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PRUSSIA, PUERTO RICO &
QATAR
POSTCARDS, QSL CARDS & POST CARDS
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PRUSSIA POST CARDS
& PRUSSIAN POSTCARDS
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North
Rhine-Westphalia post cards & Poland postcards.
| "307. GOSSE. Napoléon
recoit la reine de Prusse à Tilsitt / (6 juillet 1807) / ... / Napoleon and
the Queen of Prussia in Tilsitt / ..." also captioned in Russian & German,
unused postcard printed in Paris for the Musée de Versailles, toning along
the back bottom border, small upper corner crease, other edge wear is minor.
$2.50 nmahpr(p) NEW / NEU / NY "316. DEBRET. Napoléon à Tilsitt donne la Croix de la Légion d'Honneur à un / Soldat de l'Armée russe qui lui est désigné comme le plus brave. / Napoleon in Tilsitt giving the Cross of the Legion of Honor to the / bravest Russian soldier." also captioned in 4 other languages, unused carte postale printed in Paris, minor wear at 3 corners. Then in East Prussia, Tilsit is now in Russia. $3.00 nmapr NEW / NEU / NY "318. H. VERNET. Bataille d'Iéna. Batalla de Iena. - Bataglia d'Iena." showing Napoleon reviewing his foot soldiers, unused postcard printed in Partis, very light toning on back, trivial corner wear. The battles of Jena and Auerstädt occurred 15 October 1806 against Prussian & Saxon forces. Jena is now in Germany. $3.00 nmapsg NEW / NEU / NY "521. Köln, Heinzelmännchen - Brunnen" showing pedestrians admiring the architecture of the Hotel Reichshof & adjacent buildings, black & white post card that was separated neatly from a booklet, very late usage at Millersville Ohio, light fingerprint toning on the back. $2.25 p
"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
"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 To order from this
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here. "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 "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
"GOSSE, pinxit. / Napoléon reçoit la reine de Prusse / a Tilsitt (6 juillet 1807)" unused carte postale in fresh colors from Noyer, very light toning on back. Tilsitt, sometimes spelled Tilsit, was then in Prussia and is now in Russia. $3.00 npha NEW / NEU / NY
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Install this webpage as a Favorite now "LANGENFELD 1179 m - GASTHOF STERN 2727" showing its exterior, unused real photo post card, minor corner wear. $3.00 p
"Potsdam. Neues Palais. Die Commune." circa 1912 color postcard with very late usage at Potsdam Ohio, minor corner & edge wear. $4.50 p Please E-mail us to
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"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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PUERTO RICO
POSTCARDS & PUERTO RICAN POST CARDS
PORTO RICO
 "© 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)
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"CONDADO BEACH HOTEL / SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, U.S.A. / 'THE ENCHANTED ISLAND'" unused chrome postcard with good color. (2 available) $1.00 each
"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% Please E-mail us to
propose reciprocal links "K4BRN" Mayaguez QSL card mailed there OCT 3 1934 by operator Salvador Carbonell, red & blue on brownish paper includes the Puerto Rican flag as a design element, pushpin hole with discoloration at top center, toning on back mostly near the edges. $4.00 p "K4KD" Santurce shortwave QSL card mailed APR 22 1935 by operator E. W. 'Ma" Mayer (ex W9CCB), pushpin hole at top center with discoloration, cancel on front. $3.25 p QSL postcards & QSL cards -- illustrated explanations "K5FKT-KP4" APO 09845 (Ramey AFB, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) QSL postcard mailed 1970 by operator Ray L. Mote Jr. who was then operating in Kleberg County Texas, long upper corner crease, other edge wear minor. $1.50 t(k)p NEW / NEU / NY
"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
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here. "KP4AIO / EX. W8DVS W8OSL W4LIU ..." Ramey Air Force Base QSL post card with map of the island on front, used 1959 by operator Jules W. Wenglare (1938th AACS Squadron), slight bend at 2 corners, otherwise fresh. $2.00 pm(a)m QSL postcards & QSL cards explained, with examples illustrated "KP4ARY" Santa Rosa Bayamon shortwave (7 MC) QSL card on yellow paper, used 1964 by operator Rubi Sanchez, good edges, attractive. $1.50 p NEW / NEU / NY "KP4AVK" Mayaguez QSL card with hobby-related artwork, mailed there 1960 by operator John G. Vidmar, cancel ink on front. $1.50 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! "KP4BBN" Hato Rey shortwave (21.05 MC/KC) QSL