"98--THE THREE GIANTS, DINOSAUR PARK / RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA" chrome postcard mailed there 1966 (unrelated NATIONAL PARK SERVICE / 50TH ANNIVERSARY slogan cancel). A striking image. $1.50 s(d)p*

    "Eagle Bowl Excavated in Burial Tombs, at King Mounds, Ancient Buried City, Wickliffe, Ky. / 93213" unused black & white post card, good edges. $2.50 kpc

"Indian Picture Puzzles / Some of the petrogylphys found / near Holliday, Mo." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed there 1961 (small smear in cancel ink). Prehistoric. $2.50 mpi

"LINCOLN MEMORIAL BRIDGE OVER WABASH RIVER / THIS BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE JOINS INDIANA AND ILLINOIS" unused linen view separated neatly from a folder. Other side: "PRE-HISTORIC MOUNDS NEAR VINCENNES / LARGEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL MOUNDS IN INDIANA". $1.00 lp NEW / NEU / NY

"MONTEZUMA'S WELL, NEAR FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA." including a few of the prehistoric cliff dwellings, white-border era postcard from Babbitt Brothers Trading Co., unused, mild corner & edge wear, pertinent information on the back. $3.25 ap

"Samples of fossils found in / 'spoil banks' near Coal City Ill., Painting by Cal Dunn" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1957 from Kinsman. $2.00

    "Scenic ride to dinosaur land and museum at / PREHISTORIC FOREST, U.S. 12 Irish Hills, Michigan" including a giant preying mantis & caveman at the roadside, unused chrome postcard in near mint condition. $2.50 m(i)pr

"'STEGOSAURUS' /  Dinosaur Park, Rapid City, S.D. / ©RISE PHOTO 422" including a seated dog in the foreground for scale, unused Kodak real photo postcard, tiny staple holes at top & bottom center, 2 corner bends not into image, lacks freshness. $1.50 s(d)p*

    "STEGOSAURUS IN DOMKE'S PREHISTORICAL 200 GARDENS  J1014 / OSSINEKE, MICH." real photo with good composition, mailed 1965, slight corner wear. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg (370,653 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 (mp)^

"STONE TENTS, AMONG PREHISTORIC CLIFF DWELLINGS, OTOWI CANYON, NEW MEXICO" white-border era postcard mailed 1934 at Santa Fe, minor corner wear, some cancel ink on front, interesting information printed on back. $3.25 n(o)p

    "THE CLIFF. OLD HUNSTANTON. 1." including the Norfolk beach with a few bathers, and the old lighthouse (finished in 1830); unused sepia-tone real photo postcard, small corner crease, slight curl to the paper (especially at the left front edge, giving rise to the light spot in the scan), some oxidation in the dark areas. The area will be familiar to fossil collectors. 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 e(h)lp

"The land masses have solidified. Heat is still intense in / places; below the earth's crust violent movements of rock and / hot liquids show on the surface as fiery cracks and volcanos. / ..." explaining the Earth's prehistory, unused chrome postcard from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, numbered S22590 on back. $1.00 vp%

"Thousands enjoy the ride through Dinosaur Land / to Prehistoric Forest. At the Forest you are / met by a guide that conducts you on a lecture / tour ..." showing their 'Safari Train' tour cars passing by a small volcano, mastodon & dinosaur; unused chrome postcard, small mark near back caption, otherwise excellent condition. $2.00 mp NEW / NEU / NY

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    "W0GDC" Fuita Colorado QSL card with attractive & prominent dinosaur art mailed 1974 by operator C. L. Paterson (who used the mnemonic 'Great Dinosaur Country), 2 small bends at 1 corner not into the design, 2 tiny pinholes near top edge. $2.50 cp

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    "554 / GATHERING IRISH MOSS AT NORTH RUSTICO / Prince Edward Island" post card mailed 1969 to New Hampshire, tiny corner crease, edge wear, trace of cancel in sky. $1.50 (p)

"Aerial view of Hunter River, one of the many /  picturesque villages you see in Prince Edward Island..." chrome postcard mailed 1969 to New York, small corner crease. $1.25

"BR-611 / CONFEDERATION ROOM, CHARLOTTETOWN /   Prince Edward Island, Birthplace of Canada" chrome post card with handstamp of International View Card Club on back. $1.00 p

"BR-647 / COUNTRY VIEW / Chalottetown, Prince Edward Island / Taken from the top of Fredericton Hill..." chrome postcard mailed 1964 from North Rustico to US, corner crease. $1.00 p

    "BR-68 / C. N. R. CAR FERRY ABEGWEIT, which operates between /  Borden, P. E. I., and Cape Tormentine, N. B." unused chrome post card, trivial corner wear. $2.75 %

"CAIRNS MOTEL / Summerside East - P. E. I. - Phone 436-5841" unused chrome postcard. $1.00

"CUSTOM CARDS DRAWN / Papa Bear" Charlottetown QSL card with Runnin' Bare commissioned art, signed. $3.00

    "ES-21 / S. S. CHARLES A. DUNNING / Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island to Carriboo, / Nova Scotia, Ferry Service / Capacity 24 automobiles. Operated by Northumberland Ferries / Ltd., Charlottetown ..." color post card lithographed in Canada, unused, light toning on back, image a bit fuzzy. $5.00 s(c)s(n)png NEW / NEU / NY

"GRAY'S CHURCH / Model of Stoke Poges church of Gray's Elegey / fame, on the grounds of Woodleigh Replicas, / near Keinsinton,..." chrome post card, writing on back dates to 1973. $1.00 p

    "Hillbilly" with moonshine still, Cornwall QSL card with Runnin' Bare commissioned art, fresh appearance. $2.00

"INTERIOR VIEW OF MEMORIAL HALL /  CONFEDERATION CENTRE / Chalottetown..." chrome postcard, writing on back dates to 1973. $1.00

    "Malpeque Cove at Cabot Park Camping Area, Malpeque Bay, near Kensinton and Summerside /  Prince Edward Island, Canada" showing several docked fishing boats, chrome post card with deep colors, mailed to New York, 2 small corner creases. Tranquil subject for a painting. $1.00 (ps(c))

"M.V. PRINCE NOVA / Ferry service between Wood Islands, Prince Edward / Island and Caribou, Nova Scotia..." continental postcard mailed 1975 to Ohio, scalloped edges as issued, 2 corner creases. $1.00

"Prince Edward Island / QSL SWAP CLUB" in Charlottetown, QSL card with Runnin' Bare commissioned art, one backstamp. $2.00

"Procrastinator / Papa Bear" matched set of 4 QSL cards with Runnin' Bare commissioned art showing a flaming golf cart, ©1978. $8.00

"Procrastinator / Tiddely Winks / Angel / Papa Bear" matched set of 4 QSL cards with Runnin' Bare commissioned art showing fish & shark. $8.00

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"VE1ANS" Summerside QSL post card used 1972, detailed map of the island for design. $2.50

"VE1ASJ-1" Lewis QSL card mailed 1966 to Ohio, generic design. $1.25.

