"Excuse Haste and a Bad Pen in Hebron Nebraska" leather post card that is hand-colored  / tinted, holed edges, pigs in pen design for pun, writing on front. Thayer County. $6.00 Same but another design for same caption, more extensive hand-colored  / tinted as shown on right. $6.50

    "Eagle One / KGV7347 / Momma Hog Jaws" Columbus Ohio QSL card with commissioned Runnin' Bare cartoon art, for operators Billy Joe & Nancy Wright, fresh appearance. $2.00 op

"Hog Hoist, U. S. Y., Chicago" black & white postcard, circa 1908, writing on back mentions someone having typhoid fever, unusual subject matter. $20.00

"HOTEL CASTLE / FOR BEST FOUR / POLAND-CHINA / SOWS / Bred and owned / by / Exhibitor / NATIONAL SWINE SHOW / 1917" real photo post card of trophy cup whose inscription we use as a caption, clear focus & good contrast, corner crease, small corner crease, toning from contemporaneous pencil writing on back, mild corner wear & rounding. An Iowa State University Animal Husbandry Department webpage states that the show started in Des Moines in 1919 but, based on this evidence we must respectfully disagree. $25.00 ap

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    "I TAKE MY PEN IN / HAND / It is about time for you / to do the same / M. S." leather postcard showing a farmer holding a small pig, with caption completed by hand; hand-colored. 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 lp

    "Little Chef &  Chef's Helper" humorous Dearborn Michigan QSL card with Runnin' Bare art commissioned by Ron & Judy Nowinski, Artist Series #89, backstamp & autograph for a collector in Alaska. Chef's helper takes the credit for the stuffed pig that his wife actually prepared. $2.00 m(d)cp

"Pig Pen Special" QSL card with Runnin' Bare style commissioned art showing doctor with hypodermic giving people flu shots (a take-off on the swine flu topic), 2 cards that join together for a complete image. $4.00

Postcard Collector. January 1992 (Volume 10 Number 1). Features on Rockefeller Center, Chateau Frontenac, pig post cards, holiday real photos & more. $2.50 p,p

"S1053 / FELIX AND HONEY. Painting by Ray Wolf. The King of Clowns / Felix Adler ... with his trained little piggie that / likes to drink milk." unused postcard with wonderful signed art, circa 1947 - 1952, trivial corner wear, otherwise fresh. Frank Bartlet Adler performed with Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey for 28 years & was subsequently inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame. $3.50 cpg

    "The Potter Ranch, eight miles from the hotel, / near Santa Barbara, Cal." including many pigs feeding a 3 troughs, color postcard mailed 1908, a couple of light smudges on the back, and a surprisingly inappropriate message congratulating a young girl who had just graduated from grammar school. $9.00 gc(s)p

    "'Tis me greetings / to ye because 'Tis / St Patrick's Day." with art depicting leprechaun & running pig, published by Gibson Art Company, mailed 1914 from Yonkers New York, corner & edge wear, partial cancel on front. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (147,348 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 sp

"WN6SPF" shortwave (7.105 MHz) QSL postcard with pig cartoon art mailed 1973 by operator Pat Patton, tiny corner bend, partial cancel on front. $2.00 cp

"Wild animals I have / known" showing pigs & a horse & a little boy, a little hand-colored  / tinted on leather post card, mailed Waverly Ohio 1906, faded front. $2.75

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    "181  Greetings / from // Atlantic / City, / N. J. / VIVACIOUS" Curteich linen post card mailed 1959 from Cobb Island Maryland, minor corner wear. $2.50 pbn NEW / NOV / NOWY

    "185  Day-Dreaming of You Here in Atlantic City, N. J. / INTERLUDE" linen postcard mailed 1959 from Deal Island Maryland, minor corner wear. $2.50 pbn(a) NEW / NOV / NOWY

"25¢  OCT. / Cupid's Capers" continental postcard reproducing a cover with pinup art (woman in pink underwear in a shoulder stand) & NRA logo (!!), from Vintage Magazine Co., numbered 32 on back, unused. $2.00 pg

"ADD UP / YOUR / SAVINGS! / PLAYBOY / ALMOST 50% OFF! / ..." including a small Foxiest Females cover, unused continental business reply card (permit no. 47 of Harlan Iowa) soliciting subscriptions. $1.25 ps

