"4413  THE POST MASTER VIEWING HIS OIL PROPERTY AT OIL SPRINGS ONT" unused Azo (triangles up) real photo postcard, with good edges & oxidation suggestive of circa-1913 age. Oil Springs is a village in Lambton County Ontario. We are told that the aircraft shown may be superimposed photographically. Rare in any event: no other examples found offered or even exhibited when we searched the Internet. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. o(o)op

"4th STREET LOOKING SOUTH  WILLMAR, MINN.  C-481" with a Conoco (Consolidated Oil Company) truck parked near the Daily Tribune on the left, opposite the Willmar theater & Lakeland Hotel; real photo post card mailed there JUL 23 1946 to Miss Alice Cook in Bridgeton New Jersey, small upper corner crease, previous owner's pencil writing on back may not erase well. Rare: no other offers, no exhibits & no recorded sales when we searched the Internet. $15.00 m(w)no

"619--'BROADWAY', LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA." including legible signs--Eastern (Columbia building), Texaco (building), Famous, etc.; unused linen post card, faint short internal crease from the top center edge, otherwise fresh. $1.50 c(l)o

"894  OIL WELLS AND ORANGE GROVES ALONG A CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY" unused linen postcard, tiny upper corner creases, 3 long internal creases most easily noticed from the back. $1.75 oc(u)

"Airplane View of Ontario Refinery, Copper Cliff, near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.--25." unused white-border era post card from Photogelatine Engraving Co., slight yellowing of the paper on back, made in Canada. $3.25 ioo

"Artesische put met waterdragers.  Java. / G. C. T. van Dorp & Co., Semarang-Soerabaia." showing water carriers around a well; briefkaart with undivided back, light toning both sides. Pertinent written comment: 'The Standard-oil can is one of the most useful articles in the East'. $8.00 ipo

   
HOUSTON / HOUSTON CITY (HARRIS COUNTY). "BAASH-ROSS TOOL COMPANY" showing the place of business of an important designer & manufacturer of tools long used in the petroleum industry; uncaptioned (so we used the sign on the business in the foreground) sepia-tone AZO (triangles both ways) real photo post card, messaged on toned back 'Helcia Your Dady is working here. Now write me a nice long letter, Dady'. Rare: despite the importance of this business we could find no other images of its exterior or interior on postcard. $35.00 t(h)o NEW / NOV / NY / NOWY

"Baki/Baku // ... // The building of the Fund named after Haydar Aliyev - / is one of the pearls of modern Baku architecture." with the State Oil Company (of Azerbaijan) building next to it; unused continental postcard, excellent condition. $2.50 ao

"Burning Oil Tank at night, Lima, Ohio" black & white with brown caption on undivided back postcard, published by Milton Weixelbaum, mailed there 1908, 2 corners worn, small tear at one corner. $8.00 o(l)of

"Caddo Oil Field near Shreveport, La.  Saenger Bros. Publishers, Shreveport, La." post card mailed 1908 at Texarkana to Mrs. James Barr Wilson in Columbus Ohio (where it was forwarded). Interesting commentary on scene from the sender: 'This scene is about 50 miles south of here, where there is now a large oil & natural gass(sic) field - Texarkana uses gas from this field - it is very cheap'; minor corner wear & rounding. Rare & interesting. $7.00 ol(c)

"CAPT. FRANK HAWKES(sic) flew from New York to Los Angeles and back to New York in 36 house flying time, a world's record." Correctly spelled & more precisely, Hawks began his flight in the 'Texaco Five' NR7955 on February 4 1929 from Lockheed's Burbank California factory. Unused postcard with trivial corner wear. Rare: coupon on back was not cut off. $17.00 a(p)oc(b)n(n) NEW / NOV / NY / NOWY

"CHANGE THAT GR-R-R / TO A PURR-R-R!" unused circa 1937 advertising post card for Sinclair Opaline Gear Lubricants--Summer Grade, also referred to as Sinclair Free-Wheeling Lubricant--Summer Grade on front; green & black printing on back as well advising SUMMER'S COMING, long internal crease from the right front edge, toning both sides. Hard to find! $6.00 oaa

