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BIRD POSTCARDS & AVIAN POST CARDS
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BIRD POSTCARDS &
AVIAN POST CARDS
AVES / BIRDING / PTICA / PTÁCI / FUGLE / VOGELWERELD
OISEAUX / VÖGEL / MADARAK / UCCELLI / FUGIENE
PTAKI / PASÃRE / FUGL / TIÈ / FÅGELN / LINTU
ADAR / PÁSSAROS / PÁJAROS / VOGEL
See also Ostrich postcards, Thanksgiving post cards for turkeys,
Birth
announcement postcards for storks & Bird topical covers.
 "15. - Petits Métier - Pêcheur avec oiseaux
Little crafts - Fishing with birds / Fishingman Withbirds(sic) (Tientsin Moriya)" with
second line of caption in blue, showing fisherman carrying 7 large birds (cormorants?) on
a long pole, sepia-tone on unused undivided back postcard, light brownish paper. $22.50 cfb
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"ALASKAN PTARMIGAN / ANCHORAGE PHOTO SUPPLY #13" showing a close-up of the bird in some snow, continental real photo with no post card back, circa 1944, wavy paper (will not lie perfectly flat). $1.25 ab "Am Vogelberg" unused real photo postcard from Carl Müler & Sohn showing many birds near a cliff in Norway, numbered 17 in lower right front corner, small corner crease. $2.50 "Alaska's Hawk Owl" about to pounce on a rodent, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed NOV 21 1961 from Cold Bay Alaska (1960 population 68, clear hand cancel on 4-c workmen's compensation law stamp). $2.25 ab-a
"ALVIN B. FOX, POSTMASTER" violet handstamp in straight line beneath 3 1959 National Wildlife Federation labels depicting birds in color--Western Tanager, Western Kingbird & Lark Bunting. Home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed Walhonding Ohio NOV 26 1962 (clear cancel ties 4-c Arctic exploration stamp), minor wear to one corner, a little paper discoloration near the lark bunting label. $2.50 o(w)bg-o To order from this
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"A male Spruce Grouse / Courting a hen. (Alaska)" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed NOV 22 1961 from Bettles Field Alaska (clear hand cancel ties 4-c Norris stamp, 1960 population 71). $2.00 ab-a
"Bird watching class on an / early spring morning. / Washington, D. C." with singed John Oakley art, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1961 from Hardy Virginia, good edges. $2.50 dba "BR-7-A / GULL GREETINGS, NOVA SCOTIA" with many sea gulls flying near shore, unused chrome post card from Book Room Ltd., fresh appearance. $1.00 nb "Bristle-tighed curlew - top / pectoral sandpiper - pair" signed Allan Brooks art on a home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1961 from Sangerville Maine. small upper corner crease, very light toning on back. The curlew is the bristle-thighed or bristle thighed, of course. $1.75 ba(b) NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU "'Broad-tailed' / Hummingbird." with a side view of it drinking from a feeder, well done home-made (and, hence, unique post card mailed 1961 from Depoy Kentucky, 3 small corner bends. $1.50 b "budgies . . . / in color" paperbound book by Ernest H. Hart, 32 pages illustrated in color throughout, 1970 copyright, gently used. Covers origins, selection, types, housing, feeding, teaching them to talk, shows, etc. A great gift for a new pet owner. $1.50 b "Buffle Head / From Series 4 Originated by Betty Carnes / ..." signed watercolor art by Francis Lee Jaques showing 3 on a piece of driftwood, postcard mailed 1952 from Lake James Rural Station of Angola Indiana (clear DPO hand cancel). trivial corner & edge wear. $3.00 ab-I% "California gull" calling from its nest with a clutch of 3 speckled eggs, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1964 from Mio Michigan, trivial corner & edge wear. The state bird of Utah, despite its name. $1.75 b
"Carolina thrasher - right / Bendires(sic) thrasher - left" unattributed art on a home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1961 from Cloverdale Michigan. The name of the bird on the left is ordinarily seen as Bendire's, which is considered threatened. $1.75 b To order from this
