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1096808 | Argo | An early sepia printed postcard featuring the steamer Argo in the River Avon with the Clifton suspension bridge in the background. I have not been able to identify which "Argo" this is - there were many ships with the same name about at the time of the postcard. Postally used in Bristol in 1905 - the sender of the card appears to have had no luck in finding out about the Argo either!! Light corner and edge wear with age toning, foxing and light indentation marks at the corners from album corner mounts. A little light ageing and a couple of foxing dots to the front and a postal cancellation top right. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG-/VG) | £3.99 |
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832708 | Armida | An art card from the Osterr. Flottenverein featuring the Armida of 1873. Art is by Alex Kircher. Clean to the front with minimal corner wear. A little light marking in the white margin to the right. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG+) | £8.49 |
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40603 | Bonita | A lovely photographic postcard of the tug Bonita by Feilden of Liverpool. I believe this is the tug that was sunk by an air raid at Liverpool on 3rd May 1941, but cannot be sure. Any info appreciated! Card is in lovely clean condition. (EX) | SOLD! |
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1263101 | Bradley | A sepia toned, gloss finish, printed postcard featuring a view of the steamer Bradley ice bound in the Arctic. She conveyed the explorer Dr. Frederick A. Cook on one of his expeditions to the Arctic on the first decade of the 20th century. Very light corner wear and very light surface marking to the front. Age toning, a little marking and some foxing marking to the reverse. (VG) | £9.99 |
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1147527 | Cumberland Queen | A photo postcard by Cooper of Liverpool, featuring the Cumberland Queen. She was built in America in 1919 on the Diligent River, Canada, by C. Robinson. In 1921 she sank, but the wreck raised by itself and was refurbished for further trading! Very light corner and edge wear. A couple of foxing spots on the top edge, left and top left, otherwise extremely light marking to the front. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse with a couple of foxing spots. (VG) | £5.99 |
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1190567 | Everene | A photo postcard featuring the cargo ship Evrene. The only ship I can find with this name is the one built in 1904 and which served as the Everene from 1926 to 1935 for the Riga Steamship Co / F. Grauds, Riga. However this ship seems to be wearing Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie (DOAL) funnel colours. Extremely light corner wear and clean to the front except for and "X" impression mark in the top left and bottom right corner tips (maybe to do with album mounting?). Ship name inked to the reverse with a collector's(?) cachet near the stamp box. Otherwise very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG) | £4.49 |
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6543489 | Frieda / Friega? | An early, undivided back, printed postcard featuring the Elber River (Cranz to Blankenese) ferry. I think the name is either Frieda or Friega (name printed on the flag on the bow). Postally used in Neuenfelde, Hamburg, in 1903. Very light corner and edge wear. Inked message to the front. Very light marking to the front with very light surface impression from the postal cancellation bottom left. Light marking / ageing with some foxing spotting to the reverse. (VG) | £8.99 |
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1159707 | Hiscana | A photo postcard featuring the steamer Hiscana high and dry at a shipyard somewhere. I can't find out anything about this vessel. Very light corner wear. Very light album corner marks. Very light marking to the front with some light surface silvering of the photo. Light marking / ageing to the reverse with a few light foxing spots. (VG) | £5.99 |
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923604 | Jupiter | A sepia toned photo postcard featuring the cargo ship Jupiter. Not sure which one this is as there were several similar ships of that name sailing at that time. Card is by Barnard & Straker of Hull. In nice clean condition to the front with very light corner and edge wear. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG) | £6.49 |
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6194231 | Kaiser Wilhelm II | A very early, undivided back, litho printed art card by H. Paal of Osnabruck featuring the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II which I believe was built in 1882 and ran to Borkum. Postally used in 1900 in Borkum. Light corner and edge wear. A very light surface crinkle across the top left corner tip and the bottom two corners. Light ageing / marking to the front. Light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG-) | £10.99 |
