Postcard

Vintage and original 1900s Grand Island, Nebraska postcard.  Driveway to Stanley Park. Greetings from Grand Island, Nebraska. Card is used with 1907 Grand Island postmark.

Card measures 3.5 x 5.5 inches.  Condition is very good with light edge and corner wear and two very small soiled spots near bottom of card.

Vintage circa 1910s "Black & White" postcard showing the Administration Building on Campus, State Normal, Peru, Nebraska. Card no. 23932.

Card measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches and  is unused.

Condition is very good.

Antique Real Photo postcard showing a parade float.  This antique car i s hauling 5 men, one holding a pick, the others holding shovels.  Sign on the side of the car reads: Fairbury Re-Enforced Concrete Co.  U.S. flags are visible in the background. 

Bottom of the card reads: Labor Day, Fairbury Nebr. 9-4-11.

Card is unused.  AZO stamp box with all arrows pointing up.

Condition is very good with age toning on the back.

Great one of a kind early view of Fairbury!

Antique 1912 Postcard Guide and History View Book of Old St. Augustine Florida.

Published in 1912 by H.J. Usina of St. Augustine.

(Fifteenth Thousand)

Softcover book measuring about 5 3/4" wide x 7" long.

38 pages of history and black and white photos, along with 10 postcards included in the back. Postcards are perforated so they can be removed from the book and mailed.

Book shows wear, soiling, and some creases to the upper corner, on the last couple pages and lower right corner of each lower postcard (2 postcards per page at the rear).

Overall fair to good used condition.

Vintage original paper postcard showing the New Hotel Commercial at Tijuana, Mexico. Card number 165A. Shows old cars, store fronts, and pedestrians.

Published by M. Kashower of Los Angeles, California.

Card is unused. Condition is good with edge and corner wear, and a yellowed strip down the center of the back, from where it was adhered to a scrapbook page.

Vintage and original 1940s 1st birthday postcard featuring a baby in a crib with sliding beads.

Card reads: His First Birthday.  Sing a song of birthdays, count them one by one. May each one be happy.  'Specially this one.  Blessed be thou of the Lord. Ruth 3:10.

Marked on the back: Form. S.P.  Co. Printed in U.S.A.

Measures 5.5  wide x 3.5 inches tall.

Card is used with pencil writing on back, one cent stamp, and 1947 Minneapolis, Minn. cancel.

Condition is good with edge and corner wear, glue and residue at the four back corners, and a stained area along the right front edge.

Original antique Romance Postcard. Features a cozy young couple sitting on a lake shore.  The woman has lovely long hair, and the man is wearing a hat.

Reads: Owing to "extreme pressure" I am unable to write more.

Made in Germany. The International Postal Card Co. Chicago.

Divided back postcard. Measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches.

Card is used with ink writing on the back. Addressed to Mr. Willie Roseman at Diller, Nebraska.

Card has some edge and corner wear.

Antique original 1900s embossed Pink Rose Greetings Postcard. 

Reads: Here I am in SARONVILLE Enjoying its Sights and Cheer.  Everything is Great And I'm Feeling First Rate. But Oh, How I Wish You Were Here.

Printed in Germany. Series 1420.

Card is written on and postmarked 1909 Saronville, Neb. Mailed to Theo Dean at Alexandria, Nebraska.

Condition is good with crease upper left and right corners and some light soiling.

Antique New Year embossed Postcard. Features a blue and gold ribbon border, gold shamrock, new year baby and sand hourglass.

Card is used with pencil writing on back. Not postmarked or stamped.

Condition is very good with light edge and corner wear.

Vintage original 1910s embossed Best Wishes Greetings Embossed Postcard. Shows a church scene and birds with purple flowers. Little gold stars at the corners. Printed in Germany. Card no. 2217.

Card is written on in pencil. Postmarked 1910 Daykin, NE. Mailed to Miss Helena Milius at Helvey, Nebraska. Condition is very good.

Vintage 1910's original color postcard showing Main Street, Boise, Idaho. Published by Sprouse & Son of Tacoma, Washingon. Card number 13.

Card is used with Caldwell, Idaho postmark.

Condition is very good with light edge and corner wear.

Antique original embossed 1910s Christmas Postcard. Features a farm scene, daisies, scroll background, and large red wreath. Reads, "A Christmas Greeting"

Card is unused but does have pencil writing in stamp box.

