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$5 USDVintage Embossed CHRISTMAS Post Card ~ 'Warmest greetings' c.1910
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:Christmas
"Warmest greetings, truest wishes A card can e'er convey In this message of the season On joyous Christmas day", is the verse in a decorated, Gothic script with an illuminated capital. This attractive, vintage postcard also features holly and Christmas tree branches with candles. This 1910s-era, postally-used, divided-back post card is marked M-39. This old, embossed postcard was mailed in 1913 within Ontario, Canada from Toronto to a Mrs George Douglas in Woodville. This piece of Christmas Day ...
$5 USDAntique Embossed TUCK'S "Holly Leaves and Berries" Series of Christmas Post Cards No. 500 ~ c.1900
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:Christmas
"A Merry Christmas", is the caption in a gilt, decorated script with red, illuminated capitals. This attractive, vintage post card features a large holly branch with the traditional Christmas colours of red and green. This Edwardian-era postally-used, divided-back post card is from Raphael Tuck & Sons' "Holly Leaves and Berries" Series. This antique, embossed, German postcard was "Printed In Saxony" in the very early 1900s. It was mailed in 1901 (curiously there are two 1901 postmarks and a 1910 ...
$12 USD'Victorian-Era Lad' ~ Antique REAL PHOTO Postcard (Undivided Back)
Postcards:Paper:Real Photos:Photographic
Isn't this nattily-attired English boy quite the young gentleman?! In his "Sunday best" plus-fours, jacket and waistcoat - complete with pocketwatch. He is posed behind a twig furniture-style fence with his cap perched on a post. This is a charming Victorian photographic studio shot. It would look perfect in an antique frame. This real photo post card is postally-unused and in excellent condition with only a bent corner as a minor flaw. It is undated but it is British with an undivided back ...
$5 USD'CANOODLING COUPLE' ~ Antique Tinted Photo Postcard ~ c. 1908
Postcards:Greetings:Romance, Friendship
This antique colour-tinted post card depicts an embracing couple looking into each other's eyes. The face of the card also takes the form of a handwritten note with blank spaces where one could insert their own names. The verse on the front reads,"Dear ---, This place is beautiful, so many quiet nooks, feel better already. Don't worry! Yours ---". The front of the card is marked MDT and "Copyright 1908 by Taylor Art Co.". The postcard is postally-used (1909 Tioga, Illinois) and is in good ...
$7 USD'Scroll & Wax Seal' ~ Antique Embossed German HAPPY NEW YEAR Postcard c.1910
Postcards:Holiday, Seasonal:New Year
"A Happy New Year To You" is printed in a colourful, period script. This heavily-embossed, vintage post card features the above sentiment on an old scroll complete with wax seal. The scroll is on a green background of lucky four leaf clover. The wish for good fortune is also present on the wax seal with its lucky horseshoe. This numbered postcard was "Made in Saxony". This card was sent from Kilworthy to Reay, Ontario and was postmarked in Gravenhurst and Germania. This postally-used post card ...
$10 USD"Best New Year Wishes" ~ Embossed WINSCH Postcard ~ c.1913
Postcards:Holiday, Seasonal:New Year
"Best New Year Wishes" is printed in a decorated Gothic, gilt-coloured script. This heavily-embossed, vintage post card features the above sentiment below a pretty arrangement of snowy holly. The holly is within a beaded frame with attractive corner decoration. This seasonally pretty postcard was "Printed In Germany". This antique postcard has a "Design Copyrighted. John Winsch, 1913". It was mailed within Ontario from New Liskeard to Woodville. The inscription on the reverse is in pencil. This ...
$5 USD"Enjoying My Vacation!" ~ Vintage COMIC Cartoon FUNNY Chrome Postcard ~ c.1950s
Postcards:Paper:Comic & Novelty
Poor Old Dad! Everybody else is in the car waiting and he's still loading up. The put-upon Everyman that so many can empathise with, right guys?! This humourous Plastichrome card is numbered P9207 and was produced by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc. of Boston, Mass.. This 1950s "funny" is postally-unused and in excellent condition. Worldwide Postage & Packing is $2.50. Multiple items purchased from SHARP OBJECTS may be combined for shipping purposes.
$20 USD"Main St., Huntsville, Muskoka" - Unused REAL PHOTO Postcard ~ Ontario, Canada c.1940s
Postcards:Paper:Views - Canada, Canadian:Real Photo:Photographic
This vintage, post-Second World War-era, Real Photo post card (RPPC) features a main street scene in Huntsville, Ontario. Huntsville is one of the larger towns in Muskoka - the most sought-after area in Ontario's "Cottage Country". It's long been a summer playground for Southern Ontarians and American tourists in lodges, camps and cabins. This black & white photograph depicts a great streetscape in a "time capsule"-like fashion. There are a number of stores and shops with cars from the Twenties, ...
