"'20th Century Air Line'  Los Angeles, San Francisco, Kansas City, Chicago and New York. / ________ Comin on the next air ship. Speed 59 miles." with unsigned fantasy art showing an improbable airship Meteor No. 87 with its passengers suspended in a canoe-shaped gondola, unused postcard whose design was copyrighted in 1910, numerous small shallow pits on both sides obscure little. Rare, the image never caught on. $10.00 f

"344/9" Oranotypie Postkarte, hand-tinted real photo, numeral written in address area, back with spotty toning & a few small scraped areas, 2 tiny pinholes at the top center are easy to miss, minor corner & edge wear. Back printing reads: 'Neue Photographische Gesellschaft A. G. Steglitz. 1904 / Als Postkarte offen hinterlegt zum Musterschutz-Register / beim Amtsgeright Berlin'. A fantasy scene in which a gnome approaches a sleeping winged-girl. $10.00 w(n)f

"521. Köln, Heinzelmännchen - Brunnen" showing pedestrians admiring a statue & fountain commemorating the tailor's wife who (in a fairy tale) made all the town's citizens do their own work, near the front of the Hotel Reichshof; black & white post card that was separated neatly from a booklet, very late usage at Millersville Ohio, light fingerprint toning on the back. $2.75 pf

"All / Happiness / for / Easter" angel in egg car is drawn by two chicks in blue-ribbon harness. color from International Art Publishing, writing on back, brownish paper, embossed, mild wear to bottom corners, lightly toned front. $4.50 fa

"A Merry / Christmas" fantasy art depicting a snowman family regarding the white zeppelin passing overhead, Tuck Oilette postcard processed in Bavaria, Series No. 9998, long crease from a small tear at the left center edge (closes mercifully well), tiny bottom corner crease, minor corner rounding. $6.00 cfwt NEW / NUEVO / BAGO

Art showing children chasing rolling gold coins dispensed from a train, caption has too many accents (probably Czech) to accurately convey, printed in Germany, a beauty mailed in US 1945, extraneous writing on back. $7.50

"Auf de schwäbische Eisebahne! / Bild 4" with German poem beneath. Rough translation: When the little train gets stuck again / The farmer looked for his goat / All he finds is a head and a rope / On the back of the train car / This puts the farmer into a wild rage / He takes the goat's head by the horn / And throws it in whatever direction he can / Right past the conductor's ears / That's the song of the farmer / Who lost his billy goat / ... / Let's raise our glasses and drink to the health / Of the Swabian railway." unused postcard from Serie Nr. 200 in 4 Bilds, trivial corner & edge wear. More fully, the name of the railway is Mittelschwabenbahn or Central Swabian Railway. Henri Boutet was a French Belle Époque artist whose work is frequently seen only in small limited editions. He died in 1919. $40.00 a(b)fpr(m)

"Au Revoir!!" a fantasy in which the man poking through the clouds says goodbye to an aviatrix;  unused real photo postcard published by Davidson Brothers, printed in England, light curl to the paper (no problem in an album), good edges. $4.00 lf NEW / NUEVO / BAGO

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"CAN YOU BEAT IT?" two vegetable heads with eyes and mouths conversing on postcard, 2 corner creases, traces of cancel ink on front, corner wear & rounding. 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 fv

"Das Märchen von der Altweibermühle / Nr. 220" showing Boutet fantasy art depicting a rejuvenation machine for men & women (double charge for old virgins), many signs in German -- come on into the box, old woman's mill, virgins over 60 pay double, new division for gentlemen, marriage office, etc.; unused post card, brownish paper, mild corner & edge wear. $32.50 a(b)f

"Diefenbach: Per aspera ad astra  Teilbild 3" Art Nouveau Karl Diefenbach silhouette of nude fairies on a goat cart and bicycle, black & white Postkarte advertising the availability of prints on back (with prices), 1911 copyright date on back, back paper browning with age, a few tiny spots of abraision on back obscure nothing, minor wear at 2 corners. $8.50 sbfa

"Die Jungfrau" reclining lady in diaphanous wrap reclines on a Swiss mountain scene, four men climbing her, smiling moon with hands peeking at the scene; black & white postcard with red caption on brownish paper, unused, publisher not stated. $20.00 sf *

