16.10.2001 Greenland Christmas issue with Buuti art on double maximum cards, stamps denominated 4.75 & 4.50 depicting ptarmigans. Complete as shown & seldom seen: $5.75 gc-gc

    "1886-7 / A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR / ... /  TORONTO LETTER CARRIERS" including a postman, mailbag, heraldic crests & a Canada Post Card, 5-colors (brown on sepia, dark violet, dark red & gold), toned back, mild corner & edge wear, long corner crease, small corner crease, lightly toned front. Handed out to "Their Friends Everywhere", no postcard back. As nice a precursor as you are likely to find. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 o-onpc

    "31 / Joyeux Noël" hand-colored  / tinted real photo post card, unused, Léo of Paris published, small corner crease, toned back. $5.00

    "61918 / 6 God Jul" hand-colored  / tinted real photo postcard mailed in Sweden for Christmas, Amag published, 5-öre stamp, small ink smear on back, trivial corner & edge wear. $6.50

   
9 November 2000 Greenland Christmas stamp issue with Rolf Müller images: 4,50 "Nuummi juulli I. / Jul i Nuuk (Godthåb) I." (shown left) & 4,75 "Nuummi juulli II. / Jul i Nuuk (Godthåb) II." (shown right). Complete set of 2 maximum cards: $4.75 gc-gc

    "A / Bright / and / Happy / Christmas" signed C. Kuhn art with an embossed branch of holly near a moonlit winter scene within an embossed border, post card mailed 1905 from Olathe Kansas, edge & corner ding. $4.00 acm

    "A Christmas Thought / Christmas thoughts to you I send,  /  From a true and faithful friend." with Dulk signed art showing a windmill in wintertime, light toning on front is extensive but mostly in the borders. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 acww

    "A Happy / Christmas" embossed pine bough frames 2 cherubs signing, post card with deep colors, minor corner wear & rounding, faint spot of toning near top front edge. $7.50

    "A Happy / Christmas be yours" beautifully embossed angel plays the harp, postcard mailed 1909 in US, series no. 790, printed in Germany, minor corner & edge wear. $10.00

    "All Good / Wishes / for a / Happy /  Christmas" showing a winter scene framed by a large sprig of holly, embossed, signed Clapsaddle art, mailed 1907, minor wear at one corner. $7.00 (a(c)c)

"A Merry Christmas" 5 embossed angels in flight with 3 bells over a wintry scene, color postcard with small corner crease, large album adherences on back. $5.00

"A Merry Christmas" real photo with close-up two children dressed as angels near a Christmas tree, No. 1077 published by Tower Mfg. & Nov. Co., undivided back postcard on brownish paper, mailed to Pennsylvania, trivial edge wear. $6.00

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"A Merry Christmas / 541" beneath embossed poinsettias, Winsch published post card mailed 1910. $3.25

    "A Merry Christmas / 'At Christmas /  play and make good cheer" showing candles & sheet music & holly, embossed, signed Clapsaddle art, mailed 1907, noticeable corner wear. $6.75 (a(c)c)

"A Merry Christmas / Geo. E. Enterline / 1920" Azo real photo (triangles both ways) pos tcard with caption from writing on front, showing a gentleman in formal attire with spectacles standing near his house. lightly toned front, toned back. $5.00 cg

    "A MERRY CHRISTMAS" signed Krahmer art depicting deer in a wintry scene, German American Novelty Art Series No. 772, printed in Germany, unused, one corner creased badly but it is hard to detect from the front. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 a(k)cwa

    "A Merry / Christmas" post card with 2 embossed bluebirds on a bough & inset 3 / 4-length Santa in a light olive-brown coat & blue gloves & red hat with white trim, edge wear, one corner badly creased, writing on back, 2 / 3-inch tear that closes well, as is. $4.50 c

    "A / Merry / Christmas" postcard with an angel in green on a silk silver pillow surrounded by ornately embossed art, writing on back dates to 1912, browning paper due to age, corner crease that is very hard to detect from the front, very light toning on front that does not detract from its overall fresh appearance. Tip of wing at right is missing. $6.50 sca

"A Merry / Christmas / to you" art in vertical format portrays a woman gathering at the shore, small children in the background & a sprig of violets; Tuck Christmas Post Card Series No. 43, chromographed in Bavaria, mailed 1911, tiny crease hard to see in the embossed border, cancel ink on front. $1.50 ct NEW / NUEVO / NOV

    "ANGELS! This stunning 1996 Heavenly Angels / Christmas Coin can be yours at Face Value ..." ad on first day of issue post card from Majuro Marshall Islands, September 4, 1996. Scrape on image side; first day side is fine. $1.50 mcan-mcn