"DOWNBOUND: Eisenhower Lock" showing the B. A. Peerless, a tanker owned by the British American Oil Company Limited, at Massena New York; unused Plastichrome® postcard in excellent condition. $1.50 s(b)s(l)n(m)o

"EL CAPTAIN(sic), HIGHEST PEAK IN TEXAS (U. S. HIGHWAY 62)" showing El Capitan;  monochromatic olive-green postcard, distributed to publicize Conoco Touraide guides available at their gasoline stations; unused, very light toning on back. There is more than the spelling error: Guadalupe Peak is actually the highest in Texas & El Capitan (correctly spelled) is the eighth highest. Everywhere we find it on the Internet are offers at $15.00, with the claim unresearched. Know what you are getting & buy here instead for only $9.00. t(e)gm

"Estación Terminal Petrolera. Progreso. Yuc. Méx. / Edición Moncada." showing a petroleum tank, sepia-tone post card from booklet, sent TCV from Mexico City in 1931 postcard exchange to Illinois, stamp damaged by sender, booklet cover paper adherence on back overwritten by sender, a little corner wear, attractive. $5.00 mo

"FILLING TORPEDO WITH NITRO GLYCERINE TO SHOOT AN OIL WELL / NEAR BOWLING GREEN, OHIO" unused postcard with undivided back from E. M. Hubbard, mild yellowing of the paper on back, toning on upper back probably front printing process. Exceptionally interesting. Postcard sold. Still available as a 100-dpi (about 2 times normal size) scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (oo)

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"First Commercial Oil Well in Oklahoma, Bartlesville, Oklahoma" post card with white border from Graycraft Card Company, unused, minor wear at upper corners. Historic marker is in the foreground. $3.50 o(b)o

"Flowing Well ~ Oil City, Pa." postcard mailed there MAY 4 1907 (flag cancel, stamp corner scrape) to Mr. George Mathias in Mahanoy City Pennsylvania, upper corner crease, mild toning both sides included some speckles of cancel ink in the front sky, minor corner & edge wear. Lots of wells were to be seen there at that time, as the writer comments. $7.50 p(o)o

"Frank Johnson  Bert Ratigan / North Creek, N. Y." parked before the Colonial Esso station in the Adirondacks, circa-1940 sepia-tone ANSCO real photo captioned by hand on front with identifications; unused otherwise. Delivery truck signs include: Esso, Essolube, & Essolene. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. n(n)togg

"Going to school in / Venezuela oil field" signed (Laspiel or Laspier?) art on a well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1962 in Hobgood North Carolina. $2.00 vo

"Great Mexia Oilfields./ Activity Around Mills Corner" unused AZO real photo (triangles both ways), lightly toned back. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 to

"HALF BLOCK OF BUILDINGS TORN DOWN FOR DERRICKS / KILGORE, TEX." unused Kodak real photo post card, unusual subject matter. $3.75 to*!

"IMPORTANT! / Keep this Card for Your Income Tax Purpose / .. Community Co-Operative Oil Co. / Marcus, Iowa" form on government postal card mailed 1961 summarizing dividends & interest paid to Orval (John) Brownmiller in Cherokee Iowa (the addressee) from 1952 to 1960. Seldom offered & seldom seen. $5.00 oi(m)g(b)

"INSTEAD OF A GUSHER -- FIRE! / OIL WELL EXPLOSION IN WEST TEXAS" Unused linen postcard, tiny corner bend. 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 fot(w)

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"John Henry, can't you see the lamp's smoking, and look at the heater too! ..." ad for National Light Oil in the form of a comic strip postcard, extolling its comparative comfort & money savings, very lightly toned front, typed address on back but never mailed, uneven toning on the back, soft corners. Rare. $7.00 o NEW / NOV / NY / NOWY

"Kern River Oil Fields, Bakersfield, California" mailed 1912, minor corner & edge wear. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

"KUWAIT. Bunkering at Ahmedi" real photo postcard showing pipelines into an ocean-going tanker, interesting, published by Studio Badran, unused, fresh & interesting. 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 ks(o)o

"KUWAIT. Oil Pipes" real photo post card showing many pipelines into a shipping facility, published by Studio Badran, unused, fresh & interesting. 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 ko