    AFTER ALL EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES by Mozert, Mutoscope arcade card approximately 5.306" x 3.25". Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 pma

"A mere maid" entangled in considerable netting, monochromatic dark red arcade card, no postcard back, brownish paper, mild edge wear stain along both sides of one edge. $3.00 p

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"ANGELA / TERLESKY // TEAM / PROLAB®" advertising card suggesting products for pre-workout, post-workout, maintenance, gaining & cutting. Near mint condition. $1.75 s(b)p NEW / NOV / NOWY

"'A penny for your Thoughts'" unsigned art depicts a shapely woman lounging in a teddy, unused linen post card from E. C. Kropp, small ink smear on back in stamp box, mild corner & edge wear mostly apparent from back. $2.50 p&

    "A SWEET JOB" by Earl Moran. $20.00 mpa. Same but numeral written on back & a little edge wear. $19.50 mpa. Not on the checklists we have seen.

    "At last I got around to that line / I said I'd drop / So keep yer shirt on buddy, / ya' needn't blow yer top!" lady passing over air vent gets skirt lifted to expose her hosiery, unused circa-1938 Curteich linen postcard, minor wear at the upper corners, lightly toned back. $2.50 ph

    "A WINNING COMBINATION". Toning on back & a little edge wear. Rolf Armstrong art on a Mutoscope arcade card. $5.50 mpf

"BARBI TWINS" (Shane & Sia) shown in incredibly short shorts with simulated signatures on continental postcard printed in Ireland, unused & fresh appearance. $1.50

    "BLONDE ON BEACH" with stripped bikini, kneeling & smiling; unused chrome post card, numbered P7201 on back, fresh appearance. (2 available) $2.00 each. pb#

    "C-1206 / BLOND ADVENTURESS" Curteich linen postcard mailed 1957, a few tiny speckles of cancel ink on front, soft corners. $1.50 pb

"C-262 / SEASHORE SEÑORITA / © CURT TEICH & CO., INC." art depicting an attractive woman seated on a rock by the ocean, wearing a one-piece gray & red swimsuit, sombrero at the back of her neck; linen postcard mailed 1957 at Maryland Line Maryland, tiny corner crease, minor corner wear. $3.00 pb

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"C-263 / COQUETTE / © CURT TEICH & CO., INC." art depicting a brunette bathing beauty on the beach, floppy-brim hat removed, beachball nearby; unused line postcard, trivial wear at 2 corners, small spot of toning in message area. $4.00 bp

"C-269 / ANTICIPATION / © CURT TEICH & CO., INC." art depicting a blonde woman in one-piece blue swimsuit, cape over her shoulders, seated on the beach; linen post card mailed 1957 at Gibson Island Maryland, noticeable edge wear. $3.00 pb

    "CK-166" uncaptioned chrome post (so we use the back number), mailed 1955 from Hollywood Florida, light toning on back, noticeable corner & edge wear. $2.00 bp NEW / NOV / NOWY

    "DO YOU STILL PREFER BLONDES?" Corner wear. Earl Moran art. $5.50 mpa

"Film Fun / CHECK YOUR / HAT AND STICK AROUND! / ... / MAY" continental postcard reproducing a cover with pinup art (woman in bathing suit with tophat & cane), from Vintage Magazine Co., numbered 20 on back, unused. $1.50 p%

"FILM FUN / GUARANTEED / FRESH! / MARCH / 20¢" continental postcard reproducing a cover with pinup art (seated cigarette girl with halter top), from Vintage Magazine Co., numbered 19 on back, unused. $1.50 p%

"Film Fun / JUNE / ... / NICELY SUITED FOR HOLLYWOOD" continental postcard reproducing a signed Vargas cover with pinup art (seated woman reveals legs & some cleavage), from Vintage Magazine Co., numbered 21 on back, unused. $2.50 pa%

    "FILM FUN / MAY / ... / DREAM / GIRL" continental post card reproducing a cover with pinup art (scantily clad woman seated with cigarette), from Vintage Magazine Co., numbered 36 on the back, unused. $1.50 ps

