"©128 / I COULD'NT(sic) DO THAT LADY--I'D
GO BROKE" post card showing a milkman resisting the advances of a provocatively clad woman
holding her bill, line drawing in black-and-white signed Bob Hall, mailed 1953, light
toning near top front edge, small corner crease misses art. $1.50 ca
"152-X / WHEN YOU GOTTA GO YOU GOTTA
GO" black-and-white drawing of a boy (discretely seen from a distance) relieving
himself into a pond & scaring some frogs by the act;
postcard mailed 1949, light toning on
back, bit of cancel ink on the front. $2.00 cb
"185 / 'PAINLESS EXTRACTION.'" showing a dentist about to pull a tooth, his
foot on the chest of a hapless patient tied into the chair; sepia-tone post
card printed in England, published by Bamforth & Company, mailed 1909 at
Newark Ohio, spotty toning on back, bottom corner gone just into the image.
Sign on wall reads ' Teeth Pulled While You Wait'. Ready to frame & hang in
a dental office. As is. Sold but front
side still available for scholarly
study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced
200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00
dcm
"23 / THINGS CAME UP / TODAY LONG
FORGOTTEN" post card showing man bent over the rail of a ship, hand-colored / tinted, undivided
back, writing on front. heavily toned front. $2.00

"AB10 // CAN'T / WAIT / TO - SAY / 'HELLO'" showing a dog about to address a
fire hydrant, comic linen postcard used 1942, trivial wear at one corner,
surprisingly fresh for having been mailed. $3.00 cd
"A Change of Scenery Makes A Big Difference // On the beach / On the Street
// C268" with signed H. Dean art contrasting a bathing beauty on a sunny day
with how she would look in street clothes on a windy day; comic postcard
mailed 1953 (stamp removed), 2 corners creased, back lightly toned, mild
corner rounding. $1.75 cba
"ADVICE
TO YOUNG MEN BEFORE MARRIAGE // WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY COMING HOME AT THIS TIME
ETC.. YOU ETC. ETC. // GET AN EXTRA STRONG GRAMAPHONE(sic) TO LECTURE YOU
FOR COMING HOME LATE IT WILL 'BREAK YOU IN'" unused comic postcard with
unevenly divided back (circa-1908), minor corner & edge wear. The correct
spelling of the product name is Gramophone, a trademark since 1887. $5.00 ec

"A GAL IN MY / POSITION CAN'T / WAIT FOREVER / (WHY DON'T YOU CALL?) / 350"
with signed Jay Jackson art on a linen post card mailed 1944, minor corner &
edge wear, writing on front extends the thought. $2.25 ca
"And
the blow almost killed father" who was trying to extinguish his gas light
the wrong & dangerous way. [The gas would keep coming into the room even
with no flame; instead he should use the shut-off valve pictured at its
base.] Postcard with undivided back mailed SEP 6 1907 at New Trenton Indiana
to Mr. Albert Dahmann in Cincinnati Ohio, thick stock resisted a long
diagonal crease well, bottom corner crease, toning at edges of both sides.
$4.00 c

"Aviators will teach girlies lots of points in higher education" from the
Aviation Comic series of 12 designs, a little toning in the back message
area, one bottom corner with a tiny crease. $3.50 c NEW / NOUVEAU / NOVÝ

"--BEFORE DINNER?" wife asks man about to hang
himself, unused Plastichrome® postcard numbered P26137 on back. A modern classic for your favorite
culinary arts student! $3.50 cc
"BET YA' A PENNY / HE
DOESN'T MAKE IT! / 1C-H766" with comic art depicting a man with a foot problem
discarding his cane & racing towards a distant latrine, post card mailed in Florida
1955, mild corner wear, small upper corner crease, long vertical crease is
inconspicuous, a little cancel ink shows in the sky. As is. $1.25 oc
"Boy! Do these
babies go / for live bait up / here!" cartoon art depicting 2 simultaneous
fish strikes--one conventional, the other at the fisherman himself; post card made in the USA, mailed 1957 at Shaw Island Washington, 2 small
corner creases, a little toning near the edges of both sides. $2.00 cf

"Boy! Do these babies go / for live bait up / here!"
comic linen post card with 29-c US scuba diver stamp strategically placed &
cancelled neatly on its first day of issue in Honolulu Hawaii. Unique! $5.00
fch-u(f)
"C810 // SPEEDING?
/ I'LL BET YOU DIDN'T / THINK I'D MAKE IT / DID YOU? //
2C-H294" comic art showing woman emerging from service station ladies
rest room while law officer is writing ticket,
linen souvenir of the Chicago Cafe in International Falls
Minnesota, post card mailed 1953, slight
yellowing of the paper with age, tiny corner bend. $2.00 mcgl

"COPYRIGHT 1905 BY J. MURRAY JORDAN. / 233. Be good and you will be
lonesome" well-dressed bespectacled man reading book in the desert, pyramid
in the background; postcard Mailed 1907 to Mr. Gage Rife in Charlestown
Illinois, album impressions at the corners, long horizontal crease, short
internal crease, small spots of toning both sides. $2.50 mc