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1190552 | Kate, etc.. | A printed postcard by Arthur F. Kruger of Hamburg, featuring a view of various vessels in Hamburg Harbour. The only vessel with a name visible is the one in the centre of the photo with the name "Kate" visible on the bow. I have not been able to find out which of the many ships named "Kate" this is. A little corner and edge wear with a small surface crinkle on the top left and bottom left corner tips. A few small brown spots on the top edge, right, otherwise light marking to the front. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG) | £1.49 |
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908901 | Lae | A colour photo postcard featuring the Panamanian cargo ship Lae at the Commercial Port, Guam. In clean condition to the front with very light corner and edge wear. Minimal marking to the reverse. (VG+) | £3.49 |
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6313429 | Lauterbach | An early photo postcard featuring the paddle steamer Lauterbach. Ship cachet to the reverse dated 1906. I cannot find any information on this vessel. Light corner and edge wear and light marks at the corners from album corner mounts. A little light surface marking and a couple of extremely light surface bends. A little marking / ageing to the reverse with some foxing marks. (VG) | £6.99 |
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39401 | Leon | Photographic postcard of the tug Leon by the Nautical Photo Agency, Beccles, Suffolk. In lovely near mint condition. (EX) | £5.99 |
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604954 | Mona's Belle | A photo postcard by Cooper of Liverpool, featuring the coaster Mona's Belle. I cannot find out anything about this vessel or the owners. Presumably she has connections with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company with a name like that. In nice clean condition to the front with minimal corner wear. The reverse is printed upside down and has extremely light marking / ageing. (VG+) | £6.99 |
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796701 | Nab Light Tower | An unusual sepia art card with art by Montague B. Black showing the towing out of the Nab Light Tower from Shoreham in 1920. Published by Green & Co of Hayling Island. The tower was built during World War 1 as a defensive tower designed by Guy Maunsell to be placed in the English Channel. This never came to fruition and the completed tower was towed in 1920 to the Nab Rocks at the entrance to the Solent and placed there as a navigational tower where it remains to this day. In clean condition to the front with minimal corner wear. Light ageing to the reverse. (VG+) | £9.99 |
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798422 | Polestar Maru | A photo postcard by the ship builders Kasado, Kudamatsu, featuring the bulk carrier Polestar Maru, built in 1986. In 1987 she was renamed Araucana. In nice clean condition to the front, with minimal corner wear. Inked annotation and some light marks / residue at the bottom edge. Size approx 5.75" x 4". (VG) | £3.49 |
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936504 | Rosarina | A photo postcard by Feilden of Liverpool, featuring a lovely view of the Japanese flagged Rosarina. She was built in 1912 as La Rosarina for Furness Houlder and sold to Japan in 1937 to become the Rosarina. She didn't last with her new owners for long as she was broken up in Osaka in January 1938. In lovely clean condition to the front with very light corner wear. Minimal marking to the reverse. (VG+) | £5.99 |
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946119 | Rydal Hall / Rydall Hall? | A photo postcard by Gibson of the Scilly Isles, featuring the wreck of the Rydall Hall under tow by a tug. The only sailing ship I could find was the Rydal Hall which was built in 1874 and wrecked in 1876 off the coast of California. So whether this is a very early photo of that vessel re-produced on this postcard or a different ship I have no idea! Postally used in 1959. Clean to the front with minimal corner wear. Light surface impressions to the front from the writing on the reverse. The reverse is printed upside down and has some foxing spotting and light marking. (VG) | £3.99 |
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963814 | Sequens | An early, undivided back, art card featuring the early steamer Sequens. All I can find out about this vessel is that she was based at or near Colberg, Pomerania, Germany. Card is by J. Meisler of Berlin. Very light corner and edge wear and very light album corner marks. A very light surface bend bottom left, otherwise minimal marking to the front. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG) | £9.49 |