postcard mailed 1988 by operator Luis M. Cabrera, a few small raindrop smears on the front, a few tiny speckles of toning near one front corner. $1.25 p "KP4BK" Naval Air Station (Ceiba, near San Juan) QSL post card mailed 1949 from Georgia by operator Harold Cagle, small ARRL logo on front, tiny ding on one edge, small corner bend. Items from this small facility are scarce, because it was opened and closed several times from 1944 to 1957. $4.50 pm(n). Similar, but earlier, mailed 1946, tape stains on back, a little cancel ink on front. $4.50 pm(n) NEW / NEU / NY "KP4BLM" Humacao District shortwave (7 Mc) QSL card mailed 1964 by operator Antonio Llona MD, hint of cancel ink on front, trivial wear to one corner. $2.00 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 QSL postcards & QSL cards explained, with examples shown "KP4CZ" Villalba QSL card used 1985 by operator James A. Imhof (ex KP4AER), excellent condition. $1.75 p "KP4EN" Fort Buchanan QSL card used 1947 by operator James C. Pirtle, information typed in neatly, 4 hinge remnants on the back, small piece of upper corner missing but obscures nothing. $3.00 pm(a) NEW / NEU / NY "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" 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 To order from the pricelist above, please
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here. "KP4GC" Trujillo Alto shortwave QSL postcard mailed 1989 to Pennsylvania, 2 tiny spots of ink on front due to postal routing marks, good edges. $1.50 p 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
"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 "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 "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 "KP4KD" San Juan QSL card on brownish paper mailed there 1950 by operator E. W. Ev Mayer, small corner crease. $1.50 p
"KP4URO" Santurce QSL postcard mailed JAN 8 1959 by operator George Blair Riddell to Pennsylvania, multicolored Pan American airline advertising over much of the front, 2 correction on front by sender, small corner bend. $2.00 pa NEW / NEU / NY "KP4WJ" shortwave Sabana Seca QSL card used 1954 by operator Harold P. Fowler at the US Navy Communications Station there. $2.00 p QSL postcards & QSL cards explained, with examples shown "KP4XX" San Juan shortwave (10.102 MHz) QSL post card used 1996 by operator Pedro J. Santa Sanchez, small ARRL logo on front. $1.25 p To order from the pricelist above, please
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"La Bombonera / RESTAURANT / Recomended(sic) / by / Rachael Ray / on the TV Show $40 / a Day" including powdered sugar donuts & a 2010 calendar on the back, advertising card in excellent condition. Location is San Juan Puerto Rico. $1.00 ptca NEW / NEU / NY
"NJ7D / KP5" Desecheo Island shortwave (14 MHz) QSL card used 1988 by operator Richard Henry. Rare, this small National Wildlife Refuge is uninhabited & closed to the public because of unexploded US military ordnance there. Trespassers there are subject to arrest! (We can only assume that this visitor received special permission.) Politically, the island is part of Puerto Rico. $5.00 pe "NP4IN" Ponce shortwave (14 MHz) QSL card used 1986 by operator Divini Luis Perez, excellent condition. $1.50 p NEW / NEU / NY "NP4WW" continental Bayamón QSL postcard mailed 1989 by operator Fausto Ortiz to Pennsylvania, trivial wear to 2 corners, small G8 US postal routing mark on front. $1.25 p
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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
"W4LVV" portable San Juan shortwave (14 mc) QSL card mailed there 1947 by operator Charles 'Chuck' J. Bolvin, US map design, one corner with 2 small creases, 2 other corners with minor wear. $1.25 p "W8DD / KP4" Santurce shortwave (14 MHz) QSL card used 1987 by operator Robert F. Smith, address correction on front detracts from appearance, edges are good. $1.00 p
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 "WP4FMH" Salinas QSL post card used 1990 by operator Adrian Santiago, grid correction pasted on front, fresh appearance. $1.25 p NEW / NEU / NY
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 To order from the pricelist above, please
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QATAR POST CARDS & QATAR POSTCARDS
| "A7-AJ ARABIAN NIGHTS"
Doha QSL card used 1993, attractive world map design, continental size with
an irregular cut to the top, minor wear to the bottom corners. $1.25 q NEW / NEU / NY "Mesaieed Industrial City" unused, post card slightly larger than continental size, faint gripper impressions on front from printing process, otherwise excellent condition. $1.00 q More generally, when the place is not specified, please see Arab postcards.