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"DREAM FAIRIES / BEAUTIFUL ROCK CITY / ATOP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN -- NEAR / CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE" unused chrome post card in excellent condition. $1.75 dft(l)

"Easter / GREETING" two rabbits drive an auto laden with large egg & small flowers, color  embossed postcard mailed 1907 at East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania, extraneous writing on back, minor corner wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 fe

"Easter Greetings" two rabbits on a bicycle built for two, deeply embossed with felt-like finish; postcard mailed circa 1908 at Woodstock Illinois to Mr. Floyd Twiss in Java New York, partial cancel on front, mild corner wear, a little toning near the stamp & the right front. $2.50 efb

"Ein Familienausflug nach Heidelberg" fantasy postcard with an umbrella supporting a family of 4 aloft as they go to Heidelberg, unused Postkarte with undivided back, Verlag von Edm. von König, very light fingerprint toning on back. Rare: no other offers or displays when we searched the Internet. $9.00 uff NEW / NUEVO / BAGO

"F. E. Myers & Bro. // ASHLAND / OHIO // Force / AND / Lift Pumps / AND / Hay Tools // WORLDS / FAIR" and wonderful art in full color depicting elves around a globe. Just a little toning near the back edges. Detailed agricultural product list over all the back: combination hay carriers, stacking carrier outfits, double harpoon forks, Walker forks, knot passing pulleys, thresher tank pumps & many more. Large size: a little longer than a continental postcard, but not quite as tall. The hay carrier was invented by them in 1884 & double harpoon forks were invented in 1892, which gives us a basis for our estimated age as the Columbian Exposition (which was a World's Fair) in 1893. SALE IN PROGRESS oaafge*

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Fleming Brothers Crudoform Liniment advertising card for treatment of stiffness, bruises, sprains, etc.; approximately 4"x  6-1/2", art showing a fantasy scene in which a group of high-wheeling cats excite some dogs & people as they pass by, lightly toned front, back has large thins due to album removal obscuring some text. $4.00 acdfm

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"Garden of Love" man & woman approach farmer in cabbage patch growing babies, color mailed 1908 in Canton Ohio, minor corner & edge wear. $5.00 f%

"Gelukkig / Nieunjaar // 216 / 2" hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard showing woman standing in champagne glass, mailed but stamp removed, edge wear. $6.00 fn

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"Glamour Shots / 'Storybook Products' / Glamour Shots" with 4 examples of children dressed fancifully as angels & fairies; unused continental postcard, price printed on back corrected by hand, otherwise fresh. $1.25 pae

"Greetings / from / [Jacksonville Ohio]" fantasy generic postcard for the small village has art showing 2 beautiful children atop a shell being pulled by a very large fish caught by a ribbon, postcard mailed there AUG 20 1910 to Miss Vesta Morrow of North Berne Ohio, mild corner rounding, a light water stain at the top corners. The placename was penned by hand to complete the caption, and its ink has smeared just a bit. The embossing is quite detailed. $6.00 o(j)sffc Generic postcards explained.

"Gruss vom Berner Oberland" with woman's face on distant Swiss mountain, color, Guggenheim & Co. No. 13589, unused, lightly toned back, corner & edge wear, light surface abrasions on front. $2.75 fs%

"Happy Easter-Tide" 3 helmeted chicks with eggs--one monocled another grasping a pussy-willow branch, embossed post card, printed in Germany, brownish paper, writing on back, circa 1912, light album marks at the front corner, one corner with multiple creases. $4.50 fe

"Hartelijk Gefeliciteerd" with tiny doll racing down stairs with a bunch of flowers, color, used 1926 in the Netherlands, stamp removed, corner & edge wear, faint corner crease. $3.25 f

"Herzlichste Glückwünsche / zum / Neuen Jahre!" with 3 elves raising their glasses in a toast, post card mailed 1899 in Germany, light album marks on front, soft corners. $15.00 nf

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"Herzliche Ostergrüsse!" with unsigned art depicting several rabbits about to take off in a plane, several well-wishers nearby; postcard mailed 16 4 33 from Bad Aachen, rough edges as issued, upper corner creased twice, heavily toned back. SALE IN PROGRESS ef

