Greetings from Liezen 1898 Postcard Austria

Greetings from Liezen Styria Vintage Postcard 1898

 

 

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Austria Styria province: b/w lithographed vintage postcard with 3 views at Liezen, Panorama view, Grafenegg castle and Lower Marketplace. Sent Liezen to Ischl in 1898. Good condition.

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Lina von Schauroth Postcard Art Nouveau Frankfurt

German Art Nouveau Postcard by Lina von Schauroth

 

Exciting Art Nouveau postcard promoting the import-exhibition in Frankfurt in 1919.

Lithographed using the colors blue, green gold and black only. Very powerful design. Used as postcard in Germany in 1919. Good condition. Lina von Schauroth, b. Holzmann (1874 - 1970 ) was an artist and artisan from Frankfurt. She became famous for her designs of glass-windows and mosaics used in public buildings. During the 2 wars she engaged in social-politic welfare, later she engaged in animal welfare.

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Old Chinese postcard with Torpedo Officers

Old Chinese postcard with Torpedo Officers

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Old Chinese postcard (printed in Germany) “Chinesische Torpedo-Officiere”.

The postcard depicts four officers in traditional uniform. Used in Berlin in 1902, good condition.

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Exciting Raphael Kirchner Postcard with Puppet Player

Raphael Kirchner postcard

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Very decorative Raphael Kirchner postcard, Art Nouveau. It depicts a young lady, playing with string puppets. The postcard is not very common.

Artist signed: Raphael Kirchner. E.S. W. Mark at reverse. The postcard has been used i 1904. Neat writing, good condition.

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Unusual Vintage Postcard with Embroidery Easter Motif

Vintage Postcard with Stitchery

 

Decorative old French postcard: Embossed, decorative frame around a stitchery with an Easter egg, flowers and the words Heureuses Paques (Happy Easter). The postcard is from appr. 1915, unused and in good condition.

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SMS Maria Theresia: Ship Postcard and Ship-Fieldpost 1915

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

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.

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Raphael Kirchner Postcard from Geisha Series 1900

Raphael Kirchner Postcard Geisha 1900

Raphael Kirchner: Lithographed vintage postcard with Japanese lady and butterflies.

This one is the scarcer on of the Geish Series. Postal use in Germany in 1900. Good condition. Artist signed: RAPHAEL KIRCHNER

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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.

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Decorative Raphael Kirchner Postcard, Mikado VI

Mikado VI Rafael Kirchner Postcard

Raphael Kirchner: Lithographed vintage postcard with 3 Japanese ladies with huge fans.

Postally used in Germany in 1900. Good condition.

Artist signed: RAPHAEL KIRCHNER

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China, Qingdao: Tinted old postcard from 1900 depicting the church 青島獨逸教會堂

Old Qingdao: Tinted Vintage Postcard of Church

China, Qingdao: Tinted old postcard from 1900 depicting the church on a low hill.

Unused, good condition.

The postcard is inscribed: 青島獨逸教會堂 - Qingdao duyi jiaohui-tang

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Simplizissimus Postcard Set of 6: Authentic, complete.

Simplizissimus Postcards: Authentic, complete Set of 6

Belle Époque – Art Nouveau: Hard to find complete set of First Series of Simplicissimus postcards (Tanz- und Faschingsbilder) by Ferdinand Freiherr von Řezníček.

All six in mint, very good condition. The set comes in the original sleeve (the envelope with some creasing, foxing and wear).

Ferdinand Freiherr von Řezníček (1868 1909 in Munich) was an Austrian painter, caricaturist, and illustrator. Born to a noble Austrian family of Czech descent, he was a half-brother of composer Emil von Řezníček. Von Řezníček's father was a military officer, and Řezníček became a cavalry officer before following his artistic inclinations. In 1888, he set up an art studio with Paul Hoecher. Řezníček worked first with industrial designers before becoming a contributor to the journals Jugend, Simplicissimus und Fliegende Blätter.