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6543117 | Stadt Husum | A sepia printed postcard featuring the paddle steamer Stadt Husum. Light corner and edge wear. Some tiny foxing dotting, particularly around the edges of the card, otherwise light marking / ageing to the front. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG) | £4.99 |
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6543603 | Union | A very early, undivided back art postcard featuring the paddle steamer Union. She was built in 1866 and initially operated for Altenwerder Dampfs. From 1892 she operated for local operators. She was sold to Hadag in 1905 becoming the Elbe. Postally used in 1904 in Bremerhaven. Very light corner and edge wear. Very light album corner marks. An extremely light surface bend top left. Light surface impression from postal cancellation bottom left. Very light marking to the front. Age toning and some marking to the reverse. (VG) | £9.99 |
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454005 | Unknown | A sepia printed postcard featuring a view of the Outer Dock, Southampton, with the dry docks in the foreground and an unidentified paddle steamer in the dry dock. Very light corner and edge wear. A little light surface marking to the front. A little ageing and marking to the reverse. (VG/VG-) | £4.99 |
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6194556 | Unknown | A Japanese printed postcard featuring a view of the coaling operations on a steamer at Nagasaki. Serrated edge to the right. Very light corner and edge wear and very light album corner indentations. Very light surface marking and extremely light surface undulations to the left side of the card. Light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG) | £7.49 |
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1263711 | Unknown | A photo postcard featuring an unknown cargo ship in dry dock. the last two letters of her name are either "OA" or "DA" (visible on the bow). Light corner and edge wear with a little light rubbing down the right edge and a light surface bend on the top left corner. Very light marking to the front with a little very light surface silvering of the photo. a little light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG) | £4.99 |
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6313708 | Unknown | An early, undivided back, art card featuring views of Cuxhaven, with a steamer at the landing stage "Alte Liebe" and another liner bottom left, that looks a little like Hamburg Amerika's Normannia, but is not labelled as such. The words of a song about "Alte Liebe" printed top right. Postally used at Cuxhaven in 1903. Light corner and edge wear and album corner marks. Some staining down the left and right edges, as is common with this type of early card. Otherwise light marking / ageing to the front. Age tanning and light marking to the reverse. (VG-) | £7.99 |
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1119210 | Unknown | A Tuck's postcard from the Ships of the Air series (No 9857) featuring "The Lane Monoplane and Ocean Mail Steamer". Very light corner and edge wear. Light album corner marks / impressions. A little very light surface marking to the front with a couple of extremely light foxing spots top left. Light marking / ageing with some light foxing marks to the reverse. (VG) | £4.49 |
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1210105 | Unknown | A colour art postcard featuring an unknown sailing ship with Dover in the background. Lovely art is by Robert Schmidt Hamburg. Light corner and edge wear with a tiny surface bend to the bottom right corner tip. A very light surface bend with very light surface crinkle to the top edge right and a smaller, very light surface bend to the top edge left. Otherwise extremely light marking to the front. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse. Size approx 5.9" x 4.2". (VG) | £6.99 |
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10349124 | Unknown (A Mersey Gale) | An art card from the Magic of the Mersey Series from the Daily Post. This one showing a tug and liner in the Mersey and titled "A Mersey Gale". Art is by Sam J.M. Brown. A little very light corner and edge wear. Extremely light marking to the front with very light album corner marks. A little very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG) | £3.49 |
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1220203 | Unknown (Avonmouth Docks) | A photo postcard by Harvey Barton of Bristol featuring a view of the Royal Edward Dock, Avonmouth. On the right is (I think) a Dominion Line vessel, possibly the Cornishman(1904-1921). The vessel on the left, I cannot identify, possibly another Dominion Line vessel. In the distance, centre is what looks like a Elders Fyffes refrigerated cargo ship. Card is postally used in Bristol in 1913. A little light corner and edge wear except for a crinkle/indentation line across the top left corner tip. Surface impression from postal cancellation top left. Otherwise very light marking to the front. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG-) | £6.99 |
