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Austria

Kaiserin Elizabeth

picture of postcard Pub No: 1800 Pub: Wolf, Vercin, Vienna Desc: Picture of the Denkmal of Kaiserin Elizabeth in Vienna.
Our ref: PC5019 Cond: Unused. Some light spotting, otherwise good condition
£2.50
$4.50

Franz Joseph

picture of postcard Pub No: Pub: Austrian Post Office Desc: Prepaid (5 Heller) postcard issued by the Austrian Post Office for Jubilee celebrating the 60th year of the reign of Franz Joseph I of Austria.
Our ref: PC6723 Cond: Unused. Patch of surface in top corner, light edge damage.
£2.00
$3.75

Kaiserin Maria Theresia

picture of postcard Pub No: 1062 Pub: Nachbargauer, Vienna Desc: Photochromkarte of the Denkmal of Kaiserin Maria Theresia in Vienna.
Our ref: PC5018 Cond: Postally used in Vienna in 1908. Corner chipping and rounding.
£2.00
$3.50

Radetzky

picture of postcard Pub No: 54a Pub: Desc: Picture of the monument to Marshal Radetzky in Vienna. Undivided back.
Our ref: PC5021 Cond: Postally used in 1902. Stamp neatly removed from face of card. A little grubby, otherwise good condition.
£2.50
$4.50

Belgium

Albert II

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Louise

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France

Danton

picture of postcard Pub No: 9 Pub: Moutet, Paris Desc: Black and white reproduction of a portrait in the Musée Carnavalet of Georges Jaques Danton, one of the leaders of the French Revolution.
Our ref: PC1613 Cond: Unused, good condition.
£1.50
$2.75

Jeanne D'Arc

picture of postcard Pub No: Pub: Cazes-Bonneton, Le Puy Desc: Photograph of the marble statue of Jeanne D'Arc (Joan of Arc) by Besquet in the Cathedral of Puy.
Our ref: PC5881 Cond: Some ink notes on face, dated 1929, rear unused. Light wear.
£2.00
$4.00

Josephine de Beauharnais

picture of postcard Pub No: 2 Pub: A Ossart, Rueil Desc: Black and White picture of Josephine de Beauharnais, Napoléon's first wife.
Our ref: PC6714 Cond: Unused, good condition.
£2.00
$3.75

Louis XVI

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Maintenon

picture of postcard Pub No: 77 Pub: ND Phot (Neurdein brothers, Paris) Desc: Marquise de Maintenon (Françoise D'Aubigné). Portrait with brief biography (in French) of the second wife of the French king Louis XIV. Divided back, serrated edges.
Our ref: PC0575 Cond: Unused. Slight colour changes from under album mounts, otherwise good condition.
£3.50
$6.25

Marat

picture of postcard Pub No: 10 Pub: A Moutet, Paris Desc: Photograph of a portrait of Jean-Paul Marat by Joseph Boze in the Musée Carnavalet. Marat, a Swiss born Scientist and Physician launched the Reign of terror in the French Revolution, and was murdered in his bathtub.
Our ref: PC5886 Cond: Unused, good condition.
£2.50
$5.00

Marie-Antoinette

picture of postcard Pub No: Pub: A. Cossé, Versailles Desc: Colour drawing of Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, by Mme Vigée-Lebrun.
Our ref: PC5882 Cond: Unused. Corner dings and other creases.
£1.00
$2.00

Napoleon

picture of postcard Pub No: 16 Pub: L'Abeille, Paris Desc: Black and White reproduction of a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul, at the Malmaison, by Isabey
Our ref: PC6709 Cond: Unused, good condition.
£2.00
$3.75
picture of postcard Pub No: 1 Pub: (Homemade) Desc: Homemade postcard of a face mask of Napoleon I. The picture appears to have been cut from a newspaper, and stuck onto card.
Our ref: PC5884 Cond: Philatelically used in 1927. Good condition.
£1.00
$2.00

Récamier

picture of postcard Pub No: Pub: Desc: Sepia picture of the famed French beauty and hostess, Madame Récamier. Reproduction of the 1805 picture by Baron François-Pascal-Simon Gerard, in the Louvre.
Our ref: PC4538 Cond: Postally used from France to Germany in ? 1916 ? Good condition.
£2.50
$4.50

