"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 ILLUSTRATION ADDED RECENTLY

"DOWNBOUND: Eisenhower Lock" showing the B. A. Peerless, a tanker owned by the British American Oil Company Limited; unused Plastichrome® postcard in excellent condition. $1.50 s(b)s(l)n(m)o&NEW / NOV / NY / NOWY

    "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 black & white 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" black & white post card with white border from Graycraft Card Company, unused, minor wear at upper corners. $3.50 o(b)o

    "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) NEW / NOV / NY / NOWY

    "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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    "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

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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, unused, lightly toned front, slight browning of the paper on back, soft corners. $12.00 o

    "Salt Creek Oil Field / Wyoming" unused Azo real photo (triangles both ways) postcard, lightly toned front, corner wear & rounding, toned back. $8.50 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

    "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. $20.00 of

    "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 NEW / NOV / NY / NOWY

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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

    "Two Americans and six Romania peasants working on a well drilling for oil in Romania" real photo post card addressed to Ohio but not mailed, spot of album paste residue on back. Obviously unique: no printed caption, no attribution to the photographer or the publisher. $20.00 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& NEW / NOV / NY / NOWY

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

"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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Wanted to buy--post cards showing oil fields & oil wells in California. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

Wanted to buy--postcards & postal cards pertaining to the Magnolia Pipe Line Company. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

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    "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, writing all over back supplies pertinent information, lightly toned back, 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. $11.000 s(a)oc(k)g

"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) NEW / NOV / NY / NOWY

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