"Hudson-Fulton / Celebration Commission / OFFICIAL POST CARD / NO. 57 / FLOAT--FAIRIES" color, unused, fresh & appealing. $12.50 (epf)*

"Hudson-Fulton / Celebration Commission / OFFICIAL POST CARD / NO. 61 / FLOAT--ORPHEUS BEFORE PLUTO" color, unused, fresh & appealing. $12.50 epf

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"I PLAY THE 'REASON' / IN / 'WHY GIRLS LEAVE HOME // CALL ME UP SOME RAINY AFTERNOON" rooster in elegant attire smokes cigarette in presence of small bird, black & white on green & pink background, mailed 1912 at South Vienna Ohio, scraped area over stamp, much edge wear with internal crease, a little writing on front. $3.00 f

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"K. V. i. B. 12. / Serie 1705" with fantasy art depicting multiple babies within & suspended from 3 balloons; unused circa 1908 postcard, slight curling inward of the paper from its edges (no problem), lightly toned divided back. Shown left. $10.00 bf. Same series, slight curling inward of the paper from its edges (no problem), post card mailed 4 Aout 08 from Roan-Coo Belgium (stamp removed), long upper corner crease, small lower corner crease. Shown right. $8.50 bf. Both for $17.25 bf. NEW / NUEVO / BAGO

"Love / Token" pot with three pink flowers having children's heads within, undivided back mailed to Pierce Ohio circa 1908, lightly toned front, mild corner & edge wear. $7.00 f

"Märchen Nr. 309  Münchhausen" with fantastic art depicting a rider jumping his horse through a carriage, postcard mailed MAJ 6 1919 within the Republic of Hungary, minor corner & edge wear, back paper browning a bit with age. The tall tales or fairy tales of the real-life Baron have been fictionalized and made into movies. $4.50 hf

"'MOONSHINE STILL' IN ROCK CITY GARDENS, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN" showing elves at work, unused linen, minor browning of paper on back not detracting from the colorful front, faint internal crease. $2.00 (tmf)

Nr. 278: Machine transforming women into 18-year-olds, many signs in German -- 95 / day, keep coming!, tremendous success, here you can become 18 again, your skin & hair will be young again, etc. Unused postcard with H. Boutet art, small upper corner crease. $30.00 a(b)f

"Nun ist er endlich doch erfunden / Der 'Lenkbare' fur schwere Stunden" signed art depicting an improbable airship being steering drunks on the ground, mailed 13 VI 1910 from Münich to Philadelphia Pennsylvania. A rough translation of the German would be 'Now he has finally invented the 'steerable' for difficult moments.' We have seen this postcard overprinted with 'Gruss vom Salvatorfest / im Franziskanerbräu / zu Amsterdam' overprinted on the balloon and mailed in Amsterdam (March 1912). The overprint & our example are the only times we have seen the card at all. The artist's name is hard to read: T. Kneifst... or something like that. $10.00 fa

"Nyström Stoopendaal" a fantasy depicting several gnomes in a pickup truck delivering presents and Christmas trees, with our caption from the Swedish artist Jenny Nyström Stoopendaal's signature, brevkort mailed to Oslo in 1939, stamp removed, minor toning & corner rounding. Surprisingly hard to find on postcards, her work like this is well known on Christmas cards & magazine covers. A classic! $15.00 caa(n)f

"OA4FW" Lima Peru continental QSL with clever cartoon art related to the call sign (cuatro Fantasmas Whiskeros, 4 ghosts) & Radio Club Peruano logo, used 1993 by operator Jorge E. Salinas S., clear QSL bureau backstamp in blue, excellent condition. (2 available) $1.75 each pf

"Restaurant  Maison fondée en 1792 / Le Boeuf á la Mode / 8, Rue de Valois, Paris  Palais Royal" fancifully dressed bull attracts notice of woman by fence, color on yellowish paper, unused, edge wear, corner crease. $4.50 f

"SALUTĂRĬ DIN PREDEAL" fantasy Gruss aus postcard showing a salesman with sample case dropping into the Romanian town of Predeal, breaking his descent with an umbrella; unused carta postala with unevenly divided back, a few tiny scrapes near the stamp area on back, minor corner wear. Hard to find! $9.00 urfg NEW / NUEVO / BAGO

