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Postcards

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2277		U.S. Postcards, 1891, 1¢ Black on Buff, Pioneer Multicolor Advertising Card, on #UX10 showing child with ax dressed for Shakespeare play, for McLaughlin's XXXX Coffee Man, used from Lyon, Neb. Apr 4, 1894, to Atkinson, Neb., lovely early illustrated card, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $242
Lot 2278		U.S. Postcards, 1897 Pioneer Illustrated Card, multicolor scene of Union Square N.W., New York, produced by Theodor Kreh, copyright 1897 by the same, #7 out of set of 7 on "Printed Matter" Souvenir Card, 2¢ on front with New York cancel, to Austria, rare overseas usage, Burdick #83V1, Excellent to Nearly Mint. Estimate $120-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 2279		U.S. Postcards, 1897 Pioneer Illustrated Card, on #UX12, in blue and black showing 6 diff. Washington, DC monuments, mailed from Baltimore, MD to Germany in November 1897 (dated 22 October), scarce early card, Friedman #19415, Excellent. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 2280		U.S. Postcards, Real Photo Lot, 236 with variety of subjects, noted WWI military, lots of group photos, individuals, few buildings and street scenes, all sleeved, inspect, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $600-700. View details	Unsold
Lot 2281		U.S. Postcards, Halloween Group, 30 early 1900s, 10 unused, 20 used, good variety of Halloween subjects, all sleeved, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $253
Lot 2282		U.S. Postcards, Oldtime Collection, early 20th Century group of over 160 housed in postcard album, incl. Halloween, various Santas (incl. one with blue suit), Valentines Day, Easter, New Years Eve, Little Piggy, also some early greetings cards and ephemera, interesting assortment, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $253
Lot 2283		U.S. Postcards, Accumulation From East Coast, approx. 1000 used and unused, all kinds of topics incl. comic, leather, holidays, steamboats, village and street scenes, bridges, monuments, some foreign incl. Cuba and Puerto Rico, early 20th Century to 1960s, inspect, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $265
Lot 2284		U.S. Postcards, Premium Group, 80, mostly used early 1900s, incl. Christmas with 39 Santas, artist signed, "vegetable" comic cards by E. Curtis, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $184
Lot 2285		U.S. Postcards, Mostly New England Group, 288 mostly used cards, 1906 to modern incl. 46 from foreign destinations, noted street scenes, comic, buildings, few holidays, some better cancels, noted DPOs and flags, inspect, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $81
Lot 2286		U.S. Postcards, Mostly New England Lot, 575+, mix of used and unused, noted towns, street scenes, boats, bridges, beach scenes, buildings and more, inspect, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $81
Lot 2287		Foreign Postcards, Mostly Japan Group in Oldtime Scrapbook, over 380, mostly Japan, incl. views, ships, geisha girls, some real photo street scenes, hand-colored and more, also an interesting group of San Francisco and Los Angeles Chinatown cards, worth inspection, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2288		Foreign Postcards, Worldwide View Packs, 49 mint sets in original wrappers, 1 Concord, N.H., others from British Museum in G.B., Germany, good variety, total of 617 cards, Excellent to Nearly Mint. Estimate $100-150. View details	Unsold

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