Robespierre

picture of postcard Pub No: 2 Pub: (Homemade) Desc: Homemade postcard of a face mask of Maximilien Robespierre, the French revolutionary who met his end on the guillotine. The picture appears to have been cut from a newspaper, and stuck onto card.
Our ref: PC5885 Cond: Philatelically used in 1927. Good condition.
£1.00
$2.00

Germany

Frederick the Great

picture of postcard Pub No: 458 Pub: G & N B Desc: Sepia picture of Frederick the Great ('Friedrich der Grosse'), king of Prussia, 1712-1786.
Our ref: PC4537 Cond: Unused, good condition
£2.50
$4.50

Karl Theodor

picture of postcard Pub No: 56 Pub: J Windhager, Munich Desc: Sepia picture of Duke Karl Theodor of Bavaria (Herzog Karl Theodor in Bayern), with his wife (presumably his second wife, Maria Josefa of Portugal).
Our ref: PC6724 Cond: Unused, good condition.
£2.00
$3.75

Lassalle

picture of postcard Pub No: 9 Pub: (Homemade) Desc: Homemade postcard of a face mask of Ferdinand Lassalle, the German politician who died in a duel about his homosexuality. The picture appears to have been cut from a newspaper, and stuck onto card.
Our ref: PC5883 Cond: Philatelically used in 1927. Good condition.
£1.00
$2.00

Podbielski

picture of postcard Pub No: 19 Pub: Beer, Berlin Desc: 'Gruss aus' card, black and white picture of Victor von Podbielski, head of the German Post Office (Reichspost) who killed off the German private Posts. Undivided back.
Our ref: PC4535 Cond: Postally used in Germany in 1897. Light corner creasing, creases from under album mounts.
£5.00
$9.00

Heinrich von Stephan

picture of postcard Pub No: Pub: Desc: Card celebrating Heinrich von Stephan, who reorganised the German postal service. Appears to have been issued by Deutsche Post to stamp collectors ?
Our ref: PC5601 Cond: Unused, good condition
£0.75
$1.25

Waldersee

picture of postcard Pub No: 10 Pub: Marcus, Berlin Desc: 'Gruss aus' card, black and white picture of Alfred, Graf von Waldersee, Chief of the German General Staff. Undivided back.
Our ref: PC4536 Cond: Postally used in Germany in 1897. Creases from under album mounts.
£5.00
$9.00

Italy

Franz&Maria

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Luxembourg

Charlotte

picture of postcard Pub No: 12 Pub: P Houstraas, Luxembourg Desc: Black and white picture of Grand Duchess Charlotte Adelgonde Elisabeth Marie Wilhelmine of Luxembourg.
Our ref: PC6720 Cond: Unused, light wear, a little grubby, otherwise good condition.
£2.00
$3.75

Poland

Stablewski

picture of postcard Pub No: Serie K, No 333 Pub: Esser's Seifenpulver mit dem Löwen Desc: 'Gruss aus' card, black and white picture of Florian Von Stablewski, archbishop of Gnesen und Posen. From the huge "Das Grosse Jahrhundert" series, undivided back.
Our ref: PC5976 Cond: Unused, signs of album mounts, good condition.
£5.00
$9.75

Switzerland

Bomsdorf-Bergen

picture of postcard Pub No: Pub: Desc: Picture of Baron Herbert von Bomsdorf-Bergen (whose pseudonym was Christian Kreuz or Schweizerkreuz), from the O.T.O. (Ordo Templi Orientis) organisation.
Our ref: PC6021 Cond: Used, but not postally. Corner dings, some sunning on face.
£2.50
$5.00

UK

Cards of the tombs of various Kings and Queens can be found under Westminster Abbey

Brougham

picture of postcard Pub No: 20 Pub: P. L. M. Desc: Picture of the statue of Lord Brougham at Cannes. Brougham founded the Edinburgh Review and was a anti-slavery MP who was instrumental in making Cannes a centre for English tourists and ex-pats. Undivided back.
Our ref: PC5880 Cond: Unused, light wear, otherwise good.
£2.50
$5.00

Cranmer

picture of postcard Pub No: 535 Pub: Matthews, Bradford Desc: Portrait of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury and principal author of the book of common prayer, by Gerlach Flicke, in the National Portrait Gallery
Our ref: PC1625 Cond: Unused, good condition.
£2.50
$4.50

