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The postcards that appear here will primarily be those that are rarer, higher-end items. We have thousands of postcards spanning a broad list of categories. If you have a specific collecting area or type of cards you are looking for, please feel free to ask, as our stock is much deeper than would be indicated by the relatively small number we have listed here.

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*Real Photo Postcards
*Artist Drawn Postcards
*Postal History, DPO's & Miscellaneous Covers

 

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Real Photo Postcards  This is a very small portion of our Real Photo Postcard stock... much of which may never find its way onto the website because of time and space constraints. If there is something in particular you're looking for, please let us know what that is, and we'll see if we have it. You may also want to check out our "PHOTOGRAPHS" section, where we have many other photos which may be of interest.


Hotel - Biggsville, Ill
#RP-2 - "Hotel - Biggsville, Ill." - ca. 1910 Real Photo Card - $15.00


Road Entering Paradise Valley Rainier National Park
#RP-3 - "Road Entering Paradise Valley Rainier National Park" - Signed "Asahel Curtis - 40013" - $20.00


A.K. Longren Up in the Clouds
#RP-4 - "A.K. Longren Up in the Clouds - LaCrosse, Kan. July 24-5-6" - Postmarked Aug. 19, 1912 - $25.00


Portland, Oregon and Mount Hood
#RP-5 - Double-size, real photo card: "Portland, Oregon and Mount Hood" - "#D.78." by "Cross & Dimmitt" - $30.00


Mount Hood and Hood River Valley
#RP-6 - Double-size, real photo card: "Mount Hood and Hood River Valley" - "D47" - by "Cross & Dimmitt" - $40.00


Gorge of the Columbia
#RP-7 - Double-size, real photo card: "Gorge of the Columbia" - "#D.92." - by "Cross & Dimmitt" - $20.00


Columbia River, Oregon
#RP-8 - Double-size, real photo card: "Columbia River, Oregon" - "#D.39." - by "Cross & Dimmitt" - $15.00


Columbia River Highway, Ore
#RP-9 - Double-size, real photo card: "Looking West From Crown Point" - "Columbia River Highway, Ore." - "Cross & Dimmitt" - #D.34." - $20.00


J.W. Lough's Farm in Scott County, KS
# RP-10 - J.W. Lough views his Irrigated Farm in Scott County, Kansas, Sept. 24, 1914 - Real Photo Postcard by Potter's Studio - Historically important, one-of-a-kind card! - $75.00


Multnomah Falls
#RP-11 "Multnomah Falls - 620 Ft. high" - A double-length real photo postcard by Cross & Dimmitt - File # D-17 - $10.00
Artist Drawn Postcards  This is a very small portion of our postcard stock, much or which may never find its way onto the website because of time and space constraints.. If there is a specific artist, topic or any other subject you're looking for, please let us know what that is, and we'll look, describe and even provide you with scans. You may also want to check out our "ILLUSTRATOR PRINTS" and "BOOKS"... and even "MAGAZINES" sections, where we have many other artist-illustrated items which may be of interest.


Hold-to-Light Santa
#AD-1 - Hold-to-Light Santa - Chromolithograph, Printed in Germany - Pencil sentiment on back... Grandma to Grandson - $395.00


Old World Santa & Sleigh
#AD-2 - Old World Santa & Sleigh drawn by 2 Polar Bears! - Germany - Postmarked Carter, Wyo., 1910 - $50.00


Unusual Star of David Card - Jewish
#AD-3 - Unusual Star of David with Dressed Chicks Easter Greeting - Postmarked Prineville, Ore., 1912 - $30.00


WWI Russian Military Caricature Series
#AD-4 - A Series of Unusual WWI Chromolithograph Caricature Cards - signed "Liedl Karoly, 1920 - Hungarian - all unused - $40.00 each


Mushroom Lovers Fantasy Series
#AD-5 - Mushroom Lovers Fantasy Series - Chromolithographs - Int'l. Postal Card Co., Chicago - $15-20.00 each


Gaston Noury - French Fashion - Shoes
 
#AD-7 - Wonderful Early French Fashion Postcard - Signed by Gaston Noury - $75.00


