"AMERICAN ELECTRIC SWITCH CORP., MINERVA, OHIO / Photo: Byers Studio, Minerva" showing an exterior corner, unused post card, small light spot of toning in message area, light toning along short back edge near stamp box, good edges. $5.00 o(m)ie

    "CI8CW" QSL viewcard showing the ICOM radio equipment provided to the skiers in a joint Russian/Canadian expedition from Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago to Cape Colombia on Ellesmere Island which was successful. The March 10 1988 date is early, so their log book indicates they were heading towards Sredniy Island. Most unusual. $5.00 aers NEW / NUEVO / NY

    "COMISION FEDERAL DE ELECTRICIDAD / MEXICO / PLANTA HIROELECTRICA DE SANTA BARBARA, CAPACIDAD 65,575 Kw." Interior showing Westinghouse equipment, unused Kodak real photo post card, trivial edge wear, mild curl to paper, low-contrast  / grayish. Interesting. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 mi

"EK1AA" shortwave (7 MCS) Tangier International Zone QSL card used 1948 by operator A. K. DeVinney at RCA Communications there (part of the Tangier Radio Relay System so useful to link the New York to  Moscow and New York to Bombay circuits), small upper corner crease, paper starting to show its age. $3.00 mte

"FT5ZB" shortwave (10 MHz) Amsterdam Island / Nouvelle Amsterdam QSL card with several commercial logos on front -- Antenne Tonna, Batima Electronic, Kenwood, Clipperton DX Club, AGRIMPEX, etc.; used 1998 by operator Dany (ex F6CZB & J28EI). $5.00 fe& NEW / NUEVO / NY

    "FY8C" continental Cayenne French Guiana QSL carte postale, used 1937 by operator C. Narolles, advertising for Philips Radio on both sides, very light toning. 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 fera

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    "G2BRR" Swindon Wiltshire continental shortwave (14 mc) QSL post card used 1967 by operator Richard 'Dick) G. Rugg, attractive logo of the Plessey Company Limited, upper corner crease, small but noticeable wear and bends to the other corners, ding to the bottom edge, nonetheless attractive. This company was an international electronics, defense & telecommunications company until 1989. $2.00 e(s)ei

    "GM3AXX" Stewarton (Baile nan Stiùbhartach, Ayrshire) QSL postcard with exceptionally attractive hobby-related graphics & Pye Telecommunications Limited (Cambridge England) logo used 1993 by operator Alastair M. Fraser, excellent condition. $2.50 sqe

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    "GM4REN" Currie (near Edinburgh) QSL card with electronics schematic illustration, used 1990 by operator Brian Strathdee, trivial wear at 2 corners, otherwise fresh. $2.00 sqe NEW / NUEVO / NY

    "GW3ZV" colorful & interesting Rhigos (near Aberdare South Wales) QSL card used 1948 by operattor John Banner MBE, logo of Sobell Radio (later Sobell Radio and Television Development Laboratory). Back has tabled one of the best QSL abbreviation explanations we have seen in one place--24 in all. Tape remnants in 3 spots, 1 small corner crease with nearby wear, slightly longer than a regular-size postcard. SALE IN PROGRESS wre# NEW / NUEVO / NY

    "K2SUR" QSL postcard with background of explained electronic symbols, mailed 1958 at Pequannock by operator Bob Mueller, thin from tape removal at top center, many tiny spots of toning both sides, as is. $1.00 ne

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    "K3SJL / 8 // 'One of the Hams at Heath'" Heathkit advertising QSL post card with color view of the North Pier Lighthouse at Saint Joseph Michigan, 2 small pinholes at top center, unimportant toning in address area on back. Used by operator Owen W. Cook. $3.75 mle%

"KA7IYS" QSL postcard with illustrations of the Marconi spark coil & Marconi spark gap, mailed 1981 by operator Jim Aigner, tiny corner bend, 4 small postal routing marks on front. $1.75 we

"KL7CRE" territorial Anchorage Alaska QSL post card with Redi Kilowatt art, used by 1958 Philco techrep Dean W. Manley (APO942 address, good strike of its cancel on back), faint small bottom corner crease. $4.00 ae-a