"FILM FUN / OCTOBER / NETTY BUT NICE!" continental postcard reproducing a cover with pinup art (seated woman in mostly diaphanous costume), from Vintage Magazine Co., numbered 24 on back, unused. $1.50 p

    "Florida 'Suntan'" unused post card from a photo by Theda & Emerson Hall, fairly fresh with good edges. $1.75 pf(u)b

"Get the / 50 BEAUTIFUL WOMEN / PHOTO PORTFOLIO / FREE / when you / subscribe / to / PLAYBOY..." including cover of inducement, unused business reply card (permit No. 47 Harlan Iowa), small bend near top center. $1.00 ps

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"GLOVE GIRL" wearing long gloves & fur & silk stockings & pumps, seated; unused chrome postcard, minor corner & edge wear. $2.00 ph& NEW / NOV / NOWY

    "Greetings from Belle Harbor, N. Y." unused chrome with pinup type treatment of woman on beach, minor corner wear. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 np

"Having a great time wish you were here!" leopard bikini-clad model lounges near water with cityscape in background, unused chrome postcard from a photo by Garth Valentine, 2 tiny corner creases nowhere near the image. $2.00 p

"HI-589 / TAHITIAN DANCER, displaying her beautiful native cos- / tume amid the rhythm .../ Kent Ghirard's Hula Nani Girls, chrome postcard mailed 1960 in Hawaii, mild corner & edge wear, small water stain at one corner visible only from back. $1.50 p

    "HIGH BLOND PRESSURE" with the second word in the caption misspelled, full artist Earl Moran signature, holed calendar top, 2 extra pinholes near the left edge. Rare art from the Hotcha Girls series. $40.00 mpca NEW / NOV / NOWY

"'HOLD THAT / CROWD BACK, / OFFICER.' // DAVENPORT LADDERS / MATERIAL ..... The Best / Design ..... The Latest /
Workmanship ..... The Highest Type/
Developed During Sixty-Two Years / of Ladder Manufacturing / DAVENPORT LADDER CO. / DAVENPORT, IOWA / Write for our latest catalogue and price list" unused blotter with signed K. O. Munson pinup art depicting a shapely firewoman in a negligee that leaves little to the imagination, climbing a ladder with a hose in hand, complete with the #10 size metered envelope in which it was sent. Circa 1944. Superlative & rare. $40.00 fpia

    "IF SHE COULD ONLY COOK!" from the Mutoscope All American Girl series, very small print at the bottom, tiny upper corner crease is hard to see from the front. Rare. $70.00 mpc

"I'm revealing to you / How hot I can get / It takes more than a fan / To cool off -- my pet. / C55" drawing of young woman seated with fan in diaphanous wrap, Curteich linen post card mailed 1942, grayish paper, 2 corner creases, partial cancel on front in caption area, soft corners. $2.00

"IS MY FACE RED?" with side view of a mostly bare redhead in heels seated on an ottoman, holding a towel to her breasts; Mutoscope arcade card with noticeable wear at the bottom right corner. Earl Moran art. $5.00 mpa*

June 2001 (No. 266) Picture Postcard Monthly. Artist Aslan pin-ups, early cinema, 2001 election, Spain's Civil War, Neudin's death, Northamptonshire, Clarion Movement (cycling) & even more. $5.00 p,pm

"July, 1936 / GAY BOOK / Magazine / 25¢ / ..." continental postcard reproducing a cover with pinup art (seated showgirl with fan), from Vintage Magazine Co., numbered 23 on the back, unused. $1.50 p

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    "JULY / GUEST STAR / MAMIE VAN DOREN" on the back of an unused post card publicizing a paper collectibles & movie memorabilia show in New York City in 1996, fairly fresh. $2.00 ppn(n)nm

    "Katie Barnes / Bodybuilding.com / Information. Motivation. Supplementation." unused publicity card in near-mint condition. $1.75 s(b)bp NEW / NOV / NOWY

    "Kyla McGrath / Bodybuilding.com / Information. Motivation. Supplementation." unused publicity card in near-mint condition. $1.75 s(b)bp NEW / NOV / NOWY

"L-66  Sitting Pretty" older blonde with hiked skirt seated before a backdrop of balloons, unused Lusterchrome from Tichnor Bros., exceptionally colorful postcard with fresh appearance. $2.75 &