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here. CHARMEUR D'OISSEUX "157. PARIS -- Jardin des Tuileries -- Le Charmeur d'Oiseaux J. H." color, unused postcard, small light mark in back message area. $40.00 fb "Le Banquet générale. / C'est un banquet charmant où règne l'allégresse / Où chacun à sa part de pain et de tendresse. / H. Pot. / Le Charmeur d'Oiseaux au Jardin des Tuileries" black & white post card with red caption, unused, fresh appearance. $37.50
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"EAGLE NEST ROCK IN GARDINER CANYON / ANNUAL HOME OF THE OSPREY / YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK" chrome postcard mailed 1954 at Wells Nevada, minor wear at 2 corners. $1.00 yb
"Flightless cormorants on Nar- / borough Island fan the air with / stubby wings. ..." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1963 in Bristol Indiana. $2.25 gb "Florida Greetings" Alice Johnson art showing 4 pelicans (that seem to smile) on posts, postcard mailed 1955, extraneous writing on back. $1.25 ab
"Gambel's quail / Important game bird of Arizona" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 from Van Buren Ohio, 2 short internal creases from the top edge are hard to see from the front. $1.50 ba NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU
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"Greetings From / Walled Lake, Michigan" showing many white & black swans swimming, chrome post card mailed 1963, small corner crease, small toned area on back. $1.00
"GREY WAGTAIL" c. 1890 ad card stuck to album remnant, continental size, one edge slightly uneven, light toning on front. $1.75
"Gulls at Indian Neck, Wellfleet, Mass. .../ Ptg. by George Yater." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1960 at North Chatham, trivial corner wear. $2.25 m(w)b
"Hasn't scratched yet!!! // Bon / Ami // The Best Scouring Soap Made // ...Registered 1907..." ad card showing 6 cute chicks in various colors, product illustrated on reverse, light toning on front. Product was a scouring soap, metal polish & glass cleaner. $6.00 ab! "HÁVELLA Clangula hyemalis 30.00 / ÍSLAND" unused continental postcard from Hélio Courvoisier SA, picturing three birds swimming on stamp that was issued 1988. Gorgeous! $1.50 ib "How to / Attract Birds" large paperbound book, published by Ortho Books, 96 pages well indexed, many color illustrations, excellent condition. A great gift for the right person! $3.75 b "Indiana State Bird, Tree and Flower / Copyright by Margaret Diserens Neier" art showing a cardinal (most prominent), tulip tree & zinnia. unused linen post card, minor wear at one corner, otherwise fresh appearance. $2.75 (a(b)b) "ÍSLAND / 100.00 / SÓLSKRÍKJA / Plectrophenax / nivalis" unused continental postcard from Hélio Courvoisier SA, picturing a pair of birds on a high-value stamp that was issued 1989. Gorgeous! $1.50 ib% To order from this
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"ÍSLAND / 19.00 / ÓÐINSHANI / phalaaropus lobatus" unused continental postcard from Hélio Courvoisier SA, picturing the bird swimming on a stamp that was issued 1989. Gorgeous! $1.50 ib% "ÍSLAND / 25.00 / FLÓRGOÐI - Podicepts auritus" unused continental post card from Hélio Courvoisier SA, picturing two birds swimming on a stamp that was issued 1991. Gorgeous! $1.50 ib% "Island covered with / birds off Peruvian coast" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1965 in the United States. $2.00 "ÍSLENSKIR / FUGLAR / ÁLKA / Alca torda / ALK / RAZORBILL / ..." also captioned in other languages, continental post card from Hélio Courvoisier SA, picturing three birds swimming. Gorgeous! $1.50 ib%
Install this webpage as a Favorite now "ÍSLENSKIR / FUGLAR / SMYRILL / Falco columbarius / DVÆRGFALK / MERLIN..." also captioned in other languages, continental post card from Hélio Courvoisier SA, picturing the bird perched on a rock. Gorgeous! $1.50 ib%
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here. "K7SSS" QSL card mailed there 1962, parakeet bird design advertisement for Brown's Better Budgies, cancel ink on front, call letters corrected on face, small corner crease. $1.50 wb
