"10. - DAMAS. - Bab El-Salame" postcard, Editeur Moïse, unused. $3.00

"10. Damas -- Rue Ali-Pasha" black & white post card showing many people, unused, light toning on back. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 (s)

"118. ST. GEORGE'S CONVENT." sepia-tone real photo postcard with matte finish showing the Greek Orthodox convent / monastery first built in the 5th century AD in the Valley of the Christians. Interesting & pertinent commentary written on the back, slight mark at top front center, stamp removed. An American Colony Photo Card. $9.00

"168 - Damas - Entrée Principale / de la Mosquée des Omayades" sepia-tone real photo postcard with exemplary composition & contrast, Edition Gulef, former owner's neat handstamp dated 1961 in address area, English translation of caption on back, pertinent writing in English at top of back, good edges. Surprisingly hard to find. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. si(c)

"170 - Damas - Intérieur de la Mosquée des Omayades" sepia-tone real photo postcard, exemplary composition & contrast, Edition Gulef, dated 1961 in address area, English translation of caption on back, pertinent writing in English at top of back, good edges. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. si(c)

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"14. - DAMAS. - Rue Derwichie /  DAMASCUS. - Derwishieh Street" In color, Editeur Moïse, unused. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 *

"274 - Damas - Mosquée des Omayades" sepia-tone real photo postcard with good composition & contrast, Edition Gulef, circa-1961, English translation of caption on back, mailed with 15-p Palais de Justice stamp, minor corner & edge wear. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. si(c)

"170 EN SYRIE / Maison Arabe" showing an Arab house, unused sepia-tone post card, Thévenet published. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 (saa)

"19. - DAMAS. - Rue Droite /  DAMASCUS. - Straight Street" In color, Editeur Moïse, unused postcard with slight yellowing of the paper with age. $2.75 s

"42  ALEP - Le Minaret carré de la grande Mosquée, XIIe s. / hauteur, 54 mètres" monochromatic blue carte postale printed by Baudinière in Paris, rough artistic edges as issued, faint curved internal crease near the bottom edge. $2.00 s

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"532  DAMAS. -- Le "Baroda traversant / le Soufanieh." with many well-dressed people on the banks, unused sepia-tone carte postale printed by Levy Fils, tiny speck of toning in the sky. A quality card on textured paper with good edges. $5.00 s

"6. - BAALBEK (Syrie). - Temple de Jupiter - Les Propylées" with advertising from the Palmyra Hotel on the back, postcard carefully removed from a booklet, collection Orient-Monument from M. Harriz, minor corner wear. Now in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon. 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 sl

"6. - DAMAS. - Bab-Touma" post card in color, Editeur Moïse, unused. In the Christian quarters. $3.00 (s)

"Alep Fenêtre Khan Saboun" Unused real photo postcard, Editeur Thévenet. $3.00 (sa)**

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"Alep. Intérieur de la / Grand Mosquée Zakaria" unused real photo postcard, glossy finish, dark image printed at a slight tilt to the edges, a little curl to the paper. $3.50 s

"Alep. - La Citadelle." unused real photo post card, glossy finish, minor wear at the top edge, slight curl to the paper, a few tiny surface abrasions show in the front sky. $3.50 s

"ALEP _ LES SOUKS  V.O.367" Unused real photo post card with excellent contrast & composition, light toning on back, small spot of ink at upper right front corner; interesting. Sold but front still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 s*^

"ALEP. _ MINARET DE LA GRAND MOSQUÉE" unused sepia-tone real photo carte postal with matte finish & good contrast, slight curl to the paper, good edges. You are not imagining it--the minaret was incorrectly photographed at a tilt. $3.00 s

"ALEP. - Vue prise par Akabé. Mosquées. /View from Akaby. Mosque." unused sepia-tone carte postale with copyright  by Edition Cl. Thevenet in Alep, paper browning evenly both sides with age. $2.00 s

"Ancient Mesopotamia / Third Millennium, Epic of the flood" art depicting an helmeted archer with his equipment, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1965 from Remus Michigan. In modern days, Mesopotamia would be mostly in Iraq & Syria. $1.75 ais

"Ba'albek, Syria" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 in the United States. (2 different) $1.50 each

"BEYROUTH (Syrie) / Le Haut Commissariat" sepia-tone post card from before-Lebanon, heavily toned back. $2.00