"L-68  Colorful Display" older blonde with considerable cleavage against a backdrop of balloons, unused Lusterchrome post card from Tichnor Bros., exceptionally colorful, fresh appearance. $2.75 p

"LET ME PILOT YOU? / DR-29202-B" showing a shapely blonde in tight sweater & captain's hat at the helm of a boat, unused chrome postcard, hint of toning near one back edge probably attributable to the printing process. Nice gift for the right sea-faring man. $2.00 p& NEW / NOV / NOWY

    "Made in U.S.A." side view of seated woman wearing pumps & a seamed body stocking that leaves little to the imagination; monochromatic blue arcade card, fairly fresh, whitish paper on back (possibly a reproduction). $5.00 hp

    "MADE IN U.S.A." arcade card with a standing woman clad in a teddy & nylons suspended from it, black & orange on grayish paper, minor edge wear. World War II vintage. $5.50 hp

    Marilyn Monroe, actress & sex symbol. Glossy Coral-Lee postcard with one of the poses that made her famous. $8.00 (fmbp)

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"Michelle DeMaria / Bodybuilding.com / Information. Motivation. Supplementation." unused publicity card in near-mint condition. $1.75 s(b)bp NEW / NOV / NOWY

    "MISS-PLACED / CONFIDENCE" woman in lingerie & nylons holds a cocker spaniel by the scruff of the neck, Elvgren art from the Mutoscope All American Girl Series, tiny bottom corner crease. Very rare. $95.00 mpdla

"Nina Coral / ©Bunny Yeager" showing her in tight fitting blouse & short shorts leaning against a sports car, unused continental post card, circa 1995, fresh appearance. $2.00 p

    "NO / STARES" ultra rare art by Elvgren depicts lingerie-clad woman ascending into an upper berth of a railroad car, mailed free in 1942 as a postcard by a sailor at Great Lakes Illinois, minor edge wear, a couple of printer's guide marks over her head are very hard to see without magnification. Sometimes seen captioned 'CORRALLED BEAUTY' the art dates to 1940. Sold but still available for artistic study & reference as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 mpla

"November, 1938 / gay Book / Magazine / 25 Cents..." continental postcard reproducing a cover with pinup art (seated showgirl), from Vintage Magazine Co., numbered 29 on back, unused. $1.50 p

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"OCT. / Stolen Sweets / 25¢" continental post card reproducing a cover with pinup art (seated nude woman covering both breasts) & NRA logo (!!), from Vintage Magazine Co., numbered 31 on back, unused. $1.50 pg

"ON THE BEAM" with Rolf Armstrong art; not the one done by Elvgren. $6.50 mp

"Plane-Girls.com / It's just good clean fun..." continental size publicity card in color both sides, excellent condition. {Site recreates classic pinup poses of the 1940's but with updated swimwear. $1.25 p

      See also Mutoscope arcade cards.

    "Shy and retiring" with rare Earl Moran Hotcha Girls art on a blotter for H. C. Oswald Supply Company Inc., 1990 Park Avenue in Manhattan, a small spot of toning on back and a short stroke of toning in the advertising area. $25.00 pn(m)gma

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"SILK STOCKING / APRIL / 15¢ / THE LADY WRESTLES..." continental post card reproducing a cover with pinup art (blonde with stockings in curled up pose), from Vintage Magazine Co., numbered 28 on the back, unused. $1.50 ph

    SITTING PRETTY. Mutoscope arcade card. (2 printings available--greenish cast to upper left background & no greenish cast there). $7.00 each. mp

"TEAM / PROLAB  ALANA TRIPLETT" sepia-tone within a color border, continental card detailing her stats, film credits (Biker Boyz, Hollywood Homicide, Blade, etc.) & TV credits (Nubian Goddess, Silk Stalkings, Extreme Gong, etc.), trivial corner bump. $1.50 sp%

    "TEAM / PROLAB  CANDICE MICHELLE" sepia-tone within a color border, continental card detailing her stats, film credits (Province 77, Diablo, Catburglar, Tomcats, etc.) & magazine credits, trivial corner bump. $1.50 spm. Same, but no bump, near mint. (2 available) $1.75 each. spm