"KB4RIU" Lexington Kentucky QSL card used 1992, black & white drawing of a red-cockaded woodpecker-- endangered, rare & local in Kentucky. $2.00 kb "Kelp goose of Falkland Islands / The gander is white, the goose spoted(sic)" home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 from Trout Creek Michigan, very light toning on back. $2.00 fb
KEN HAAG ART DEPICTING STATE BIRDS
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“Kozo / Normandie / Normandy / 1983” art depicting a flying sea gull, unused continental postcard, copyrighted, a little writing on front, very minor corner wear, tiny spot on both sides. $1.00 b
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"LILY POND AND SWANS, GYPSY HILL PARK, STAUNTON, VA." unused white-border era post card from Bear Book Company, couple small spots near stamp box, otherwise a beautiful card. $3.50 vb%
"MAHO BAY - St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands 00830 / … / Banana Quits having lunch on the Commissar's / Terrace…" chrome postcard mailed 1981. $1.00
"'MAJOR', PERFORMING COCKATOO AT / MIAMI'S BEAUTIFUL PARROT JUNGLE" showing the bird riding a bicycle atop a tightrope, unused 1961 chrome post card in vertical format, trivial corner wear. Seeing is believing! Now known as Jungle Island, the attraction has moved from Pinecrest Village. $3.00 bf(p) "Male wheateater of Alaska / in courtship antics." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed JUN 10 1961 from Port Alsworth Alaska (1960 population 34, clear hand cancel ties 4-c Kansas statehood stamp). $2.25 ab-a To order from this
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here. "MALLARD / RUDDY DUCK" composed from 2 copyrighted National Wildlife Federation seals--the mallard the larger from 1965 with signed C. Peterson art, the ruddy duck the smaller from 1962 signed DRE; well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed from the Black River Harbor Rural Station in Michigan, one corner with a small crease nowhere near the labels. $2.00 be
"Mourning dove" in its next with a fledgling, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1961 from Mark Center Ohio, small internal crease from the bottom can be seen from the back. $1.50 b
"PARTRIDGE SHOOTING 5628" art with 3 dogs in the foreground, and buggies in the distance, color postcard mailed 1909, noticeable water stain in sky, minor corner & edge wear. $2.75 hb
"Pelicans, Heron and Egrets nesting on Tropical / Sanibel -- Captiva Islands, Florida" unused chrome postcard, corner crease in sky. $0.75 fb "Pelikane, S.W.A. / Namibia" showing a group of pelicans in flight near the ocean shore; unused continental post card, based on a beautifully composed color photograph. $1.25 sb
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"Piqueros or Peruvian boobies" well-done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1965 in the United States. $2.00 "Purple martin" showing a male & female at rest, others flying in the distance; unattributed art on a well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed1960 from Goetzville Michigan, small smudge near the top back edge, minor upper corner wear. $1.50 b "RAUÐHÖFÐAÕND / Anas penelope 21.00 / ÍSLAND" unused continental postcard from Hélio Courvoisier SA, picturing three bird swimming on a stamp that was issued in 1990 by Iceland. Gorgeous! $1.50 ib
"Red footed boobies on / Seycheles(sic) Islands" nesting on a tree top, home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 from Champion Pennsylvania, trivial wear to the bottom edge. $2.00 sb "Rijks-Museum - Amsterdam / 1136 Abrahamson & van Straaten, Amersterdam / Jan Steen. De papgaal-kooi. Parrot's cage. / ..." also captioned in French & German, sepia-tone art on undivided back post card with yellowish paper, writing on back dates to 1907, trivial corner wear. $2.00 abm
"Saddlebill of Africa" with unattributed art showing it wading in reeds, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1966 from Marengo Illinois, small upper corner crease. The bird is also known as the saddle-billed stork. $1.75 b "SAND HILL CRANE" at the Everglades Wonder Gardens; unused black & white post card showing a close-up of the bird in vertical format, light toning on back, trivial corner wear. This roadside attraction is partly zoo, partly animal rehabilitation center. $1.50 f(b)rb "Sandhill Crane" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1961 from Knob Like Kentucky, small upper corner crease. $1.75 b
