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Postcards

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1809		Postcards Mostly U.S. Better Mint Group of 1579, Mostly early period incl. Christmas (144), 6 rare Disney (all overseas), 20 Great White Fleet, 23 better Canada and Alaska, 30 Stamp and Coin cards, 23 Airship or Zeppelin, 8 rare sun bonnets, 169 Hawaii, 150+ Holyland, 35 Egypt/Pompei, 46 real photo (mostly family), 231 Coney Island, over 130 Japan incl. handpainted, 194 humor, California, etc., virtually all identified, generally Very Fine Needs inspection. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $2,530
Lot 1810		Postcards Classic Mostly U.S. Group of 1200+ Better, Each individually identified, incl. Patriotic, black, Christmas, Easter, Birthday, Valentine, few overseas incl. Safari, natives, Gruss Aus, etc., few with faults, mostly Fine or better. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 1811		Postcards 1920's To 1950's, Germany and Austria Group, 200 mostly mint from Haus der Deutschen Kunst, almost all different with many in color, scarce group, Excellent. Estimate $700-800. View details	Unsold
Lot 1812		Postcards Mostly U.S. Stock in 7 File Boxes, couple thousand sleeved, mix of mint and used, one box San Francisco only, 3 boxes of sorted California, one box New York State, one box about half full of worldwide, one backup California, early 1900's to 1950's, noted some real photos, good variety of subjects, with better items throughout, Very Good. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 1813		Postcards 165 Handpainted Used Potraits, Correspondence from Trieste or Egypt circa 1909-10 period, mostly Port Said cancels (some Hotel cancels) with Austrian or Egyptian adhesives, some incl. seals, 1 with U.S. Postage Dues, total count 92 Port Said, 47 Trieste, and 26 Foreign Offices, Fine overall, interesting lot for both the postcard and postal history collector. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1814		Postcards U.S. Artist Signed & Foreign, substantial accumulation of vintage cards incl. artist signed, Kewpi's, beautiful women etc, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1815		Postcards Large Modern Accumulation, many thousand of mint and used in 3 full banker boxes, noted chromes, linens, some early 20th century and a bit of foreign, 3 small albums of radio call sign cards (used), excellent variety of subjects, with some better items sprinkled throughout, Very Good. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1816		Postcards U.S. Vintage Christmas Accumulation, group of over 40 mostly postcards featuring U.S. flags, incl. military and patriotic themes, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $253
Lot 1817		Postcards U.S. Vintage Themes, lovely assortment of over 225 vintage cards, featuring various vintage themes, incl. a nice selection of Santa Claus cards, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $300-400. View details	Unsold
Lot 1818		Postcards About 2500 U.S., Mostly mint and generally 1940's-50's period with linens but incl. earlier with real photo cards, mostly views, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $265
Lot 1819		Postcards 76 Italian Navy W.W. I, Virtually all real photo, virtually all signed by same individual, few torpedo boats, naval vessels with sails, and submarines, overall Very Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $276
Lot 1820		Postcards U.S. Mixed Topic Accumulation, group of approximately 110 early cards, features embroidered, Dutch children, colleges and novelty, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $250-350. View details	Unsold
Lot 1821		Postcards U.S. Vintage Mixed Topic Group, accumulation of 165 features a variety of topics incl. add-ons, Gruss Aus, actresses, colleges, comic, etc., also a few real photo cards, trains, horse and wagon, etc., Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $196
Lot 1822		Postcards U.S. Vintage Holiday, over 185 vintage cards featuring a variety of holidays, incl. some novelty, add-ons, embroidered and Santas, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $250-350. View details	Unsold
Lot 1823		Postcards Actor and Actress Real Photo Cards, 30 different mint, incl. Valentino, Fanny Arbuckle, Clark Gable & Myrna Loy, Gloria Swanson, some with light foxing on reverse, 1 with small corner fault, otherwise Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $115
Lot 1824		Postcards U.S. Natural Disasters, group of 23 most of which are early real photo cards, incl. hurricane, ship and oil tank fires, etc., Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $104
Lot 1825		Postcards Small Group of Better Items, incl. 2 German clock "mechanicals", 3 European "fabric" cards, set of 17 San Francisco Pan-Pacific cards in original envelope by Pacific Novelty Co., plus 5 early Japan, clean group, Excellent to Nearly Mint. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $138
Lot 1826		Postcards U.S Flag Group of 40, group of over 40 mostly vintage featuring U.S. flags, incl. military and patriotic themes, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $75
Lot 1827		Postcards U.S. Modern Accumulation, hundreds of mostly modern postcards in a banker box, incl. unused photo cards of Rock n' Roll and super stars, incl. the Beatles, David Bowie, The Police, Humphrey Bogart etc., also chrome and linen cards, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $100-200. View details	Unsold
Lot 1828		Postcards U.S. Varied Group, accumulation of over 160 various postcards with different topics, incl. novelty, holidays etc, better cards throughout, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $75-100. View details	Realized $58
Lot 1829		Postcards U.S. Native American Indian, over 30 postcards with Indians and related themes, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $50-75. View details	Realized $81

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