Condition is very good with soiled area and crease upper right corner.

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Antique original embossed 1910s Christmas Postcard. Shows a scene framed by a gold picture frame with glitter, pine cones, Evergreen branches, and red ribbon. Reads, "A Merry Christmas" Series 246 C.

Card is used with ink writing on back. Addressed to Mr. John Schroeder at Verdon. From Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Rieke Sr.

Condition is very good with a couple of soiled spots, small crease upper right corner and some edge and corner wear.

Vintage 1910's original color postcard showing the Bonham Block at Clay Center, Kansas. Published by Kansas Post Card Co. of Salina, Kansas. Card number 959.

Card is used with 1916 Clay Center, KS postmark.

Card has several creases near the upper right corner and a couple of small creases lower right corner. Also cancellation bleed through in the sky area and a small piece missing from upper left corner.

Antique original Best Wishes Greetings postcard showing a boy on snow skies, carrying a basket of flowers.

Card is written on in pencil. Postmarked 1911 Helvey, Nebr. Mailed to Helena Milius at Helvey, Nebraska.

Condition is good with cancellation bleed through onto front and light soiling. Series 222.

Original antique embossed birthday greetings postcard. Features a large red heart, extended hand, white dove and Pansy flowers.

Reads: A Loving Birthday Greeting

Valentine Lover Series.

Divided back card dating to circa 1910.

Card is used with pencil writing on the back but was never mailed.  Addressed to Miss Sophie Bartels at Bremen, Kansas.

Condition is good with light edge and corner wear, and light impressions at the corners from being mounted in a postcard album. Card does have soiling at the lower left corner and on the hand.

Original antique embossed 1910s Postcard. Features a water wheel, stream, ducks, red and blue flowers and lacy border. Reads, "Birthday Greetings".

Printed in Germay. Series 1520.

Card is used with ink writing on back and Bancroft, Kansas cancellation. Mailed to Marshall Shaffer at Vermillion, Kansas.

Condition is very good with edge and corner wear and soiled area bottom right corner.

Original old vintage embossed paper postcard. Features a tranquil water scene in an oblong frame, and red, yellow and pink flowers on a metallic gold and light green background.

Reads: Birthday Greetings.

Measures 5.5 inches wide x 3.5 inches tall.

Divided back postcard dating to circa 1910.

Card is used with pencil correspondence written on the back.  Has a one cent stamp and Nebraska postmark. 

Addressed to Miss Sophia Bertels at Bremen, Kansas.

Condition is very good with some light edge and corner wear, light soiling, and light album impressions at each corner.

Original antique embossed birthday greetings postcard. Features an open envelope filled with Lily of the Valley, along with white and pink roses. A country scene is visible in the area with the circle border.

Reads: Birthday Greeting

Copyrighted 1909 by H. Wessler. Card no. 281.

Divided back card.

Card is used with two cent stamp, and pencil name written on the back.

Condition is good with light edge and corner wear, and light impressions at the corners from being mounted in a postcard album. Card does have some soiling along the border and age toning on the back.

Original antique birthday postcard. Features two large green feathers, pink flowers and a black background, and beautiful gold foil accents.

Reads: Sincere Birthday Wishes

Series 7014 A. Printed in Germany.

Divided back card dating to circa 1910.

Card is unused.

Condition is good with light edge and corner wear, and light impressions at the corners from being mounted in a postcard album. Also some cracking of the gel finish.

Original antique birthday postcard. Features an envelope, blue flowers and a pink ribbon.  Card is highly embossed with a velvet background.

Reads: A Happy Birthday

Made in Germany.

Divided back card dating to circa 1910.

Card is unused.

Condition is very good with light edge and corner wear.

Gorgeous original antique embossed paper postcard. Features red roses on a green background in the upper right corner, a large metallic gold band through the center,  and a scene showing two children walking a path toward home in the lower half.

Reads: A Birthday Greeting

Divided back card dating to circa 1910.

Card is used with pencil writing on the back but was never mailed.  Addressed to Miss Sophie Bartels at Bremen, Kansas.

Condition is very good with light edge and corner wear, and light impressions at the corners from being mounted in a postcard album.

Gorgeous Birthday post card!