CZECHOSLOVAK LEGION in the Russian Civil War, 1920s series of postcards entitled "Monument to the Resistance, Views from the life and struggle of the Czech Legion" indicating that proceeds from the sale of these cards will fund a monument; very difficult to complete a full set of (72), here are (22) diff unused cards & (3) dup; images are paintings of places across the former Empire, incl Ukraine, Urals, steppes, Siberia incl a funeral, 1918 May Day, mountains, villages, barracks, one is from Italy (Spiazzi); only couple minor corner bends, gen VF (Image)

Est. US$200-300 SE

EUROPE abt (128) WWI era cards w/ caricatures on the war, various leaders, effects on people & political intrigue; mostly from the Allied perspective, cards mostly from France w/ some Italy, GB, Germany; most are cartoon-like caricatures, political, humorous (Manneken Pis doing his thing on German soldiers) & gruesome incl personifications of death, ghost of Napoleon, severed head of Kaiser etc; most sleeved, a few mailed or written on, gen F-VF (Image)

Est. US$250-350 B

EUROPE Accum (1000+) unsorted WW cards, primarily Germany & France, also Italy, GB, Switz, Japan, Mexico, Greece, Egypt, Russia, Turkey; mostly early 20th Cent travel scenery, cities & rural, architecture, street scenes, nature, 1931 Stuttgart fire, WWI related (France, Germany), RPC, Popes, more; incl (2) scrapbooks, some sleeved, rest loose; some flts, some mailed, several unusual cards, gen F-VF

Est. US$300-400 L

EUROPE (270+) WWI Related cards, incl images of soldiers, patriotic, battle locations & ruins, town scenes, monuments & caricature, royalty & generals; cards from France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Austria; also a few post-war memorials, couple US & a couple WWII; Charity card of Marshall Foch w/ label & B22 (CV $100); artwork & photography, soldier's life, returning home, with the ladies, charity cards, more; some mailed, some are free franks / Feldpost (80+ French); many sleeved, gen F-VF (Image)

Est. US$500-600 B

ITALY (27) diff cards from a series of (100) by the artist Raemaekers, biting commentary using caricatures of WWI countries, leaders & situations; some funny, others sad, some religious imagery; none mailed but a couple w/ stamps affixed & pmkd at Coumayeur; (3) not numbered from later printings; commentary in French & Italian, printed by Societa Editoriale Milanese c.1917; VF (Image)

Est. US$150-200 SE

JAPAN (300+) sleeved cards, incl (25) souv packs in excellent cond, w/ art, shrines, mountains, spas, towns; balance of loose cards w/ scenery, art, town photos, Russo-Japanese War, shoreline scenes w/ boats that likely inspired Karl Lewis; abt (40) are hand-painted, half done on thin wooden cards; (14) mailed & several w/ stamps tied by pictorial cancels (#202, 208) incl set honoring Hirohito's coronation; colorful & attractive items from 1st half of 20th Cent; gen VF (Image)

Est. US$500-600 B

SWITZERLAND Abt (500) cards, large number are photographs or RPC, regular & Continental sizes, also good variety of vintage & linen eras, 1898-1948, a few mailed, expect some wear, cities large & small, and of course mountains & lakes; gen F-VF

Est. US$90-120 B

Several (100) vintage to modern Continental, variety of Europe, Caribbean & Canada, a few mailed, ranges from nature, famous sites, hotels & beaches, art & more; typical wear, gen F-VF

Est. US$120-140 B

Accum abt (2000) 1900 to modern incl abt (450+) GB 1900s-10s, plus Austria, Canada, Germany etc, largely travel type w/ minimal greetings, older typically mailed, modern typically unmailed, some typical wear (Image)

Est. US$200-300 L