"Any way you look at it, / Santa Claus is comin' to town! / Happy Holidays from Lyn Knight Auctions" illustrated with a dozen better Santas; oversize (approximately 6"x9") postcard mailed to Ohio, trivial edge wear, small scuff on back from the postal equipment. $1.25 c NEW / NUEVO / NOV

    "A PEACEFUL CHRISTMASTIDE / In hymns of love the angels sing / ..." two girl angels near the foot of a small tree hold a wrapped present, hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard mailed 1913 in Massachusetts, small corner crease, slight oxidation, raindrops affected writer's ink on back. $7.50 acg

"A PRAYER FROM CHRISTMAS, FLORIDA / 'THE CITY OF PEACE'" with an extended version of the Lord's Prayer around a small illustration of praying hands, unused post card on blue stock. $1.25 fc

    "A Southern / California Home / Merry Christmas from California" in a border of poinsettias, postcard mailed in Harper California by Verne P. Blanche. small ding on top edge, 3 small corner crease. $3.00 c(u)c%

"All Good / Wishes / for a / Happy / Christmas" showing a winter scene framed by a large sprig of holly, embossed post card with signed Clapsaddle art, mailed 1907, minor wear at one corner. $7.00

    "Best Wishes / for a / Happy Holiday / Season / Your / Columbus Dispatch Carrier / (signature)" card with no postcard back from newspaper boy in Columbus Ohio, showing Santa and elves. Nice. $2.00 ocn

"Best Wishes / for a Holiday / filled with all / of the nicest things / Your Columbus Dispatch / Newspaper Carrier" card signed by paperboy, design shows cute kitten looking out of a Santa hat. Nice. $2.00 ocn

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    "BEST WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS / Along the pathway of your life... // 1750 / 1" three children with dolls & toys by their Christmas tree, hand-colored  / tinted real photo post card from E. A. Schwerdtfeger & Co., mailed 1912 in Ohio, yellowish paper, writing on front in dark areas, considerable oxidation. $15.00 tc

    "BETHLEHEM / X-mas Day at Bethlehem…" showing a religious procession, also captioned in French & German, black & white postcard on yellow stock, printed in Germany, internal crease, toned back, yellowish paper. $4.00 pc+

"Boston, Mass at / Christmas" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1961 at Pocasset, rusty paperclip mark on back. $1.50 mc

"BRONNER'S FAMILY CHRISTmas WONDERLAND" unused chrome advertising post card showing a signpost to various churches in a garden, For a store specializing in Christmas decorations year-round. $1.50 mac

"Buon Natale" real photo post card of a family & a doll prominently near a small Christmas tree, mailed 1913 in Italy, large stain spots on back, trivial corner wear. $3.75 (dc)

"CARLO DOLCI, MADONNA / To Wish you / a merry Christmas". Quality Winsch Madonna postcard with embossed border treatments, unused, faint small corner crease not detectable from front, beautiful. $3.75 mcw

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"Christmas at 'Old Trading / Post,' Kirkville(sic), Mo." well done, home-made (and, hence, unique post card mailed 1962. It is Kirksville, of course. $1.75 mc*

"Christmas at San Felipe / Mission, New Mexico" art showing Indians in costume, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1963. $2.00

"Christmas / Greetings" art signed J. M. with a winter scene including 2 people clearing their walkway, on a Tuck Oilette Postcard 9891 (Winter's Mantle), mailed 1911 in Virginia, ugly inking to obscure recipient's name, noticeable corner wear. Front caption is embossed. $2.00 wct NEW / NUEVO / NOV

    "Christmas / Greetings" embossed blue-suited Santa with much gold trim entering a door carrying toys (drum, bugle, small horse on wheels & a sack) while a lantern hung around a deer's neck lights his way.  Postcard printed in Germany, Series 16, pencil writing on back. Tiny spot of right red border starting to peel (just handle carefully), trivial corner & edge wear. $17.00 c

"Christmas / Greetings" embossed winter scene on artist palette surrounded by holly, post card mailed circa 1915. Silver color off by about 3 / 5-inch. $5.00 ec

    "Christmas Greetings." hand-colored  / tinted (and, hence, unique) real photo postcard mailed 1915 at Ashtabula Ohio (clear flag cancel), lightly toned back, minor corner wear, 2 surface cracks on front. $7.00 mc-

"Christmas / Greetings" with a basket of holly design, colorful wooden tree ornament in vertical format made from a reproduced vintage postcard, glitter & ribbon to hang added, back is plain. $3.75 wc