"CRISIS / CLINIC" in flames, about to go over a waterfall; unused
continental-size postcard with signed Gary Larson art from the Far Side;
1981 & 1984 copyrights by Chronicle Features, good edges. $1.50 ca(l)
"Dear
[Mrs. Stout] Philadelphia 190[6] / Talk about a nice quiet town. This
is it. When I got off / the train I heard a noise and asked if it was the
hum of / business. 'No' replied the policeman. 'That is the snore of / the
town.' ..." comic post card making jokes about its lack of liveliness & its
principal products (catfish, waffles & scrapple). Hand-colored with
addressee & year date penned in, 1906 copyright, 2 small corner creases,
light toning & postal transit marking on front. $4.00 p(p)hc
"Did you ever leave the car without / notifying the conductor--with this
result?" cartoon art depicting a man falling ignominiously despite his cane,
as streetcar pulls away; post card mailed 1908 to Miss Katie Allender in
Warm Springs Montana from her sister, mild edge wear & corner rounding.
$2.75 scg
"DISTURBING THE PIECE" showing a man
with yellow skin biting into a watermelon, color postcard mailed circa 1910, toned both sides,
corner wear & rounding, as is. $0.75 c
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"DOGGONIT! / THINGS JUST AIN'T / TH' SAME AROUND HERE / SINCE YOU WENT AWAY!
/ 274"
with a dog & several of wide-eyed puppies, unused linen
post card. $2.50 cd

"Don't worry
about me ... / I'm being taken care of!" postcard art showing man lounging on beach
attended to by 2 topless beauties, minor toning on back, just a little
corner wear. $1.50 bc

"ED'S
/ GAS" comic art signed KV (for Robert Cavey) on a continental post card
with 1988 copyright for Carol Wilson Fine Arts Inc., fresh colors, good
edges. A flock of ducks flying south pauses at a gas station having a snow
tire sale, to look at a map & plan their route. $1.50 ga(c)c

"EVERYBODY IS ADMIRING / OUR POST CARDS" (& the fact that one of the bathing
beauties forgot to put on the bottom of her bikini!) comic chrome postcard
mailed 1957, long crease in the sand. Sold but still available for scholarly
study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced
200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00
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"Expect to get a BIG KICK- / OUT OF THIS
PLACE / 476" linen art postcard showing voyeur farmer about to get kicked by horse, mailed 1940, ink smear on back, minor corner wear. $1.75 c
"Even the very wealthy have debilitating problems they must overcome / and impossible
challenges they must meet every day of their lives" black & white cartoon art
within blue border shows maid driving vacuum cleaning machine which catches the hem of her
mistress' dress, signed Kate Gawf, 1983, unused, fresh appearance. $1.25 oac
"FLYING
TIPS: / 'It is important to keep a watchful eye on your engine.'" signed
Lawson Wood art on a postcard mailed 1912 in Ohio to Mrs. Roy Tanner in
Chicago Junction Ohio (now Willard Ohio), multiple shallow scrapes on the
back make the message hard to read, mild corner & edge wear. Rare: when we
searched the Internet we found different cards in this series, but no other
offers of this one past of present, and no exhibits. $9.00 a(w)c
"'FOR SOLID COMFORT, GIMME THE TANKS ANY
DAY-- / WE RUN AROUND IN SHORTS ALL DAY!'" post card art shows man in tank talking to
infantryman, 1943 copyright, from R. H. D. Corp., writing on back, mounting marks on back. $1.75 c
 "GRAND
ARMY RE-UNION // MANY A BATTLE HAVE I FOUGHT UNDER THAT FLAG // NO SIR NOT
UNDER THIS FLAG" with the risqué conversation centering on her flag-colored apron
& a double-entendre for reunion;
advertising card for Pond's Bitters, Ginger Brandy, Gin-Ger-Gin &
Rock and Rye with Horehound--cures for constipation, headache, malaria,
dyspepsia & more. The company was out of Chicago Illinois & patented the
rock & rye concoction in 1908. The size of a regular postcard. $11.00
accmi(c)
"GREETINGS
FROM ATLANTIC CITY / Mary had a little Watch, / She Swallowed it one day, /
And now she's riding in a Ford / Just to pass the time away." unused
circa-1919 (when anti-Ford jokes were the rage) postcard from Hubin's Big
Post Card Store there, back paper starting to brown evenly with age. There a
many variants on the poem 'Mary had a little lamb'--some not so
child-friendly. $5.00 n(a)cc

"Greetings From The Unofficial / LA GAMES" comic
& imaginative continental map to various venues--Ghetto Blasting
(including Heavy Metal Roller Skating), Tanning Events
(including Sunburn Preliminaries),
Mercedes Pentathlon (including Long-Distance Car Phoning), Lifestyling
(including Women's Hot Tub Medley), Scoring
(including Marina Bar Hopping), etc. Unused continental from Paper Moon Graphics, bends
at 2 corners & along the edge between them, another corner bend. $2.00 occ(l)