"THE BARE FACTS / PLAYBOY / Cover Price $59.40 / ..." unused subscription solicitation on business reply card (permit 47 Harlan Iowa), illustrated with a young woman clad in a net. $1.00 ps

    "The / Globe / Trotter" seated nude lady with the North Atlantic Ocean in plain view on her globe, monochromatic orange-red arcade card, 5 internal creases from the long edges, noticeable corner & edge wear. As is. $2.75 p NEW / NOV / NOWY

    "The Rose" seated woman in wrap that leaves little to the imagination admires a bouquet of roses, arcade card with minor edge wear & light toning on back. Circa 1927. $5.00 pf NEW / NOV / NOWY

"The / Stocking / Parade / October / BRITISH / EDITION / 1s / ..." post card reproducing a cover with pinup art (seated woman showing off her hosiery & legs), from Vintage Magazine Co., numbered 30 on back, unused. $1.50 ph

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    Three uncaptioned monochromatic pinup arcade cards, all models long-waisted: two bikini-clad, one bottom only but covering her breasts (shown). USA origin. $9.00 gets all 3. pb

    "The World's Largest Melons, Eight, 195 lbs." Continental size, unused, two bent corners. A postcard bearing this image with a variant caption was featured on the cover of the October 1988 Postcard Collector. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 abps

"Venice Beach, / California" blonde in bikini on continental is identified as Laura Hodges on the back, from photo by Jeffrey Stanton, postcard mailed 1990 to Ohio. Nice, and destined to decorate a cubicle! $2.50 pnpc

    "VISIBILITY PERFECT" with trivial edge wear. Earl Moran art. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 pm

    "W8CVH" QSL postcard with attractive pinup art (reclining woman in lingerie talks on telephone) in background, mailed there 1952 by operator Winton Dover, cancel ink on front mercifully misses the art. 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 o(d)pt

Wanted to buy--post cards bearing limericks. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

Wanted to buy--Playboy #1 centerfold with Marilyn Monroe. Attachment to the magazine is not necessary. Please offer postpaid to Columbus Ohio, priced in US dollars or Euros!

    "WELCOME -- MARINES" with red hat, from the All American Girl series, tiny bottom corner crease, other edge wear is trivial. Extremely rare. 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 pmm

    "www.addictactivewear.com" publicity postcard featuring Jan Hendershott (USA Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships 1999). Ideal cubicle pinup. (2 available) $1.50 each s(b)cp%

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"KEYHOLE FROLICS."
MUTOSCOPE ARCADE CARDS
The viewer is treated to partial views
of unaware women in various states of undress,
all through a keyhole border...
No nudity, but voyeur & up-skirt appeal.
Numbered series in monochromatic violet with grayish paper.
Most bottom edges stained lightly (coffee?)

808 "Pick Up", 1313 "Vas You Der / Charlie?"
1421 "When Irish / Eyes Are Smilin'",
3052 "Soft Shoulders", 4004 "Shape Ahoy!",
4041 "Start the Ball a Rollin'" bowling,
4070 "Shorts / and Sweets", 8481 "Touching / Argument"
9134 "A Clothes Call", 71137 "High Blonde / Pressure"
"Belle of / the Bali-Bali' & 'Sweet and Low'. All 12 for $35.00 &

"MADE IN U.S.A." ARCADE CARDS
When the viewer's imagination overcame the lack of complete nudity, when models were shapely without benefit of silicone, when exotic suggestions came from the scanty costumes & fanciful props (rather than crude captions)...

2 black & white (bikini, sarong) & 1 blue (cleavage-revealing swimsuit). One with grayish paper, the others fairly fresh. $12.00 gets all 3.

"Made in U.S.A." side view of seated woman wearing pumps & a seamed body stocking that leaves little to the imagination; monochromatic blue arcade card, fairly fresh, whitish paper on back (possibly a reproduction). $5.00 hp& NEW / NOV / NOWY

"MADE IN U.S.A." with a standing woman clad in a teddy & nylons suspended from it, black & orange on grayish paper, minor edge wear. $5.50 hp& NEW / NOV / NOWY

EARLY USA ARCADE CARDS
ALL COPYRIGHTS FOR "I.M.R. Co. N.Y."