    "Christmas Greetings. / May the joyous Season / bring / Gifts of every welcome thing..." numbered 61101 / 3, hand-colored  / tinted real photo post card shows beautiful woman with a suggestion of a village behind her, writing on back, Amag published. $10.00

    "Christmas Greetings" Tuck Oilette from the In The Depth of Winter series, postcard 9421, signed, glitter applied attractively to snow area, mailed, small corner crease, otherwise fresh appearance. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (actw)

    "Christmas / Greetings" with embossed & gilded angel playing the harp in a wintry scene, color postcard printed in Germany, numbered 4120 / 3 on back, long crease, minor corner & edge wear. $6.00

    "Christmas / GREETINGS / Alaska" real photo showing the Church of the Nazarene in Fairbanks, writing on front dates it at 1944, continental size, signed 'Alfred & Bernice Morgan / pastors'. Back is blank. Card 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 acg+

    "Christmas Greetings / from / Smithton, Pa." with glitter applied to an ornate flowered bell & its support, writing on front dates to 1907, unusual back with 2 nude women kneeling by a stars-and-stripes shield, long crease, small corner crease, 2 stained areas on back. Unusual postcard both sides! $6.00 pcbg

    "Christmas Greetings / Merry Christmas" embossed, signed de Jonghe art, post card numbered 565 on the back, writing on back, minor corner & edge wear. $5.50 (acc)

"Christmas, Michigan" with art showing a Santa on skis, unused continental postcard from Dexter Press, scalloped edges as issued. $1.00

"Christmass(sic) at Taunton, Mass." home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1962 at Conklin, faint corner crease. $1.50 mc

"Christmass(sic) in Boston, Mass / Ptg. Robert Pervin. / ..." home made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 at Seekonk, long straight scratch on image. $1.25 mc

"Christmas / Wishes / Though old times, old ways, old customs / Change and pass away…" with two more lines of poetry beneath embossed holly, Winsch published post card mailed 1914, a little extraneous writing on back. $3.00 (wc)%

    "DIE BESTEN WEILMACHTSGRÜSSE" Angel at Christmas tree silhouette. Unmailed post card, writing on back, 1948. $5.00 sca

"DOUCE ESPÉRANCE / Joyeux Noël" baby handed down from clouds to shepherds & flock, signed allegory number 250, Noyer copyright 1913, postcard mailed in France. $5.00 ac

"Elkhorn Wis. The Christmas card town. The creche in the / towns square..." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1961. $2.00 (wc)

"Every / Joy / may Christmas / bring you / And its sweet chimes… / DESIGN COPYRIGHTED JOHN WINSCH, 1913" postcard with embossed lettering in a decorated embossed frame, name signed at bottom, writing on back, tiny bends to the corners, album marks on front. $2.25

    "Fröhliche Weihnachten!" showing a horse-drawn coach passing through winter snows, color postcard with signed Schonian art, printed in Germany, mailed 1916, message in German, small spots of toning in address area, noticeable cancel ink in the sky. $2.50 a(s)chw NEW / NUEVO / NOV

    "Fröhliche Weihnachten" numbered 62724 / 1, hand-colored  / tinted real photo post card of young lady out-of-doors with snowflakes around her, mailed in Switzerland 1922, Amag published. $20.00

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    "Fröhliche Weihnachten" from Tuck's Christmas Series of Post Cards No. 505, Santa In white cap & suit & gloves & trim peeks through holly & berries, mailed, 1910 Christmas seal affixed to front, fresh color, minor corner wear. A beautiful card. $10.00 c-u

    "Froliche Weihnachten" 2 angels cutting small Christmas trees, color postcard mailed 1901 in Leipzig Germany, cancel ink on front, minor edge wear. $6.00 (ca)

"Gelukkig Kerstfeest" 6 angels amidst stars, clouds & the crescent moon; black & white post card, Serie 92 for Christmas, unused, rough edges as issued. $5.00

"God Jul" caption from writing on front, angel with small Christmas tree flies over a wintry scene, color, undivided back postcard, much corner & edge wear, mailed in Sweden circa 1903. $3.75

    "GUARANTEED IMPORTED / FLOWER FROM PALESTINE / Bethlehem (Palestine) on Christmas Day. / Christmas Greeting / (Anemone Coronaria)" unused post card, paper browning evenly with age, long but faint crease runs vertically near an edge & is visible only from the front. $7.50 pcf NEW / NUEVO / NOV

    "Hearty Christmas Greetings" color post card from International Art Publishing, art showing Roosevelt bears carrying off a little girl (forks & knives at the ready), writing on back. $25.00 acb