“SILENT MUSES, 1986 / PHOTOGRAPH BY DUANE MICHALS” including an owl & some poetry, unused continental postcard, copyrighted, excellent condition. $1.25 pb “SIPKE HOUTMAN 1871-1945 / bandvinken in kooi / finches in a cage / pinsons en cage” unused continental postcard, copyrighted, minor corner wear. $1.00 a(h)b "Sitting-Parakeets. / ... A three dimensional embroidery / in Silk threads ... / on display a Kohinoor JEWELLERS / ... Agra-282 001 (INDIA)" unused advertising postcard, near mint. $2.00 ebij
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"The port of Walvis Bay in the Namib Desert / is a S.A. enclave in S.W.A./Namibia / ..." with a group of pelicans swimming in the foreground as we look towards shore, unused continental postcard in excellent condition, copyrighted. $1.25 sb
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here. "THE RUFFED GROUSE, / STATE GAME BIRD OF / PENNSYLVANIA / 138 / © J. P. W." signed E. L. Poole art on linen postcard with yellowish paper, from E. Madciff, unused & gorgeous. $3.75 pba%! "THE TALKING / PARRAKEET(sic)" illustrated pamphlet by Evelyn Miller, 1957 copyright, 27 pages in black & white plus covers in color. Subjects include buying tips, how to distinguish male from female, care, etc. $1.25 b
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Uncaptioned art showing 3 morning doves in flight near pine trees & farmland, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1966 from the Ferndale Rural Station of Glen Burnie Maryland. $1.50 b
"VE3LFN" Chatham Ontario QSL postcard with art depicting a pair of Canada geese. used 1992 by operator Daryll Thompson, CARF & CRRL logos in red on front, excellent condition. $1.50 ob
"W9GDV" Waukegan Illinois QSL card mailed 1948 with attractive color art of an eagle in flight, long crease, minor corner wear. $1.75
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"166 White Herons in the
Marshes near Port Clinton, Ohio / 6B-H2551" unused Curteich linen post card,
tiny corner bend, slight yellowing of the paper with age. $2.50 o(p)b
1947 real photo
"29p
/ Emperor Penguin / BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY" 1993
calendar card (wallet size) depicting the stamp indicated by the caption, issued by the
Falkland Islands Philatelic Bureau, round corners as issued. Nice. $1.50 bcp
"3153 S-African Ostrich, / New York Zoological Park"
"534 -- Vichy Dans les Grands Parcs / Un Joli coin au bassin des
Cygnes" hand-colored carte postale, made in France, unused, trivial wear at
one corner, back lightly toned from album contact. The swans mentioned in
the caption are seen in the distance at the left. $3.75 f(v)hb
"66
MONTE-CARLO. -- Les Pigeons. -- LL. Selecta" showing a little girl feeding many
pigeons in Monaco, unused
"AH3C
Johnston Island" shortwave (10 MHz) QSL card used 1990 by operator Peter H.
Grillo, with a photo of 2 white terns on a branch credited to Karin Demko. Back has
much detailed information about the islands. $5.00 jb
"A happy Easter" four newly-emerged chicks in a basked surrounded by blue &
violet flowers, embossed postcard printed in Germany, from serie 1520, short
penciled message on back. Quite colorful & fairly fresh for its age. $5.00
eb
"A Leopard attacking a Hawk
/ ... A three dimensional embroidery / in Silk threads ... / on display a
Kohinoor JEWELLERS / ... Agra-282 001 (INDIA)" unused advertising postcard,
small paper inclusion can be seen on back, otherwise near mint. $2.25 eabij
"Alpena Wild Fowl Sanctuary, Alpena, Mich." Unused Ekc
real photo postcard, writing on back dates to 1941, small ink spot on back, couple small toning spots
on front. $12.00
"Antarctica. / Emperor Penguins gather / round a swimming hole." well done
home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1962 from Graham Washington,
slight curl to the paper, trivial wear to the upper corners. $2.00 ab
"Arctic horned lark - left.