"Happy dreams of long ago." Showing
an exhausted man dozing off in a rocker while holding twin babies & dreaming about the
romance which led to their creation, color comic postcard from Bamforth, mailed 1908, corner wear
& rounding. $4.00 (cd)
"HEADED FOR THE LAST ROUNDUP" with a
thirsty horse bearing a heavy cowgirl in the desert, unused linen
post card, brownish paper. $2.00 cc*
"Hello / From / JEAN'S TRADING POST / Lake Mohave / Ranchos, Ariz. / GREAT HUNTING...HAD
SEVERAL SHOTS ALREADY" comic postcard signed Tex Lowell art shows reclining hunter having
another drink as various types of wildlife pass nearby, unused, fresh except for 3 tiny
spots of toning on back. A modern classic. $3.75 aa(l)a(l)ch*

"Hello / From // WAKEENEY, KANSAS // QUALITY
/ CAFE" three different unused Laff Gram postcards, made in the USA by
Saxtone, light spotty toning both sides, an internal crease in the bathtub
scene. All 3 for $10.00 k(w)c
"Here's just a sample. The rest were
/ so
heavy that I had to leave 'em / behind" with man moving large fish in a wheelbarrow,
impressing the lady who exclaims 'WHATTAMAN!' unused linen post card, numbered C-270 on back. $2.50
cf

"HERE'S LOOKIN' / AT YA! // LONG TIME / NO SEE!
/ WHY?"
pictures man with 3 eyes & 2 red noses & 1 upraised glass of beer; unused chrome
post card, light toning near the short front edges, back heavily toned. $1.00 cb
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"HEY
. . . HOW 'BOUT / YOU DRIVIN' FER / A WHILE? // C-80" with the biker
obviously intent on fondling the young lady; comic postcard with signed Bob
Petley art mailed SEP 28 1953 at Barstow California to Freddie Thompson in
Norfolk Virginia, small upper corner bend, light toning on back. $5.00
cma(p)

"HONEST MA--I WAS JUST / WATCHING THE ARMY GO / THROUGH ITS MANOEUVERS" showing a
shapely young lady in a diaphanous low-cut dress standing in a doorway, unused comic linen
postcard
with signed O'Toole art, from The Dade County Newsdealers Supply Company, yellowish paper, corner crease, minor
corner wear. $2.00 ac
"honk
- honk / COCKADOODLEDOO" comic art depicting an auto accident caused by an
effort to avoid a chick; colorful & intricately embossed postcard mailed
circa-1910 (judging by the stamp) at Riverton New Jersey to Mrs. C. E.
Bigelow in Toledo Ohio, corners worn & rounded, back heavily toned. Farmers
lost a lot of poultry & livestock on country roads in those days. $5.00 caa
"Horsens
Ellehammer kommer" meaning 'Ellehammer comes to Horsens' in Danish, comic
art depicting a startled public running from the impending crash of his
inventor's improbable aeroplanes; brevkort mailed at Horsens -9 12 09 to
Hans Jorgensen in Webster Minnesota, mild corner & edge wear, tiny ink smear
in address area on back. The card itself is printed on multi-ply paperboard
by Warburgs Kunst-Forlag Kobenhavn Eneret. That choice of stock is a
fine-arts choice used in graphic printing to impart strength & resistance to
creasing; it was "to create the highest possible quality" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperboard)
because the printer had a greater selection of coatings to use. Jacob
Christian Ellehammer was a Danish inventor who is credited with the world's
first air-cooled radial engine, a monoplane, a semi-biplane, a triplane & a
helicopter. This is very hard to find. The only other example we found was also postmarked in 1909. Because our postcard was
cut from the left edge of the sheet, our example has more of the design
showing at the left than the previously auctioned example. Sold but front
side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan
(publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75.
da(p)c
"I DON'T CARE IF YOU DID HAVE
/ AN EGG IN
YOUR BEER!: drawing shows a woman sternly directing her husband to his
own bed, minor corner wear, post card mailed 1950 in Florida, minor stamp damage, hint of toning at
top front edge. $1.25 c
"If they won't come peacefully, then I go after 'em / that's me" boy
fisherman abandons his pole & line, dives off pier for fish; comic linen
post card with 29-c US scuba diver stamp strategically placed & cancelled
neatly on its first day of issue in Honolulu Hawaii. Unique! $5.00 fch-u(f)

"If your nose is / red - dont / worry // keep on drinking / it will
turn blue" comic art on a postcard made in the USA, mailed MAR 27 1914 to 'Swifty'
Monroe in Mount Vernon Ohio, minor corner & edge wear. $2.50 ac
"I
GOT YOUR POSTCARD / SAYING 'WISH YOU WERE / HERE'!" with art depicting an
older woman confronting her husband sunbathing on a beach blanket with a
shapely bikini-clad companion, chrome-era post card with good edges, hard to
tell if the mark in the left front sky belongs. $1.50 bc
"I
hardly know how / to commence" says a shoe-shine boy to a hobo requesting
service, post card from Tuck Write Away Series 643 on brownish paper, signed
Lance Thackeray art, unevenly divided back, mailed 1905 at Springfield
Massachusetts, light album marks at the corners, couple spots of light
toning & a few small scrapes that mostly miss the art on front. Check your
image: there is a knock-off unsigned version of this comic; but ours is the
original! $6.00 a(t)ct