"City of Damascus" photo, no postcard back, curl to paper. $1.50

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"Damas - Entrée de la ville" unused real photo post card with good focus & contrast, Edition Gulef, curl to the paper. $2.25 (s)*+

"Damas - Mosquée Sultan Sélim" unused real photo postcard, Edition Gulef, curl to the paper. $2.00

"Damas - Omayad Hotel" unused real photo post card showing the street corner & several autos, Edition Gulef, curl to the paper. $2.75 (s)*

"Damas, Souk El-Arwam" sepia-tone postcard on yellowish paper, unused, Abawat published, light toning on back, minor corner wear & rounding. $3.25 s+**

"Damascus. Syria -- Brass Chasers / Damas, Syrie -- Ciseieurs de Bronze" postcard showing an interesting work scene, writing on back dates to 1966. $3.75

"Damas - Omayad Hotel" with autos parked nearby, circa-1955 sepia-tone real photo carte postale from Edition Gulef, light toning near the short back edges, slight curl to the paper, trivial corner wear. $2.75 s

"GEORGE E. DABDOUB" fold-out multi-lingual advertising booklet for brocades, mosaics & Persian carpets, interesting. $2.75 !

"La Fenêtre de St. Paul" postcard with writing on back dating to 1966, includes 3 camels carrying wood, fresh appearance. $1.75

"LIEU DE LA CONVERSION DE S. PAUL / (BAB-CHARKI - - SAKHRA)" at Bab Sharqi or the Eastern Gate of Damascus. Showing the interior of the church now in Syria where Saint Paul, travelling on the road to Damascus, was said to see & be blinded temporarily by an appearance of Christ. The cure of that blindness completed his conversion from Judaism to Christianity; thereafter, he wrote several epistles now included in the New Testament. Unused real photo postcard with high contrast, undisclosed publisher. Rare: when searching the Internet we could only find one view of the place & that was its exterior. (What its interior or exteriors look like after more recent conflicts we simply do not know.) 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 rsi

"No. 234. Palm Trees, Syria" black & white, unused post card, album adherences on back. $1.25 (st)

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"Require PALMYRA HOTEL the only first class hotel /  facing the ruins of Baalbek" Serie B multiview postcard in sepia tones, writing on back dates to 1929, unused. $4.00

"Roof-rolling, Syria / (From 'Over Sea and Land')." undivided back post card, mailed 1907 in the US to Carl Hatter of Scranton Pennsylvania, stamp removed thinning the back, mild corner rounding, faint album marks at the corners, 2 internal creases, paper toning consistent with age. The only time we have seen this occupation pictured on postcard. $25.00 sp

"S 69  Damas - Arcades Romaines" unused real photo post card with glossy finish & good contrast, Edition Gulef, good edges. 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

SYRIANAIR / SYRIAN ARAB AIRLINES. Continental black-and-white photograph with good focus and contrast, showing their Douglas DC-6 (YK-AEC) on the ground ready to load passengers, image at a tilt, slight curl to the paper no problem in any album. $3.75 a(p)s

SYRIANAIR / SYRIAN ARAB AIRLINES (Syria). Continental-size photo with good contrast & focus showing their Douglas DC-4 (YK-ADA) on the ground ready to load passengers, slight curl to the paper no problem in any album. $3.75 a(p)s

"Syrienne marchande de volailles. / Dimitri Tarazi & Fils, Beyrouth, Damas, Jérusalem. No 414." showing a poultry merchant. undivided back post card from when Syria was part of Turkey, unused, Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 sp*

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"THE DAMASCUS SHORTWAVE BROADCASTING STATION / DAMASCUS, SYRIA" on prepaid reply card from US. The typing you see at the left instructs the Syrian postmaster that postage has been prepaid through the Universal Postal Union. $3.75 s-su(p)

"Village de natives." Chouha Freres, Alep. postcard in color, unused, minor edge wear, light toning on back. View includes people & camels. $4.00

"XX  DAMAS -- Rue Salhieh Place Arnousse" with a streetcar in the distance, color post card from Edition Soubhi S. et Munir Aïta in Damas, several small speckles of toning on front, less toning on back. $4.00 ss

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"YK1AO" shortwave (7 MHz) QSL card used 1996 by operator Omar Shaboigh, who claims Damascus as "The oldest town on Earth", excellent condition. $2.50 ss

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