"VE1ATJ" Charlottetown QSL card used 1971, fresh appearance. $1.50

"VE1ATS / Greetings from / PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND" multiview converted into QSL card, writing on front, mailed there 1967 to Ohio. $1.25

"VE1HI" Charlottetown QSL card mailed 1948 to Ohio, eastern Canada map design, much corner & edge wear. $2.00

"VE1KH" Summerside QSL postcard airmailed to Ohio (2 uncancelled stamps) in 1949. $2.00

"VY2BIJ" New London QSL card used 1990, with hobby-related art, fresh appearance. $2.00

"WATER STREET / Business Section of SUMMERSIDE..." with readable signs--Foley's Drugs, Simpsons-Sears, Smallman's--chrome post card, writing on back dates to 1973. $1.25 p NEW / NEU / NY

"Woodleigh Replicas / Large Scale Models of Famous Castles / Cathedrals and other..." early chrome multiview postcard, writing on back, unusual subject matter. $1.50

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    "…Athènes La Prison de Scorate" also captioned in Greek, exterior in black & white, unused postcard, slight yellowing of the paper with age. 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 pg

"…Athènes Prison de Socrate" also captioned in Greek, showing where Socrates was jailed, black & white from Pallis & Cotzias, numbered 104 on back, unused, lightly toned front, minor corner wear. $2.00

"…Prison of Socrates, Athens" black & white, mailed in US (probable very late usage), 2 back edges toned. $2.00 pg Unused, lightly toned back. (2 available) $2.50 each. pg

"10. LA CONCIERGERIE / La Porte de la prison lors de l'Epoque Revolutionnaire" black & white, unused, minor corner wear. $2.00 p

"10. Tower of London. The Block and Axe." real photo on unused continental, trivial corner wear. $1.00 pe

    "109 LOCHES (I.-et-L.). -- Le Donjon -- Cage du Cardinal de la Balue, ministre de Louis XI…" black & white with lengthy caption in French on the Cardinal's imprisonment there from 1469 to 1480, black & white, unused. $2.50 pf+

"109-- UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY, ATLANTA, GA. / PHOTO BY EDGAR ORR" unused linen from R. & R. News, fairly fresh. $3.00 pg

"11 TOWER OF LONDON H. M. Office of Works / THE BLOODY TOWER, RALEIGH'S WALK" sepia-tone from Harrison & sons, unused, album adherences on back. $2.00 pe

"121. THE PRISON OF SOCRATES, ATHENS, GREECE" color, unused. $2.00 pg

"13. H. A. …" captioned in Cyrillic, real photo of a striking painting by Yarshchevko (transliterated) of a male prisoner looking out a small window,

"1420 - CLISSON (L.-Inf.) Une veûte du Donjon / du château construit en 1223, par Olivier Ier de Clisson…" black & white on green back from booklet, lightly toned back. $2.00 pf

"14 H - TOULOUSE / Square de Gaulle et Donjon du Capitole" color real photo, Edit. 'Pyr. Océan', uneven edges as issued, fairly fresh. $1.25 pf

"152 - SAINT-NAZAIRE - Le Transport La Loire affrèté par l'Etat / pour le transport des Forçats" showing many well dressed people along side it, black & white on green back from booklet, one crushed corner (not extensive), unusual subject matter. $8.00 pf

"16 La Cité de Carcassonne -- Tour de la Vade NOTICE" ST, pertinent information on the back, unused, one serrated edge (from booklet). $1.75 p

"1619--ALCATRAZ ISLAND lies in San Francisco / Bay. Know as…" unused chrome, Moulin Photo. $1.25 pc

"17 / MORET. -- Le Donjon du Château / Collections ND Phot." black & white, undivided back, toned back. $4.50 pf

"18. CALCUTTA -- The Black Hole" with fencing in the foreground, sepia-tone post card with very late usage at Etna Ohio, small ink smear in address area. A small dungeon where British prisoners were held in 1756--a matter of some historical debate. $2.50 iph NEW / NEU / NY

    "216…C. D. Flavitzky. La Princesse Tarakanoff noyée dans sa prison. Galerie…" real photo postcard of a striking painting depicting her suicide in prison , Edit. Dubrowitz, unused. $15.00 pam*

"23. Dernier Adieu de / Charlotte Corday à son père /   Prison de l'Abbaye -- 16 Juillet 1793" in her handwriting with an inset picture of her, black & white, unused. $2.00 pch*

"2  MONTBAZON. -- Le Donjon et la Statue de la Vierge -- LL." black & white, unused, one uneven edge (from booklet separation), pinhole near top, lightly toned back. $1.00 pf

    "25. - BOURBONNE-les-BAINS. - Le Donjon du Château / Edition L. Lauxerois, Bourbonne-les-Bains" showing the exterior, unused green back with browning back edges. $2.25 (fp)*+

"32:-ALCATRAZ ISLAND. FEDERAL PRISON ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY / SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA" unused linen from Smith News. $2.50 pc

"33 LOCHES. -- Le Donjon. - L'Entrée" unused sepia-tone with good contrast, album impressions at the corners. $2.50 pf

"33  LOCHES. -- Le Donjon. -- L'Entrée et la Tour Louis XI. -- LL." black & white, heavily toned back. $1.00 pf

"37 NANTES - Le Palais de Justice et la Prison" black & white on green back from booklet, unused, toning along back edges. $2.00 pf

"378. - Le Donjon de Vincennes" in Val-de-Marne France, exterior in black & white, undivided back, unused, fairly fresh. $5.50 pf

"40 LOCHES. -- Le Donjon. -- Le Cachot de Cardinal de la Balue. -- LL" black & white, unused. $2.00 pf

"4038 -- COUR DE LA CONCIERGERIE. -- Les fenêtres du fond sont celles des cachots oú furent / (Voir la suite au dos.)" black & white, unused, toned back, soft corners. $2.00 p

"4069 -- PARIS. -- LA CONCIERGERIE. -- Galerie du XIIIe siècle, dite 'la Rue de Paris'. ND. Phot." black & white interior, unused, lightly toned front, lightly toned back. $1.50 pf

    "41 LOCHES. -- Donjon. -- Cachot du Duc d'Alençon. - LL." A striking image in black & white, unused carte postale. $3.00 fpi

"419 - CLISSON (Loire-Inf.) - Intérieur de Donjon du Château / Cette noble enceinte où tant de heros…" black & white on green back from booklet, unused, toned back edges. $2.00 pf

"44 CLISSON - Le Château - Intérieur de la Prison des femmes" showing the interior of the women's prison there, black & white on green back, one serrated edge (from booklet), unusual subject matter, light toning on back edges. $3.50 pfi

"468. NANTES -- Cour du Château / Entrée du Donjon" showing the dungeon entrance, black & white, unused, minor wear at one corner. $1.75 p

"4702. - CHATEAU DE TARASCON / (B.-du-R.)" showing an exterior corner, unused black & white postcard from a booklet, light toning on back from the printing process itself. Served as a French military prison for a long time, until 1932. $2.00 f(t)p NEW / NEU / NY

    "571  PARIS. -- La Conciergerie. -- The 'Conciergerie' (prison). -- LL." including much traffic on the bridge nearby, unused carte postale with green back from booklet, noticeable wear along one short edge, fresh colors. $3.00 f(p)p

