Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Antique Austrian Postcards: Lower Austria

We have added a new lane: Vintage postcards from old Lower Austria. All are scarce postcards, like this one:
Greetings from Maria Enzersdorf:


Monday, December 14, 2009

China: Antique Jade with Monkey and Lotus Leaf.

China: Antique Jade with Monkey and Lotus Leaf.




China: Antique Jade, brown at the outer part, white at the centre. The colors have been used very well, making the brown a lotus leaf and the white a monkey with a peach.

20 x 36 x 15 mm. 13 gram.

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

1898: Canton Postcard. Paquebot Ligne N. to Wien

Imperial China 1898: „Greetings from Canton“. b/w postcard, depicting the wheel-steamer Han-Kow, boats and junks.



Sent as postcard per Ligne N Paquebot Fr. No. 7 to Wien.

Thge stamp most probably has been replaced, otherwise fine condition.