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Wiener Werkstatte Postcard Design for Fabrics

Wiener Werkstätte Postcard. New Year by E. Wimmer

Authentic Wiener Werkstaette postcard, design for fabrics by Architect E. Wimmer.

New Year’s wishes in Hebrew and German.

Unused, very good condition.

Wiener Werkstaette evolved from the Vienna Secession, founded in 1897 as a progressive alliance of artists and designers. From the start, the Secession had placed special emphasis on the applied arts, and its 1900 exhibition surveying the work of contemporary European design workshops prompted the young architect Josef Hoffmann and his artist friend Koloman Moser to consider establishing a similar enterprise.

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Pianist Alfred Gruenfeld Postcard

Pianist Alfred Gruenfeld Postcard

Pianist Alfred Gruenfeld: Vintage postcard depicting the famous musician playing the piano.

Unused, good condition. Artist signed

Alfred Grünfeld (1852 –1924) was an Austrian pianist and composer. He studied in Prague and Berlin before he settled at Vienna in 1873, where he received the title of "Kammervirtuose". He made tours through Europe and the United States. During a visit to Germany Grünfeld was appointed court pianist to Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany. From 1897 he was a professor at the Vienna Conservatory.

Grünfeld was the first pianist of note to make a recording. His brother was musician Heinrich Grünfeld.

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Charlie Chaplin: 2 scarce, early vintage Postcards

Charlie Chaplin: 2 scarce, early vintage Postcards

Two funny old postcards from app. 1920, depicting Charlie Chaplin with flowers.

Both have been published by ELUG (Germany) as number 707 and 708., Both are unused and in good condition.

Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (1889 – 1977) was a British comic actor and filmmaker who rose to fame in the silent era. Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona "the Tramp" and is considered one of the most important figures of the film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years, from a child in the Victorian era to close to his death at the age of 88, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.

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Vintage Postcards from Eastern Europe

Vintage Postcards from Eastern Europe

We have added several good old postcards from former Eastern Europe countries.
Some are lithographs, some from small towns.

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Darling Postcard with little Girls, Doll, Cat, 1918

Decorative, lithographed postcard, depicting 2 little girls in Victorian dresses, one sewing, one reading from a book.

A little cat and doll in the cradle are on the floor.

Used as field post in Austria in 1918, censor-strike, upper right corner with a crease, otherwise good condition.

Artist signed: LD

Japanese vintage Postcard with Birds and Flowers. 1907

Japanese vintage Postcard with Birds and Flowers. 1907

Attractive postcard with Japanese motif, depicting birds on a tree, poppy flower, partly gold print.
Used in France in 1907. Good condition.

Dimbur Postcard Gypsy Village, Suchohrad, Dimvar

Dimbur Postcard Gypsy Village, Suchohrad, Dimvar





Suchohrad , Dimvar – Dimburg. Old s/w postcard: “Czigany tanya – Zigeuner Ansiedlung“ (Gypsy Village). 

The postcard depicts 3 Gypsy children in front of a Gypsy village.

Unused, very good condition. 1918 Suchograd (German: Dimburg, Hungarian: Dimvar) is a village and municipality in Malacky District in the Bratislava Region of western Slovakia close to the town of Malacky, north-west of Slovakia's capital Bratislava.

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Mela Köhler Mas Postcard Girl and Toys

Mela Köhler X-Mas Postcard Girl and Toys

Mela Koehler: Art Deco Postcard, depicting a little girl kneeling in front of her Christmas tree and looking at her toys.

Published by Munk in Vienna as Nr. 1187.

Not postally used but a few lines with pencil at reverse. Good condition.

This one is not a common Mela Koehler postcard.

Tinted Christmas Postcard, VIENNE 1911

Merry Xmas. Vintage Postcard from 1911

Attractive, tinted postcard, Merry Christmas.

The postcard depicts ladies and children in a snow-covered landscape. Published by VIENNE.

Used in Austria in 1911, good condition.

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