When the viewer's imagination overcame the lack of complete nudity, when models were shapely without benefit of silicone, when exotic suggestions came from the scanty costumes & fanciful props (rather than crude captions)... All monochromatic dark red with trivial corner & edge wear. The blank back paper has browning due to age. Slash marks in the captions below denote the text goes to a new line.

"A precious / pearl"
"Belle / of the / Tango
"Blonde Beauty"
"BRUNETTE / beauty"
"Bubbles"
"Carnival Spirit"
"Dance / of the Castanets" (especially nice)
"Diving Venus"
"Fine as / Silk"
"FIREY / Beauty"
"In / Cupid's / Bower"
"In the / Garden"
"Lamp Light"
"REFLECTION"

All 14 of the pinup arcade cards above for $60.00

PINUPS FROM CALENDARS
Approximate size for each is 4-3/4"x6-1/4".
All published with a hole at top center to facilitate hanging.
Calendars removed neatly. Paper like arcade cards, but bigger!

    "BLUE MONDAY" with rare Earl Moran art from the Hotcha Girls series, holed calendar top, trivial edge wear. $50.00 mcpa%

    "FIGURES DON'T LIE" rare Hotcha Girls art by Earl Moran, symbol under his name, holed calendar top (faint short stress marks near hole), upper corner crease, advertising on back for Blue Flash Sealing Tape made by Peerless Paper Specialty Inc. of Philadelphia, minor wear to the bottom corners could be fixed easily with a straighter trim. Datestamp on back is SEP 9 1941. $37.50 mcpa ILLUSTRATION & INFORMATION ADDED RECENTLY

    "FOOT LOOSE AND FANCY FREE" rare Hotcha Girls art by Earl Moran, symbol under his name, holed calendar top, small upper corner crease, 2 stress marks run through the hole, bottom corners with minor wear, advertising on back for Blue Flash Sealing Tape made by Peerless Paper Specialty Inc. of Philadelphia. $40.00 mpca ILLUSTRATION & INFORMATION ADDED RECENTLY

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    "HIGH BLOND PRESSURE" with the second word in the caption misspelled, full artist Earl Moran signature, holed calendar top, 2 extra pinholes near the left edge. Rare art from the Hotcha Girls series. $40.00 mpca

    "INFLATION CONTROL" holed calendar top with Earl Moran art, tiny but noticeable upper corner crease, 2 short internal creases intersect in the art, advertising on back for Blue Flash Sealing Tape made by Peerless Paper Specialty Inc. of Philadelphia. $10.00 mcpa ILLUSTRATION & INFORMATION ADDED RECENTLY

    "SEE I CAN IMITATE BIRDS, TOO" with art by Zoe Mozert, holed calendar top, minor wear to the bottom corners could be fixed easily with a straighter trim, advertising on back for Blue Flash Sealing Tape made by Peerless Paper Specialty Inc. of Philadelphia partially obscured by paste remnants. $10.00 mca ILLUSTRATION & INFORMATION ADDED RECENTLY

    "SLIPPING ONE OVER" with rare Earl Moran Hotcha Girls art on holed calendar top, tiny faint upper corner crease (within the green border), advertising on back for Blue Flash Sealing Tape made by Peerless Paper Specialty Inc. of Philadelphia, trivial edge wear. $45.00 mcpa INFORMATION ADDED RECENTLY

    "SOFT SHOULDERS" with rare Earl Moran Hotcha Girls art on holed calendar top, advertising on back for Blue Flash Sealing Tape made by Peerless Paper Specialty Inc. of Philadelphia but translucent paste remnants over most of it, upper corner creased, trivial edge wear. $40.00 mca ILLUSTRATION & INFORMATION ADDED RECENTLY

    "SOX APPEAL". Rare Earl Moran art from the Hotcha Girls Series, a holed calendar top, faint but long upper corner crease, minor edge wear. $45.00 mcha ILLUSTRATION & INFORMATION ADDED RECENTLY

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     "Tahiti / Beauty and the breadfruit / were prime elements of the / 'Bounty' story." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1961 from Englewood Kansas, small corner crease. $2.50 pff NEW / NOV / NOWY

    "VR6BX" Adamstown shortwave (28 MHz) QSL card used 1992 by operator Brian Young, attractive palm tree design. Hard to get! Item has sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 *%

    See also Pitcairn Island postal history. Shown is a registered commercial cover from there in 1959.