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"Serie 414" with caption from back, fantasy art showing a horse-drawn fire engine carrying many children, unused postcard, small bottom corner crease, mild corner rounding. 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 hff

              
              
Serie 8600: six fanciful & imaginative postcards shown above, all embossed & printed in Germany. Left-to-right & top-to-bottom: "How do, old boy! / Didn't expect me yet awhile, did you?" unused, tiny upper corner crease, toned back. "An afternoon's sail.", mailed 11 MAY 1909 to Miss Ruth Springer in Cornell Illinois, album toning along bottom back edge. "The very latest in motor-cars.", mailed at Boyertown Pennsylvania to Mahon Hoffman in Niantic Pennsylvania, by C. G. Markley jeweler in Boyertown (handstamp in message area, good edges. "Every man his own navigator!", good edges, toning in address area. "A short spin before breakfast!" good edges, small violet UNICO handstamp above message area. "Plus de rochers sournois vous guettant au passage / On peut voguer bien loin sans crainte du naufrage." in French meaning ""More insidious rocks await you in passing / can sail far without fear of shipwreck.", mailed 1AVRIL 1911 at Temploux Belgium to another in that country, good edges. Your choice $20.00 each for 1 or 2. $18.00 each for 3 or more. ALL NEW / NUEVO / BAGO

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"Souvenir de Monte-Carlo // Ah les poires / Les Belles poires!" fantasy art depicting pears dressed as people, unused carte postale from an undisclosed publisher, small scrape at the top back edge, otherwise fresh. The French word for pear is 'poire'; but put 'bonne' or 'belle' in front of it & you get a slang expression for 'idiot' or 'sucker'. $20.00 mvf

"SOUVENIR de MONTE-CARLO / Arrivée en train de Luxe. / Depart en 3e Classe / 5" with fantasy art depicting well-dressed animals & birds near the casino, unused carte postale with trivial edge wear. Undisclosed publisher. $20.00 mf

"S. Sperlich  Ein fliegneder Holländen" monochromatic dull green) showing chick afloat on a wooden shoe, Fr. A. Ackermann Künstlerpostkarte No. 819, mailed 1900 in Bavaria to England, small corner crease, corner crease, lightly toned back. $6.50 f

"Sretan Uskrs!" three chicks hiking in the mountains, color postcard mailed in Jugoslavia circa 1926 to Illinois, 50-p on 3-d & 1-d King Alexander stamps, 2 small corner creases & edge wear. $3.75 f

"STAR TREK / STAR FLEET / TECHNICAL MANUAL // Fully / Illustrated" new condition in protective hard covering. Contents: Articles of Federation; Federation Flags, Seals & Uniforms; Navigational Charts & Equipment; Star Fleet Organization; Detailed Schematics of Star Fleet Equipment, Interstellar Space & Warp Technology; Federation Codes. Not paginated but almost 1" thick. An ideal gift for your favorite Trekkie! $20.00 sftmc

"Thanksgiving Day" memorable embossed fantasy art showing three pumpkins dancing arm-in-arm, mild wear to upper corners. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 tf

"The Belvidere, Central Park, New York / ...  ILLUSTRATED POST CARD CO., N. Y." unused post card with undivided back, toning noticeable in bottom front message area & over the back, minor corner wear. A fantasy castle originally (and as shown) served merely as an elevated observation platform. Later, from 1919 to present, serious meteorological measurements are taken from its tower for the National Weather Service. $7.00 n(n)mf*

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"The Complete Postcards / GRIFFIN & SABINE / 46 Postcards from the Griffin & Sabine Trilogy / by Nick Bantock" all continental size in near-mint condition bearing imaginative art, box cover has two short light scrapes in it (otherwise fresh & remarkable in its own right for the art). Three examples shown. Complete for $17.50 af^

"The Kids from Greensburg Kansas" with fantasy art showing multiple babies suspended from a balloon, unevenly divided back postcard mailed circa-1907 from Greensburg (stamp removed) to Mrs. Earl Roberts in Lewis Kansas, back writing in pencil causes some toning, upper corner crease. Printed in Germany by K. V. i. B. 12, Serie 1525 for the United Art Publishing Company of New York City. $8.50 k(g)bf NEW / NUEVO / BAGO

