Postcards

This lot elegantly tracks the changing domestic postal rates and patriotic imagery of the United States Post Office Department across the mid-t...

Issued during the height of the Cold War era, this 3-cent purple Statue of Liberty postal card design was standard for domestic messages across ...

This group captures the specific, highly structured routines of a WWII US Army Reception Center. These centers were the first stop for civilian...

These are official United States Postal Stationery Cards (historically called stamped cards). Unlike traditional postcards that require a separa...

Pair of two individual World War I military studio portrait postcards. One features a bust-length portrait of a US Army Doughboy; the other show...

Social History: The sender, Pvt. John Deveney, explicitly identifies his unit as Battery E, 307th Field Artillery. The 307th Field Artillery wa...

Social History: Following Japan's surrender in August 1945, thousands of American service members remained stationed on the captured island hub...

This artifact represents an authentic piece of WWII U.S. military postal history. Mailed from Concordia, Kansas in December 1943, just months af...

Rather than being mailed, this souvenir postcard was repurposed by a schoolteacher as a student, Warren Knauss's report card for the school year en...

This is a World War II patriotic military postcard sent by a Seabee stationed at the Naval Construction Training Center in Gulfport, Mississippi...

Social History: A sarcastic message written in dark blue ink by the officer to State Teachers College in Glassboro, New Jersey: "Hi Service...

This Real Photo Postcard from the World War I era features a uniformed British soldier in a historical photography studio in Lincolnshire, Engl...

This card represents the personal side of American military mobilization during the Great War. Soldiers frequently visited local photographic st...

This curated collection features three vintage fine art and architectural postcards showcasing historic European landmarks and royal art from Ge...

Both postcards picture the exact same British soldier, capturing him at different times in his uniform progression during his service mobiliza...

Both postcards depict the same British soldier, capturing him in two distinct studio sittings that showcase subtle uniform adjustments and portr...

These two cards feature an American soldier, James Smith, from a fresh recruit training in the United States to a deployed combat engineer serv...

This is an original, authentic Imperial German military portrait postcard from the World War I era. The soldier wears a heavy military winter ov...

These are two original Real Photo Postcards documenting life at sea during the World War I era. Top: A large mixed group portrait taken on a s...

This auction features a compelling pair of original, authentic British military portrait postcards from the World War I era. These historic ite...

This antique postcard features a full-length studio portrait of two United States Army soldiers serving together during the World War I Era. It ...

This card showcases early 20th-century French popular humor and street slang. These staged romantic farces frequently poked fun at rivalries bet...

This postcard is a piece of service history from the Second World War. It highlights the prevalent mid-century street photography trend where co...

These postcards provide military and social history from World War I: a pair of original German Real Photo Postcards documenting the service and...