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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 ...
$15 USD"Twins At Their Studio, Bala, Ont." - Unused REAL PHOTO Postcard ~ Ontario, Canada c.1930s
Postcards:Paper:Views - Canada, Canadian:Real Photo:Photographic
This vintage, Thirties-era, Real Photo post card (RPPC) features adult twin sisters posing "at their studio" in Bala, Ontario. Bala (named after a place in Wales) is a resort town 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 the twins in pretty, matching summer dresses in a garden with a rustic building in the background. ...
$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 ...
$8 USD"Rivelin Valley, Sheffield" - Unused Valentine's REAL PHOTO Postcard ~ Yorkshire, England c.1930s
Postcards:Paper:Views - Britain, British:Real Photo:Photographic
This vintage, Thirties-era, Real Photo post card (RPPC) features a landscape view of the Rivelin Valley in South Yorkshire, England near the city of Sheffield. This sepia-tone photograph depicts the River Rivelin wending through a woodland valley with farm fields and ponds or reservoirs in the background. This postally-unused, real photo post card was published by Valentine & Sons, Ltd., Dundee and London . "This Is A Real Photograph", divided-back postcard is in very good condition with little ...
$12 USDGerman Airbrushed Embossed THANKSGIVING Postcard - 'Basket of Bounty' ~ c. Early 1900s
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:Thanksgiving Day
This attractive, deeply-embossed, antique post card features a Thanksgiving vignette in bright, airbrushed colours. A woven basket overflowing with a harvest bounty of fruit, vegetables and flowers is depicted. This postally-unused postcard is addressed, in a juvenile hand, to a Miss Zaida Burdick of Fayette, Iowa. This vintage "Made In Germany" post card is numbered 15550. This piece of Thanksgiving Day-related ephemera / memorabilia is in great condition with little of the attendant signs of ...
$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 ...
$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 CHRISTMAS Postcard - "At Christmastide" ~ c.1910s
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:Christmas
"Christmas greetings fond and true, With this card I send to you. 'Merry Christmas!' May the day Bring you all that's bright and gay: Christmas-tide should bring good cheer: All of that be with you,dear", is the sentimental verse in a gilt, decorated script. This attractive, vintage post card features an inset vignette of a snowy, country church with a star shining on it. Embellishing the winter scene and the verse is a branch of holly and a pale blue border. There's also a blank "From" space to ...
$5 USDVintage Embossed CHRISTMAS Postcard - 'Girl in Wreath' ~ c.1920s
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:Christmas
"May Christmas bells bring joy to you and yours", is the caption in a decorated script. This attractive, vintage post card features a charming vignette of a sleeping, pyjamas-clad child framed within a big green wreath with a giant red bow. There's raised detail and a red border, all on a soft cream-coloured ground. This Twenties-era, postally-used, divided-back, "Made In U.S.A." post card is numbered 163. This sweet, embossed postcard was mailed in 1925 within Ontario, Canada from Spencerville ...
$5 USDVintage Embossed CHRISTMAS Postcard ~ 'Bells, Holly, Bluebirds & Poinsettias' c.1920s
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:Christmas
"A Merry Christmas Sweet Christmas bells, o'er hill and valley ring, And gladness to the one I love bring.", is the sentimental verse in a red and black script. This attractive, vintage post card features four familiar seasonal motifs; golden bells, sprigs of holly, blue birds of happiness, and poinsettia flowers. This Twenties-era, postally-used, divided-back post card is numbered 620 and bears a JPNY copyright mark. This embossed, "Made In United States" postcard was mailed in 1923 within ...
$5 USD"Blossoms and California Poppies, Santa Clara Valley" - Unused NOS Vintage Linen POSTCARD
Postcards:Paper:Views - U.S.A., American Local / Town
This vintage linen picture post card features a panoramic, agricultural landscape view of flowers and farm fields with mountains in the distance. The caption on the reverse reads, "'In The Valley Of Heart's Delight' Blossom time in the Santa Clara Valley, which produces an average of 100,000,000 pounds of prunes annually. One third of the world's annual production of prunes comes from the thousands of trees in 'The Valley of Heart's Delight'". This circa 1940s era, postally-unused card was ...
