"70. LOURENÇO MARQUEZ / Photo Wexelsen" showing a streetcar & a few pedestrians & a worker with a bucket, black & white bilhete postal on slightly yellowing paper, unused, trivial wear at one corner, small spot of toning on back left edge. Caption is near the left edge of the back, and the attribution of the photo is there too. $10.00 ls%

    "73. DELAGOA BAY / Photo Wexelsen" black & white on slightly yellowish paper, unused, tiny corner crease not into image, lightly toned back. $8.50 l

    "74. LOURENÇO MARQUEZ / Photo Wexelsen" interesting street scene seen from a high point, including the Oriental Kiosk & the Pyramid Kiosk; black & white on slightly yellowish paper, small corner crease misses image, lightly toned back, faint album marks at corners. $13.50 l%

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    "Lourenço Marques.  Ponta Vermelha e Dunas de areia. / Reuben Point and Sand Dunes." color from Spanos & Tsitsias, numbered 67 on back, unused, slight yellowing of the paper with age, wear at one corner, a few tiny spots of light toning on the back, trivial wear at top edge. $9.00 l

    "Lourenço Marques. Reuben Point Road" black & white on undivided back mailed 1904 to Ladysmith Natal, stamp removed, some cancel ink in caption area, faint creases near one corner, 1 / 4" tear at top center just to the image, light toning along one back edge. $11.50 l

    "Lourenço Marques.  Uma tourada. -- a Bull-fight." with 4 toreadors & a bull leaping, also plainly showing various types of spectator seating; color from Spanos & Tsitsias, numbered 89 on back, mailed there 21-6-09 to Ladysmith Natal (gorgeous cancel ties 10-r stamp, bold receiving mark 2 days later). Quite simply the best Lourenço Marques postcard we have ever seen. $50.00 lb-l!!%

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"No. 7 - LOURENÇO MARQUES / Vista Parcial do Cidado / Partial View of the Town" unused continental postcard from Alterocco, trivial corner wear. $1.00 l

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"1005..." rest of caption in Cyrillic translates roughly 'Love Sacrifice' unused real photo of V. Vink art, lightly toned back. $7.50 al

"108  'Twixt Love and Duty" art showing a gentleman leaving his lover to go off horseback on a hunt, minor wear to one corner, message penciled on back. $3.00 hlNEW / NOUVEAU / BAGO

    "3267 / 5" hand-colored / tinted real photo showing a well dressed couple standing close together, the lady holding flowers & an umbrella; mailed but stamp removed, European origin, slight oxidation. A beautiful card that could be framed. $7.50 ul

    "335 / 1" caption from number on back, unused, one edge worn, soft corners. $4.00

"4 - Elle - Tir es un menteur, je 'sais que tu as /  remarqué la petite Princesse." Charming scene in which a boy & girl are about to kiss, mailed TCV in France, 2 large pinholes detract, lightly toned front. $1.00

    "414 /  Made in Germany" caption from the only printing on the back, hand-colored / tinted real photo showing a sailor holding hands with his lover, a seated woman carrying an umbrella, waves & ships in the background; light toning on back, slight curl to paper especially at corners, corner wear. $5.00 ul

    "61802 / 2" no other caption, hand-colored  /  tinted Amag RP of a couple near a horse and a rosebush, unused. $10.00 al

"Ach vy oci cerné, / drahé oci moje, / budete-li verné, / dám Vám ziti svoje." art showing lovers on some grass, made in Bohemia, mailed 1911 in US, ink smear on back, some extraneous writing on back, corner & edge wear, thin lamination peels from front corners (not too noticeable), as is. $2.75 bl

"Artist : Attasart Tularak. / Romance in Swamp : Two lovers are / embracing each other in the lotus swamp." unused continental post card with tiny bend at one corner. $1.25 tl

"BREAK AWAY" sepia-tone showing lovers beneath a stack of hay with an observer on top, unused & fairly fresh. $3.00