"6. TOWER OF LONDON H. M. Office of Works / Bell Tower" sepia-tone from Harrison & Sons, unused, album adherences on back. $2.00 pe

"691 CHAMBERY - Le Château - Tour du Donjon" exterior, black & white on green back, unused, toned back edges. $2.00 pf

"8--Lancaster County Jail, Lancaster, Pa." showing its exterior, linen postcard mailed 1951 by Mrs. Marietta Holmes of Connersville Indiana, tiny spot of light toning in upper front border, good edges. $3.25 p(l)p

"8 LOCHES. -- Le Donjon côté sud-est / (XIe et XIIe siècles).--ND Phot." black & white post card, unused, soft corners. $2.00

    "8 BIRKADEM (Algérie) -- La Colonie Agricole" showing a penitentiary gate & a guard, sepia tone carte postale with green back. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

"80 AIGUES-MORTES - La Salle des Prisonniers Huguenots / Tour de Constance.-ND" black & white, very late usage in US, corner & edge wear. $1.50 pf

    "86 LOCHES. -- Le Donjon. -- Salle de Tortures (XVe siècle). -- XIIe siècle, devenu prison d'État depuis Louis XI…" black & white, unused, fairly fresh. $2.50 pf

"87 LOCHES. -- Le Donjon. -- Cachot de Philippe de Commines, favori de Louis XI, et Collier de fer…" (the area for dangerous prisoners) black & white on green back, unused, internal crease, corner crease. $1.50 pf

"87 LOCHES. -- Le Donjon. -- Cachot de Philippe de Commines, favori de Louis XI, / et Collier de fer que l'on passait au cou des prisonniers dangereux. -- LL." black & white, unused, one uneven edge (from booklet separation), fairly fresh. $2.00 pf

    "5 /  - Saint-Porchaired (Ch.-Inf. / Le Chãteau de La Roche-Courbon / Façade Est et le Donjon" Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

"90090 'STATE PENITENTIARY' BISMARCK, N. D." unused real photo with good focus. $4.75 pn

"A 136 - Inspection of Prisoners, Bilibid Prison, Manila, Philippines" including a large prison band with 2 tuba players, color, unused, corner & edge wear. $10.00 pmp

    "A Dakota Pen--Sioux Falls, S. D." showing the exterior circa 1905, black & white on undivided back, mild wear at one corner, small corner crease, short IC. This prison is bigger now, of course. $9.00 sp

    "Aeroplane View of New York State Reformatory, Elmira, N. Y." as it looked in 1938, linen postcard with corner bend. $2.25 (np)

    "Annex, Ohio State Penitentiary, / Columbus, Ohio" showing 4 guards relaxing by playing checkers & playing the guitar, beds nearby; unused color post card from S. E. Harriman, made in Germany, bottom corners creased (1 weakened), mild corner wear otherwise, lightly toned back. $8.00 o(c)ppm NEW / NEU / NY

"A view from the well shaft some 45 feet under- /   ground in the dungeons at Old New-Gate, / colonial and State prison 1773-1827" in Connecticut(?), unused chrome from Clifford Scoffield, fairly fresh. $2.00 pi

"A-11 OHIO STATE PENITENTIARY, COLUMBUS, OHIO" Curteich linen mailed there 1943, light amount of cancel ink on front, soft corners, large ink smear on back. $1.50 po

"Administration Building, Southern Michigan State Prison" at Jackson, chrome, writing on back dates to 1974, minor corner wear. $1.50 pm

"Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, sepia-tone Ekc real photo from Piggott Photo, fairly fresh. $4.50 cp

"ALCATRAZ ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO BAY / CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO IN DISTANCE" black & white from J. C. Bardell, unused, fairly fresh. $3.00 pc

"ALCATRAZ ISLAND / Resembling a huge battleship Alcatraz / Island is known as 'the rock'…" black & white from J. C. Bardell, unused, fairly fresh. $2.00 pc

    "Alcatraz San Francisco California" as seen from above, unused linen from Smith News Co., slight yellowing of the paper with age, corner crease. $2.00 c(a)p+ NEW / NEU / NY

"ARIZONA TERRITORIAL PRISON / YUMA" exterior from photo by Charles P. Kendall, chrome, unused, 2 small areas of toning on back, top edge wear. $1.50 pa%

    "ASSOUAN / Carl Neufeld, / le prisonnier du Mahdi" showing him with a monkey on a balcony in the Sudan, color, much 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 ps

"AUBURN, N. Y. THE PRISON GATES." color from C. S. Woolworth & Co., circa 1910, unused, pencil writing on back, minor corner wear & rounding. $3.75 pn

"B.1 TOWER OF LONDON H.M. Office of Works / YEOMAN GAOLER IN STATE DRESS WITH AXE" ST, unused, small corner crease, minor corner wear. $3.00 pe

"B.2 TOWER OF LONDON H.M. Office of Works /   YEOMAN WARDENS IN STATE DRESS" ST, unused, minor corner wear & rounding. $3.50 pe

"B.3 TOWER OF LONDON H.M. Office of Works / THE MIDDLE TOWER" ST, unused, minor corner wear & rounding. $3.50 pe

"B.4 TOWER OF LONDON H.M. Office of Works / WHITE TOWER, ST. JOHN'S CHAPEL" ST, unused, minor corner wear & rounding. $3.50

"B.5 TOWER OF LONDON / BEAUCHAMP TOWER-- INSCRIPTION" in Latin dated 1564, sepia-tone from Harrison & Sons, unused. $2.00 pe

    "B.6 TOWER OF LONDON H.M. Office of Works / THE BYWARD TOWER" sepia-tone photogravure from Harrison & Sons, unused. Faint corner crease. $1.75 pe+

"Bankers Row, Ohio Penitentiary, / Columbus Ohio" interior showing the stacked cells in color from S. F. Harriman, made in Germany, used there 1909, corner wear & rounding. $8.50 po(c)i. Same but unused, faint album impressions at the corner, more fresh with good edges. $10.00 po(c)i&

"Bari - Giardini Isabella d'Aragona" in Italy, color, Ediz. Favia, typed writing on back explains in English this is a castle that was once converted to a prison. $2.00 pi%

    "Batholomew County Buildings -- Jail and Court House, Columbus, Indiana /   73834" including a few autos, linen postcard with writing on back, tiny spot in lower left front border. $2.75 ipc

    "Beatrice Cenci in Carcere. / Leonardi.  Roma." art showing an imprisoned noblewoman & some men (inquisitors?), printed in Italy, unused. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg (261,262 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 spi%

"BLOODY TOWER-- / View of Raleigh's Walk, so called, as it was along / here that he was allowed exercise…" black & white postcard from Gale & Polden, caption on front very hard to read so ours is from the back, unused, numbered 1363 on the back, toned back. $1.75 p

    "CABIN BOY'S ATTEMPTED ESCAPE / Fort Warren was used for confinement of some 800 / Confederate prisoners during the Civil War..." unused chrome post card depicting an oil painting, unusual subject matter. Dark image for night time. $3.00 cp