"I hate this place." with signed Gary Larson art depicting the damned amidst
devils; unused continental-size postcard from the Far Side, copyrighted
1984, tiny bottom corner bend. (w available) $1.50 each. ca(l)d
"I HAVE A LOT TO BE / TANK-FUL
/ FOR / EVEN THO'
I HANDLE MOST OF THE ARMY HEAVY WORK / 251" with soldier embracing large woman beside
his tank, linen postcard from Series P Army Comics, very late usage. $2.25
"I
have discovered perpetual motion" as the clown points to his gas meter;
unused circa-1905 postcard with undivided back, light toning both sides,
minor corner rounding. Gas lights could be kept on continuously, but that
was expensive. Twisting a value at the bottom of the lamp would cut off the
flow of gas; reigniting required a match & a twist the other way. $7.00 c

"I HAVE'NT GOT EUROPE YET, / BUT I OFTEN GET CHILI" with fanciful comic art
depicting a ham radio operator; unused Bamforth Radio Comic postcard No.
1290, printed in the USA, a light line of ink in the address area is
probably from the printing process itself, good edges. The incorrect
spelling in its caption is exactly as we report it here. Rare.$8.50 rc NEW / NOUVEAU / NOVÝ

"I Hope This / EASTER / Finds You / On The / Road To / PROSPERITY /
COPYRIGHT 1907 P. Gordon" with art depicting a hobo, post card No. 5300 from
the Easter Series of 50 subjects, mailed MAR 17 1910 at Homer Ohio (clear
hand cancel) to Mr. Samuel Kuhn in Gibsonville Ohio, heavy horizontal
crease, large scrape at the top front, toning & corner rounding. Given the
nature of the occasion, we do not see many comic Easter cards. As is. $1.00
ec

"I'LL ALWAYS BE PULLIN' FOR YA, HONEY,
WHEREVER I GO! / 124" with little boy pulling a girl in a red wagon, unused linen
post card with
a touch of toning along one edge. $2.00 cc

Image File magazine. Volume 16
Number 2, containing "Lighting the Way" on lighthouses, "Comic Nudist
Postcards", color illustrations throughout. $2.75 the complete issue.
plc

"I'M BEGINNING TO / LEARN
THE / ROPES -" comic cartoon art in vertical format depicts a boxer getting
the worst of things with soldiers in the audience, linen postcard mailed
free JAN 17 1943 (clear Fayetteville cancel) by Pvt. Frank Jannicelli who was a
Fort Bragg North Carolina, few light spots of toning at bottom center of
back, tiny specks of light toning in the front borders. $4.00 s(b)cg-n
"I'm
/ stuck here / for / awhile / !" forlorn puppy
looks out from a boot, black & white art copyright 1909 by F. A. Moss, Dog-Gone Cat
Series, postcard mailed 1910, light toning on front, one corner faintly but multiply
creased, slight yellowing of the paper with age. $3.50 dc+
"I
shall tell mother! / Hey! Come back! // Girls need a pair-o'-shoes for
walking back--and a pair-o'shute for floating back" unused post card from
the Aviation Comics series of 12, a little pencil writing on toned back,
made in the USA, minor corner wear, long upper corner crease. $2.50 c
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"It's a case of every man for himself
here / H-A-L-P!" with men chasing plump woman down the beach, unused linen
post card, number 372
from the Seashore comics, small spot on the back. $2.00
c*
"IT'S QUIET HERE AND AM C-38 / GREETINGS FROM
HARTFORD CITY, IND. UNFORTUNATELY DETAINED" with drawing of prisoner fastened
to large ball & chain, linen-era postcard from C. T. General Comics, unused, trivial
corner wear. $2.25 pci

"IT'S PLANE TO SEE ... I'D LIKE A LETTER FROM YOU!" unused post card from
the Army Life Comics series of 10, paper starting to show its linen-era age.
$3.25 c

"IT'S / TIME / FOR
YOUR APPOINTMENT" with 8 different Peanuts comic characters each holding a
letter in the first 2 lines, copyrighted continental postcard sent by
metered mail, good edges, dentist reminder on back. Delightful. $2.00 dc
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"I'VE BEEN AROUND- / -BUT I
/ LIKE THIS / SPOT
THE / BEST" with dog looking approvingly at a tree, unused linen
post card. $2.50 cd
"I WAS QUICK IN GETTING SUITED TO ARMY
LIFE / YOU CAN SEE / HOW IMPORTANT / I FIT AROUND / HERE! // 252"
postcard showing 3 soldiers being
issued ill-fitting clothing by their supply quartermaster, minor corner wear, small corner
crease. $2.00 cm
"I
was treated / very coolly / last / night" couple eating large helpings at an
ice cream palace, postcard from Comics Series Number 15, mailed 1911, mild
corner & edge wear, a little toning both sides. Signs in back include 'DRINK
/ MUCKSIE / IF YOU HAVE / THE NERVE' presumably a take on Moxie soda &
'Croako / Koaloil / LEAVES THAT / DELICIOUS / DARK BROWN / TASTE' for to
disguise Coca Cola. $4.00 fcc