    "CARL TRUPPE pinx.  Abschied" showing 2 lovers hugging outdoors, unused color postcard, Galerie Wiener Künstler Nr. 465, several small spots of light toning on back, good edges. $3.00 a(t)l NEW / NOUVEAU / BAGO

"Don't be Jollied." art showing 2 men simultaneously seeking the attention of a seated woman in a park, fresh colors, mailed 1913, soft corners. $4.50

"DO UNTO / OTHERS AS / YOU WOULD / BE DONE BY" showing a well dressed couple kissing, hand-colored  /  tinted, mailed 1907 in Kansas, fresh appearance. $4.00

"Gesnapt door mevrouw. NED. PANOPTICUM." black & white showing soldier holding hands with a woman in a kitchen while an older women looks on, circa WWI, unused & fairly fresh. $4.25

"Give me a brook, a summer night, / A shady nook, by moon's soft light,…" showing couple seated on bench with an open umbrella prominent, color from Bamforth, 4-line poem beneath the image, mailed 1908, stamp removed, typed message, brownish paper, minor edge wear. $2.50

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    "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 post card from Bamforth, mailed 1908, corner wear & rounding. $4.00

    "Herzliche / Weihnachtsgrüsse" numbered 62217 / 3, hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard shows couple kissing by their Christmas tree, writing on back dates to 1920. Amag published. $10.00 acl

"I SAW IT FIRST" color showing 2 men vying for position as an attractive young lady steps out of the back of an auto, mailed 1912, lightly toned front, lightly toned back, stamp damaged. $2.00

"I've Been Around Some at / Great Lakes, Illinois / Like It All Right as / Far as I've Gone / 2229" town name in pennant at the side of a cartoon showing a man attempting to grope a fat lady sitting on his lap; mailed 1918, light toning both sides, scrape at back top edge, small corner crease, another corner crease faintly, all corners with minor wear. $1.75 il

    "IZSKAIDROSANAS." real photo of a painting showing woman receiving flowers from her beau, mailed Dzerbene Latvia 1.VI.27 (6-santimi stamp & clear cancels, slight oxidation, lightly toned back. $6.50

    "… J. H. Fragonard. Le baiser." depicting a kiss between 2 lovers in opulent surroundings, sepia-tone Russian Red Cross, unused & fairly fresh. Beginning of the caption is in Cyrillic. $15.00 rla NEW / NOUVEAU / BAGO

    "K. O. Belawski: Abendlied / Esti dal / ..." color art showing lovers beside a lake or pond, also captioned in 2 other languages, mailed in Hungary 1916, small corner crease, corner wear & rounding. $3.75 al

"K. O. Belawski: Der Kuss / Csók / Polibek /  Pocalunek / Le baiser" signed art showing a male violinist kissing a lady's bare shoulder as she stands near a piano. 3 small corner creases & some edge wear. Mailed 11.IV.17 by an Austrian infantryman, bold 98% complete censor marking reads in  part "Griechisch orientalische Militärsaalsorge der k. u. k. 93 Infanterietruppendivision" which places the location as Macedonia; clear black KuK Feldpostamt 220 also struck on back. $25.00 a(b)l-am

    "L'ÂGE D'OR111  /  131  /  AN  /  PARIS" signed Mastroianni allegorical art showing lovers strolling away from a temple. Postcard sold. 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 al

    "LE PONT DES AMOURS / 212 / AN / PARIS" signed Mastroianni art depicting a couple embracing on 'The Bridge of Love'. Postcard sold. 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 al

    "LEST YOU FORGET" unused post card with signed Gunn art, fairly fresh, good edges. $12.50 al

"Lets trade -- You'd better / Your heart for the letter" color showing couple standing out of doors with a 3-leaf clover seal at LL, mailed, heavily toned back. $2.50

"L. Ismailowitsch. / Frühling. -- Printemps. -- Spring" depicting 2 lovers with flowers, German writing on back, corner crease, minor wear at 3 corners. $2.50 al

"LOST IN THE WOODS" showing two couples necking in an old auto on a dirt path, in color, unused, small thin & a few album remnants on the back, tiny corner crease. $1.75 al