    "Herzliche / Weihnachtsgrüsse" numbered 62217 / 3, hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard shows couple kissing by their Christmas tree, writing on back dates to 1920. $10.00 acl

    "I hear that / Santa Clause / employs / His time in giving / girls and boys…" & 2 more lines of poetry, Santa in yellow-green suit trimmed in white with red hat & gloves, embossed border & Christmas tree, Gibson Art, post card mailed 1912, corner crease, corner wear. $6.00 cp

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    "Joyeux Noël / 185  / AN  / Paris" woman with 2 children looks out a window at Santa Claus bearing a toy airplane. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 ac

"Keep your face / always / towards the / sunshine, and / the shadows / will fall / behind you. / M. B. Whitman // A Merry / Christmas" from The Poinsettia Series of Christmas Post Cards, mailed circa 1909 in the United States, noticeable corner & edge wear, some cancel ink on front. $1.75 tc NEW / NUEVO / NOV

    "Lots ob good things / Christmas time, / Christmas turkey / an' Christmas wine, / Punkin, mine an' / apple pie--" showing a black butler bearing a tray full of food & more poetry, Tuck Leatherette Post Card Series No. 8, printed in Saxony, mailed 1911 in Michigan, minor corner & edge wear, couple inconsequential tiny ink smears in address. The light-color curve from the turkey & down towards the left edge is either an artistic representation of the food dripping as he is moving forward or a very light scrape that leaves color on the card. $10.00 bctfp

    "LOVE / Merry Christmas! and Happy New Year in advance; With love to my dear one, 'Somewhere in France'" signed Angell art postcard, unused, circa 1917, made in USA, minor corner wear and rounding. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 acw

    "May Christmas with all its promised joy, / All care within your heart destroy..." showing a large poinsettia with a church in the background, embossed postcard with signed Clapsaddle art, mailed 1912, minor corner & edge wear, Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75 acf

"May Xmas morn / For you adorn / … / George C. Clark / Dec. 24, 1916" sepia-tone real photo with no postcard back showing a parlor with fireplace, trivial wear to 2 corners. $4.00 ci%

    "Merry Christmas" hand-colored  / tinted real photo post card showing little girl on a chair with 4 dolls nearby, printed in Germany, mailed 1911 at Underhill Vermont, considerable corner wear & rounding. $5.00 dcg

"Merry Christmass!  / 1902" with embossed art in color depicting a pair of irises, postcard mailed from Russia to Detroit at the printed matter rate, tiny spots of cancel ink on front, paper browning evenly with age, minor corner & edge wear. $10.00 yc

"Merry / Christmas / Greetings" art showing a church in winter surrounded by a frame of holly leaves & berries, undivided back Tuck 'Holly Postcard' (unnumbered), penciled message both sides, minor corner & edge wear, front lightly toned. We have seen cancelled cards from this series mailed 1906. $2.00 ct NEW / NUEVO / NOV

    "NOËL" hand-colored  / tinted real photo post card with children within letters set against a winter scene, mailed in Belgium 1906. slight oxidation, album marks on front. $7.50

    "Noel  / Les Rois Mages" signed Mastroianni art showing 3 wise men kings at the Nativity scene. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 ac

    "NOËL  / PAIX Á LA TERRE  / 152  / AN  / PARIS" signed Christmas art by Mastroianni showing an angel in the heavens with the star of Bethlehem, 'Peace on Earth' in French. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 ac

    "Old Santa Clause / travels about doing good, /
A beautiful mission is his / …" and 2 more lines of poetry, full-length Santa in beige robe & red cap with white trim brings gifts to small children around a Christmas tree, postcard with writing on back, minor corner & edge wear, tiny spots of toning on one front border. $9.00 cp

    "Our Gay Don is a / symbol of loyalty, / ... / Christmas Greetings / from the Morlands / Paxton, Ill." depicting a dog at the feet of a woman, sepia-tone real photo postcard mailed there in 1937, minor wear to bottom corners. $6.75 idcg

"P-5 MAIN STREET BY NIGHT AT CHRISTMAS-TIME, PULASKI, VA. / E-8884" showing lights strung across the streets, unused linen from Asheville Postcard Company, near mint. $3.75 vmc

Postcard Collector. December 1989 (Volume 7, Number 12). Features on earthquake cards, advertising Santas, Atlas Snowball advertising & more. $2.50 p,c

    "Pour me les apporter Noël / Est Jenu tout exprès du Ciel" hand-colored  / tinted real photo post card with 2 girls & 3 dolls & a horn, numbered 2133 in lower left corner, mailed TCV within France 1910. $10.00 (dgc)