    "CAMP DE PRISONNIERS PRÈS DE VERDUN /  Septembre 1917 / (Ph. M. D.)" showing numerous prisoners in an outdoor prison in France, black & white postcard with green back, from Helio Marotte Paris, writing on back. $7.25 pfw*

"Carcel 'Jail.' C. Juarez, Mexico." post card mailed 1923 from San Antonio, 3 corner creases, tiny cancel ink spots on face, edge wear. $1.75 Mailed 1922 from Socorro New Mexico, LBT, minor corner & edge wear, tiny cancel ink spots on face. $3.00 p

    "Carcel Municipal /  Nogáles, Son. - / MF 115" in Mexico, unused sepia-tone real photo postcard, small spot of light toning on back, good edges, slight curl to paper. $6.00 pm

"Carcel Publica / Public Jail No. 7 / Tijuana B.C. Mex." Unused DOPS real photo post card, small spot of toning at top front edge. $4.00 pm

"CARCEL / JAIL / C. JUAREX CHIH. MEX" sepia-tone real photo postcard, mailed there 1935 to Kansas, album paste marks on back, stamp damaged. $3.75 pm

"CHARLOTTE CORDAY. -- Gravure de A. LAMOTTE, d'après MULLER / G1 LL. MUSÉE DU HAVRE" showing the woman who killed Marat at a barred window, ST, writing on back explains in English. $2.50 pn

"Cité de Carcassonne / Logis de l'Inquisition - Salle de torture ou / d'interrogatoire…" in Aude department of France, black & white, unused. A chilling sight even when not in use. $3.75 pf

    "CITY JAIL / Juarez, Mexico" sepia-tone real photo post card mailed 1929 in Arizona, one corner badly creased, another toned in border area. $4.00 pm

"COIT MEMORIAL TOWER ON TELEGRAPH HILL, ALCATRAZ ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIF. 39" unused linen postcard from Stanley A. Piltz Co. $1.50 pc

"COLLECTION DU CHATEAU D'IF Le Donjon, côté nord" near Marseilles France, black & white post card with cachet of the prison handstamped on the front (a few letters faint), unused. $2.00 p

"COLONIAL GAOL, STOCKS AND PILLORTY WILLIAMSBURG, VA." monochromatic blue postcard from the Color Shop, unused, yellowish paper. $2.00 pv

"Convict Quarries, Portland" with some interesting equipment too, color post card circa 1915, printed in Great Britain, fairly fresh. $11.00 pm

    "CONVICTS IN PARK, MINNESOTA STATE PRISON /  Copyright 1909…" color from W. C. Heilbron, unused, light toning on back, trivial corner & edge wear. Most unusual subject matter. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 pm(u)

    "COURTYARD AND PRISON ROOMS IN THE CABILDO /  NEW ORLEANS, LA. --151" unused linen, NCN. $2.00

"Den Haag -- Gevangenpoort / Ijeren Kamer (Iron room)" interior showing the rack for prisoners, black & white from van der Horst, unused. $2.50 p

"Die fünfte Ecke des Turmes von Innnen." Showing weapons used to execute prisoners, black & white, undivided back, mailed from Bavaria to New Jersey, corner wear & rounding, lightly toned back, light album impressions at the corners. $6.50 p

"Dinant Pri- / son improvisée / par les Allemands, le / 23 août 1914…" in Belgium, lengthy historical caption in French, sepia-tone from booklet, mailed there 1920, much soil both sides, as is. $1.25 pb

"DINING ROOM MICHIGAN STATE PRISON JACKSON MICH. SEATING CAPACITY 800" color, mailed there 1910, wear at one corner. $9.50 pi

"East Cell Room, Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, Ill." Including some prisoners & guards, color from V. O. Hammon, unused, album marks on back, corner wear & rounding. $20.00 pii

"Eppelein's Gefängnis." With many different handcuffs on the wall, sepia-tone from E. Nister, undivided back, unused, trivial edge wear. $6.75 p

    "Front View, Overlooking Lily Pond, Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, Ill. /   74425-N" white-border era, unused, small corner crease, minor corner wear, slight yellowing of the paper with age on back. $4.00 ip

"Garrett County Court House and Jail, Oakland, Md." color, circa 1915, unique card from printer's files noting style price and stock number, minor edge wear. $15.00 pm

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"Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, Ill. Prisoners Marching" color from V. O. Hammon, unused, 2 corners worn. $15.00 pi

    "In the Beauchamp Tower. Tower of London" black & white from Gale & Polden, unused, lightly toned back, trivial corner & edge wear. $2.00 pe Same but costumed people added as shown, heavily toned back. $2.25 pe

"INDIANA STATE PRISON / Michigan City, Indiana" exterior, chrome from Harvey's Studio, unused postcard, small corner crease. $1.50 pi

    "Interior of Jail, Matamoros, Mexico" showing several men in a courtyard with a well, clothes hung out to dry, etc.; color postcard from Grombach-Faisans Co., made in Germany, unused, light corner & edge wear, interesting. Caption does not make it clear whether it is the Matamoros in Coahuila, Puebla or Tamaulipas state. $9.50 pm(g)

"Interior View of Cell House, Illinois State Penitentiary at Stateville, near Joliet, Ill." color post card from Harry F. Beach, white-border era, unused. $12.00 pii

"IRAN - YAZD / Madrese ye Ziaieh. (Eskandar's Prison)" unused oversize (nearly 5"x7") postcard, near mint & ready to frame. (2 available) $1.75 each. ip NEW / NEU / NY

"IT'S QUIET HERE AND AM  C-38 / GREETINGS FROM HARTFORD CITY, IND.  UNFORTUNATELY DETAINED" with drawing of prisoner fastened to large ball & chain, linen postcard from C. T. General Comics, unused, trivial corner wear. $1.75 pi

    "Jackson, Mich. State Prison, interior, old cell blocks" color from Hugh Leighton, post card mailed there 1910, two worn corners. $7.50 pmi

    "Kitchen, Auburn Prison, Auburn, N. Y." color postcard from Wm. Jubb Co., unused, minor corner wear & rounding. $9.50 pin

"Knox County Jail, Vincennes, Ind." with an exterior corner view in color, postcard mailed AUG 11 1908 (bold VINCENNES, IND. TR. CLERK cancel) to Cincinnati Ohio, light toning on front, minor corner & edge wear. $8.50 ip-i

"Les Chevaliers revenant vainqueurs des combats… /   58 - CLISSON (L.-Inf.) - Donjon du Château" showing the exterior, black & white post card with green back, unused, one uneven edge (from booklet separation), lightly toned back. $2.00 pf

    "Lucas County Jail, Toledo, Ohio" color post card mailed 1913, writing on front. $4.50

"MANSFIELD, O. /  REFORMATORY / KITCHEN" vintage postcard reproduced by the Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society & copyrighted in 1996, near mint. (2 available) $2.50 each. opc

    "No. 228 Convicts weaving palm fibres in the Penitentiary. Puebla. Mexico…" also captioned in Spanish, color post card from F. Martin, unused. $17.00 pmi