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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
"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)
"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
"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
"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
"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 pgg-g%
"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. 
"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
"Musée / du
Louvre // E. MEISSONIER, pinxit. / <<1814>>" showing Napoleon leading his
troops in their successful Battle of Champaubert against the Prussians &
Russians, unused color post card from A. Noyer in Paris (their number 541 on
back), minor wear at the top edge. $3.50 nhprma
"Napoleon I. am Sarge Friedrichs d. Großen / in der Garnisonkirche Potsdam.
/ (25. Oktober 1806)" showing Napoleon meeting the Prussian king, art in
black & white. Postcard s
"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
"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
"Sanssouci-Potsdam / Wohn-
u. Sterbezimmer Friedrich d. Gr." showing the bedroom of Prussian King Frederick the
Great, unused black & white postcard printed in 1907 by R. Steinbrück, light
album marks at the back corners, good edges. $1.25 i(c)p
"Unser Kronprinzenpaar u. Prinz Heinrich v. Preussen. / Ø No. 547. /
Original-Aufn. v. Ferd. Urbahns, Kiel" showing the Prussian royal family
about to take a ride in their new automobile; unused real photo Postkarte
with matte finish, minor corner rounding, back paper browning evenly with
age. Uncommon; seldom offered. $40.00 pra
"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. 
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"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
"91 COAMO SPRINGS HOTEL, ENTRANCE / COPR. RODRIGUEZ SERRA, PONCE" unused
circa-1920 Azo (triangles both ways) real photo with good focus & contrast.
Not as tall as most regular-size postcards. $15.00 p
"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 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
"KP2A / KP5 / Desecheo" QSL
viewcard with a coastal scene of the island in color, used 1991,
confirmation handstamp on back, quality printing, excellent condition. Rare,
this small National Wildlife Refuge is uninhabited & ordinarily closed to
the public because of unexploded US military ordnance there. The only
viewcard we have ever seen from it. $7.50 pe
"K4HMW" Borinquen Field QSL
card with large patriotic eagle design in red, mailed at San Juan 1941 by
operator Johnny D'Andriole (serving with the 5th Reconnaissance Squadron of
the US Army Air Corps), small bends at the corners, light toning near the
top front edge. $2.00 pgm(a)
"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
"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
"KP4QI" Guayama QSL
postcard used 1991 by operator Neftali Ortiz, large & attractive drawing of
a satellite in blue & small ARRL logo in red help the eye appeal, small
spot in front background, otherwise excellent
condition. $2.50 ps
"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
"KP5 / N1DX" Desecheo
Island National Wildlife Refuge DXpedition shortwave (28 MHz) QSL card with
detailed map (!) of the small island on front, used 1992 by operator Jack
Corson. Back describes in harrowing detail the perils of his trip there,
apparently done with the permission of the US Interior Department. Rare,
this small National Wildlife Refuge is uninhabited & ordinarily closed to
the public because of unexploded US military ordnance there. $6.00 pme
"'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
"Making Hats in Porto Rico" showing 4 seated women (2 indoors) working the
straw; postcard with 1912 copyright, considerable
corner & edge 
"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 
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
"Street Scene, at Ponce, P.
R." near the Plaza Las Delicias, with readable signage on the building in
the left foreground--'SUNPROOF-WALLHIDE WATERSPAR / PINTURAS-BARNICES
ESMALTES / ELCOMETA / SUCS DE
TRUJILLO & SUBINA, S. ENC.'; unused post card with light toning near the back
edges. $3.00 p%
"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
"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