"LA4CM' shortwave (28 MHZ) North Sea Platform G. N. S. C. - H-7 QSL card used 1991 by operator Thorleif Fřrland, small black & white image showing the platform on front, small crease at one corner, otherwise good edges. $2.75 no

"Lesh Oil Refinery, Arkansas City, Kansas" white-border era postcard from E. C. Kropp Co., numbered 17563 on back, unused, slight yellowing of the paper on back, wear at one corner. $4.00 iko

"NX62E / Billy Parker" flying a 1912 Model Curtis Pusher, with an ad on back for Phillips 66 aviation gasoline, unused postcard, light toning near the stamp box & the left front border, otherwise fairly fresh. Mr. Parker was long-time manager of Aviation Sales at Phillips Petroleum Company from 1927 on. The "pusher" shown was his own successful design which first conquered the altitudes of his native Colorado, and later was demonstrated  for Phillips publicity purposes. $8.50 a(p)onm

"OC-58  Pennzoil Refinery, Rouseville, / near Oil City, Pa. / 8A-H1364" as it looked circa 1938 (from printer's code); unused linen postcard published by Minsky Brothers & Company in Pittsburgh, minor corner wear, otherwise fairly fresh. $2.75 p(r)o

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"Oil Boom Days, Sistersville, West Virginia" Etch Tone, fairly fresh. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 wo*c

"OIL SCENE IN 1880 BETWEEN OLEAN N. Y. AND BRADFORD, PA. 55236" unused white-border era from The Book Shop, small corner crease, another creased twice, mild edge wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

"OIL WELLS AND BOAT LANDING / TERMINAL ISLAND -- SAN PEDRO, CALIF." unused chrome from a Union Pacific Railroad photo, excellent condition. $1.50 c(s)o

"OIL WELLS IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, KANSAS." black-on-brown-paper, from a set of 20 published by the Household Post Card Club of Topeka, much writing on back, minor corner & edge wear. An interesting view. $4.00 kop

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"Oil Well. Sistersville Wa.(sic)" showing Sulton Bro's No 1, black & white, rounded corners, unused. Sistersville is, of course, in West Virginia. Postcard sold. Still available as a 100-dpi (about 2 times normal size) scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 wo#

"Peoples Oil & Gas Co. / Wood #3" sepia-tone real photo post card showing their well spewing oil, undivided back postcard, unused, lightly toned front, slight browning of the paper on back, soft corners. $12.00 o

   
"POOR OIL DID NOT DO THIS BUT / IF YOU USE POOR OIL THE RESULTS WILL BE ALMOST AS BAD-- ... / USE MONOGRAM OIL Sold by J. A. SEITZ CO., 428 S. CLINTON STREET / SYRACUSE N. Y." with the merchant's name handstamped lightly in blue ink; postcard mailed SEP 18 1912 from Station P in New York City to Peter W. Minor in Batavia New York, small upper corner crease. Rare. $22.50 n(s)g(s)oa NEW / NOV / NY / NOWY

"R-33  Along the Coast on U. S. Highway 101 / Oil Wells in the Pacific between Ventura and Santa Barbara, California  8A-H3001" unused linen post card in excellent condition. $2.75 orc(u)

"Salt Creek Oil Field / Wyoming" unused Azo real photo (triangles both ways) postcard, lightly toned front, corner wear & rounding, toned back. $8.00 wo*

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"Shooting an Oil Well, Bartlesville, Okla.--13" white-border era post card from E. C. Kropp Company, unused, mild wear at one corner. $3.75 o(b)o*

"SOHIO REFINERY / LIMA, OHIO" a Standard Oil facility, unused chrome postcard in near mint condition. 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 o(l)io

"Something new on ancient / Sahara-- a oil derrick." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 at Dupont Indiana. $1.50 do

"Standard Refinery. Casper Wyo." sepia-tone Azo (triangles both ways) real photo postcard, unused, minor wear to the top edge & corners, lightly toned back. $10.00 wio

"Tank containing 56,0000 bbls Crude Naptha on fire / Midwest Ref Co. /  Extinguishing flames with foam ice" unused sepia-tone Azo real photo (triangles both ways) post card, rubber band mark & light toning on back, a few tiny dark spots on the front, corner & edge wear, a little toning at the bottom front border. An interesting scene with many onlookers. The Midwest Refining Company was headquartered in Denver 1900-1930 and was involved in the Teapot Dome scandal. $18.00 of