$12 USD"St. Mary's Church, Huntsville, Muskoka" - Unused REAL PHOTO Postcard ~ Ontario, Canada c.1940s
Postcards:Paper:Views - Canada, Canadian:Real Photo:Photographic
This vintage, Second World War-era, Real Photo post card (RPPC) features St. Mary's Church in Huntsville, Ontario. Huntsville is one of the larger towns in Muskoka - the most sought-after area in Ontario's "Cottage Country". It's long been a summer playground for Southern Ontarians and American tourists in lodges, camps and cabins. This black & white photograph depicts a lovely, old stone church. There is a concrete walk with steps up tiered lawns to the modest, stone building with simple lines ...
$7 USDVictorian Trade Card - HUNGARY (Hongrie) ~ Boy Postman in 'National Costume' ~ c.1880s-90s
Postcards:Advertising:Trade Cards
This European Victorian trade card features a little Hungarian boy delivering the mail. This colour litho card is one of a series with children dressed in an artist's idea of the postal service uniform of their native country. The chromolithograph illustration of the little mailman with a letter in his hand is on a gilt background within a decorative, colourful frame. A cute little letter carrier in a charming (if not stereotypical), traditional style of dress! This late 19th Century chromo card ...
$9 USD'Town Hall, WAREHAM, Mass.' - Unused NOS Vintage Linen Postcard
Postcards:Views - U.S.A., American Local / Town
This vintage linen picture post card features the neo-classical edifice of the Town Hall in Wareham, Massachusetts. The attractive exterior of this public building is enhanced by the columns and rooftop cupola. Wareham, MA (named after a town in Dorset, England) is located in Plymouth County, 55 miles from Boston. This circa 1940s era postally-unused card was published by the New Bedford News Co. and is numbered 47276. This vintage linen post card is in clean, excellent condition with strong, ...
Postcards:Animals
This vintage linen picture post card features a lonely Cocker Spaniel pup on a sandy beach with waves lapping the shore. This cute canine with a shiny, black coat and a doleful expression is waiting for a reunion with its master - the poor pet pooch! Maybe it's a case of the work week in the city and rejoining the family at the seaside or lakeside summer home on the weekends. This circa 1940s era, postally-unused, "'Colourpicture' Publication, Boston 15, Mass." card is numbered S10 and 11348 on ...
$6 USDAntique Embossed ST PATRICK'S DAY Postcard ~ FAIRMAN Series No. 9201 w/ Ruth Fargo Poem ~ c.1910s
Postcards:Holiday, Seasonal:St Patrick's Day
You don't need to be from Ireland or of Irish ancestry to celebrate the day - everyone can enjoy "the wearin' o' the green"! This attractive, embossed vintage post card features the following sentiment above an illustration of young lovers by a castle keep: "Away wid all your blarney. For we know no place so fair As the land that holds Killarney. An' grows the Shamrock rare" The Ruth Fargo verse, the illustrated vignette of the embracing couple in the shadow of a castle and golden sun (or moon), ...
$9 USD'Tobey Hospital, WAREHAM, Mass.' - Unused NOS Vintage Linen Postcard
Postcards:Views - U.S.A., American Local / Town
This vintage linen picture post card features the neo-classical edifice of the Tobey Hospital in Wareham, Massachusetts. The attractive exterior of this hospital building is enhanced by a portico and rooftop cupola. The hospital was founded in 1938 thanks to a bequest from the estate of Alice Tobey Jones. The pictured structure was opened in 1940. Wareham, MA (named after a town in Dorset, England) is located in Plymouth County, 55 miles from Boston. This circa 1940s era postally-unused card was ...
$15 USDDavidson Bros. #3551 REAL PHOTO Christmas Postcard ~ Undivided-Back c.1905
Postcards:Holiday, Seasonal:Christmas:Real Photo
"With best wishes for A Happy Christmas, Good Luck be yours thro'out the year Your path to brighten, Your heart to cheer" is printed in an attractive, lively script. This "Davidson's Quality" Real Photo antique post card features the above sentiment between an embossed vignette. There are two wintry scenes that resemble photographic renderings of "Old Master" paintings. The following caption is printed on a holly and mistletoe-festooned scroll; "To Greet You & Wish You A Happy Christmas. With ...
