"A HAPPY WORKER", COAL WOMAN OF ST. THOMAS, V.I." black & white from Taylor's Book Store, unused & fairly fresh. The best postcard we have ever seen from the US Virgin Islands. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (v)

    "Blackbeard Tower, St. Thomas" black & white with good contrast & composition. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

"Charlotte Amalie Police Station  Photo by John Penrod", continental from Dexter press, scalloped edges as issued, clumsy stamp removal causes multiple creases & striations visible from the front, as is. $0.50 vl

"GREETINGS FROM ST. CROIX, VIRGIN ISLANDS" with Christiansted in the distance, chrome airmailed 1968 from there to New York. $1.00 v NEW / NOV / BAGO

"MARKET SCENE, ST. THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS" unused linen with fresh color. $2.50 v

    "New Virgin Isle Hotel, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands" real photo with excellent contrast, printed in USA. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 nv!

    "Quaint View, St. Thomas" striking real photo with short Cunard Line ad on back, printed in USA. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

"St. Thomas, Virgin Islands from the Air / 9A-H711" as it looked circa 1939, unused linen, tiny corner crease, good edges. $2.25 v NEW / NOV / BAGO

    "ST. THOMAS, U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS / Native Sloop departing after a good day / of bartering and selling" chrome from Dukane Press, mailed 1972 at Charlotte Amalie. Interesting & unposed. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (v)

    "STREET SCENE AT CHARLOTTE AMALIE / St. Thomas, Virgin Islands" where Jacks Cleaners was across the street from Lockhart's wine & liquor store, chrome mailed to New York, ED. $2.00 v%

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"SUNKEN BAR OVERLOOKING THE ATLANTIC / MOUNTAIN TOP HOTEL / SAINT THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS" chrome from Dexter Press, airmailed there 1960 to Ohio, unfortunate cancel ink on front. $0.75 vi(h)

    "The Italian Garden, 'Benvenuto,' Tod Inlet, V. I." unused Azo real photo (squares in corners) with good focus and contrast, good edges, A beautiful card. $5.00 vg

    "THE WEST INDIES.--St. Thomas." Published by Tuck in The West Indies Series 1, Oilette with A. S. Forrest art, mailed 1909 from Trinidad, corner wear & rounding. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

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 / NOV / BAGO

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Wanted to buy--postcards and photos depicting the Virgin Isle Hotel, or the Virgin Isle Hilton as it was later known. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars. *c

    "Korpskommandant G. de H. / Karl Tersztyánsky von Nádás." portrait of the Hungarian-born Austro-Hungarian officer in uniform with many medals, unused black & white postcard from Brüder Kohn, minor corner & edge wear. Headed the Army Group that guarded the Bosnian & Voyvodina frontiers from Serb incursions in 1915. Hard to find. $19.00 whmv

    "Nagybecskerek, Vármegyeház" color postcard mailed there JUL-8 1914 with Hungarian 5-fil stamp to Kevepallos  (cancel & arrival markings fairly clear & almost complete). Nagybecskerek is now Zrenjanin, and was formerly named Petrovgrad. $5.00 v-v

    "Nagy-Becskerek / Verlag Schneider Janos" black & white view of the town square being used as a marketplace framed within an embossed full-color border showing a couple departing by train, mailed there 1905 AUG 23 (mostly sharp cancel ties the Hungarian 5-fil stamp), small corner crease, corner wear & rounding. 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

"Szabadka. Palics fürdöi részletek" black & white view of a tower, mailed there 1918 (Hungarian 10-heller stamp nicely tied), rough edges as issued. The city is now Subotica in Vojvodina. $5.00

"YU1MW" Zrenjanin QSL card used 1957, Belgrade ham radio label that looks like a stamp affixed to the back. $3.00

Wanted to buy--lithographed postcards from there, and post cards showing synagogues there. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

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    CALIFORNIA. "VULCAN'S FACE / MT. LASSEN ERUPTION  © 1914 R. E. STINSON / RED BLUFF, CAL." where the smoke resembles a man with long hair looking upward towards the viewer's left, unused sepia-tone Azo (triangles up) postcard, slight oxidation, spot of toning in address area, one corner worn noticeably. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 c(m)v

CHILE. "227. Lago Todos los Santos, Puntiagudo  E. Karl, pro. Varas" unused real photo post card showing the volcano Puntiagudo, paper starting to curl, tiny pinhole nicked the top edge. $2.50 cv NEW / NOV / BAGO

CHILE. "Lago Todos Los Santos  V. Osorno" including the volcano that formed the lake in the distance, unused EKC real photo postcard with glossy finish & good edges, long bend & spot of light toning at the upper left front corner. $2.00 cv

    CHILE. "N.o(sic) 39  Lago Todos Los Santos y Puntiagudo" showing the volcano Puntiagudo in the distance, unused Agfa real photo post card with glossy finish, slight curl to the paper. $4.00 cv NEW / NOV / BAGO

    CHILE. "No. 78  Lago Todos Los Santos y v. Osorno" unused Kodak Instant real photo post card with glossy finish & slight curl to the paper. The lake (lago) formed when ash from the Osorno volcano (v. Osorno) blocked a river within a glacial valley. $5.00 cv