"OHIO STATE PENITENTIARY" linen era, no postcard back instead view of Neil House and A. I. U. Tower--all in Columbus Ohio. $1.00 po

"OHIO STATE PENITENTIARY, COLUMBUS, OHIO." color from MacFarlane, circa 1915, printed in Germany, unused, brownish paper, corner wear & rounding. $4.00 po Same but more reddish sky & less brownish paper. $4.50 po

"OLD U.S. FEDERAL PRISON, FORT LEAVENWORTH, KAS." color with caption in light pink, mailed there 1905, extraneous writing on back. $5.00 pk

"Ontario Boy's Training School, Preston--Galt Road" black & white view on back of another (St. Paul's United Church there), once in a fold-out booklet. $1.25 po

"OURO PRÊTO_Praca Tiradentes, Vendo de A Ex Penitenciaria (No 15)" in Brasil, unused real photo, fairly fresh. $4.50 pb

    "PORTAGE COUNTY COURT HOUSE AND JAIL, RAVENNA, OHIO." white-border era, circa 1919, mailed but no postmark, 2 corner creases, corner wear & rounding, toning at front corners from album contact, a few tiny spots of cancel ink in the front sky. $3.25 o(r)cp

    "Presbyterian Church, Mason, Mich." including a glimpse of the jail at the extreme left, sepia-tone Devolite Peerless real photo post card with good focus, pertinent writing on back. $4.00 mp+

"PROVIDENCE SPRING / ANDERSONVILLE PRISON PARK / Andersonville, Georgia" chrome postcard with good color mailed 1968. $1.00 pg

"Pub. by Harck & Addison MICHIGAN STATE PRISON, JACKSON, MICH." exterior in black & white post card, undivided back, unused, minor corner wear & rounding. $6.00 pm

"Public Gaol, Williamsburg, Virginia / Blackbeard's Pirates, captured in 1718…" showing tourists being photographed in the stocks, chrome postcard mailed there 1956, trivial corner & edge wear. (2 available) $1.50 each. pv

"Published by D. M. Yost & Co., Norristown, Pa. /   MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRISON, NORRISSTOWN, PA." black & white phototype, undivided back post card, album marks on back, good edges. $6.00 pp

    "QUAINT COUNTY JAIL (1823), /  WARRENTON, VA." Unused sepia-tone Collotype postcard, browning of paper with age, 2 tiny corner creases. $3.00 vpc+

    "RALEIGH N. C. / Governor's / Mansion." Tuck Raphotype postcard No. 5069, mailed there 1906, corner & edge wear, cancel ink in front sky, spot of toning at one back corner. Made by convict labor, some of whose initials are carved into its bricks. $4.75 n(r)tps NEW / NEU / NY

"ROADWAY TO DETENTION GROUP / U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS" black & white from Gold's Art Studio, black & white, unused, heavily toned front, heavily toned back. $1.25 pim

"'s-Gravenhage. / Gevangenpoort. Pijnkelder de Drup. / (Cellar of torture)." black & white from van der Horts, unused. $4.50 pn

"SOLITARY CORRIDOR, ILLINOIS STATE PENETENTIARY, JOLIET, ILL." With a couple of guards, color from V. O. Hammon, unused, trivial edge wear. $12.00 pii

"South View / Showing Guard Tower." black & white on undivided back, unused, trivial corner wear. $4.00 p

"Stronachlachar Hotel, Rob Roy's Prison and Ben Venue" black & white with red caption, unused. $2.00 p

    "THE BRITISH CONVICT SHIP 'SUCCESS' OLDEST SHIP AFLOAT, / LAUNCHED AT MOULMEIN, BURMAH 1790 / PRISONER RECEIVING / 100 LASHES WITH CAT O'NINE TAILS" with convict & guard spectators, unused sepia-tone, 2 corner creases (1 small), corner & edge wear, paper browning with age. Unusual subject matter. 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 pssbh

    "THE BRITISH CONVICT SHIP 'SUCCESS' OLDEST SHIP AFLOAT, / LAUNCHED AT MOULMEIN, BURMAH 1790 / ORIGINAL / INSTRUMENTS OF TORTURE" including an iron maiden & whipping post of clever design, unused sepia-tone, small corner crease, corner & edge wear, paper browning with age. Unusual subject matter. 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 pssbh

    "The Dining Room, New Michigan State Prison, Jackson, Mich. / 4358-29" including many prisoners & workers, white-border era post card from Beardsley, unused, trivial corner wear, interesting. Shown. $16.00 pmi. Same, but heavy album marks on back. $12.50 pmi

"The Hospice in Simplon, Swiss Alps.--This building is / historic in many ways, being once used as a prison for / famous political prisoners of France and Italy…" color, unused, minor corner wear, lightly toned back. $1.75 ps

    "The Kitchen, New Michigan State Prison, Jackson, Mich." including several workers, white-border era from Beardsley, unused, album marks on back, interesting. $17.50 pm. Same but long crease, 3 soft corners, writing on front (signed Edna Powers Grantsburg) in lower border. $9.00 pmic

"THE OLD GAOL - YORK MAINE" showing an interior that must have been their kitchen, real photo from Eastern Publishing Co., unused. $2.00 pm

"The Old Keep, Cardiff" in Wales, color exterior, British made, toned back, wear at one corner. $1.75 pw

"The Penitentiary, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. --32" mailed there 1938, one corner badly creased, another corner crease. $2.00 po

"The Public Gaol, Williamsburg, Virginia" unused Curteich linen. (2 available) $2.00 each. pv

"THE PUBLIC GAOL, Williamsburg, Virginia. Blackbeard's /  Pirates, captured in 1718, were…" showing the pillory at which people pose for pictures. $1.25 pv

"The Tower of London" color from Gordon Smith, mailed 1905 in France, writing on front, corner wear & rounding, faint but long corner crease. $2.75 pe

"The Tower of London" from a distance including the river, ST, numbered 4 on the back, publisher undisclosed, unused. $2.00 pe

"The Tower of London / …Series 36" signed Schmidt art, mailed to New York in 1905, lightly toned back, corner & edge wear, light amount of cancel ink on front. $4.50 pae

"The Traitors' Gate." At the Tower of London, color from Cassell's Art, unused, lightly toned back. $2.75 pe

"Thomaston, Maine, St. George River and Bridge showing Prison" color on undivided back mailed from Naples in 1907, printed in Germany, several creases, considerable corner rounding, front toning noticeable in sky, as is. $2.00 mp

"Tour de la Prison Chinon" black & white with red caption, undivided back, unused, fairly fresh. $5.00 pf

"TOWER OF LONDON" black & white from the London Stereoscopic Company, unused, soft corners. $1.00 pe

    "TOWER OF LONDON 15" from a distance, sepia-tone real photo, unused, brownish paper, minor wear to bottom corners. $3.25 pe

"Tower of London, Aerial View / A fortress built by William the Conqueror..." continental from J. Arthur Dixon, photogravure, unused, fresh appearance. $1.00 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON AND TOWER BRIDGE" black & white from London Stereoscopic, unused, grayish paper, album marks on front. $1.75 pe