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    "GREETINGS / May you hold many a Flush / in the coming Year" playing card design with hand holding a royal flush, New Year Series post card No. 305, printed in Germany, writing on back, mild corner & edge wear, toned back & front. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 np

"HOPALONG CANASTA" showing a 3 of diamonds playing card, a September 1992 calendar & a cowboy who might be Hopalong Cassidy, unused continental postcard published by Postcard Collector Magazine, corner bend. $1.00 cp*

    "Juego de / Baraja, / 'Monte'" showing a playing card game of chance being played in the street, color post card from J. G. Hatton, numbered 3434, circa 1910, unused, light toning at right front edge, minor corner wear. $6.00 mp

    "K1QFD" North Kingstown Rhode Island QSL postcard mailed 1972, design shows a queen of hearts playing card, faint cancel on front. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 rp*

    "OA4AK" Lima Peru QSL post card mailed 1948 to Michigan, illegible postmark, playing card design showing 4 aces & a king. corner crease. $2.00 *. Another, same design, 4 tape remnants on back, small bottom corner crease. Shown. $1.75 pp

    Orson Wells, cinema star, holding playing cards. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size .jpg or .tif scan. $1.50

"Solitaire Anyone?" showing a porpoise playing solitaire at Miami's Seaquarium, chrome post card mailed 1964, corner crease & wear along one short edge. Shown cards include the King of Clubs, Jack of Diamonds, Queen of Hearts & Queen of Spades. Most unusual. $2.50 pf

"The / FUNKY / CHICKEN / CLUB // popdomm Sa.17.08.02" bathing beauty popping out of her bikini top on unused continental-size publicity card with the Ace of Clubs design, back lists the artists expected to perform at Köln Germany, near mint. (2 available) $2.00 each. pna*

    Uncaptioned postcard, series number on back hard to read because of writing, unsigned art shows clothed boxer(?) sitting at a table with playing cards & knife, noticeable corner & edge wear, mailed in the United States 1908 (RPO cancel that can be figured). $10.50 (pd)%

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    "BOAT HOUSE, ROGER WILLIAMS PARK / Providence, R. I.,________" black & white private mailing card, mailed 1904. $7.00

"Chicago / Post Office" color private mailing card, Tuck No. 6000, mailed there 1904, cancel ink on front. $6.00

"CHRIST CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA" color private mailing card, mailed there 1903, 3 corner creases, lightly toned front. $4.00

    "Gottes Segen zum / Geburtstage! / …" and a quote from Psalms 23:1, a beautiful sample card from the Kaufmann (Baden, Germany) rose series--the only sample we have ever seen for a private mailing card, album marks on front. $12.00

    "GREETINGS / FROM/ PICTURESQUE / AMERICA // MANTEL IN SENATE READING ROOM / CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY / WASHINGTON, D. C. // ARTHUR LIVINGSTON, PUBLISHER, NEW YORK.  No. 87" red, white, blue & black image on private mailing card with very late usage at Ripplemead Virginia, small spot of ink on back due to sender's pen. $10.00 dlpi

    "GREETINGS From / ATLANTIC CITY, N. J / ARTHUR LIVINGSTON, PUBLISHER, NEW YORK. 110 / REVOLVING OBSERVATION TOWER" circa 1900 private mailing card, , black & white except for the ''GREETINGS FROM PICTURESQUE AMERICA' logo at the upper left front corner, cancel ink on upper front, corner & edge wear. 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 np*%

    "Greetings from / Davenport, Iowa / GOVERNMENT SHOPS - ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL" showing their exteriors circa 1900, unused black & white private mailing card, 3 corners faintly crease (one twice), a little light toning near the front edges, looks fresh for its age. $10.00 i(d)p

    "Greeting / FROM / Chicago / Published 1898 BY E. C. Kropp, Milwaukee, U. S. A." private mailing card, mailed to Ohio (with two 1-c green Jefferson stamps) from Chicago, corner wear & rounding, lightly toned front, lightly toned back, trace of cancel ink on front . $7.00 pgi+!