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1263710 | Unknown (Belfast boat "Logie") | A Valentine's Series sepia tinted postcard featuring a view of the Landing Stage, Liverpool with the Belfast Boat "Logie" alongside. I can't find any details about this vessel. Extremely light corner wear. Extremely light marking to the front with a little light marking near the left edge, bottom. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG+) | £4.49 |
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1245901 | Unknown (Belfast boat "Logie") | A Valentine's series colour tinted postcard featuring a view of the Landing Stage, Liverpool with the Belfast Boat "Logie" alongside. I can't find any details about this vessel. Very light corner and edge wear. A tiny surface crinkle to the top right corner. Very light marking to the front with a small surface mark on the ship's funnel. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG) | £4.99 |
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6194555 | Unknown (Coaling at Nagasaki) | A lovely detailed and sharp, gloss finish photo postcard by Y. Sato of Nagasaki, featuring the coaling of a vessel, presumably in Nagasaki. In nice clean condition to the front with minimal corner wear. Album corner indentations. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse with a few tiny foxing dots mainly near the bottom edge of the card. (VG+/VG) | £8.99 |
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1238102 | Unknown (Colliers at Albert Quay, Cork) | A real photo postcard featuring a view of Albert Quay, Cork, with a couple of steam colliers alongside. The vessel furthest away from the camera bears the funnel colours of John Kelly. The closest vessel has the name partially readable "Ca?wal?a" I think! Minimal corner wear and clean to the front. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse with a couple of tiny surface scuffs near the bottom edge, centre. (VG+/VG) | £5.99 |
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965002 | Unknown (Dominion Line?) | A Valentine's Series colour tinted postcard featuring a view of the Landing Stage from the North, Liverpool, with a vessel departing(?), possibly a Dominion Line vessel? Postally used in Liverpool in 1913(?). Light corner wear and light album corner marks. Light impression from postal cancellation top left. Otherwise extremely light marking to the front. Light marking / ageing and a little foxing marking to the reverse. A small mark on the top edge, centre. (VG) | £5.49 |
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1212101 | Unknown (Early cargo ship) | A sepia toned photo postcard featuring an unidentified early cargo ship in port. The name is partially visible and it looks like it may be something like "Salut", but I cannot find any details of a vessel with this name that fits the photograph. Light corner and edge wear but with a couple of light creases to the bottom right corner tip. Light album corner impressions. Light marking and a little surface silvering to the front. A little marking and age toning to the reverse. (VG-) | £4.49 |
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10349125 | Unknown (Fog on the Mersey) | An art card from the Magic of the Mersey Series from the Daily Post. This one showing a vessel anchored in the River Mersey, and titled "Through the Haze / Fog on the Mersey". Art is by Sam J.M. Brown (I think). Some corner and edge wear and a small knock to the top left corner tip. Very light marking to the front with very light album corner marks. A little marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG-) | £2.49 |
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1078604 | Unknown (Hamburg Harbour) | An early, undivided back, sepia printed postcard featuring ships at a Quay in Hamburg Harbour. Tug Ernst Peter is in the centre of the photo. Postcard is by Knackstedt & Nather of Hamburg. In nice clean condition to the front with minimal corner wear. Extremely light marking to the reverse. (EX-). | £6.49 |
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1078801 | Unknown (Hamburg Harbour) | A very early multiview art card featuring views of Strand Hafen and Hansa Hafen, Hamburg. Postally used in 1898 at Hamburg. Very light corner and edge wear. Light album corner impressions / marks. Pencilled message to the front. Very light marking to the front with a little very light foxing marking on the bottom edge, right. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse with a couple of light foxing spots. (VG) | £7.99 |