    "Love is blind" showing a pair of lovers hit by an automobile containing 2 inattentive lovers, color postcard mailed 1910 in Michigan, mild corner wear, small spot of very light toning near bottom of the back. $4.00 al NEW / NOUVEAU / BAGO

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    "Lover's Lane, Marshalltown, Iowa" monochromatic gray-blue postcard mailed 1908 at Atwater Ohio, 4 tiny pinholes at 2 opposing corners, light toning near back bottom edge. $7.50 il

"Lovers Lane / in / Princeville / Ill." showing two couples embracing, color postcard mailed there 1911, minor edge wear, 4 spots of album remnants on the back. $3.25 il

"Messagers / de / Bonheur" showing a well dressed couple with flowers, mailed TCV at Metz 1910 but stamp removed. chunk of top border gone. $1.00

    "MOONLIGHT VIEW / AT GALENA, KANSAS" with art showing two lovers outdoors, color from Bamforth & Co., mailed 1912, corner & edge wear. $3.75 klm+

"Province of Blekinge. Sweden." art by Jenny Nyström depicts man carving initials in tree for his sweetheart, color from Axel Eliassons (No. 1401) on unused undivided back, mild corner & edge wear, slight browning of the paper with age. $5.50 sal

    "Schlimarski  In Amors Banden / ..." depicting lovers, with caption in 2 other languages, post card with Schlimarski art mailed 1916 in Hungary, corner crease & small corner crease. $3.75 a(s)l

Set of 4 postcards with Leclerc cartoon art celebrating the amorous welcome that American & Canadian soldiers received liberating the French in World War II. Captioned in French & English. Backs contain a love note from a French girl to a liberator American soldier--precisely the intended use! Captions (going left-to-right, top-to-bottom, in the same order as the numbered notes on their backs): "Libération / Welcome", "Pour toi et pour moi / For me and for you", "Mon coeur balance / My heart is vibrating", "Quelle jolie fille! / What a beautiful girl". $100.00 for the set.

    "Storming the Citadel / Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806)" depicting the approach of a lover, black & white, unused, fresh appearance, good edges. $2.00 al

    "The Hireling Shepherd", Woodbury Series No. 6133, unused post card. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 al

"The Old Style Is / Good Enough For Me" showing 2 lovers seated on a fence, hand-colored  /  tinted on leather, undivided back, unused. $4.00

    "There's a Girl in / Rutland / That's Got Me Going" red pennant with black & white circular insert showing a man getting frisky with a woman, mailed at Plymouth Indiana in 1914, smudged cancel on front mostly in white space, faint internal crease, mild corner & edge wear. $3.50 il+

    "The Soul Kiss" showing the embrace of lovers, color postcard with signed A. Toniolo art, from the Lovers Series 522 (J. M. P.), mailed circa 1914 stamp damaged (possibly looking for a message underneath?), faint small corner crease, and a long internal crease from the top that is not too conspicuous. $3.25 a(t)l

    "They all have loving /  dispositions in / West Union / But they're not like / you, Kid" showing a man and woman embracing to the right of a purple pennant with the town name, mailed there 1913, a little wear at the corners includes one tiny crease, but otherwise fairly fresh. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original area) & enhanced 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 wl%

"TIPOS DE INDIOS CUETZALAN / INDIAN TYPE FROM CUETZALAN / ESTADO DE PUEBLA, MEXICO. / Foto Luis Marquez" showing two lovers, color, printed in Mexico, unused, a beautiful card. $4.50 ml%

"Tourtereaux. / Ils reviennent toujours / au nid / Où règne un bonheur / infini." numbered 60808 / 3, hand-colored  /  tinted Amag RP shows a couple amidst doves and flowers. writing on back dates to 1913, TCV in France (stamp added to dark area). $10.00 al

"Two Lovers ... Guam" with a close-up of the statue as photographed by Don Seery, 2001 copyright, unused oversize (5"x7") continental postcard, tiny indent in front left border, otherwise excellent condition. An unforgettable image to match their story--a suicide jump with their hair interlocked. $2.00 glsp NEW / NOUVEAU / BAGO

