"170. - CORSE. - Type de Berger" showing a man resting with his rifle, black & white postcard with green back from A. Tomasi, very late usage at Stacey Montana. An unforgettable image. $7.50 cg

"221865 / GENERAL VIEW OF POWER HOUSE, RESERVOIR AND DAM, REMINGTON ARMS AND AMMUNITION COMPANY. / BRIDGEPORT, CONN." including a locomotive in the foreground, early white-border era post card, corner wear & rounding, long corner crease & internal crease from the same spot, long vertical crease through card center possibly from rubber band, front toning evident in its borders, as is. 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 cgi

"221867 VIEW OF EXECUTIVE OFFICES, REMINGTON ARMS AND AMMUNITION COMPANY, BRIDGEPORT, CONN." early white-border era post card, considerable corner & edge wear, long & heavy area of cancel ink on front mostly in upper border area, unusual subject matter. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75 cgi(m)

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"25¢ OCT. / Cupid's Capers" continental postcard reproducing a cover with pinup art (woman in pink underwear in a shoulder stand) & NRA logo (!!), from Vintage Magazine Co., numbered 32 on back, unused. $2.00 pg

"412. Shooting Up the Towns" with art depicting 3 horse-mounted cowboys firing their guns indiscriminately, post card mailed AUG 29 1909 (clear Waco & Rotan RPD cancel) from someone suggesting an exchange, noticeable corner wear including a small bottom corner creases not into the image, faint but long internal crease, very light toning both sides. $3.25 cg-r

"73 BIZERTE. - Baraquements des Tirailleurs. -- ND" showing barracks for Tunisian sharpshooters, with beer ad on one sign; black & white carte postale from Levy et Neurdein Réunis, unused, small spots of toning in sky, unusual subject matter. $9.00 tg

"British Imperialism in Afghanistan" art on oversize post card showing a small group of men with interesting old rifles, light fingerprints on back. $1.75 ag

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"Buckskin Bill." standing with rifle & holstered gun, in his wooly chaps; color on postcard with undivided back, browning paper on back, album marks at corners of both sides, tiny corner bend not into image, small curved mark in sky. Seldom seen. $9.00 cg

     
"C. SIEBERT, / Manufacturer and Importer of / GUNS, RIFLES / Breech-Loading Short Guns, Revolvers, Pistols, &c. / Also, FISHING TACKLE, / ..." illustrated circa 1890 advertising card promoting its ready-acting dog-tail and gun-barrel attachment on back, slight adherence at right front edge obscures nothing. The shop was in Columbus Ohio. 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 either side, or $3.75 for both. adggfo*****

"DONT FAIL TO VISIT / C. H. DAVIDSON'S / 22 WEST WASH. ST. / THEY SAVE ... MONEY / FURNITURE HARDWARE / STOVES RUGS GUNS / PHOENIX" uncaptioned (so we use most of the advertising sign on the balloon basket) real photo post card mailed NOV 13 1910 at Phoenix Arizona Territory (complete flag cancel) to Mr. Isaac (Ike) Miles in Eaton Ohio by his brother, unfortunate heavy toning on both sides. Message in part: 'I was at the fair to0day went up in the balloon, went 1500 ft high had a fine trip and a good view of the country...' Rare. Sold but both sides still available for scholarly study & research as enlarged 300-dpi scans (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75 either or $7.25 both. ba(p)fgg(m)

"DON'T TRY ANY PINCER / MOVEMENTS ON ME" art depicting a helmeted shapely lass in patriotic colors sporting a rifle, art of a Mutoscope arcade card, 2 small creases in the same upper corner, trivial corner & edge wear. $5.50 mppg

"FRATERNITY, LOYALTY / AND CHARITY // THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC VETERAN // The men who in the conflict led / And for the union fought and bled / Tho' passing on are never dead." unused intricately embossed & gilded post card from Decoration Day Series No. 1, minor wear to 2 top corners. Decoration Day became Memorial Day to become more inclusive, honoring all US soldiers who died in all wars. Design printed too low to get a gold border at top and bottom; miscut at the printers, not trimmed. $7.50 mcffg

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"GUN RACK BASE" attractive Delta Utah QSL post card, used. $2.00

"Here is ANNIE OKAY, your blind date. / So hold it, big boy, lift your dukes--this / baby's totin' iron!..." art shows cowgirl pointing a gun at the viewer, postcard printed in purple, unused, from Ex. Sup. Co. © 1941 (who also made early arcade cards). Long message finishes with poetry printed as prose, a little hard to understand. $3.75 cgp!