   EL SALVADOR. "REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR, C. A. / LAGO DE COATEPEQUE Y VOLCAN STA. ANA  6B286-N" linen mailed 1992 to Holland (blurred cancel), 3 small spots of toning in the sky on front. This post card was first printed in 1942 & was reprinted later, as we see here. 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 e

    HAWAII. "66  Volcano Mauna Loa Hawaiian Islands. / Published by the Island Curio Co., Jas. Steiner, Honolulu / Germany" color private mailing card mailed at Volcano House AUG 1906 (partial territorial cancel, now a discontinued post office) to Massachusetts using a 1-c US stamp, tiny corner crease minor corner & edge wear. Sender's comment on front states that the image does "not look in the least like the volcano". $15.00 vh-h NEW / NOV / BAGO

    HAWAII. Volcano Mauna Loa erupting, mailed in the Territory of Hawaii September 30 1909. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 hv

HAWAII. "VOLCANO HOUSE . . . Dining Room -- Over- / looking Halemaumau Crater…" unused chrome, fresh appearance. $1.00

    ITALY. "Cooks Funicolare Vesuviana // Napoli. / Cratere in eruzione. / Restaurant. // Carlo Künzli, Editore, Zurige. dep. No. 562." multiview cartolina postale in color with 5 views--the funicular itself, close-up & at a distance; the crater in eruption; Napoli with Vesuvius in the distance; & a restaurant. Message written as the sender ascended to the summit, script Vesuvio in upper left of back verifies the successful journey; mailed from Napoli to Chillicothe Ohio via New York City October 11-25 of 1897 by members of the Treiber family; stamp removed, much wear at the both sides of the bottom corners does not affect the image, a few speckles of cancel ink on front & a little toning near the front edges; one bottom corner crease. $16.00 vgium NEW / NOV / BAGO

    ITALY. "Il ponte della ferrovia a Torre Annunziata rimasto sulla lava" showing poeple on a small bridge over lava, black & white with brown caption, 110 from a series by Casa E. Ragozino on the eruption of Vesuvio in April 1906, minor wear at one corner. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 vi

    ITALY. "Napoli / Stengel & Co., Dresda 19902" showing fishermen on shore looking out toward the volcano & small coastal sailing boats, color cartolina postale, mailed 1905 to New York City but stamp removed, receiving mark neatly struck on front, ink smeared in the front caption area, mild corner wear. $5.00 sivf

    MARTINIQUE. "169 Collect. A. BENOIT JEANNETTE (Martinique) / LE MONT-PELÉ (Martinique) - Une nuée ardente de 3000 m de hauteur / se précipitant sur…" showing the erupting volcano, black & white, circa 1915. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 mv^

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    MEXICO. "573. Mexico.  El Popocatepetl, Vista de Amecameca / J. C. S." color on unused undivided back, trivial edge wear. Post card sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 m(m)v

    MEXICO. "573. Mexico.  El Popocatepetl, Vista de Amecameca / J. C. S." color on unused undivided back targeta postal, light album marks at front corners, noticeable toning along left front edge, trivial edge wear. $5.00 m(m)v NEW / NOV / BAGO

    MEXICO. "EL VOLCAN 'CITLALTEPETL' (PICO DE ORIZABA) / CORDOBA / MÉX." unused sepia-tone Artura real photo post card, paper browning & oxidation indicative of its circa 1910-1915 age, good edges. The highest point in México, a volcano, as seen from a nearby village. 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 m(v)v

MEXICO. "... Mexico.  El Popocatepetl, Vista de Amecameca. / 7 C. S." with a panorama of the town & the volcano prominent in the distance, unused undivided back postcard, toning near corners of both sides due to album contact, trivial corner & edge wear. $7.00 m(m)v NEW / NOV / BAGO

MÉXICO
PARACUTIN / PARICUTIN / PARACUTI
1943 ERUPTION

    "104. Parangaricutiro, Mich. // Navarro / Fot." in Mexico circa 1943-1944, showing rocks obscuring windows of a building, Ekc real photo. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 vm

    "11a / Parangaricutiro Mich / Navarro.Fot." in Mexico circa 1943-44, Ekc real photo showing a partial building, rocks strewn about & a smoking volcanoe in the distance, good edges. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 vm

    Uncaptioned real photo showing the church at San Juan with the smoking volcano in the distance, not yet buried in volcanic rubble, circa February 1943. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 vm

NEW MEXICO. "In the Dry Cimaron Valley, the ancient / volcano Capulin and the town / of Folsom N. Mex. / Painting by Clarence Kincaid..." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1958 from Folsom, 2 corners with small creases (1 not into art, the other multiply), a little wear at the top edge, vertical bend in the paper most easily detected from the back. $1.75 vn(f) NEW / NOV / BAGO

WYOMING. "©23463--CRATER OF MUD VOLCANO, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK / COPYRIGHT BY HAYNES INC., YELLOWSTONE PARK, WYOMING / 4A-H283" unused linen postcard showing people at a rail looking into it, mailed 1948, 2 tiny corner bends. $2.00 vy

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