6 SANTA POSTCARDS 1907-1910, all better noting 3 are green robe Santas, 3 are printed by Longshaft (NY), scarce items sleeved and priced to $850, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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25 SANTA POSTCARDS 1907-1912, all better with red robe Santas, scarce items sleeved and priced at $6-$25 each, total retail at $1000, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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29 SANTA POSTCARDS 1906-1912, all better with 8 brown robe Santas, 6 blue robe Santas, and 5 white robe Santas, scarce items sleeved and priced at $25-$75 each, total retail at $1500, VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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56 SANTA POSTCARDS 1906-1914, all better with red robe Santas, scarce items sleeved and priced at $9-$35 each, total retail at $1100, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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4 HALLOWEEN POSTCARDS 1908-1910, all better noting 3 Ellen Clapsaddle artist signed cards, scarce items sleeved and priced to $355, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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4 HALLOWEEN POSTCARDS 1908-1910, all better noting 3 Frances Brundage series No.121 signed cards, also a Tuck series No.803 card, scarce items sleeved and priced to $370, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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4 HALLOWEEN POSTCARDS 1908-1914, all better noting a Gibson Art published card used in 1916, a 1913 Gottschalk published card ++,the lot includes a 1917 Halloween party invitation card, scarce items sleeved and priced to $320, VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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4 HALLOWEEN POSTCARDS 1909-1912, all better noting a 1910 Conwell series-630 card and 3 unsigned cards by Nash, Stekher, and Sander, scarce items sleeved and priced to $440, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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14 EARLY FANCY GREETING CARDS 1850-1995, most are scarce pre-postcard era cards that had to be sent inside a cover envelope, includes fancy embroidered novelty cards, a silk pillow card, die cut cards with fabric trim, fold-out novelty cards, lot also has a Calgary Herald article regarding these early greetings, retails over $300, F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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1400 EARLY GREETING POSTCARDS 1904-1920's, includes Birthday cards, Romance, Freindship, St-Patrick's Day, Best Wishes, Congratualtions, Baby Births, most are postally used noting an unchecked range of US town duple, Doane, and RFD cancels, average condition with retail value over $2000, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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400 HUMOR POSTCARDS 1905-1940's, includes a good group of F.A.Moss artist signed dog humor cards, also a set of William Standing's American Indian humor cards, 50 are pre-1915 humorous romance cards, 60 humorous quote cards, 50 are 1930-1940's risque artist humor cards ++, retails over $2000, F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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590 HUMOR POSTCARDS 1910-1950's, includes many artist signed cards noting 50 by Donald McGill, some risque humor, the majoity are pre-1939 with retail value over $1500, F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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610 HUMOR POSTCARDS 1910-1950's, includes many artist signed cards, some risque humor, the majority are pre-1939 with retail value over $1500, F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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57 PRETTY LADY POSTCARDS 1905-1990's, all are artist cards noting most are signed, 12 cards are pre-1912 including 5 from the Tornrose series, note a few risque nudes, 23 are chromes, retails over $200, F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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34 PRETTY LADY POSTCARDS 1904-1907, all are early cards including 27 mostly British stage actress real photo cards, also a bit faulty 3 French Nudes, F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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9 SUNBONNET CHILDREN POSTCARDS 1905-1906, all are Bernhardt Wall artist cards (both signed and unsigned) published by Ullman (NY), retails over $150, F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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10 CUTE KIDS ARTIST POSTCARDS 1880-1906 (one later), all better noting 2 scarce Kewpies cards (artist Rose O'Neill), 2 early Sunbonnet Kids 1905-1906 (Bernhardt Wall), Pauli Ebner and Ruth Welch signed cards, a 1910 Prudential Insurance calendar card, 2 early 1980's trade cards advertising thread and cough syrup, a modern Betsey Clark signed Hallmark card ++, retails over $150, F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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91 CUTE KID POSTCARDS 1890-1970's, note 68 are artist cards including 2 Rose O'Neille signed Kupie cards, also 2 die cut Quaker Oats and McLauglin coffee cards, a wooden novelty card, 23 real photo cards, and a hand drawn Dutch twin card, retails $375, VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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74 FRUIT BOX LABEL POSTCARDS 1983-1988, colorfull cards showing magnificent 1920's fruit box artist labels from a number of famous collections (named on the cards), the majority are labels from California orchards plus some from Washington State, Ohio,, and New York fruit producers, VF est ($35+ US) (Image)

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24 FRENCH “SILKIES” POSTCARDS 1910-1918, all different noting some with the original cards enclosed, scarce with retail value over $600, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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17 FRENCH “SILKIES” POSTCARDS 1910-1918, all different noting some with the original cards enclosed, scarce with retail value over $400, VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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375 FAMOUS PEOPLE POSTCARDS 1910-1970's, includes 28 Elvis Presley studio cards, 25 Marilyn Monroe, 26 cards showing homes of the movie stars, 33 Classen (Zurich) and Ackermanns (Munich) published music composer artist portrait cards, also royalty cards, US presidents, poets, popes, US western hero cards, inventors, recording stars, and a wide range of US movie actor cards noting Clint Eastwood to Robert Shatner, retails over $700, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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96 INDIAN POSTCARDS 1908-1950's, includes 66 Calgary Cree and Blackfoot cards, 30 are Edward Curtis cards showing some of his famous Indian photos, also a wooden card, many real photo cards, Indians in the Calgary Stampede Parade, 14 are pre-1913, 25 are chromes, retails over $700, F-VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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203 WORLD EXPOSITION POSTCARDS 1900-1967, includes exposition views of the 1900 Paris World's Exposition, 1908 Franco-British, 1905 Liege, 1906 and 1922 Marseilles, 1907 Irish National, 1908 Prague, 1908 Scottish National, 1909 London Imperial, 1910 Brussels, 1914 Lyon, 1924-1925 British Empire, 1929 Barcelona, 1931 Paris Colonial, and 1937 Paris, the lot includes 140 cards from the 1967 Montreal Expo (EXPO-67) to celebrate Canada's 100th birthday, these retail $140 with the real value in the 1900-1937 cards, these retail at least $1000, F-VF est ($150+ US) (Image)

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25 GEORGE WASHINGTON PATRIOTIC POSTCARDS 1905-1912 (one later), mostly celebrating Wahington's birthday, includes a set of 6 “AXE” theme cards, 3 different scarce Tuck Washington Birthday series cards, George and Martha Washington portraits by artist Gilbert Stuart, 3 silhouette cards ++, F-VF est ($55+ US) (Image)

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