    "LA7IN" Karmoy Isle QSL card used 1972, all-over design in black & white shows an electrical service boat coming to service high-voltage equipment in a storm, tiny bottom corner crease, tiny spot of red color at left front edge. Interesting printed information about the island pasted to back. $3.00 ne NEW / NUEVO / NY

Lot of 42 different business reply cards bearing ads targeted to electrical engineers, dating to November 1994, almost all near mint with fresh appearance. Good variety: portable data acquisition systems, controllers, transducers, instrumentation references, connectors & much much more. Interesting group. $12.75 e

       Lot of 41 different business reply cards bearing ads targeted to electrical engineers, dating to January 1995, almost all near mint with fresh appearance. Good variety: battery supplier (shown left), instrumentation, fuses, client / server manufacturing software (shown right), cable assemblies & much much more. Interesting group. $12.50 e

       Lot of 46 different business reply cards bearing ads targeted to electrical engineers, dating to May 1995, almost all near mint with fresh appearance. Good variety: interconnect components (shown right), source-level debugger (shown left), data acquisition boards, waveform recorders, power supplies & much much more. $13.75 e

    
Lot of 35 different business reply cards bearing ads targeted to electrical engineers, dating to July 1995, almost all near mint with fresh appearance. Good variety: flat panel computers (shown right), fuzzy logic software (shown left), controller catalogue, interval & frequency counters, cable tester & much much more. $10.50 e

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Lot of 47 different business reply cards bearing ads targeted to electrical engineers, dating to September 1995, almost all near mint with fresh appearance. Good variety: i / o board catalogue (shown left), waveform recording with a PC (shown right), expansion bus interconnects, crystal oscillators, transient suppressors & much much more. $14.00 e

    "Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.'s Home Office Bldg., N. Y. City. Corner of Engine Room. Electrical and elevator equipment the largest of any office building in the world." Undivided back postcard mailed 1907, album marks on back, corner wear & rounding, corner crease. $4.75 (nie)

    "N, L and O, POWER CO." uncaptioned (so we use the erroneously punctuated sign on the building) real photo postcard with good focus & contrast from Myer & Co. (photographers in nearby Jordan NY), mailed at Weedsport February 5 1914. This is the local office of the Niagara, Lockport & Ontario Power Company which used excess electrical generating facilities of interurban systems at night to provide electrical power for street lighting & for businesses with evening hours in a wide area. Note their specialized vehicle to ride the rails of the electrified trolleys which provided interurban service regionally; this was needed because the condition of the electrical lines over the rails was of paramount importance to them. The card has several creases which are surprisingly inconspicuous when viewed from the front. Rare & instructive. $75.00 n(w)e

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    "NO. 33  ELECTROTECHNOLOGY DIVISION / NEW YORK MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY  ROCKEFELLER CENTER, N. Y." unused black & white post card with paper starting to yellow evenly with age. Back mentions interactive exhibits & their Hall of Motion. Definitely hard-to-find! $9.00 en(n)m

    "Official Souvenir / Post Card // ELECTRICITY BUILDING // SAMUEL CUPPLES ENVELOPE CO., ST LUIS-NEW YORK, SOLE STATIONERY LICENSEE" with signed C. Graham art, mailed 1904, minor corner & edge wear, light album marks at the corners. $8.00 e(4)mea

    "OUR TWO SERVICE DEPARTMENTS / APPLIANCE REPAIRS  RADIO REPAIRS / ... / KELLOGG & BERTINE / 692 MADISON AVENUE / ... Near 62nd Street  NEW YORK 21, N. Y." advertising postal card mailed 1954 (1-c stamp added), soiled front, vertical crease through center, as is. The location is the Lenox Hill neighborhood of Manhattan was there since at least 1919, but is now gone. Interesting: suggests rewiring appliances, comments on 1950 model radios; etc. $2.00 n(m)re

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"PRACTICAL COMPONENTS INC." / ... / Dummy parts just go a whole lot smarter" unused business reply card from their November 1997 campaign offering their catalogue to electrical engineers. The firm is in Huntington Beach California. $1.00 ce

    "Public Square at Night during / G. A. R. Convention, June 1908, Lima, Ohio" color post card showing the large number of electric lights to great advantage, made in Germany, note on back dates to 1910, trivial corner & edge wear. The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternity of Union Army veterans from the Civil War. $8.50 o(l)cfe%