"I wonder if this is what would be called a 'see plain'?" unused post card
from the Aviation Comics series of 12, 2 names penned in the address area,
,lightly toned back, minor corner wear. $2.75 c

"I WON'T NAME NAMES, / BUT AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE / FROM OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD / ARE BURNING IN HELL / THIS VERY MINUTE! // NO! // The
afterlife of gossips." signed Kate Gawf cartoon art depicting angels,
unused, 1987 copyright, fairly fresh. $1.25 aa(g)c

"'Just Arrived. We came
down by plane.'" with signed Donald McGill art showing a biplane about to
crash nose-first, a hapless couple clutching its tail; unused Bamforth Touring Comic
postcard (No. 1544), 4 tiny spots of light toning on back, trivial wear on
one long edge. $2.75 a(m)c
"Just as big fish in the sea as ever / were caught? Well, I'm catchin' / 'em
now."
comic linen post card with 29-c US scuba diver stamp strategically placed
(so as to align the ocean horizons), cancelled neatly on its first day of
issue in Honolulu Hawaii. Unique! $5.00 fch-u(f)

"JUST PICTURE ME / HAVING A WONDERFUL TRIP / 103" man moving a bathing
beauty painting trips & replaces her head with his; comic linen postcard
mailed 1942 in Tennessee, light spotty toning on back, a little cancel ink &
a faint 1/2" internal crease near the top front edge. $1.25 cb
"KINDLY
DON'T BLOW OUT THE GAS IF YOU CAN HELP IT! / 'SOME PUNKIN-HEADS WOULD BLOW
IT OUT, BUT NOT YOUR UNCLE HIRAM!'" comic circa-1910 postcard with evenly
divided back, light spotty toning over much of the back, good edges. Gas
lights could be left on all the time, but that was expensive. The proper way
to extinguish such a lamp was to twist the valve at its bottom (seen here),
turning off the gas. Any other ludicrous method of extinguishment would
stupidly & dangerously let gas flow into the area unchecked. $6.50 c NEW / NOUVEAU / NOVÝ

"LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE
/ LOTS
DOING!" with black cat sitting near fishbowl and bird cage, unused linen
post card with vibrant
color. $2.50 cc

"MARRIAGE... / ...IS JUST LIKE
/ SITTING IN
A / BATHTUB... / ...ONCE YOU / GET USED TO IT, / IT'S NOT SO / HOT! / 214-C" with
tattooed man
soaking in a tub, Baxtone chrome post card mailed 1956, fairly fresh. $1.25 c
"MEN ARE ALL ALIKE / AIN'T THEY MAME?"
washerwoman stands on the back of another to peer over the transom of a door with
do-not-disturb sign, postcard
with a little writing on front that is in the spirit & not bothersome.
$1.50 cm

"MEN / WORKING" road
sign just before 3
people working at desks by a roadside, continental-size
postcard, unused, near mint. $1.00 c

"MH-3 / On Leave" with signed Chelmow art showing two Army men playing with
a 59-cent anti-aircraft gun in the toy department of a store while children
watch; unused linen postcard in near mint condition. $5.00 cmta
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"MY
SWEETIE CALLS ME 'MUSTARD',-'CAUSE WHEN WE / DANCE, I'M ALL OVER HER DOGS" linen
postcard with art showing ballroom dance scene, made in USA, trivial wear at one corner.
Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or
.tif format. $1.50 cd

"Need a new pick-up line? / How 'bout 'I got a
job.'" advertising thousands of entry-level jobs & internships listed on
monster.com & monstertrak.com; unused continental post card, near mint. $1.25 cc
"News from the Old Home
Town / ANOTHER AXCIDENT! / Bill Hawkinses Mule Nocks Streat / Carr Offen the
Trak." with text full of deliberate misspellings, unused comic postcard with
signed cartoon art showing a mule kicking an electric streetcar, front
toning is light, back toning is heavy. $3.75 sc

"News from the Old Home
Town / SENSASCHUN IN CHURTCH! / Old Bill Bunkum Loosens Up on Coin / ... /
... he is goin / to Swelltown to vizzit his daughtiour un- / till the Redd
Crosse campane blows over." showing a tightwad finally dropping a coin into
the church collection plate, unused comic postcard with signed Witt art in
black & white surrounded by red border, lower corners creased, back unevenly
toned. Misspellings were deliberate. $2.75 rca

"NOTHING'S GONNA STOP ME
FROM / SENDING A GREETING TO YOU! / 575" showing little boy being chased by dog, unused
linen from Asheville Post Card Co., fresh appearance. $2.25 c
"NOTHING / THANKS / IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE STOPS"
cartoon art shows car of children rushing to restroom while attendant looks on, post
card from Noble, minor corner wear & rounding, small ding
in the top edge, very light toning shows in the front borders. $2.00 gcc