TEXACO (Colombia). Unused regular-size post card showing its Curtiss C-46 Commando (HK-473-W) with engines running, undisclosed publisher, near mint. $7.50 a(p)co

"Texas Oil Products Refinery, Waxahachie, Texas.--2" unused white-border era postcard, tape over a toned spot on back, light rubber band mark vertically on front. $3.25 to

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"Texas Oil Refinery at Port Arthur, Texas" post card mailed there during the linen era, message writing heavy with indentations showing on the view side, small corner crease misses image. $3.75 to

"The NATIONAL NEWS / Oil Trade Journal / Copyright 1916 / Christmas Number" complete 20-page staple-bound advertising brochure from the National Refining Company in Cleveland Ohio. Advertised White Rose Gasoline, National Carbonless Motor Oil, National Light Oil, Motorcycle Oil, Harvester Oil, Separator Oil, Dustless FLoor Oil, Enar Firbre Roof Cote, Black Star Harness Cote, Black Beauty Axle Greas, German Valve Oil, etc. Cover with December 1916 calendar & drawing of girl. Back cover has some toning. Fits in a continental sleeve. Interspersed with seasonal jokes, cartoons & drawings, which were probably the reasons most recipients took them or read them. Published over many years: we  have seen 1911 to 1923. Seldom offered generally. $20.00 gccoa

"The NATIONAL NEWS / Oil Trade Journal / Copyright 1916 / Patriotic and Bathing Girl Number" complete 20-page staple-bound advertising brochure from the National Refining Company in Cleveland Ohio. Advertised White Rose Gasoline, National Light Oil, Motorcycle Oil, Harvester Oil, Separator Oil, Dustless Floor Oil, Enar Firbre Roof Cote, Black Star Harness Cote, Black Beauty Axle Grease, Linseed Oil Soap, Black Asphaltum Paint, etc. Cover with July 1917 calendar & bathing beauty. Back cover has a small spot of toning. Fits in a continental sleeve. Interspersed with seasonal jokes, cartoons & drawings, which were probably the reasons most recipients took them or read them. Published over many years: we  have seen 1911 to 1923. Seldom offered generally. $20.00 cboa

"The NATIONAL NEWS / Oil Trade Journal / Copyright 1917 / Halloween" complete 20-page staple-bound advertising brochure from the National Refining Company in Cleveland Ohio. Advertised EN-AR-CO Motor Oil, National Light Oil, White Rose Gasoline, EN-AR-CO Motor Grease, KO-REK-TIV White Oil for constipated children & adults, Black Beauty Axle Grease, Black Star Harness Oil, National Harvester Oil & National Black Asphaltum Paint. Cover with October 1917 calendar & drawing of child carving a jack-o-lantern in a pumpkin patch. Front handstamped 'Presented by F. R. Stephens' has a little toning at the bottom; back cover has a small scrape obscuring nothing. Fits in a continental sleeve. Interspersed with seasonal jokes, cartoons & drawings, which were probably the reasons most recipients took them or read them. Published over many years: we  have seen 1911 to 1923. Seldom offered generally ... Halloween issues, rarely. $22.50 hcoa

"The NATIONAL NEWS / Oil Trade Journal / Copyright 1918 / Halloween" complete 20-page staple-bound advertising brochure from the National Refining Company in Cleveland Ohio. Advertised EN-AR-CO Motor Oil, National Light Oil, White Rose Gasoline, EN-AR-CO Motor Grease, KO-REK-TIV White Oil for constipated children & adults, Black Beauty Axle Grease, Black Star Harness Oil, National Harvester Oil & National Black Asphaltum Paint. Cover with October 1918 calendar & drawing of child having a quiet moment with his jack-o-lantern. Mailed with precancelled CLEVELAND OHIO stamp binding its right edge (damaged by opening) to Elmer E. Day in Salesville Ohio. Cover, shown left, has a little toning; back cover with violet handstamp 'Page 7 Printed before gasoline / situation became so serious'; noticeable wear along spine. Interspersed with seasonal jokes, cartoons & drawings, which were probably the reasons most recipients took them or read them. First 2 pages shown right. Published over many years: we  have seen 1911 to 1923. Seldom offered generally ... Halloween issues, rarely. $22.50 hcoa