/ Prairie horned lark - group right." with signed Allan Brooks art, well
done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1961 from De Tour
Michigan, light rubber band mark on back, minor wear to the top & bottom
edge. $2.25 ba(b)
"BE / A WISE OWL / Quarter Saver / - I Belong To - / ______________ / WHEN
FILLED / BRING TO / CENTRAL SAVINGS ASSOCIATION / Talbott Bldg. - First &
Ludlow Sts. / Dayton, Ohio 45402" owl design on a stiff cardboard holder
that folds out to accommodate $5.00 worth of quarters, made by Handford
Brown Co. (Fort Lee, N.J.), apparently never used, corners rounded as
issued, regular postcard size. Hard to find in any condition, let alone this
nice. $4.00 bo(d)n(f)
"Bird of Paradise / New
Guinea" with unattributed art on a well done home-made (and, hence, unique)
post card mailed 1963 from Perkiomenville Pennsylvania, small upper corner
crease. $1.75 bn
"Call on Mr & Mrs
Clarance Fry / and see the baby Boy. / I left on the back gate. / ... / Name
E. Franklin" with image of a bespectacled stork at a desk, postcard mailed
August 8 1910 at Fremont Ohio to Mr. Frank Fry of Delaware Ohio (the proud
grandparent), trivial corner & edge wear. Framing suggested. $10.00 gbbo
"LE CHARMEUR D'OISEAUX AU JARDIN DES TUILERIES / Salut au Président ! / Salut au
Prèsident(sic), au guide megnanime / Qui poursuit noblment une mission sublime…"
black & white
"PARIS. - Le Charmeur d'Oiseaux aux Tuileries / Le Banguet des Pigeons
/ Sur mes mains,
sur mes bras et même sur ma tête…" color
"Chickadee" plucking a seed
from the teeth of a woman -- yes, the bird is that brazen; well done home-made
(and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1961 from Mulberry Tennessee. Seeing is
believing! $2.00 b
"COGNAC JACQUET"
with a peacock resplendent beside a bottle. Gorgeous, poster-quality art.
Refrigerator magnet measures about 4" x 6". $3.00 rbpa
"COMPLIMENTS OF / Moore's Restaurant / 148 Fifth Street / ... / Oregon Pheasant"
showing a side view of a male bird, post card mailed 1909 from Portland, several small
album adherences on back, one corner multiply creased, mild wear at corners, very light
toning on front. $4.75 ob
"Constantinople. / Fontaine de la Mosquée à Cyoub / Editeur Max Fruchtermann,
Constantinople. 1122." with many pigeons in the foreground, color on unused undivided back
"Coot babies
come out of / their shells as clowns" with signed Charles Culver art on a
well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1965 at Leland
Illinois, 3 corners with small creases not affecting the image. $2.00 ba(c)
"CORMORANT AND FISHERMAN EXERT / THEMSELVES AT R. NAGARA. GIFU" black &
white
"Cranes and Egrets roosting in newly opened Everglades / National Park,
Florida 292" circa 1947-8 linen postcard, unused, trivial wear to one
top corner, otherwise excellent condition. $2.75 f(e)b
"CUZCO, Perú, 3,416 m.s.m. Cóndor en las Ruinas de Sacsahuaman"
Unused continental
"DÉDÉ / PARIS / 792" hand-colored / tinted real photo
"EC8AXM" Fuerteventura
Island shortwave (7 MHz) QSL card with windmill & hubara bustard drawings in
blue design, rounded corners as issued, rubber band adherence on front, one
corner with a small bend. A UNESCO biosphere reserve. $2.00 sbw
"EZRA
BROOKS / (real sippin whiskey) / 
"Falconry in / Saudi
Arabia" with unattributed art depicting 3 hunters on horseback with one
hooded bird; home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962
at Morrow Georgia, long upper corner crease through sky, the left front edge
was cut in slightly at the top. $2.00 shhb
"Frank Craighead weighs a five- / week-old chick of the great horned / owl
..." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1961 at Story
Wyoming, upper corner crease hard to detect from the front. Unusual subject
matter. $2.00 bg(c)
"Good Luck / from the Sanctuary / Currumbin Beach Q." hand-colored
/ tinted real photo
"GULLS, BOOTHBAY HARBOR, MAINE." including a 4-line poem, linen with
wonderful pastel colors from E. C. Kropp, unused, fresh appearance.
$2.5
"ÍSLAND / 100.00 / SÚLA / Sula bassana" unused continental
"ÍSLENSKIR / FUGLAR / BRANDUGLA / Asio flammeus / MOSEHURNUGLE / SHORT-EARED
OWL..." also captioned in other languages, continental
"ÍSLENSKIR / FUGLAR / TJALDUR / Haematopus ostralegus / STRANDSKADE / OYSTERCATCHER..."