$9 USD'United States POST OFFICE, MIDDLEBORO, Mass' - Unused NOS Vintage Linen Postcard
Postcards:Views - U.S.A., American Local / Town
This vintage linen picture post card features the neo-classical edifice of the U.S. Post Office in Middleborough, Massachusetts. The attractive exterior of this public building is enhanced by a tree-lined street scene with the American flag flying out front and a church in the background. Middleborough, MA (formerly known as Middlebury) is located in Plymouth County, 38 miles from Boston. This circa 1940s era postally-unused card was published by the New Bedford News Co. and is numbered 45118. ...
$9 USD'Rockingham County Court House, HARRISONBURG, Va.' - Unused NOS Vintage Linen Postcard
Postcards:Views - U.S.A., American Local / Town
This vintage linen picture post card features the impressive edifice of the Rockingham County Court House in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The attractive exterior of this public building with its stately clock tower is enhanced by a night time, tree-lined street scene with glowing street lamps; all under an atmospheric full moon. This "Tichnor Quality Views" postcard is captioned, on the reverse: "The Friendly City, Rockingham County Court House, Harrisonburg, Va.". Harrisonburg, VA is the county seat ...
Postcards:Views - U.S.A., American Local / Town
This vintage linen picture post card features the expansive edifice of Tabor Academy's Lillard Hall in Marion, Massachusetts. The attractive exterior of this school building is enhanced by a tree-lined street scene with a stone wall in the foreground. Tabor Academy is a private prep school known as "The School by the Sea" due to its maritime setting. Marion, MA is located in Plymouth County, 50 miles from Boston. This circa 1940s era postally-unused card was published by the New Bedford News Co. ...
$10 USDODESSA, TEXAS - Unused NOS Vintage CURTEICH Multi-view Linen Postcard
Postcards:Views - U.S.A., American Local / Town
This vintage linen multiview post card features five inset pictures of places in Odessa, Texas - "Hub City of the Vast, Odessa Oil Field". The five views are of: a water tower bearing the city's name; the "New Ultra-Modern Ector County Court House" with its Art Deco architecture built in 1938; an oil well derrick "gusher"; Odessa High School; and "The Busy Odessa Airport". This "Genuine Curteich-Chicago 'C.T. Art-Colortone' Post Card" is captioned, on the reverse: "Odessa, Tex. (Pop. 10,000) - ...
$14 USD"Bay Street Wharf, TORONTO, Canada" ~ Early 1900s Unused Valentine & Sons' Postcard
Postcards:Views - Canada, Canadian:Transportation
This antique, early 1900s post card features a nautical scene in Toronto Harbour near the turn of the 20th Century. The full-colour view is of the dock at the foot of Bay St. on Lake Ontario. Visible are a couple of Toronto Ferry Company boats as well as larger Great Lakes steam ships. A great marine image! This Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd. card was Printed in Great Britain. This divided back "British Manufacture Post Card" is numbered "105788". The reverse is address & inscription ...
$5 USD"You'll See..." - Vintage Unused Greetings POSTCARD ~ 'Letter Reminder' Series
Postcards:Greetings:Romance, Friendship
"YOU'LL SEE The letters that I didn't write are not worth any chatter; The letters I am going to write --- well, that's a different matter.", is the printed sentiment. Trying to re-establish communication via correspondence seems to be the aim of this interesting old post card. This attractive, vintage post card features an artist-signed, colour illustration of a rustic cabin or farmhouse surrounded by trees. Climbing pink flowers over the inset picture complete this pretty card. This circa ...
$5 USD'Blue Ribboned Stylised Envelope' ~ Vintage CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR Postcard c.1910
Postcards:Holiday, Seasonal:Christmas
"May every joy that blest the year that goes Be with you in the New from dawn to close" This vintage post card is made to represent the back of an envelope. A blue ribbon with a big bow is tied over a vignette of a country cottage. A wax seal with clover or a shamrock holds sprigs of seasonal holly. There is no publisher's mark but it was printed in North America. The reverse has inscriptions in pencil but it wasn't mailed as a postcard. This postally-unused post card is in very good condition ...
$7 USDVintage Unused BIRTHDAY POSTCARD ~ 'Fancy-Pants Boy'
Postcards:Greetings:Birthday
"Sincerest Wishes for years and years of happiness ~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY", is the sentiment printed in a fancy period script. This attractive, vintage birthday post card features an illustration of a fancily-dressed boy admiring a potted plant. The boy in short pants and slicked hair has more flowers growing around his buttoned-up shoes. The stylish young fellow on this very pretty card has a kind of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" or "Little Boy Blue" sensibility to him. This Art Deco-era, postally-unused, ...