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"This card was brought from Germany on the GRAF ZEPPELIN - voyage ending August 4, 1929" advertising card for Veedol Motor Oils (actually used on the airship) distributed by the Tide Water Oil Company. Made in Germany & regular postcard size, but both message part & address part of back are ads in English for Veedol Motor Oil. When we searched the Internet we found: no other offers, a few recorded sales in multiple postcard lots in auctions, & only one recorded sale when offered by itself. So we say it is seldom offered. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. zoa

TOTAL S. A. (France). Unused continental post card showing its Douglas DC-3 (F-GDPP) at Paris Orly Airport with ladder extended in June 1997, near mint. $7.50 a(p)f(p)o

"Two Americans and six Romania peasants working on a well drilling for oil in Romania" real photo post card. Obviously unique: no printed caption, no attribution to the photographer or the publisher. 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 ro

"UA9JH" continental Tyumen / Тюмень QSL card with multicolor art depicting the natural resources of the area such as oil & natural gas, used 1987 by operator Arkadiy Nizamov, small corner crease, other edge wear is minor. $1.75 ro

"UD6AM" shortwave (7 mc) Baku Azerbaijan QSL postcard used 1959 by operator Alexander Golev, oilfield artwork on front, faint upper corner crease, minor wear to the bottom corners. $2.50 ao

Uncaptioned DOPS real photo postcard showing an oil well with nearby tanks and outbuildings. $2.50 o

Uncaptioned sepia-tone Azo (triangles up) real photo postcard showing Standard Oil Company horse-drawn delivery wagon number 177 making a stop at Smith Hardware Company Implements, driver discharges product into a 10-gallon jug. $8.00 oh

Uncaptioned & unused sepia-tone Azo (triangles up) real photo post card showing a Standard Oil Company horse-drawn delivery wagon. Signage as follows (left-to-right): USE MICA AXLE GREASE, KEROSINE AND PERFECTION OIL, STANDARD OIL CO. The seemingly strange alternate spelling was used for industrial purposes because Kerosene had become a genericized trade mark. Kerosine/Kerosene was use in lamps of the day; Perfection Oil was used in smokeless oil heaters. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. oh

"UNION OIL MUSEUM / Santa Paula, Calif. / Built in 1890 / Photo Credit Sam Solace" showing an exterior corner, unused chrome postcard, fresh appearance & good edges. $1.00 c(s)o

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"WB6WCY" Bakersfield California shortwave (3.9 Mc) QSL postcard mailed there 1969 by operator Bill Horsley, design is an imaginative montage of Kern County scenes including oil wells, tiny spot on back. Attractive. $2.75 c(b)o

"WELCOME TO / MAUI 'B' // Shell Todd / Oil Services" folder picturing the off-shore rigs in the Maui Field of New Zealand, signed Nigel Gladwin; continental size, it folds out to provide a detailed schematic of the upper date & lower deck, emphasis on safety information & escape routes throughout, creased. Not often seen in the public domain & exceptionally interesting. $7.50 ngo

"World's Largest Petroleum Butadiene Plant, Port Neches, Texas, In the Port Arthur, Orange, Beaumont Area / PHOTO BY BUSINESS MEN S(sic) STUDIO..." linen post card from The Edwards News Co., writing on back, minor corner wear, lightly toned front. $2.25 it(p)o

"W. S. Porter" with caption taken from the name prominent on the ship's bow, sepia-tone Azo real photo (triangles both ways) postcard, good focus & composition, slight oxidation. The company carried oil from the Kern River fields to San Francisco where it would be marketed. The ship, registered in 1906 to the Associated Oil Company, was named after the company's General Manager who first sold the idea. 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 s(a)oc(k)gm

"YV5GO" Compańia Anonima Venezolana de Navegacion continental QSL post card used, 2 upper corner creases, tiny tear from the center top edge, minor bottom corner rounding. This oil shipping company is no longer in operation. $2.50 vos(o)

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