also captioned in other languages, continental
(Japanese Art, no caption)
Undivided back
"Kashmir decorative art. Carved kingfisher clutches / its prey amid flowers
on a / box ... / ... almost two / inches in relief." well done home-made
(and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1961 from white Cloud Kansas. $2.00
bkk
Nevada, mountain
bluebird
Wyoming, western
meadowlark
"KLN5008" CB QSL card advertising DeRuiter's Poultry & Blueberry Farms
there. $2.50
"Lac Léman _ Les Mouettes." showing prominently several gulls at the shore,
some in flight; sepia-tone real photo
"Ladies Perfumed Calendar /
1894 / Compliments / of / E. W. Hoyt & Co., Lowell, Mass." showing a girl
with flower basket with 2 blue & white birds. Hoyt's German Cologne
advertising both sides. Dry goods & grocer dealer ad on back: W. Hildreth
(Washington Hildreth 1829 - 1908) of Lock Ohio. Back also has full calendar
for the year. Toning is noticeable both sides, 3 corners creased. $15.00 pabcggom
"Leipzig. Partie aus den Rosental" including 6 swans swimming in the
floodplain at the north of the city, unused Postkarte with undivided back,
fairly fresh. $6.00 sb
"LE / PARIS / 741" showing a boy with 2 white doves & some flowers;
hand-colored real photo postcard with deckled edges as issued, slight curl
to the paper, excellent condition. $7.50 bb
"LX1DA" Schifflange /
Schifflingen QSL viewcard picturing the operator, Andre Doffing, & his
parrot (twice, once perched atop a keyboard). $3.75 lgb
Mainzer
Belgian Printing 220. Two finches on a bough with cherries. one flying away;
Mainzer
Belgian Printing 227. Four multicolored
birds on a bough with pink blossoms. fresh appearance & unused. 
"Mocking bird" with
stylized art on a well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed
1962 from Snover Michigan. Artist's signature is small & hard to read, but the unforgettable art sure
looks like Charles Culver to us. What do you think? The vertical line near
the left of the image is from an Exacto knife, before the maker thought to
include more & make it wider. $2.00 ba
"National Bird
EXTERMINATING, Inc. / ...KPJ 9087" used black & white Clinton Indiana QSL card
depicting a line drawing of a dead bird, very unusual subject matter. Advertises guaranteed & insured
coverage against pigeons, starlings, sparrows & bats. $5.00 ib
"NE8Z" colorful West Island Group QSL card with brown
pelican art, used 1991 by operator Dr. Rick Dorsch of Rochester Michigan,
confirmation handstamp of K8LJG, trivial upper corner bump, otherwise
excellent condition. The islands of Longboat Key, Lido Key, Bird Key, Siesta
Key, Casey Key & Manasota Key mark the western extremity of Sarasota Bay.
$2.75 f(s)b
"N.G.I. / GENOVA // ITALY -
NEW YORK / 10½ DAYS / LINE 'COLOMBO'" poster-style art in vertical format
showing the ship & many seagulls on an unused postcard, minor edge wear,
very light line on back from the production process. NGI stands for
Navigazione Generale Italiana in Genoa. $7.00 s(o)pbi
"PARKE COUNTY, INDIANA / GOLDEN PHEASANTS, native of China. These and / many more birds
and animals can be seen at the / Gobblers Knob Zoo Farm...7 miles north of / Rockville, Ind.
on route 41." unused chrome
"Pigeon Ranch, Los
Angeles, Cal." color
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"Standard
/ Sewing Machine Co. / 66 Euclid Avenue, / CLEVELAND,
O." circa 1890 trade card with a bluebird & indigo bunting perched under an
umbrella, embossed border with other birds, ad of Henry J. Mann a Monroe Michigan dealer
of organs & pianos handstamped on the back, corner & edge wear. $11.50 aboms
"Thanksgiving Day / I'm the popular birdie, / All right! All Right!" embossed
unsigned R. T. Weathy art showing a smoking turkey in tophat popping his head out from
among many menus featuring him, postcard from Tuck series 162, mild edge wear
including a
few tiny dings into its thin gold border, mailed 1909 in Wisconsin, one edge uneven
suggests trimming (hard to notice). $3.50 tt(s)a
"The happy family. Cawston Ostrich Farm, / South
Pasadena, Calif." color postcard with lightly toned back. The concept that birds have
families & emotions is rather unusual to be acknowledged on a postcard. $5.00 (ofc
"The Loch, Kilconquhar" including 3 swans swimming in the foreground, G.W.W.
postcard with hand-colored appearance, mailed 1906 at nearby Elie SP 21 1906
(bold small-town hand cancel) to Boston Massachusetts, bottom corner crease,
light toning in the front caption area from album contact. This small
shallow loch is currently designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
It is entirely appropriate that birds be prominent in the view, because a
large number of overwintering wildfowl use the freshwater loch for a roost.