"The Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority in / Dayton, Ohio features 'A Bus for All Seasons.' Pictured is the Fall Bus, ..." with a fantasy for children painted all around; unused chrome postcard, excellent condition. This trolley bus was acquired from Columbus Ohio Transit. $3.75 bo(d)fu

"THE WAIT IS OGRE / DreamWorks / Shrek 3 / ..." Singaporean continental publicity postcard for the movie opening there, near mint. (Shown) $1.75 sm. Same but trivial wear at one corner. $1.50 smf

"The Witch" art in vertical format depicts 3 Halloween trick-or-treaters in costume, a witch flying overhead by moonlight, pumpkins aplenty; extensively embossed postcard mailed 1909 in East Liberty Ohio to Eloise Green there, good edges, surprisingly fresh for its age. $40.00 $35.00 hfm SALE PRICE: SAVE $5.00 (12½% OFF)

"The / Witch's / Dance" witch with broom dances with a happy black cat & 2 pumpkin men; extensively embossed Halloween Series 980 postcard mailed 1909 in East Liberty Ohio (to Earl Green there), tiny corner crease not into the image, otherwise surprisingly fresh. We have seen blog posts about this card, offers to sell its reproduction as a greeting card or postage stamp, and much more on the web. But why not own the real thing? $57.50 $50.00 hdf SALE PRICE: SAVE $7.50 (13% OFF)

"Time will fly / faster than ever / this Year" with signed H. B. Griggs / H. B. G. art depicting Father Time piloting a very early biplane; embossed & unused postcard with divided back from L. & E. Serie 2276, trivial wear at the upper corners, very light small spot of toning in the address area. Griggs is an American circa-1910 artist best known for his fantasies, and about whom not much is known. $8.50 na(g)f NEW / NUEVO / BAGO

 
 
 
 

 
"Travis Lewis / Art & Illustration / ... / ...Yellow Springs, OH 45587" advertising card in color showing fantasy art (seated nude woman with butterfly wings) & contact information, near mint. $1.50 ofna

"Uncaptioned color art from Philadelphia Post Card Co., showing man with large flower cart & 5 babies growing within, much writing on back, small corner crease, corner wear & rounding. $5.00 f

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Uncaptioned in English, Albanian Christmas card, writing within is Albanian. Very attractive fantasy art. $1.25 awf

Uncaptioned signed Cobb Shinn art depicting a young woman emerging from a pink flower, nicely hand-colored, post card mailed 1910, brownish paper, small corner crease nowhere near the art, toned front corners from album contact, hint of cancel ink in one corner. $4.75 awf%

Uncaptioned slightly oversize continental Christmas post card mailed at Gornja Padgona 18 XII 2003 (clear cancel ties a Santa & snowman on teeter-totter label & an A-rate stamp), minor corner wear includes a tiny crease. Charming art depicts a fuzzy creature putting tree ornaments into a Santa hat. $1.25 scf

"VIEWS IN ROCK CITY GARDENS / Lookout Mountain" in Tennessee, chrome multiview with 6 views & 4 decorative elves, fresh appearance. $2.00 NEW / NUEVO / BAGO

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"YANKEE" matched set of 4 Nesbyen Norway QSL cards with Runnin' Bare style commissioned art showing an elf couple. $8.00

"You are a Nice / Little Duck /  'Approchez-vous, je suis un peu dure d'oreille'" two nattily dressed ducks of opposite sex converse on a park bench, mailed 1924 in Belgium, minor corner wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 fb

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FANTASY POST CARD & FAIRY POSTCARD CROSS-REFERENCES
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See also Halloween post cards at this site.

See also Surreal post cards at this site.

FANTASY ART PUBLICATIONS

"The Brothers / HILDEBRANDT" limited edition of 100, this being #6 signed by both brothers, published in honor of their exhibition July 9 1978 at the Maryland Funnybook Festival in Silver Spring Maryland, like new. $325.00 fa(h)

"The Third Book of Virgil Finlay" hardbound, edited & published by Gerry de la Ree in 1979, limited edition of 1300 of which this is number 1019, like new, original dustcover (shown, frameable!) with price not clipped off. Emphasis is on his Finlay's pre-1955 art -- appearing in Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Fantastic Novels, Startling Stories, Thrilling Wonder Stories & other pulp fiction. Most images in original size. $55.00 fa

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