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1163801 | Unknown (Hamburg Harbour) | A very early undivided back litho postcard by F.W.Kahler of Hamburg. Card features a view of Hamburg Harbour and titled "Loading a steamer at Versmann Quai". Very light corner and edge wear. Light album corner marks / impressions. Extremely light marking to the front. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse with two small collectors cachets on the bottom edge. (VG+/VG) | £9.99 |
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1189801 | Unknown (Hamburg Harbour) | A very early (1890's), undivided back, litho printed art postcard featuring a view of Hamburg Harbour - featuring a 150 ton crane. Postcard is by F.W.Kahler of Hamburg. Very light corner wear with a tiny dink to the bottom right corner tip. A little very light chipping to the bottom edge. Very light marking to the front. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG+) | £9.49 |
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1222201 | Unknown (Harland & Wolff Shipyard) | A Valentine's real photo postcard with photo by W.E. Walton of Belfast showing a view of the famous Harland & Wolff Shipyard, Belfast, featuring two ships and the giant floating crane. Postally used in 1935 in Belfast with a Silver Jubilee stamp. Extremely light corner wear. Album corner impressions. A couple of extremely light surface impressions. Otherwise extremely light marking to the front. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG) | SOLD! |
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1218701 | Unknown (Helgoland Steamer) | A very early, undivided back, litho printed postcard featuring an un-named German coastal steamer and a vignette of the island of Helgoland. Presumably the steamer is the one connecting Helgoland with the mainland (Bremerhaven?). the card is postally used in 1897 with a lovely Hannover - Geestemunde Bahnpost (Railway Post) cancellation. Card is by Rosenblatt of Frankfurt. Extremely light corner wear and light age toning at the corners from album corner mounts. Otherwise very light marking to the front. The reverse has some age tanning, except for the corners where the album corner mounts were, otherwise very light marking to the reverse. (VG) | SOLD! |
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949703 | Unknown (Hospital Ship) | A Red Cross art card printed by Hans Kohler of Munchen, featuring an unknown hospital ship. Art is by Zeno Diemer. Postally used in Augsburg in 1915 with a Bayern stamp. Light corner and edge wear and clean to the front. A very light surface bend bottom left. Light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG) | £10.99 |
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6543503 | Unknown (Hospital Ship) | A Red Cross art card printed by Hans Kohler of Munchen, featuring an unknown hospital ship. Art is by Zeno Diemer. Very light corner and edge wear. Sadly a tiny closed pin hole top centre. Clean to the front with a couple of extremely light surface foxing marks (only visible when viewed across the light). Very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG-) | £5.99 |
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1184601 | Unknown (Kobe Port) | An early colour printed Japanese postcard featuring a view of Kobe Port entitled Wada Promontry and showing a liner in a 12,000 Ton Floating Dock. The liner looks like it is either the Empress of India or Empress of Japan of Canadian Pacific, but I cannot be sure. Serrated and rough edges to the top and bottom where it was attached to other cards. Some corner and edge wear. Quite extensive foxing spotting to the front, but mostly only visible when viewed across the light. The reverse has some surface missing along the top edge and some marking, ageing and foxing spotting. (G-) | £2.99 |
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1236702 | Unknown (Manchester Ship Canal) | A photo postcard featuring a view of an un-named vessel passing through the Barton Bridge and Aqueduct on the Manchester Ship Canal. The photo is by C. Downs & Son and the card is produced by J.L. Brown of Manchester. Very light corner and edge wear with a small knock to the bottom left corner tip. Album corner indentations. A couple of surface impression lines bottom centre, otherwise very light marking to the front. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG) | SOLD! |
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1236704 | Unknown (Manchester Ship Canal) | An early Valentine's Series colour printed postcard featuring a view of the Manchester Ship Canal. Postally used in Manchester, but date not visible. A little corner and edge wear, particularly on the bottom right corner tip. Album corner marks / impressions. A little surface marking to the front. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG-) | £3.49 |
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6543436 | Unknown (Norddeutscher Lloyd or Hamburg Amerika) | An unusual embossed postcard featuring a steamer arriving at her pier, Hoboken, New Jersey. It is either one of the four funnelled liners operated by Norddeutscher Lloyd or Hamburg Amerika. Card is by Langsdorf & Co, New York. Very light corner wear and a little very light marking to the front of the card. The reverse is printed upside down and has extremely light marking / ageing. (VG) | £7.49 |