$5 USDEmbossed Undivided-Back TUCK'S "Holly Post Cards" Series ~ c.1906
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:Christmas
"With Christmas Greetings", is the caption in a gilt, cursive script. This attractive, vintage post card features a vignette of three golden bells hanging from a blue ribbon suspended between sprigs of holly. This Edwardian-era, postally-used, undivided-back post card is from Raphael Tuck & Sons' "Holly Post Cards" Series. This antique, embossed postcard was printed in the very early 1900s and was mailed in 1906 from Toronto to a Mr Ed Smith in Argyle, Ontario, Canada. This piece of Christmas ...
$5 USDVintage Embossed THANKSGIVING Post Card - 'Turkey & Wishbone' ~ c.1910s
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:Thanksgiving Day
This attractive, embossed, antique post card features a Thanksgiving vignette in bright colours. A turkey on a cross-hatch textured background within a lucky wish bone is depicted. The following sentimental verse is expressed: "A Joyous Thanksgiving I wish you a Thanksgiving full Of happiness and when you pull Your turkey wishbone, too, may you Have the wish you wished come true." This postally-used, "Made In U.S.A." postcard is numbered T-112. It was mailed in 1919 from Milwaukee to a Mrs Snow ...
$6 USDVintage Whitney THANKSGIVING Post Card - "Across the Miles" Theme ~ c.1920s
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:Thanksgiving Day
This attractive, friendship-themed antique post card features a Thanksgiving vignette in bright colours with an illuminated capital. A harvest field scene with grapevines, autumnal trees, and a split rail fence is depicted. The following sentimental verse is expressed: "Thanksgiving Greetings From us folks here To you folks there Would you were here Or we were there" This postally-used, "Whitney Made" postcard was mailed in 1921 from "Loyola" in Ashland to a Mrs Joe Murphy of Lawler, Iowa. This ...
$5 USDVintage Whitney THANKSGIVING Post Card - "Just sending friendly thoughts..." ~ c.1920s
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:Thanksgiving Day
This attractive, friendship-themed antique post card features a Thanksgiving vignette in bright colours with an illuminated capital. A harvest field scene with cornstalks, autumnal trees, and pumpkins against the background of a large, shining sun is depicted. The following sentimental verse is expressed: "Just sending friendly thoughts to you on Thanksgiving Day" This postally-used, "Whitney Made" postcard bears a Red Cross Roll Call cancellation mark. It was mailed in 1922 from Sarah Roth in ...
$8 USD'Erin Go Bragh' - Vintage St PATRICK'S Day Postcard ~ c.1908
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:St. Patrick's Day
You don't need to be from Ireland or of Irish ancestry to celebrate St Paddy's Day - everyone can enjoy "the wearin' o' the green"! This attractive, embossed antique post card features an illustration of a green banner emblazoned with the "Erin Go Bragh" ("Ireland Forever" in Gaelic) patriotic cry. The banner is entwined around gold crossed tobacco pipes along with the requisite Irish symbol, the shamrock. This early 1900s, divided-back post card is numbered 303. The reverse is inscribed to Miss ...
$8 USD"S.S. Manitoulin" - Unused POSTCARD of Great Lakes Steamship Ferry ~ Ontario, Canada c.1930s
Postcards:Paper:Transportation:Nautical, Marine, Ships, Boats:Steamships, Ocean Liners, Ferries
This vintage, picture post card features the S.S. Manitoulin, an Owen Sound Transportation Company steam ship that plied ferry routes In Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. It was in service from 1926 to 1949 sailing from the Bruce Peninsula to Manitoulin Island and on to Sault Ste. Marie via the North Channel. This old steamer was built in Scotland and was a Lake Ontario excursion boat operating under its original name, the S.S. Modjeska. It was damaged in a collision in 1924 and was laid up in ...
$5 USDVintage CHRISTMAS Post Card ~ "Many Blessings..."
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:Christmas
The following sentiment is printed in a decorated, Gothic script: "Many Blessings Christmas brings On it's wide and glowing wings May the brightest of them all On your path this season fall" This attractive, vintage post card features an inset vignette of a snowy, country riverside scene. Flanking the winter scene and the illuminated manuscript-style "M" are several sprigs of holly. This Edwardian-era postally-unused, divided-back post card is numbered 6613. It wasn't mailed but is addressed to ...
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