"Tower of London" black & white from Gale & Polden, unused, minor corner & edge wear. $1.75 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON" from a distance, sepia-tone from London Stereoscopic, unused, lightly toned back, corner wear & rounding. $2.00 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON" sepia-tone view of the complex from a distance, from London Stereoscopic, unused, lightly toned back. $2.75 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON. BELL AND BYWARD TOWERS." black & white from London Stereoscopic, unused, fairly fresh. $2.00 pe. Faint bend at one corner & mild corner & edge wear. $1.25 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON. BLOODY AND WAKEFIELD TOWERS." Exterior in black & white from London Stereoscopic, unused, wear at one corner. $1.50 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON.  D-108" real photo with good contrast from A. V. Fry & Co., mailed at Clapham to Easington Colliery, rough edges as issued. $1.25 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON. ROYAL CHAPEL OF St. JOHN" black & white interior from London Stereoscopic, unused, faint album marks on back. $1.50 pei

"TOWER OF LONDON. St PETER'S CHURCH" black & white interior from London Stereoscopic, unused. $2.00 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON TRAITORS GATE & THE GUN CARRIAGE USED TO CONVEY THE BODY OF THE LATE QUEEN VICTORIA" black & white from London Stereoscopic, unused, good edges. $2.00 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON. WHITE TOWER FROM SOUTH." black & white from London Stereoscopic, unused, good edges. $1.25 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON. / 10. St. Peter's Chapel. Interior looking east. / Rebuilt by Henry VIII, c. 1530…" black & white, unused, small spot of toning both sides. $1.50 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON. / 11. The Bloody Tower: Raleigh's Walk. Sir / Walter Raleigh…" black & white, unused, fairly fresh. $2.00 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON. / 12. Byward Gate. View looking outwards across / the moat…" black & white, unused, fairly fresh. $2.00 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON. / 3. General view from the south bank of the Thames." black & white, unused, fairly fresh. $2.00 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON. / 4. St. John's Chapel in the White Tower. Interior / looking east…" black & white, unused, fairly fresh. $2.00 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON. / 5. St. Thomas's Tower: Traitors' Gate. The / Watergate…" black & white with good contrast, unused, fairly fresh. $2.00 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON. / 6. Bell Tower. Built in the 13^th Century. So called…" black & white exterior, unused, fairly fresh. $2.00

"TOWER OF LONDON. / 7. St. John's Chapel in the White Tower…" black & white interior, unused. $2.00 pei

"TOWER OF LONDON. / 8. White Tower. View in Horse Armoury." black & white, unused & interesting. $2.00 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON. / Bloody Tower. / Interior, showing old fireplace…" black & white from Gale & Polden, numbered 1366 on back, unused, minor wear at 2 corners, 3 small toned areas on back. $1.50 pe

"Tower of London. / Traitors' Gate / This derives its /   name from the / fact that…" black & white from Gale & Polden, undivided back, unused, lightly toned front, lightly toned back. $3.75 pe

"Tower of London.--Sub-Crypt of the White tower. / One of the dungeons in which prisoners were incarcerated." Including a group of stylishly dressed visitors for contrast, black & white from Gale & Polden, unused. $3.00 pe&

"TOWER OF LONDON / Beauchamp Tower--Inscription" in Latin date 1564, ST, unused, tiny spots at front edges. $1.75 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON / Bloody Tower. / This Tower dates from the reign of Edward / III…" black & white exterior from Gale & Polden, numbered 1368 on back, lightly toned back. $2.00 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON / Bloody Tower. / View of Raleigh's Walk, so called, as it was…" black & white from Gale & Polden, numbered 1363 on back, unused, lightly toned back, corner wear & rounding. $1.50 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON. BYWARD TOWER FROM S.W." black & white from London Stereoscopic, unused, album marks on back. $1.25 pe

"TOWER OF LONDON / Entrance to Bloody Tower" sepia-tone from HM Office of Works, unused. $2.00 pe

"Tower of / London / Gateway / of the / Bloody / Tower /  Showing the / only Port-eullis now / in working /  order…" black & white from Gale & Polden, undivided back, unused, light toning along front edges, lightly toned back. $3.75 pe

"Tower of / London. / Guard / Mounting / on / Tower Green" black & white from Gale & Polden, undivided back, unused, soft corners, lightly toned back. $3.75

"Tower of / London. / Interior of / first floor / of the /  Beauchamp / Tower / Many of the stones / bear inscriptions / engraved by for- / mer prisoners" black & white, circa 1910, unused, light album marks on front, ink line on back. $3.50 pe

    "Tower of / London. / Sub-Crypt / of the / White Tower" showing 6 well-dressed people for scale, black & white unused postcard, toned back due to album contact. $3.50 pei

"Tower of London: Traitor's Gate. / This gate beneath St. Thomas Tower…" signed art in color from Gale & Polden, numbered 1828 on back, unused, minor corner & edge wear. $2.00 pe

    "U. S. Military Prison, Leavenworth, Kansas" color, circa 1915, unused, corner wear & rounding, toned back. $3.75 pkm

"U. S. NAVAL PRISON, PORTSMOUTH NAVY YARD, PORTSMOUTH, N. H." linen mailed there 1932, trivial corner & edge wear. $2.75 pmn

"View in Juarez, Mex. Jail in Rear." color, mailed 1913 in US, a little extraneous writing on back, corner & edge wear. $4.00 pm

"We will detain / you only for a / moment" comic art shows pilloried man, number 606 from J. Koehler, mailed 1904, a little extraneous writing on back, scrapes affecting art, as is. $0.50 p

"Wish You Could Join Us" with aerial view of Alcatraz prison, chrome, mailed, tiny corner crease, minor corner wear. $1.00 c(a)p

"Wish you were here!" showing Alcatraz Island, chrome from Roberts Color, mailed 1955, much corner & edge wear. $1.50 pc

"Withington Cooley Shops from Prison, Jackson, Mich." color from Drake Bros., circa 1915, unused. $4.00 pm

"WOMEN INMATES IN PRISON YARD, MINNESOTA / STATE PRISON" with several women seated on chairs with their backs facing the viewer; color post card published by W. C. Heilbron, mailed 1911, recipient crumpled it causing multiple creases--probably in anger at being asked 'Do you remember this place?' Most unusual subject matter. The only time we can recall seeing women inmates on classic postcards. As is. $20.00 pm(u) NEW / NEU / NY

"WORLD'S LARGEST WALLED PRISON, ENCLOSED AREA 57 1 / 2 ACRES, JACKSON, MICHIGAN--23" unused linen post card, minor wear at one corner. $3.00 pms

    "Yper Het Gevang. / La Prison. / Ypres The Prison" sepia-tone postcard from Nels, unused, serrated edge from booklet. $2.00 pb

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    "53736  Bad Aachen - Ponttor" including a few pedestrians, black & white echte Photographie postcard, unused, good focus & composition, trivial corner wear. In Prussia, now North Rhine-Westphalia. $5.00 spn NEW / NEU / NY