Quirky Death's Head - Artist Autographed
 #AD-8 - Quirky Death's Head Postcard titled "In The Swim" - Copyright by "Blaesi & Bell" - Autographed "AMcC Bell 1904"! - $75.00

 
 
   
Postal History & DPO's  Below you will find some of the DPO's and Postal History items in our stock. Some of these are on postcards, and some are on standard envelopes. All are readable. It is up to the individual collector to determine what constitutes a clear enough strike to add to their collection. We always strive to get the clearest scan of each DPO possible.  We have many more items in this catagory in our stock. Inquires are welcome!


Maeser, Utah - DPO-6
#PH-1 - MAESER, Utah - DPO-6 - Clear strike of a Doane cancel on a postcard back - Dated Feb. 18, 1910 - $70.00

 
Maeser, Utah - DPO-6
 #PH-2 - MAESER, Utah - DPO-6 - Clear strike of a Doane cancel on a postcard back - Dated Feb. 9, 1910 - $75.00


Maeser, Utah - DPO-6
#PH-3 - MAESER, Utah - DPO-6 - Clear strike of a Doane cancel on a postcard back - Dated Nov. 6, 1909 - $70.00

 
Urie, Wyoming - DPO-5
 #PH-4 - URIE, Wyoming - DPO-5 - Nice strike of a large-dial, 4-bar cancel on a postcard back - Dated Jan. 17, 1913 - $45.00


Maeser, Utah - DPO-6
#PH-5 - MAESER, Utah - DPO-6 - Clear strike of a Doane cancel on a postcard back - Dated Oct. 13, 1909 - $70.00

 
Juanita, N. Dak - DPO-5
 #PH-6 - JUANITA, N. Dak - DPO-5 - Very light strike of a large-dial, 4-bar cancel on a postcard back - Dated Sep. 12, 1913 - $20.00


1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition Postmark
#PH-7 - Panama-Pacific International Exposition Model P.O. postmark on an Expo postcard back, w/Expo stamp! - Dated May 26, 1915 - $35.00

 
1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition Postmark
 #PH-8 - Panama-Pacific International Exposition Model P.O. postmark on Expo postcard, w/Scott's #401 stamp! - Dated Aug. 3, 1915 - $75.00


Kipling, Washington - DPO-6
#PH-10 - DPO-6 Kipling, Washington - Used as a receiving stamp on the back of an envelope containing a letter. The date is Feb. 4, 1905 - $60.00


Lemon, California - DPO-7
#PH-11 - DPO-7 Lemon, California - Clear strike on envelope, dated Sep. 20, 1892 (EKU?) - $200.00


Leon, California - DPO-4
#PH-12 - DPO-4 - Leon, California - Clear strike, dated Oct. 18, 1910, on a real photo postcard titled "Rock Pile, Menifee, Cal." - $35.00


Siempreviva, California - DPO-6
#PH-14 - DPO-6 - Siempreviva, California - Nice strike, dated Mar. 31, 1891, on envelope. - $100.00


Lake Park, Washington - DPO-4
#PH-15 - DPO-4 - Lake Park, Washington - Nice strike, dated Mar. 2 or 3, 1892, on envelope containing a letter in shorthand. - $25.00


Hand-Painted First Day Cover
#PH-17 - Hand-Painted First Day Cover - by F.M. Geerlings - 25¢ Mylar Football Issue #10 Envelope - Sept. 9, 1990, Green Bay, Wisconsin - $25.00


"Bishop Street - Honolulu"
#PH-18 - 1947 Nu-Nui Giant Postcard - “Bishop Street - Honolulu” - $5.00

"Riding the Surf at Waikiki"
#PH-19 - 1949 Nu-Nui Giant Postcard - “Riding the Surf at Waikiki” - $5.00


World Columbian Stamp Expo FDC
#PH-20 - Scott’s # 2616 World Columbian Stamp Expo FDC on # U348 Envelope, tied with 1/24/1992 Cancel - Hand painted Cachet by Geerlings! - $20.00    
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