$5.00 sb-s
"THE MOST DANGEROUS BIRD IN THE WORLD / THE STORK" with women running
away, and one supplicant caught, color art
"THE PEACOCK FARM NEAR / ST.
PETERSBURG, FLORIDA" showing an Indian woman feeding a large group of birds,
linen postcard numbered 27820N on back, mailed 1927 to Florida, minor corner
wear. $5.00 f(s)bp
"THERE IS A BIRD IN THE ZOO / CALLED THE PELICAN / IOWA STATE FAIR" Back continues:
"These pelicans were crippled by shooters who didn't / know or care that the big birds
are protected in / Iowa...Make sure of your target, shoot / only at lawful game species, and
give rare birds / and animals a chance for survival." Lengthy & interesting
ecological message sent 1954 at Des Moines, black & white
"TONI-KOLA / VIN APERITIF A
LA KOLA / SE BOIT TRES FRAIS" depicts a parrot flying with a
bottle. Gorgeous, poster-quality art signed 'Robys 35'. Refrigerator magnet
measuring about 4"x7". $3.75 rbpa
"Tufted Titmouse" signed watercolor art by Francis Lee Jaques depicting a pair
on pine branches, unused lithograph
Uncaptioned art with hand-tinted appearance on a card the size of a regular
postcard, blank back with pencil writing (we think it means 'by my hand' in
a language we do not understand), paper bend in the lower margin not into
the image, small bottom corner crease, light toning on back. $2.50 b
Uncaptioned sepia-tone real photo showing a couple & their daughter feeding
pigeons near an ornate column (St. Peter's Square?), unused cartolina
postale italiana, back lightly toned from album contact. Quite possibly
unique--no caption, no photographer attribution, no publisher attribution.
$3.75 ib
"VK9NS"
Norfolk Island QSL card used 1991 by operator J. B. Smith, excellent
condition. Attractive front has the Heard Island DX Association logo in blue
& a large drawing in silver of the Heard Island Cormorant. [That threatened
bird is also known as the Crozet shag & the Antarctic blue-eyed shag.] $5.00
nbae ILLUSTRATION & INFORMATION ADDED RECENTLY
WADING
BIRDS, ONE OVERHEAD. Circa 1916
"WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION / TONIC AND STIMULANT FOR ALL AGES / THE GEM PHARMACY
/ PYTHIAN
BLDG., NELSONVILLE, OHIO" unused blotter depicting 8 different types of birds along
its borders--scarlet tanager, bobolink, blue jay, cedar waxwing, etc. Slightly longer than
a regular postcard, soft corners, inconspicuous 
"Wappen der Stadt Bentschen / ... / Königreich Preussen Provinz Posen"
with heraldic crest including a swan, Postkarte mailed 1906, album
impressions at 2 corners, noticeable corner & edge wear, lightly toned
front. 
"WE ALL
HAVE EYES. / Some see better than others / FLIGHTCHECK® sees all" unused multicolor
"White-tailed ptarmigan"
with unattributed modern art on a well done home-made (and, hence, unique)
post card mailed 1962 from Gagetown Michigan, light toning in the upper left
front corner, tiny bottom corner crease not into the image. $1.75 b
"Winnowing & Grinding Grain / India 1963" including a chicken with her
chicks, real photo postcard with caption from writing on the back, small
spots of toning & a red check mark in the back address area. Possibly
unique. $5.00 ifb
"WINONA LAKE'S 'HAPPY FAMILY,' TABERNACLE IN BACKGROUND, WINONA LAKE, IND.--24"
with a family of white swans swimming in the foreground, linen from E. C. Kropp, unused
"WORLD'S LARGEST BIRD CAGE, FOREST PARK, / ST. LOUIS, MO.--27" linen
postcard mailed 1953, mild corner & edge wear, couple small spots of toning
in the sky, personal information inked off the back. The beautiful bird
shown is the Costa Rican quetzal. $1.75 mbs
"You are a Nice
/ Little Duck / 'Approchez-vous, je suis
un peu dure d'oreille'" two nattily dressed ducks of opposite sex converse on a park
bench, mailed 1924 in Belgium, minor corner wear. Post
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