"HOW MUCH / Did Dish Breakage / Set You Back / LAST YEAR? / COLT AUTOSAN DISHWASHERS / COLT'S PATENT FIRE ARMS MFG. CO. / AUTOSAN MACHINE DIVISION  HARTFORD, CONN." sent September 31 1939, a little smaller than most post cards. 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 agc

"J. M. Davis Gun Collection, Largest Individual Gun Collection in U. S. A . /  Hotel Mason Lobby, Claremore, Okla." Unused post card with white border, unusual subject matter. $6.00 og

"KLG-6448 / Single Six" Ione QSL card with Runnin' Bare style commissioned art showing a six-gun, used 1977 but fresh appearance, 2 fancy handstamps on the back. $2.00 wg

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"KLJ5498" QSL postcard of operators Larry, Jim & Mary Krayer; writing on back, small ink smear on front, artwork depicting two rifles. $2.00 ig

"O.29 Real sitio de San Ildefonso S. M. Firando al blanco con Fusil Mauser" showing Alfonso XIII in uniform target shooting with a Mauser rifle near his palace; hand-colored real photo postcard mailed TCV 7 March 1910 to Mrs. Kate Serre in London as the beginning of an exchange. Rare! 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 rsg

"OCT. / Stolen Sweets / 25¢" continental postcard reproducing a cover with pinup art (seated nude woman covering both breasts) & NRA logo (!!), from Vintage Magazine Co., numbered 31 on the back, unused. $2.00 pg

"On the Rifle Range / Camp Lee, / Va." unused black & white multiview post card with 2 scenes--men in trenches with scorers; published by Thompson Illustragraph Company, good edges. Back printing refers to their photograph, but this is not a real photo. $3.75 vm(a)g

"PROFIT AND LASS" with signed Earl Moran art on a rare Mutoscope arcade card from the Hotcha Girls series, depicts a scantily clad pirate gal with pistol guarding a treasure chest; faint upper corner crease not into the figure itself. $17.50 mpga

"PUBLISHED BY L. P. JONES / GENEVA, OHIO / 8806 / The Armory, Geneva, Ohio" showing its exterior, including 'GENEVA RIFLES' sign; black & white post card with sky tint, mailed there 1908 to Laura Emerson in Bridgeton New Jersey, mild corner wear, faint album marks at back corners, faint small bottom corner crease. $6.00 o(g)g

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"REMINGTON ARMS U. M. C. CO., BRIDGEPORT, CONN." early white-border era postcard, 4 corners creased (1 is long), considerable corner wear and rounding but not into image, short internal creases from the bottom edge. As is. 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 cgi

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"Shot Tower, Fayette and Front Streets, Baltimore, Md / 4A-H1817" where molten lead was dropped into a vat of water to form bullets for pistols & rifles; unused linen postcard from I. & M. Ottenheimer, yellowish paper, lightly toned back. $2.00 mg. Mailed 1942, partial cancel on front, minor corner & edge wear. $1.75 mg*. Our best copy, excellent condition, shown. $2.50 m(b)g

"Target Practice, Camp Perry, O." in Ohio, post card mailed 1913, considerable corner & edge wear. 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 om(a)g*

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"WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE, NEAR SAN JOSE, CALIF.  458 / PHOTO COURTESY JAN JOSE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE8A-H506" as seen from above, unused linen postcard, back toned, minor corner wear. Back continues '...built as the spirits directed, by the late Sarah L. Winchester (of Winchester Rifle fame).' $2.25 c(s)gg(w)

Young man dressed for cool weather stands with his rifle on an uncaptioned & unused sepia-tone Cyko real photo postcard, oxidation consistent with circa-1910 age, back heavily & unevenly toned. $3.75 gm

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