 ao(d) NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

    "Perkins Observatory, O. W. U., Delaware, Ohio" white-border era post card with fresh color. (2 available as shown) $2.75 each. Unused linen, not as fresh. $1.75 oa

"PERKINS / OBSERVATORY / PUBLIC EDUCATION / SERVICES // Ohio Wesleyan University / and / Ohio State University // and Visitors' Nights of / the Columbus Astronomical Society // January, 1992 / through / December, 1992" small stapled booklet that is slightly longer than a regular postcard. $1.50 ao(d) NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU0

"RADIO TELESCOPE AT THE / OHIO STATE - OHIO WESLEYAN / RADIO OBSERVATORY / DELAWARE, OHIO" with its 3+ football field expanse as seen from above, unused Dexter Press chrome postcard from a photo by Tom Root. $1.50 ao(d) NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU0

"Seen from above after its old film of aluminum has been removed, / Palomar Observatory's 200-inch Hale Telescope Mirror..." unused chrome postcard from a photo by Bob Thicksten, light toning on back attributable to the printing process, good edges. $1.75 a

    "The Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh's 'Theatre of the Stars', Facing Old Allegheny Town Square, / North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa." unused linen post card from Minsky Brothers & Company, slight yellowing of the paper. $2.25 ap. A little fresher, good edges. $2.75 ap

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"The honeycombed structure of the 200-inch mirror... / ...atop Palomar Mountain in San Diego County, California." unused chrome postcard from a photo by Bob Thicksten, light toning on back attributable to the printing process, good edges. The Hale Telescope can be seen in the background. $1.50 a

"THE NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY / OBSERVATORY / Green Bank, West Virginia" unused chrome postcard, minor corner & edge wear. $1.00

    "THE NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY…" showing the 140-foot radio telescope, unused chrome post card. $1.00

    "THE NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY / OBSERVATORY / …85 ft. radio telescope" Unused chrome postcard from Dexter Press. (2 available) $1.00 each. wa

"The Million Dollar Buhl Plaetarium and Institute of Popular Science, North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa." unused linen post card from Minsky Brothers & Company, slight yellowing of the paper with age, minor wear to one corner. $2.50 pa

    "THE REBER DISH / National Radio Astronomy Observatory / Green Bank, W. Va." unused chrome postcard from Dexter Press, fairly fresh. $1.00 aw

"THE TWO HVNDRED INCH / TELESCOPE Looking NORTHWEST" unused black & white post card, lithography by Frye & Smith Limited, light but extensive toning in address area on back. Location is Palomar Mountain California. $1.00 ac%

"YERKES OBSERVATORY - NEAR COLLEGE CAMP, WISCONSIN - ON LAKE GENEVA  21725" sepia-tone postcard from a camera study by C. R. Childs, mailed there 1946, a few stray marks & light toning on the back. $1.75 aw

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April 1960 Sky & Telescope: origin of lunar rills; simple replica-grating spectroscope; structure of galactic clusters; etc. $3.50 %

May 1960 Sky & Telescope: National Observatory dedication at Kitt Peak; Venus; 1920 debate on the distance scale of the Universe; etc. $3.50 %

June 1960 Sky & Telescope: universal sundial design; gas & dust in globular clusters; why observe stellar eclipses?; etc. $3.50

July 1960 Sky & Telescope: exploring the solar system by radar; planets with rings; suggestions for a public star party; etc. $3.50 %

August 1960 Sky & Telescope: photometry of the moon; magnetic field effects on artificial satellites; 2 famous Dutch astronomers; etc. $3.50

September 1960 Sky & Telescope: ages of the stars; Lick 120-inch photographs; Fraunhofer lines & heights in the sun's atmosphere; etc. $3.50

October 1960 Sky & Telescope: Cassiopeia A; missing Messier objects; astronomy in Mexico; etc. SALE IN PROGRESS

November 1960 Sky & Telescope: fine structure of solar prominences; Lunik II landing on the moon; photographing a lunar eclipse; etc. SALE IN PROGRESS

December 1960 Sky & Telescope: lunar cartography; problems of stellar rotation; first reports of Mercury's transit; etc. SALE IN PROGRESS

January 1961 Sky & Telescope: tektites & the Cyrillid shower; findings from Mercury's transit; solar halo complex of September 1960; etc. $3.50

February 1961 Sky & Telescope: globular clusters in Magellanic clouds; lunar contour map; large Russian reflectors; etc. SALE IN PROGRESS

March 1961 Sky & Telescope: charting the hidden side of the moon; fast-moving disturbances on the sun; runaway stars; etc. $3.50

April 1961 Sky & Telescope: contact binaries; Ottawa mirror transit telescope; eclipse over the Mediterranean; etc. $3.50

June 1961 Sky & Telescope: why is starlight polarized?; elusive maximum of S. Andromedae; solar disturbances & radio communication forecasts; etc. $3.50

September 1961 Sky & Telescope: Comet Wilson 1961d; stellar radial velocities & their observation; construction of a Filar micrometer; etc. $3.50

October 1961 Sky & Telescope: T Tauri stars & associated nebulosities; lunar eclipse roundup; a solar museum at the Equator; etc. $3.50

November 1961 Sky & Telescope: explosions in nuclei of galaxies; astronomy in Venezuela; measuring double stars with a Filar micrometer; etc. $2.75 (because cover is noticeably creased & bent corners on many pages)

March 1962 Sky & Telescope: story of Epsilon Aurigae; dwarf novae (part II); new planetarium at Bridgeport; list of astronomical stamps; etc. $3.50

April 1962 Sky & Telescope: Cassegrain-type telescopes; light helium in stellar atmospheres; first American manned satellite; etc. $5.00

July 1963 Sky & Telescope: Milky Way research; Barnard's star as an astrometric binary; recent visual observations of Mars; Ohio State University large radio telescope; etc. $3.50

January 1965 Sky & Telescope: evolution of galaxies (part I); abundances of elements in stars; new observations of AE Aquarii; roster of space activity; etc. $3.50 %

April 1971 Sky & Telescope: Apollo 14's Moon Mission; visual observation of comets; Byurakan Observatory in Soviet Armenia; etc. $5.00 %

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ASTRONOMY CROSS-REFERENCES
Also at this site, and of potential interest:

    See also Astronomy postcards. Shown is the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

See also Astronomy stamps.

    See also Astronomy covers. Shown is a cover from the Russian astronomical observatory to NASA.

See also Copernicus topical covers.

    See also Space post cards. Shown is an artist's concept of the future NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center.

See also Space topical covers.

See also Space topical stamps.

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