    "WHEN THE LAST GOODBYES ARE WHISPERED" unused postcard with signed Archie Gunn art, fairly fresh, good edges. $12.50 a(g)l

    "Where Ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise / 712" lovers necking in an old auto are unaware of the policemen aware of the goings-on, black & white post card mailed 1909 in West Virginia but stamp removed, minor corner & edge wear, light toning along top back edge. Front surface has numerous tiny speckles of white that suggest the printer under-inked the run. $6.00 all

"Wil mij aanhooren, vergeet mij niet / Ne me rejetez pas et ne m'oubliez pas" real photo post card showing man holding a smiling young woman from behind, scalloped edges as issued, mailed in Belgium 1933. $3.75

"Won't you say yes?" showing man & woman holding hands beneath a tree, color postcard from Winsch, mailed 1912, considerable corner & edge wear, lightly toned back. $2.75

"W. PRUSZKOWSKI SIELANKA / UNE IDYLL" lovers outdoors under a crescent moon, signed art on an unused post card with much corner & edge wear, small spot on back, corner crease. $2.75 al

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    "C. Weidmann. / Lübeck anno 1796." black & white with gold caption on undivided back, mailed there 1898 to Vienna Austria (5-pfg. stamp socked-on-nose, blurry blue receiving mark), 2 corner creases, corner wear and rounding. $9.00 lh-l. This postcard is No. 24 from Bernhard Nöhring of Lübeck. It shows a panoramic view of the city as it appeared in 1796, undoubtedly from a painting.

"DL300" continental Luebeck QSL card with hobby-related art, used 1959, edges toned. $2.00 l

"LUEBECK, BURGTOR" unattributed art in vertical format showing the north gate of the city (erected in 1444), unused Tuck Oilette Postcard 7080 from the Wide - Wide - World Series, mild corner rounding, toned back. $3.25 lth NEW / NOUVEAU / BAGO

    "LÜBECK / Die Schiffergesellschaft." sepia-tone from Ludwig Möller, writing on front, light album marks on back, lightly toned back. $1.50 l

"LÜBECK  Dom und Museum" with the cathedral at the left, black & white, mailed there 11.10.26 (5-pfg German stamp tied) to Steglitz, small corner crease, minor wear to bottom corners, writing on front. $2.25 l

"Lübeck - Marktplatz mit Rathaus / und Brunnen" sepia-tone real photo with SO, from Verlag Chr. Schöning, Nr. 2029, very late usage at Lockbridge West Virginia, trace of cancel ink on front , small corner crease, toned back. $3.00 l

"Lübeck -- Rathaus / Innentür der Kriegsstube" including large sculptures, ST, very late usage at East Claridon Ohio, very lightly toned back, good edges. $1.50 ls

    "Lübeck  Rathaus mit Renaissancetreppe." including pedestrians & man with cart in the foreground, M(blue-gray) on undivided back, mailed there 1903 to Hamburg (clear cancel on 5-pfg Germania stamp), corner crease, mild corner wear. $5.50 l-l+%

"LÜBECK - Rathaustreppe" showing the covered stairway, real photo from Fritz Schöning, very late usage at Lubec Maine, lightly toned back, paperclip indentation & mark on face. $1.75 l

"Lübeck / Rathaus und Treppe / (1251)" sepia-tone real photo with SO, from Verlag Chr. Schöning, Nr. 2030, very late usage at Alpha West Virginia, good edged. $3.75 l

"Mäcchenschloss Mespelbrunn im Spessact" caption in script that is a little hard to read, black & white continental from Schöning & Co., rough edges as issued. $1.00 l

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    "5797 South Lighthouse & Bat Island, Lundy" Domino Series real photo mailed there 4 SP 47 (2 puffin Lundy stamp correctly used TCV & tied by clear cancel, Great Britain 2-d King stamp cancelled next day at Bideford on back) to London, interesting message, couple of tiny light spots in message, good edges. Postcard sold. Front with stamp still available for scholarly study as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 ll-l

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