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    "S01MZ" bilingual shortwave (21 Mhz) Saharan Arab Democratic Republic QSL card with 2 views used in 1989. Advertising logos on back for electronics used--Sony, Kenwood, Arbeko, etc. Color view shows a tea ceremony within a nomadic tent. Black & white view on back shows the operator Mahafud Zein. Most unusual. $15.00 sgei%

    "South Main Street, Adrian, Mich." prominently showing the A. B. Park Co. / Dry Goods & Carpets Building, the temporary large sign announcing the move in of the Robert Thomson & Co. with Up-to-Date Shoes next door 'about October 1st', horse & buggy & early auto at the curb, & 'ELECTRIC LIGHT / IS THE ONLY WAY' sign; unused color postcard made in Germany, published for Farmer Fred in Battle Creek. Quite fresh for its age and rare! $20.00 m(a)fg(p)me

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    "SUMMER / SPECIAL! // RECYCLE // NOW GET / $50 / FOR YOUR OLD FRIDGE // SAVE UP TO / $150 / A YEAR ON ENERGY" refrigerator magnet from AEP Ohio urging people to discard their refrigerators! A 2011 campaign. $0.75 ree NEW / NUEVO / NY

"Tadiran Batteries / Don't know when / to quit" advertising in 2 colors on unused business reply card (Permit No. 552), circa January 1998, fresh appearance. $1.00 ne

"The NEW BLF Series / Surface Mountable Filter..." unused black & white business reply card from a CORCOM January 1998 ad campaign, fresh appearance. Device is illustrated. CORCOM is in Libertyville Illinois. $1.00 ie

    "THE SOURCE /  COMPUTER / ELECTRONIC SERVICE / Test Equipment Tools Tool Kits" unused multicolor business reply card from Specialized Products Company in Irving Texas, May 1991. $1.00 (t(i)e)

     
"This Bicycle's / Built for Woo" complete May 1947 calendar in 6 panels with signed Elvgren art, Brown & Bigelow (St. Paul, Minn.) 37227, advertising for Silvray indirect luminaires offered by B. T. Heinz (Electrical Manufacturers' Agent in Seattle Washington), one back panel with Dipsy Doodles jokes. 2 internal creases affect the advertising panel which has the printer information back; art panel in excellent condition. Excessively rare; no one else can show you this. $125.00 bcm(s)pea NEW / NUEVO / NY

   "U. S. 240.  Block Island, R. I.  Electric Horse Car." showing it fully loaded with passengers & conductor; miscaptioned because neither the car nor the horse was electric. Postcard mailed 1907 from Pawtucket to England with 2-c stamp, noticeable corner rounding, minor wear at top edge, front corners with light album toning, back toned especially near bottom edge. $22.50 rhe

    "VE2PE1F" shortwave monitor / shortwave listener QSL card used 1961 by operator Andy Rugg, paper adherence with small bend at one corner, small bend alone at another. The PE in the call sign indicates issuance by Popular Electronics Magazine. $3.00 qqe

    "WANTED / EARLY BATTERY OPERATED / RADIOS / Loud Speakers, Telegraph Keys,... / W9FIW" Fort Wayne Indiana QSL postcard mailed 1972 by operator Stanley M. Johnson, illustrated with 2 examples of equipment sought, writing on front supplies call sign. $3.25 iegr*

"WARNING / Don't Feed The BearS" unused continental postcard promoting the use of radar detectors throughout the United States, from a Tipp City Ohio organization. Cartoon art depicts a bear in police vehicle with a fist-full of citations. Excellent condition. $2.00 loe

    "WD6FJF" QSL post card illustrated with diagrams of the Marconi spark coil & spark gap, used 1979 by operator Paul R. Wheeler, fresh appearance & good edges. $2.00 ce

    "XF3/OH2NSM" Cancun shortwave (10 MHz) QSL viewcard showing the operators on the beach in their sombreros, logos of the Northern California DX Foundation Inc. & SRAL on front, advertising for Elstar Oy Ltd. radio products on front. Excellent condition. $3.00 m(q)e NEW / NUEVO / NY

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