$10 USDRaphael Tuck & Sons' "CHRISTMAS POINSETTIA" Postcard Series No. 558 ~ c.1910
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:Christmas
The following sentiment is printed in a stylish, decorated script: "I Wish You and Yours Every Christmas Joy: Health, Happiness and Peace Without Alloy" This attractive, artist-signed, vintage post card features an inset vignette of a sunny, country lane scene. Framing the verse are branches of mistletoe and lovely, red flowers of the poinsettia plant. The stylised illustration and lettering of this card might strike some as in the manner of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. This Edwardian-era postally ...
$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 ...
$7 USDEmbossed Unused TUCK'S "Holly Post Cards" Series No. 100 ~ c.1910
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:Christmas
"With Christmas Greetings", is the caption in a gilt, cursive script. This attractive, vintage post card features an inset vignette of a snowy, waterfront sunrise scene of a church, stone bridge and sailing boats. Framing the winter scene are several sprigs of holly and a seagull. This Edwardian-era postally-unused, divided-back post card is from Raphael Tuck & Sons' "Holly Post Cards" Series. This antique, embossed, German postcard was "Printed In Saxony" in the very early 1900s. This piece of ...
$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 ...
$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 ...
$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, ...
$5 USD'Long Beach, Long Island, New York' - Unused NOS Vintage Linen POSTCARD
Postcards:Paper:Views - U.S.A., American Local / Town
This vintage linen picture post card features a group of children playing on a sandy beach and is captioned, "Having a Fine Time on Our Vacation Here. Long Beach, Long Island, N.Y.". This circa 1940s era, postally-unused card was published by Frank E. Cooper, 258 Broadway, New York City and is numbered 134 & 10509. This vintage linen souvenir postcard is in clean, excellent condition with strong, bright colours. It is in such a near-pristine state as it is "new", old store stock. This piece of ...
$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 ...
$25 USD"POST OFFICE, Broadview, Sask." - REAL PHOTO Postcard ~ Saskatchewan, Canada c.1920s
Postcards:Paper:Views - Canada, Canadian Town / Local:Real Photo:Photographic
This vintage Real Photo post card (RPPC) features the brick, single-storey post office in Broadview, Saskatchewan, Canada. The public building is surrounded by a white picket fence and the flag pole flies the Union Jack. This black & white photograph depicts a streetscape in a "time capsule"-like fashion. There are a number of houses, a business in the distance, and a Twenties car parked at the corner. Broadview is a small, prairie town located on the Trans-Canada Highway, 100 miles east of ...
$5 USDVintage CHRISTMAS Post Card ~ 'Palladian Window Wreath' c.1920s
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:Christmas
"To Wish You A Merry Christmas", is the sentiment in a fancy script. This attractive, vintage post card features a vignette of a large, arched window with a red-ribboned, holly wreath hanging in it. The rounded-arch, balcony window, with it's warm glow, is framed by snow-covered greenery. This Twenties-era, postally-used, divided-back post card is "Made In U.S.A." and is numbered 503. It was mailed within Ontario, Canada from Listowel to a Miss Adella Stinson in Drayton. This piece of Christmas ...
$5 USDVintage Unused CHRISTMAS Post Card ~ 'Holy Land Cherubs' c.1920s
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:Christmas:Religious
"May your Xmas be filled With happiness and joy, is the Most sincerest wish of a friend.", is the sentiment in a decorated script, accented with sprigs of holly. This attractive, vintage post card features a pair of little angel heads flanking an illustration of a Middle Eastern town, presumably Bethlehem. The vignette is inset on a mottled, blue background. This Twenties-era, postally-unused, divided-back post card is "Made In U.S.A." and is numbered 808 with no other publisher's or printer's ...
$8 USDVintage Unused Embossed THANKSGIVING Postcard ~ 'Kitchen Window' Motif
Postcards:Paper:Holiday, Seasonal:Thanksgiving Day
This attractive, embossed "Thanksgiving Cheer" antique post card features a welcoming vignette in bright colours including gilt trim. An open kitchen window scene with potted flowers, a wicker basket of fruit and vegetables, and a cooling pie (yum!) is depicted. This postally-unused, "Made In U.S.A." postcard is numbered 621. This piece of Thanksgiving Day-related ephemera / memorabilia is in excellent condition with little of the attendant signs of wear (i.e. blunted corners). It would look ...
$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.
$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 ...| Items 1 - 27 of 27 | Page 1 of 1 |
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