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Thursday, April 08, 2010

Imperial China Postcard from 1909: Yangze Gorges.

Imperial China: Scarce postcard with view at one of the Yangze-gorges: „ Hei-Shih-Tan, The Black Rocks Rapid, Upper Yangtse“.




Franked with a 2 Cents Temple of Heaven stamp ( one missing), Sechuan – cancellations, Hankow-, Peking-transitional strikes. Sent to Hildesheim in Germany.

More Chinese Vintage Postcards HERE

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Early Zeppelin Mail, Card from 1912. Sieger Nr. 10.

Zeppelin Mail Germany, Frankfurt Flug Post Karte, Sieger Nr. 10, 4. OF.




10 Pfg air mail + 5 Pfennig-Germania stamp. Offenbach 13. 6. 1912 – cancellations. Sent Offenbach to Frankfurt. Minor bend at lower right corner, clean and fresh appearance.

More Zeppelin Collectibles: HERE

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Japan, China: Decorative Military Postcard, Manchuria, Censored.

Decorative Color postcard with Chinese ladies an boy. Used as military postcard in Manchuria. Red Military-strike, blue Censor-mark.

Text in Japanese. Very fine condition.




More Japanese Postcards: HERE

Friday, March 19, 2010

Mao Tse Tong Badge. Unusual large Porcelain plaque. Jing De Zhen

Peoples Republic of China, Cultural Revolution period: Authentic Mao Zedong pin made of porcelain. Unusual large, scarcer plaque from the Jing De Zhen manufactory (they were the exclusive porcelain supplier for the Imperial Chinese Court).




Revolutionary slogan at the reverse and Jing De Zhen factory imprint.

Diameter 110 mm (4,4 inches), fine condition.

More Mao Badges: HERE

Friday, March 12, 2010

Olivia de Havilland Autograph. CoA

Olivia de Havilland: Card with biography at the reverse and authentic signatures at the front.




5,1 x 7 inches. Fine condition.

The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Olivia Mary de Havilland (born 1916) is a two-time Academy Award-winning actress. She is the sister of actress Joan Fontaine, also an Academy Award winner.

Along with Luise Rainer and Joan Fontaine, de Havilland is one of the last surviving female stars from Hollywood of the 1930s. She is also the last living lead from the Hollywood classic Gone with the Wind.

More autographs: HERE

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Heros Wien Advertising Postcard. Scarce.

Heros Wien Advertising Postcard. Scarce.




Decorative advertising postcard: HEROS Industriefoerderungs AG., Wien VIII., Langegasse 63. (The company produced metal houseware, oven, washing machines, bath tubes….).

List of their goods can be found at the reverse. Used as postcard in 1922. Fine condition.

More Advertising Postcards HERE

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Chinese Photo, South China. Boat-Coolie. 1925

Chinese Photo from South China, 1925: 2 Chinese, half naked, pulling a boat river-up.




6 x 4,2 inches. Small black paper remnants for album at reverse, otherwise fine condition.

More old Chinese photos: HERE

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Concentration Camp Terezin. Album with 24 Photos

W.W.II.: Theresienstadt concentration camp: Album with 24 photos from the lager. Die Photos have been issued in Theresienstadt ( Vydal: Pamatnik narodniho utrpeni v Terezine). The have been taken after World War 2 but are vintage, no reprints. All have been trimmed to fit in an album.




Each on is 4,5 x 3,5 inches ( 11,5 x 8 cm ).

The last 4 pages are with Czech handwriting. The photos are clean, not creased. The album itself is not gem but o.k.

More WW2 History Objects and Documents HERE

Friday, January 08, 2010

Antique Austrian Postcards: Lower Austria

We have added a new lane, offering vintage postcards from lower Austria.
We listed quite scarce ones like:


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Old Vietnam Khmer Siam Postcard. River Scene

Indo-China, Cambodia, Siam: b/w vintage postcard with view at native huts along a river and kids in a boat.




French Inscription: „ A. T. 107 – Voyage aux Monuments Khmers. Coin d’Arroyo à Siem-Reap“.
Unused, very fine condition.

MORE such postcards from Indochina.

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Japanese Albumen Photo with Pine Tree. 1880s

Old Japan: Pine tree at Kinkakuji. Impressive tree with a stand on shape of a boat.




Decorative, antique Japanese Albumen Photo, tinted, thin paper, fixed on paper with small glue spots at he corners.

Size: 11 x 8,7 inches. Fine condition, app. 1885.

Photo by Baron Raimund von Stillfried.

More antique Photos from Japan and Korea HERE

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Indochina Postcard. Meo-Tribe Members. Tonkin to Prague, 1913

Indochina, Tonkin, Caobang: b/w vintage postcard depicting a group of local Miao people „Groupe de Mans meo. Marche de Mo-Xat“.




10 Centimes stamp with Annam-Tonkin 1913 - cancellation. Sent to Prague. Very fine condition.

MORE such postcards from Indochina and Vietnam