Showing posts with label postal history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label postal history. Show all posts

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Singapore Vintage Postcard Malay Street 1929 to Germany

Singapore Vintage Postcard Malay Street

Singapore Vintage Postcard Malay Street 
Singapore Vintage Postcard Malay Street 
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Old Singapore photo postcard “Malay Street, Singapore”.
Attractive view with Rickshaw and shops.

The postcard has been shipped to Germany in 1929. Good condition.

More old Singapore Postcards: HERE

Saturday, November 28, 2015

SMS Maria Theresia: Ship Postcard and Ship-Fieldpost 1915

Two S.M.S. Kaiserin und Koenigin Maria Theresia postcards.

Maria Theresia postcard
Maria Theresia field-post


s/w postcard depicting the cruiser, app. 1910. Mint.

Fieldpost , postal card, sent from the K.u.K. Kriegsmarine Kaiserin und Koenigin Maria Theresia. 4. 3. 1915.

Red censor mark, very fine condition.

Mote Postal History HERE

Monday, July 01, 2013

Battlefield of Ryojun, Set of Japanese Postcards 1905

Set of Japanese Postcards Battle of Ryojun 1905


Complete set of eight b/w postcards „Postcard of Old Battlefield of Ryojun“.

Inscriptions in Japanese and Chinese. Images of monuments, battle field, canon, shrine, generals. (General Nogi is seated in the center next to Russian general Anatoly Stessel after Russian forces surrendered at Port Arthur on 2 January 1905).

The Ryojun Guard District (旅顺要港部 Ryojun Yōkōbu) was the major navy base for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Kwantung Leased Territory before and during Second Sino-Japanese War All postcards are unused and in very good condition, the sleeve shows light wear.

More Japanese Postcards: HERE

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

SMS Maria Theresia: Ship Postcard and Ship-Fieldpost 1915

Two S.M.S. Kaiserin und Koenigin Maria Theresia postcards.

Maria Theresia postcard
Maria Theresia field-post


s/w postcard depicting the cruiser, app. 1910. Mint.

Fieldpost , postal card, sent from the K.u.K. Kriegsmarine Kaiserin und Koenigin Maria Theresia. 4. 3. 1915.

Red censor mark, very fine condition. More Postal History HERE

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.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Cajetan Felder CdV with authentic Signature from ca. 1880.

Dr. Cajetan von Felder Carte de Visite by the Imperial Photographer J. Löwy in Wien. Authentic signature at the back of the photo.






The autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Cajetan Freiherr von Felder (1814 -1894) was an Austrian jurist and entomologist (specializing in Lepidoptera). He was elected to the first district council of Vienna in 1848 and served as mayor of the city from 1868 to 1878.

Felder is chiefly known for his work with his son Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer Reise Fregatte Novara. Zoologischer Theil., Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera. Three volumes (1865-1867). The Novara was an exploration ship. With the help of Rudolf Cajetan von Felder amassed a huge entomological collection.

The insects from the Novara expedition are in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna.

A collection of approximately 1,000 letters and postcards sent to Felder between circa 1856 and 1891 is held by the Natural History Museum. They were sent to Felder from all over the world by leading 19th century entomologists and deal mainly with the exchange and purchase of specimens, Lepidoptera in particular.

More Cartes de Vistite: HERE

Friday, May 18, 2007

An Execution in China. Vintage Postcard. Scarce Cancellations.

b/w vintage postcard with 2 horrible scenes of an execution in old China. German Post in China – Peking cancellation.



Sent to Mr. Knorr, a German Oboist who served in the German 4th Company of the 3rd Sea Battalion in Qingdao.

Scarce „ Stab der Gesandtschafts Schutzwache Briefstempel „ strikes on flip and flap side. ( Staff of the Embassy Security Unit Stamp).

Fine condition.

More Chinese Vintage Postcards HERE