"NOTICE TO RELATIVES / this is to let you / know that I've / decided to take
it / with me, so... // RELAX!" depicting an old man with diamond lapel pin
smoking a stogie; Baxtone Laff Gram postcard, very light toning & a little
pencil writing on the back (probably erasable). Understandably hard to find:
if you got one mailed to you, would you keep it? $3.50 cs
"OFF THE LEASH AND ON THE LOOSE"
older man dreaming of wine, women & song races away from wife with his hastily packed
suitcase in hand, published & distributed by the artist
Petley himself, unused
post card, small area
with tiny spots on back, chrome era. $2.00 a(p)c*
"OFFICE WORK IS VERY PRESSING" comic
art showing a balding boss bending over to kiss his secretary working at a typewriter, color,
postcard mailed 1907, pertinent writing on front, light toning at one back corner, tiny bend at one corner.
$5.00 tc
"Official Post Cod" unused
continental post card showing a fish swimming about wearing a postman's hat. Something to send to
your favorite punster! $1.00 cf
"OH NO YOU
DON'T! / COME ON IN -- YOU CAN HAVE / ANYTHING WE'VE GOT! / S-17" two
grandmotherly type ladies sharing a bed point a gun towards a masked burglar
about to exit, a little light toning along the back edges, otherwise fairly
fresh. $1.25 c
"ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON / COMIC SERIES NO. 1
/
COPYRIGHTED 1907 P. HENRY CHICAGO" with signed S. D. Z. art--man's hat blows
off, woman screams at kid's attempt to float the picnic basket, etc.;
post card mailed 1908, faint
corner crease, hint of toning at left front. $3.00 cf

"Or, What Would You Rather Do?" art depicting a shapely redhead who has
proposed tennis, golf, or baseball all the while providing a generous view
up her skirt; linen postcard mailed 1948, tiny bottom corner crease. $2.75
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"PAW! - IF YER TOO LAZY / TO WALK DOWN TO THE STILL / YE CAN JEST GO / THIRSTY!
/ WHO SAYS
IT'S DRY HERE?" unused linen-era postcard from MWM Color-Litho, one corner has small crease &
wear, light toning along bottom back edge from printing process. $2.00 cm
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"Please send $10.00 as I / (K)need the / dough. // 35" unused circa
1907-1908 (unevenly divided back) post card, multiple creases & uneven
toning both sides. $0.75 fc
"SAVING ON GAS OIL, TIRES,
AND / EXPENSES / THIS / TRIP / BUT THINK OF THE WEAR AND TEAR ON ME!" showing man
pedaling
bike with large lady on the handlebars, unused linen post
card. $2.50
(cb)
"SHE WAS ONLY / A COACHMAN'S
/ DAUGHTER,
BUT / SHE DIDN'T / NEED ANY / COACHING" unused
postcard, Snappy comics 622, made in USA. $3.75 sc

"Shoe Laces of / The Rich & Famous - // FRANK SINATRA / BROOK SHIELDS //
JOAN COLLINS / BOY GEORGE" Seth Feinberg signed art on an unused
continental-size postcard distributed by the Maine Line company,
copyrighted. $1.00 ca

"Shop Till You Drop" two women drag
another who has collapsed (clutching 2 bags) down the aisle of a retail establishment,
continental-size post card, unused, near mint. $1.00 c
"SOMEBODY'S /
TO BLAME! / WHY DON'T YOU WRITE?" cartoon art depicts housewife addressing a
baby, dog, and cat about a wet spot on the carpet; unused linen post card,
trivial wear at one upper corner, published by Asheville Post Card Company,
copyrighted, trivial upper corner wear, otherwise fresh. $2.75 cc

"Some catch, eh? And there's no catch / to it, either" comic linen post card
with 29-c US scuba diver stamp strategically placed & cancelled neatly on
its first day of issue in Honolulu Hawaii. Unique! $5.00 fch-u(f)
"Sorry
I can't be up" with art depicting a man falling from an aeroplane, postcard
mailed OCT 18 1913 from Washington Illinois to Miss Leah Yordy in Roanoke
Illinois, all corners are creased, in addition 2 long internal creases
intersect, lightly toned both sides. Ironed out so the creases are not too
noticeable. As is. $1.00 c
"SO YOU'VE BEEN / FOLLOWING
THE / HORSES FOR / YEARS // YEA, BUT THE TROUBLE / IS, THE HORSES I / FOLLOW
ALWAYS FOLLOW / THE OTHER HORSES" with copyrighted cartoon art depicting a
horse walking along side a bettor, unused Curt Teich chrome-era post card,
fairly fresh. Mount for a great gift! $2.50 rch
"Stop
waving at girls - you're not driving a car! / Hi, Toots! / AN OLD HABIT /
Keep 'Em Flying!" unused Curt Teich postcard from the Air Corps comics
series, deep colors on the linen finish, 2 tiny spots near the left front
edge are hard to notice. $2.75 c