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    "Raider and Lady Raider" Hutchinson Kansas QSL card with Runnin' Bare style commissioned art, design shows couple in Santa suits. One of the oddest Santa cards we have ever seen! $2.00

    "Rolling Stone and Jasper / …KGK-8175" Longview Washington QSL card with Runnin' Bare style commissioned art featuring a Santa Claus airborne in his sleigh, 2 handstamps on back, fresh appearance. $2.50 wc

    "Rutland / Vt." real photo postcard with sleigh in a wintry scene inside an ornate oval captioned "I Wish You a Merry / Xmas" mailed 1905. $8.00 vc

"Santa's shrimpboat in Morgan / City, La. ..." lit up at night; well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post \card mailed there 1962, small smudge of cancel ink on back. $2.25 lc

"STEEL BAND, ST. CROIX / One of the colorful and harmonious steel bands parading / for the Christmas Festival / Photo by Doug Millar" unused chrome post card with rounded corners as issued. $1.50

"ST. LORENZ LUTHERAN CHURCH / ... / The joy of Christ's bird is portrayed in this Nativity" as seen at night, unused continental postcard with Bronner's advertising in address area. $1.25 mc

    Uncaptioned trade card, art showing boy & girl decorating a small Christmas tree, ad for Boos & Holbrook & Anchor Coffee on back, lightly toned back, circa 1890. $15.00

"Vesel božič in srečno novo leto" art in vertical format depicting Santa Claus in a red suit laden with gifts, unused slightly oversize continental postcard mailed within Slovenia in 2004, trivial wear at 2 corners. $1.25 sc NEW / NUEVO / NOV

"Visit / BRONNER'S / CHRISTMAS / DECORATIONS / Frankenmuth / MICH." unused chrome advertising postcard, excellent condition, caption starts with red-on-white lettering. $1.50 mci. Same view but caption starts with white-on-red lettering, soft corner. $1.50 mci. Both for comparison $2.75 mci.

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    "VROOLIJK KERSTFEEST" hand-colored  / tinted real photo post card shows 2 children, toy rabbit & toy sheep by a small Christmas tree, R&KL 7127 / 1, mailed 1920 at Rotterdam but stamp removed. toned back. $8.50 tc

"Vroolijk / Kerstfeest" hand-colored  / tinted real photo postcard shows 2 girls with stuffed animals by a small Christmas tree, numbered 6524, made in France, mailed in Belgium. $12.50 tc

"Watching / For / Santa" signed Beaty art showing a youngster crouched before a fireplace, color post card, unused, faint corner crease, lightly toned back. $4.00 ac

    "Wesolych Swiat" with accent on S, angel touches a man sleeping beneath a bright star, real photo postcard with extensive hand-colored  / tinted, made in Warsaw Poland, mailed 1911 in Chicago, minor corner & edge wear, slight oxidation. $7.50

    "WHEN CHRISTMAS / COMES 'ROUND / A day of cheer / may Christmas be, / ..." signed Weaver art showing girl caroling by lamplight, post card numbered 2329 on back, unused, lightly toned back, trivial corner wear. $2.50 ac

"Wishing You / A Merry Christmas" with embossed art from Tucks Holly Leaves & Berries Series of Christmas Post Cards No. 500, mailed 1909 to Mrs. Agnes Stewart of Reynoldsburg Ohio, minor corner & edge wear, a few small spots of light on front. $2.25 ct NEW / NUEVO / NOV

"Wishing you a very / merry Christmas" unusual greeting on a c. 1890 ad card shaped like an artist's palette, birdhouse design on back & sender's signature, album paste residue on back. $2.00

"With Christmas Greetings" under 3 embossed bells & holly accented with glitter; color Tuck Holly Post Card (no numbering) with undivided back, mailed DEC 10 1906 to Miss Ethel Sampson in Yorkshire New York (Doane 3 South Wales transit mark the next day, also in Cattaraugus County), light spotty toning on front, minor corner & edge wear. $4.00 n-ctggb& NEW / NUEVO / NOV

"With / Christmas / Greetings" with a design of holly, colorful wooden tree ornament in horizontal format made from a reproduced vintage postcard, glitter & ribbon to hang added, back is plain. $3.75 wc

"You Can Christmas / Shop At Quickprint" black-on-green publicity card with a drawing of Santa standing, size of regular post card, for a print shop that has since moved from Grandview Avenue location specified. $1.00 oc

"Your Christmas, / why I wish you / the biggest ever" sepia-tone showing flowers & a Spanish-style church, postcard published by Gibson Art, mailed circa 1915, trivial edge wear. $4.25

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