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988503 | Unknown (Orient Line?) | A colour printed postcard featuring the arrival of a mail steamer at the Outer Harbour, Adelaide. It looks like the Orient Line vessel Otranto to me, but I am not 100% sure. Pencilled message written over the entire reverse of the card by a passenger at Adelaide, but no date mentioned. Clean to the front with light corner and edge wear and a very light surface bend to the top left corner tip. Age toning and light marking to the reverse. (VG/VG-) | SOLD! |
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6543524 | Unknown (Paddle Steamer at Lindau) | An early, undivided back colour printed postcard featuring a paddle steamer leaving Lindau, Bodensee. Card is by Louis Glaser of Leipzig. Postally used in Konstanz in 1899 with a special Bodenseeschiffspost cancellation. Extremely light corner and edge wear. Light album corner indentations. A few marks to the top left, top right and bottom right corner areas. Otherwise light marks to the front. Some areas of age toning to the reverse otherwise light marking. (VG) | £5.99 |
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6543574 | Unknown (Sailing Yachts) | An early, undivided back, litho printed postcard by Gebruder Obpacher, featuring racing yachts and entitled "The winner of the season". Lovely art is by Willy Stoewer. Postally used in Zurich in 1899. Very light corner and edge wear. Light marking and age toning to the front with a couple of light foxing spots top right. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse with a couple of very light foxing marks. (VG) | £8.99 |
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1167503 | Unknown (Various in Hamburg Harbour) | A very early (1890's), undivided back, litho printed art postcard featuring a view of Hamburg Harbour - Sailing Ship Haven. Postcard is by F.W.Kahler of Hamburg. Extremely light corner wear. Light album corner marks / impressions. Light marking to the front with a couple of extremely light foxing type marks on the bottom half of the card. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG+) | £9.49 |
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1148607 | Unknown (Various in Newport Docks) | A colour tinted postcard featuring a view of the Alexandra Dock, Newport, Monmouthshire. Card is by M.J.R. In nice clean condition to the front with extremely light corner wear. Extremely light marking to the reverse. (EX-) | £3.99 |
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6543560 | Unknown (Various) | An early, undivided back, colour printed postcard featuring a view of vessels in Hafen III in Hamburg. Stain marks down the right and left edges. Light album corner marks. A couple of very light marks to the front. Age toning and light marking to the reverse. (VG) | £5.99 |
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1078603 | Unknown (Various) | A colour printed postcard by Hans Hildenbrand, featuring a view of steamers in Kaiser Wilhelm Hafen, Hamburg. Very light corner and edge wear. Clean to the front with a little very light surface marking. Very light marking / ageing to the reverse with a couple of very light foxing marks top right. (VG) | £5.99 |
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823401 | Various (Unknown) | A photo postcard from the Excel Series showing a view of Alexandra Docks, Newport, Monmouthshire, showing various unidentified vessels. Very light corner and edge wear and a little very light marking to the front, mainly top left. Minimal marking to the reverse with a light blue tint to the top edge (from the printing process). (VG) | £3.99 |
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1103504 | Various (Unknown) | A sepia printed postcard featuring a view of Barry Docks, with several cargo ships berthed. Card is by Arthur J. Bevin, Barry Dock. Light corner and edge wear with a tiny dink to the top left corner tip. A small surface scuff bottom right, otherwise light marking to the front. A little light marking / ageing to the reverse. (VG) | £3.99 |
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6543632 | Wilhelm | A very early, undivided back, postcard issued on the "festdampfer" (party boat) Wilhelm. The card celebrates the occasion of the unveiling of the statue of the Kaiser's father, Wilhelm I, at Coblenz on the River Rhine on 31st August 1897. The design showing the Kaisers portrait bottom right is embossed. A little corner rounding and edge wear with small knocks to the top right and bottom right corner tips. Album corner marks / impressions. Otherwise a little light marking to the front. Heavy age toning to the reverse. (G+) | £9.99 |