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    "Jackson Statue, Washington, D.C." black & white private mailing card published by D. N. Walford, printed in England, unused. $10.00 pds

    "MARKET SQUARE / Providence, R. I., ______" black-and-white private mailing card mailed there 1904, light toning & ink smear on back, ink smear & toning in front caption area. $3.00 (rp+)%

"Napier Bridge, Spanning the St. Joseph River" in Michigan, black & white private mailing card, spot on front, unused. $6.00

    "Newspaper Row / COPYRIGHT 1897 BY C. F. TH. KREH. N.Y." color on unused private mailing card, buildings named & also labeled to show where the Times, New York Journal, The World, and Staats-Zeitung were produced, minor corner & edge wear, unusually detailed & interesting. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 nnp

    "New Sta. Mesa Railway Station. / New Railroad leading to Antipolo, Manila" on the the Philippine National Railways; black & white private mailing card, unused, one corner with noticeable wear, a little toning due to album contact. The Santa Mesa platforms shown have since been extended & raised. Rare; seldom offered. $75.00 rpp

    "New York / On the Sands of Coney Island" signed Florence Robinson, Tuck number 5067, private mailing card printed in Saxony. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

    "NORDD. LLOYD BREMEN / D. 'Neckar' / Kapitän Harassowitz." showing the captain & his ocean-going passenger & cargo vessel; black & white private mailing card mailed from the mid-Atlantic 16.7.06 by a passenger (interesting comments) with a 10-pfg German stamp (some other cancel details illegible) to a Miss Sterrett in Buffalo West Virginia, small corner crease, minor edge wear, rubber band mark across back, arrival markings at Buffalo NY on JUL 25. The New York Times shipping news of 4/27/04 spells the captain's name with two r's; so either they or the card is in error. Rare. $25.00 s(o)g(h)g(s)p

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"PALACE OF MACHINERY / Send to REGAL SHOE CO., Inc., 109 Summer Street, Boston, Mass." Saint Louis Exposition of 1904 advertising postcard in color, showing the exterior of the palace over Regal monogram, unused private mailing postcard, back edges noticeably toned, minor corner & edge wear. $7.50 emmpa

"PALISADES. THOUSAND ISLAND(sic). N. Y,(sic)" including a ship as seen from a high vantage point, private mailing card in color from an undisclosed publisher, caption punctuation and spelling as shown here, mailed 1905 from Montreal to Ohio, mild corner rounding, small corner crease not into the image. $5.00 n(t)p

"Post / Office / Baltimore, Md." black & white private mailing card from Arthur Ganter, number 4, light toning at bottom edge of face, unused. $6.00

    "Red Star Line / New York - Antwerp // S. S. Vaderland / SS. ZEELAND ON THE SCHELDT / ANTWERP // AMERICAN LITHO. CO., N.Y." with lithographed art in color showing it with a tug & several small masted ships nearby; private mailing card with undivided back & paper browning evenly with age, very late usage, two small creases weaken an upper corner, a little toning near the bottom right front corner. The Red Star Line ship Vaderland was chartered to the American Line. Later renamed Southland and used as a troopship, she was torpedoed off the Irish coast in June 1917. Nice! $18.50 s(r)s(a)s(m)p

    "SOUVENIR / FROM THE / QUEEN CITY OF THE PLAINS / DENVER, COLO." showing the sightseeing streetcar 'SEEING DENVER" loaded with passengers, above and beside an advertising message, private mailing card mailed at Manitou to Brookville Ohio, faint small bottom corner crease. $12.50 c(d)sp NEW / NOV / NOWY

    "Ss. Peter / and Paul / Cathedral / Providence, R. I." black & white private mailing card, mailed there 1904. $7.00 (rp)

    "STURGEON ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER, OREGON / 5522. COPYRIGHT 1899, BY DETROIT PHOTOGRAPHIC CO." an incredible scene, unused private mailing card, album marks on back. $27.50

    "THE HILL HOUSE, BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL FOR GIRLS / BIRMINGHAM, PA." private mailing card, mailed there 1906, minor corner & edge wear, yellowing of paper due to age. Founded in 1853 by the local Presbyterian church, it is now known as The Grier School. $9.50 p(b)+%

    "To my Valentine" unused private mailing card, gorgeous. $12.00 (pv)

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