"TAKE ME BACK TO DEAR OLD BLIGHTY (3) / Bill Spry started to fly up in
aeroplane, / In France, taking a chance, wishes he was down again; / Poor
Bill, felling so ill, yelled out to Pilot Brown: / 'Steady a bit, yer fool,
we're turning upside down!' // BY PERMISSION OF THE STAR MUSIC PUBLISHING
CO." copyrighted Bamforth comic postcard printed in England, legible
pencilled message over entire back, tiny bottom corner crease. Surprisingly
hard to find. $5.00 pcm

"THE BOX OF GRAPE FRUIT I PROMISED YOU
FROM FLORIDA" white-border era postcard with pencil writing & erasures on back,
minor corner rounding. $1.75 cff

"The disillusionment of youth / AMAZING LIVE SEA MONKEYS ONLY $1.00 / THESE
AREN'T SEA MONKEYS - THEY'RE BRINE SHRIMP" signed Van Dusen art on an unused
continental postcard in excellent condition. $1.25 ca

"The First / Wash Day" showing 2 fig
leaves on a line hung up to dry, unused hand-colored / tinted leather post card with undivided
back. Veiled reference to Adam & Eve. $3.75
lcr
"The
new piano player" couple in amorous embrace while gent entertains unawares
mama in next room by striking some notes with a rake; unused comic series
Number 15 postcard copyrighted 1910 by J. Marks in New York, good edges, a
few small light spots of toning on back. $5.00 lc
"THE RA'AL CONVAYNIENCE of SINGLE
LIFE. / Sure, there are lots of pleasures a man can enjoy / when he hasn't a wife or childhre'
to bother him!!" color postcard from Lawrence Publisher in Dublin, numbered 8266 on back, minor
corner & edge wear. $3.75
"THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT-
/ YOU
GO TO THE DOGS BY / CHASING THE CHICKENS" art showing older man & two shapely
women, Lusterchrome® sample post card, made in USA, lightly toned back. $2.00 cs
"They go wild, simply wild over me" comic art shows crowd with picket signs
('This is the Life', Water is for Fishes' & 'Oh Boy') chasing a truckload of booze,
Series 1043 Drunks (1 of 6 designs), unused postcard, fairly fresh. $5.00 (ac)
"THEY'RE
ALL JUMPING OUT!! / BY JEEPERS!! I BET THEY JES' FOUND OUT THET-----------
IS FLYIN' THET PLANE!!" Snuffy Smith cartoon art from a 1942 copyrighted
King Features series intended for military use (per the upper back message
area), good edges, and fresh colors. The only copies you are likely to see
will have a name penned into the blanks. $4.75 c
"THIS HOUSE HAS GOT OUR LAST ONE LICKED / A MILE!
/ FOR
ONE THING, THE / SITTING ROOM IS BIGGER" with art
picturing a hillbilly couple discussing their
outhouse, unused linen postcard, small mark on back. $2.25
oc

"This is a heck of a sight easier than walking back!" unused post card from
the Aviation Comics series of 12 designs, upper corner with 2 faint creases
(1 is long), all corners with mild wear, toning near one back corner. $2.50
c NEW / NOUVEAU / NOVÝ
"THIS IS AN INEXPENSIVE TRIP! C-155
/ © BUT
IT TAKES TIME" art showing car zooming by a hitchhiking couple, unused C. T.
Auto-Comic linen postcard on brownish paper, lightly toned back. $2.00 ac

"TSK, TSK, WONDER / IF ANY ONE NOTICED / MY SHINY NOSE?" with signed Jay
Jackson art on an unused linen postcard from Series G of the Glamour Girls
Series, excellent condition. Passer-by baby-faced soldier notices her
extremely short skirt (revealing her nylons & much more). $3.00 cha
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"TWO HEAVY LOADS" comic post card
shows drunk clutching bottle reaching to steal another off a wagon loaded with booze,
color, mailed 1916 at Lynn Indiana, image appropriately framed in a barrel border, corners
well worn & rounded, 3 small corner creases not into image. $2.50 ac*

"Vacances Humoristiques / 21.682" cartoon art
postcard printed in Belgium showing many
tourists attempting to board a bus in unusual ways. $3.00 bc