    "6392 / Prinzessin August Wilhelm von Preussen / und Prinz Alexander Ferdinand" posed close together to emphasize the familial similarities, unused sepia-tone real photo postcard with matte finish, paper browning evenly with age, light album marks at the back corners, tiny spot of toning near the lower left front corner. $12.00 pr(p) NEW / NEU / NY

"64507  Goslar a. Harz - Kaiserworth" sepia-tone real photo post card showing its exterior, small spots of toning noticeable in the sky at the right, nibbled edges that thankfully spared the central image. As is. In Prussia. $1.25 sp

"Bad Aachen - Rathaus" showing its exterior in vertical format, sepia-tone postcard numbered 57208 on back,  published by Stengel, mailed there but stamp removed (taking the date information with it), minor rounding to the corners does not affect the image, faint internal crease near a bottom corner. In Prussia, now North Rhine-Westphalia. $2.50 sp

    "Corbach i. Waldeck.  Am Ensertor." real photo (echte Photographie) postcard mailed there TCV 27.7.30 to Berwyn Illinois (cancels well struck front & back), good focus & contrast for details, 2 small corner creases (1 is just tangential to the image). $4.75 p-g NEW / NEU / NY

    "Die beiden ältesten Söhne unseres / Kronprinzenpaares. / Prinz Wilhelm  Prinz Louis Ferdinand" showing 2 Prussian princes at play on a beach, unused sepia-tone real photo post card with good edges. $15.00 prc NEW / NEU / NY

"Evangelische Akademie Loccum  Haupteingang" with 4 automobiles (3 are Volkswagens) parked outside, real photo postcard mailed  (3 stamps tied by fancy cancel depicting a church)to Ohio, small corner crease not into the image, small light spot of toning at edge of both sides, another small spot of toning affects only the back. $2.25 p NEW / NEU / NY

"GEBURSTHAUS VON FRIEDERIKE KRÜGER.  WOLLEBERSTR. 35 / FRIEDLAND I. M." with an inset at the upper left front corner giving details of her life, sepia-tone Postkarte mailed at Friedland 2.12.22 with 2 3-pfg. stamps, long horizontal crease is surprisingly inconspicuous. $2.00 pg NEW / NEU / NY

"Goslar a. Harz.  Kaiserhaus u. Steinberg, 479 Meter." color post card mailed there -3.5.12 (almost complete cancel on 10-pfg. Germania stamp) to Washington D.C., trivial corner wear, very faint album impressions at the corners. $5.00 p NEW / NEU / NY

"GOSLAR A. HARZ. Marktplatz m. Rathaus" including a few pedestrians, black & white Postkarte mailed there -8.12.11 (crisp cancel ties 10-pfg. Germania stamp) to Washington D.C., one bottom corner multiply creased, the other bottom corner with 2 small creases, minor corner wear, speckles of cancel ink on front. $1.50 p NEW / NEU / NY

    "Goslar. Altdeutsches Gildehaus" showing the exterior of the hotel, black-and-white post card with undivided back, annotation on back by a guest, good edges. $10.00 p

    "Gruss aus Altona / No 2 / Verlag v. H. Carly, Hamburg." showing the Central-Bahnhof and Post in color, mailed there 1 January 1898 to Tacoma Washington (2 5-pfg stamps with light hand cancels, JAN 18 receiving mark on front clearly struck), corners with small creases, small spots of discoloration at the top center & left front edges, minor edge wear. $10.00 gpp NEW / NEU / NY

    "Gruss aus Posen / st. Martin-Strasse" monochromatic green image with brown captioning on an unused undivided back postcard, one bottom corner with multiple creases. 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 pg

    "GRUSS aus THORN." multiview Postkarte with 5 river-related images, including the Eisenbahnbrücke & long rafts; published by Ottmar Zieher, mailed there -4.7.99 (clear hand cancel on German 5-pfg stamp) to Weingarten Württemberg (clear receiving mark 2 days later), small faint corner crease not into any image, paper yellowing consistent with age. $16.50 pg-g NEW / NEU / NY

      "Gruss von der Victorshöhe bei Mirchau. /  (Kassubische Schweiz, Kreis Carthaus.)" wonderful art showing couple strolling through the highlands overlooking the Mirachowo, Verlag von Otto Ehlers, postkarte mailed there June 1899 to Berlin (5-pf German stamp tied by clear cancel, clear receiving mark), corner & edge wear. Carthaus is now Kartuzy in the western part of Prussia. $25.00 ppg-p%

    "Kloster Arnsburg (Kapitelsaal)." signed art on color postcard from Emil Roth in 1907, unused postcard, very light toning on back from printing process, faint album marks on back. Nice. Arnsburg is in North-Rhine Westphalia, formerly Prussia. $2.50 apn

    "La Guerre de 1914. / L. C. H. Paris / Officier prussien prisonnier en gare de Champigny / Prussian officer prisoner at Champigny railway station" black & white carte postale with number written in ink near stamp box, corners deliberately rounded with scissors, lightly toned back. $9.50 f(c)pw NEW / NEU / NY

"LANGENFELD 1179 m - GASTHOF STERN  2727" showing its exterior, unused real photo post card, minor corner wear. $3.00 p NEW / NEU / NY

    "Ostseebad Binz auf Rügen mit Hotel Dünenhaus" showing a beachfront, sepia-tone real photo Postkarte mailed there 1933 to Baden, sender put x's over his hotel on front, small tear at the bottom (mostly in border) closes well, tiny corner crease not into image, mild corner wear, paper clip indentation in top margin. $3.50 p NEW / NEU / NY

    "Park-Hôtel / Teufelsbrücke / ... / HAMBURG - ALTONA" multiview Postkarte in color mailed 1901 to Paris, 3 tiny corner creases, paper clip indent near top center, many tiny speckles of toning on back, former owners name written on back. $6.50 pm NEW / NEU / NY

"Potsdam.  Neues Palais.  Die Commune." circa 1912 color postcard with very late usage at Potsdam Ohio, minor corner & edge wear. $4.50 p NEW / NEU / NY

"Traben - Trarbach / Mosel" showing the river valley from a high vantage point, in vertical format; unused postcard, echte Fotographie, small corner crease, lightly toned both sides. $2.25 p

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    "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. 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 phb

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    "© 1909 by Waldrop Photographic Co., San Juan, Porto Rico. / HAT VENDORS IN SAN JUAN." one with a loaded burro, the other carrying the load himself; unused color postcard, toning in front border corners from album mounting, long corner crease not too conspicuous. 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 pp(h)

    "11 / UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO / Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico" unused chrome post card with fresh appearance. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original area) & enhanced 100-dpi scan in .jpg (318,420 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 pc

    "Bahia de San Juan, P. R. / View of Bay, San Juan, P. R." unused color postcard, circa 1910, made in Germany, black album adherences at the corners. $7.00 p

    "CARRYING BANANAS TO THE MARKET, PUERTO RICO   5" linen sent free by a serviceman to the US, trivial corner rounding. 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 (p)

    "COFFEE PLANTATION PORTO RICO" sepia-tone real photo postcard with brownish paper on back, considerable corner & edge wear, image has good focus & contrast, slight oxidation suggests 1920's. Interesting. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg (269,309 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 pa!

"CONDADO BEACH HOTEL / SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, U.S.A. / 'THE ENCHANTED ISLAND'" unused chrome postcard with good color. (2 available) $1.00 each

    "CONDADO VANDERBILT HOTEL, SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO   111571" as seen from the water, white-border era, front fairly fresh. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg (443,330 bytes) or .tif format. $1.75 p

"Cutting Sugar Cane at Ponce, Puerto Rico / Color by Louis Dormand / El Corte de la Cana, en Ponce, Puerto Rico." chrome postcard mailed 1962, tiny corner crease. $1.50 pa

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"K4GTH" Santurce QSL on US postal reply card (1-c Martha Washington indicia) mailed 1940 to Ohio, 2 long but faint vertical creases, cancel ink across front, toning along right front edge, as is. $2.00 p

"KP4AXM" Fort Allen QSL postcard used 1975 at the Naval Communication Station there, attractive Earth seen from space design, tape residue at top front center. $1.50 p!

"KP4BR" San Juan QSL postcard with Pan American World Airways Clipper advertising, mailed 1949 by operator Phil B. Collins, some cancel ink on front, one bottom corner with multiples creases. $1.50 pa

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"KP4EO" shortwave (28 MC) Fort Buchanan QSL card used 1948 by operator Felix Misclichi, paper browning unevenly with age. $2.00 p

"KP4FF" 2-color Henry Barracks QSL card used 1947 by operator José J. Colón, tiny spot of ink on front obscures nothing. $2.50 p

    "KP4FP" Fort Brooke, San Juan QSL postcard mused there 1948 by operator Art Bickhart at the Post Engineer Office, trivial wear at one corner, lightly toned back. Attractive Mores code graphics on front supplies the sender's call sign in red dashes & dots. $3.00 p NEW / NEU / NY

"KP4FP" 2-color San Juan QSL postcard mailed NOV 15 1948 at APO 851 (somewhat light but readable cancel) by operator A. Bickhart at the Post Engineer Office, tiny spot of light toning at front bottom edge. $2.50 p-a NEW / NEU / NY

"KP4GP" Arecibo QSL postal card (1-c Jefferson with mostly clear machine cancel) on brownish paper, mailed there July 31 1948 by operator Jose E. Munoz, a little cancel ink on front. $2.50 p-p

    "KP4GS" QSL postcard with Pan American World Airways Clipper advertising, mailed 1949 by operator James 'Jim' Calderon in San Juan Puerto Rico, some cancel ink on front, one bottom corner with multiples bends. $2.00 pa NEW / NEU / NY

"KP4IH" San Juan QSL postcard with large hobby-related cartoon art & lettering in red, mailed 1949 by operator Charles 'Chuck' Harding of Pan American Airways, small corner crease, minor wear at 2 other corners. $3.00 pa NEW / NEU / NY

"KP4IV" Roosevelt Roads QSL card with flying eagle background design, mailed at Roosevelt Roads Station of San Juan JAN 30 1950 (clear & complete hand cancel) by operator Bill Staples at the US Naval Air Station, 3 corners crease faintly away from stamp & cancel. $2.50 p-p NEW / NEU / NY

"KP4JE" San Juan QSL postcard with Pan American World Airways Clipper advertising, mailed 1950 by operator Maurice J. Grainger, a little cancel ink on front, trivial corner wear, some small ink spots on the back may not belong. $2.00 pa NEW / NEU / NY

"KP4KD" San Juan QSL card on brownish paper mailed there 1950 by operator E. W. Ev Mayer, small corner crease. $1.50 p NEW / NEU / NY

    "KP4UH" Sabana Seca QSL postcard mailed 1954 to Michigan (clear 17007 BR cancel of the US Naval Radio Station there, forwarded on arrival), tiny creases at bottom corners. Postcard sold, but 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 p-p

"KP4WJ" shortwave Sabana Seca QSL card used 1954 by operator Harold P. Fowler at the US Navy Communications Station there. $2.00 p

   "'LA MARINA' AND HARBOR, SAN JUAN" including several sailing ships & a steamer, unused early white-border era postcard using an image copyrighted 1909, corners discolored faintly by album mounts (mostly within the border area), made in the USA. $5.00 p NEW / NEU / NY

    "Making Hats in Porto Rico" showing 4 seated women (2 indoors) working the straw; color postcard with 1912 copyright, mailed in Haverhill Massachusetts, considerable corner & edge ear, two long creases in the upper left front corner, as is. Message on back from B. W. Hayes & Company advertises trip to Isles of Shoals on the Maine / New Hampshire border. $4.25 pp

    Puerto Ric0 flag on enameled pin. What the Puerto Rican gymnasts had for trading at the 1991 World Championships at Indianapolis. SOLD fp

    "Porto Rico  Shucking Cocoanuts" sepia-tone Azo (triangles both ways) real photo, writing on both sides repeats caption, corner wear including 2 small corner creases not into the image, small tears at one short edge again not into image. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 pa!

    "Royal Palms, Porto Rico / Waldrop Photo Co., / San Juan, P. R." undivided back from United Art Publishing, unused. Dark color at lower right edge is misregistered grass from printing process, which was at a slight tilt that would otherwise not be perceived. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg (250,518 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 pt

    See also Puerto Rican gymnastics photos. Athlete shown is Nanette Berrios.

    SILVER EXPRESS. Unused continental postcard showing its Convair CV-240-53 (N344MM) at San Juan Puerto Rico in March 1992, near mint & attractive. This aircraft was written off after its takeoff accident there on 30 June 1997. Rare. SOLD ap

VIRGIN ISLANDS SEAPLANE SHUTTLE (United States). Unused regular-size post card showing its Grumman Turbo Mallard moving through the water, ad matter on back depicts daily flights between Tortola, St. John, St. Thomas, San Juan & St. Croix, near mint. $10.00 abvp NEW / NEU / NY

    "Vista del Rio Camuy, Camuy, Puerto Rico" with many palm trees by the water's edge, colorful linen, trivial corner wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg (311,276 bytes) or .tif format. $1.75 pt

Wanted to buy--older real photo post cards from Puerto Rico. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c2

Wanted to buy--postcards with views of Vieques. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

Wanted to buy--unusual post cards from there, even modern ones! Please offer us some, priced in US dollars. *c

"WP4DQP" Rio Piedras QSL postcard mailed 1974 by operator Ben Colucci using a meter to Ohio, cancel on front, back paper browning with age, corner crease, as is. $1.00 p

    "WP4WD / 'World Power 4 Wheel Drive'" Aguadilla QSL card with pickup truck in yellow on a simple map showing location of the small town, used 1991 by operator Gary Guptill. $2.25 pa

WRANGLER AVIATION (United States). Unused regular size copyrighted postcard showing its Canadair CL-44D4-6 (N100BB) on the ground, trivial wear to the bottom corners, minor fingernail indents at the top edge. Exceptionally attractive all that said. Pm December 1 1992 it was struck by lightning approaching Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport in Puerto Rico; there were no fatalities, but the damage forced it to be written off. $7.50 a(p)pd

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