"Vacances Humoristiques / 12.683" cartoon
art
postcard printed in Belgium showing the protruding tuba of a band
member knocking down some telephone poles, which in turn scares three cows. $3.00 bc
"WANTA CIRCLE LOW / AND SCALE H--L
/ OUTA
'EM?" two storks converse as they fly over an old maids' home, published &
distributed by the artist Petley himself, unused post card, fairly fresh, chrome era. $2.50 a(p)c*
Wanted to buy--comic map postcards from E. C.
Kropp, having CM- numbers. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or
Euros, postpaid to Columbus Ohio! *c
Wanted to buy--comic military post
cards from
Worrell Associates. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or
Euros, postpaid to Columbus Ohio! *c
Wanted to buy--postcards with drawings by Jimmy
Hatlo & J. R. Williams. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or
Euros, postpaid to Columbus Ohio! *c
"Warning
of approach / Art IV.(5). He shall / give audible and sufficient warning ..
when overtaking / foot passengers .. / ..." with signed Chas. Crombie
(Charles Edward Crombie) comic art depicting a motorcyclist using his horn
to warn pedestrians, a pig & some ducks of his approach along a country
path; postcard from the Reo Series, printed in Germany, former owner's
handstamp neatly on back, minor corner wear. The law quoted was the British
Motor Car Act of 1903 (which went into effect in 1904). It differentiated
for the first time between motorcars and motorcycles. A bell was another
approved method spelled out in the law for warning pedestrians, but we
wonder -- if the pedestrian could not hear the motorcycle, why would the horn
or bell be heard? It is on such absurdities that comic postcards are made.
Sold but front
side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan
(publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75.
a(c)mlc

"We are itching to get away from / Dayton, Ohio" post card mailed there 1911
within the city -- whose residents clearly have a sense of humor, tiny
corner crease, unevenly toned back. We have seen different towns in the
second line -- for example, Grinell Iowa & Portland Oregon -- but they are
all hard to find. $5.00 o(d)c
 "Well
By Gum! I hope she lands here!" an elderly farmer exclaims on seeing an
aviatrix, postcard mailed MAR 17 1913 to Miss Faye Lowe in Ingalls Indiana
by her cousin Pearle. Faye's name & that of a gentleman friend have been
penned on front, long bottom corner crease, bottom corners well rounded,
light toning both sides. $4.00 a(p)ca

"WE'RE
ALL JUST / ITCHIN' TO / SEE YOU!" showing 3 dogs coping with fleas near a fire hydrant,
unused linen post card with good color. $2.50 cd
"WE / SEE THE / CLOWN / IN OTHER
/ MEN"
red-on-beige design depicting a standing clown, published by AH, unused, tiny corner
crease, another corner with a small crease. Paper is like a linen but a much earlier
postcard. $1.25 c
"We traded the
car for an aeroplane. Coming home like this." with signed Donald
McGill art showing a biplane with numerous passengers--drinker, spooners,
children on the wings, etc.; unused Bamforth Touring Comic postcard (No.
6014), trivial wear at 3 corners. $2.75 a(m)c
"WE WERE
/ KINDA
WISHING' / YOU'D / SHOW UP / AROUND / HERE!" art showing hillbilly couple with shotgun
standing with their daughter & her newborn, unused linen from Asheville Post Card Co., fresh appearance. $2.25 c
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"We will detain / you only for a / moment" comic
art shows pilloried man, number 606 from J. Koehler, mailed 1904, a little extraneous
writing on back, scrapes affecting art, edge ding, 2
internal creases, as is. $0.50 pc
"WHEN WE LEFT COMIN' HOME" 2
contrasting drawings on the subject of family vacationing, published & distributed by
the artist Petley himself, unused postcard, numeral written in ink on back, chrome era. $2.00 a(p)c*

"WHY GO SIGHT- / SEEING? STAY HERE / AND HELP ME! / 356" with signed Jay
Jackson art on an unused comic post card from the Glamour Girls Series G,
excellent condition. $2.50 ca

"'WILL YOU SAVE MY LIFE AGAIN
/ TOMORROW AT
THE SAME TIME?' / GC413" with good looking woman lifeguard pulling man to beach, unused
linen post card. $2.50 cl
"WISHED / YOU COULD / THINK OF SOME
/ OTHER WAY
TO / MOP THE FLOOR / MAW / ! / 756" art shows woman using hillbilly--especially his beard--to
mop, unused Tichnor linen postcard, trivial corner wear, lightly toned back. $1.75
"YOU AND YOUR OLD NEWSPAPER; WHY DON'T
/ YOU
PAY SOME ATTENTION TO ME ONCE IN AWHILE" scolds a woman with 7 children near her,
unused Tichnor chrome postcard, a few tiny spots on the back from the printing process,
good edges. $1.50 cn
"YOUNG
MAN - WHY AIN'T / YOU AT THE FRONT? // LADY - SHE / DON'T GIVE MILK / AT THE
FRONT. // GC423 / Manistique Tourist Court. Manistique, Mich." unused
Bursheen-finish linen postcard, small upper corner crease, small scrapes
near the top left front corner. Hard to find! $5.00 m(m)mc
"YOU PICK UP A NICE SUN-TAN HERE AND
THEN... // YOU PICK / UP / YOUR / BILL / AND / TURN / PALE / AGAIN! // 1301" unused linen
post card from
Colourpicture Publication, yellowish paper on back, tiny corner crease. $1.75 c
5 SIGNED IBAÑEZ COMIC
POSTCARDS
(EDICIONES VICTORIA, BARCELONA)

El Puñao de Rosas
Titles not shown: El Barquillero,
El Monguillo,
La Buena Sombra & Agua, Azucarillos y Aguardiente.
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