Dudley

picture of postcard Pub No: 48 Pub: D. Eagleton, Penshurst Desc: Picture of Sir Philip Sidney by Zucchero. Sidney was a poet, soldier and courtier. The card claims to be a real photograph, but it doesn't look like one ot me !
Our ref: PC5879 Cond: Unused, good condition.
£2.00
$4.00
picture of postcard Pub No: BB76 Pub: Walter Scott, Bradford Desc: Real Photograph of a picture of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester by Zucchero in the Warwick Castle collection. Dudley was a courtier to Queen Elizabeth I.
Our ref: PC5877 Cond: Unused, good condition, dated 1948 in pencil on rear..
£2.50
$5.00
picture of postcard Pub No: K889 Pub: Walter Scott, Bradford Desc: Real Photograph of a picture of Sir Philip Sidney by Zucchero. Sidney was a poet, soldier and courtier.
Our ref: PC5878 Cond: Unused, good condition.
£2.50
$5.00

Edward VII

picture of postcard Pub No: Pub: Marion Desc: Back and White picture of King Edward VII in full regalia, taken by W & D Downey. Undivide back, so perhaps the card dates from the coronation.
Our ref: PC6716 Cond: Unused, one light corner ding, some light foxing, otherwise good condition.
£4.00
$7.25

Fowler

picture of postcard Pub No: Pub: Foulsham, Reading Desc: Photograph of the Rev. Canon Fowler DSc MA, who was, I believe, an antiquarian and beetle expert.
Our ref: PC5871 Cond: Unused, one corner creased, light edge wear.
£2.50
$5.00

George V

picture of postcard Pub No: Pub: Gale & Polden, Aldershot, London & Portsmouth Desc: Black and white picture of the Silver Jubilee Monarchs, from the Aldershot Tattoo Series. This presumably dates from the George V Jubilee in 1935,
Our ref: PC6726 Cond: Unused, light corner wear.
£2.00
$3.75

George VI

picture of postcard Pub No: CC24 Pub: Valentine's Coronation Souvenir Desc: Real Photograph of the Victoria Memorial and The Mall, with the State Coach and the wedding procession of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on 12 May 1937. The card was for sale in London next day.
Our ref: PC6717 Cond: Unused, one light corner ding, otherwise good condition.
£4.00
$7.25

Hamilton

picture of postcard Pub No: 840 Pub: Wrench Series Desc: Reproduction of a portrait of Lady Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson, by George Romney> Romney was infatuated with Lady Hamilton and produced more than 20 portraits of her. Undivided back.
Our ref: PC5874 Cond: Unused, good condition.
£3.00
$5.75

Henry 8

picture of postcard Pub No: K897 Pub: Walter Scott, Bradford Desc: Sepia picture of Henry VIII by Hans Holbein. Published for the Warwick Castle Estate Office.
Our ref: PC6715 Cond: Unused, good condition.
£1.50
$2.75

Hill

picture of postcard Pub No: 3 Pub: Midlands Postal Board Picture Card Desc: Drawing of the statue in Kidderminster to Sir Rowland Hill, originator of the adhesive postage stamp. Large sized card, probably dated 1979.
Our ref: PC5873 Cond: unused, some loss of surface on rear from album mounts, light wear.
£0.75
$1.50

Kérouaille

picture of postcard Pub No: 497 Pub: Matthews, Bradford Desc: Portrait of Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth and mistress of Charles II by Pierre Mignard, in the National Portrait Gallery
Our ref: PC1627 Cond: Unused, signs of album mounts, otherwise good condition.
£1.50
$2.75

Nelson

picture of postcard Pub No: AA02-7 Pub: Gordon Fraser Desc: Portrait of the monument by Flaxman to Lord Nelson over his tomb in St. Paul's Cathedral. Fairly modern, large sized card.
Our ref: PC5872 Cond: Unused, light corner wear
£0.75
$1.50

Spencer

picture of postcard Pub No: 186 Pub: Medici Society. London Desc: Portrait of Lavinia Bingham, ancestor of Lady Diana Spencer by Joshua Reynolds, from the Althorp Park Collection.
Our ref: PC1630 Cond: Unused, light surface damage, otherwise good condition
£1.50
$2.75
picture of postcard Pub No: Pub: Desc: Sepia reproduction of portrait of Penelope, Lady Spencer (from Lady Diana Spencer's family) by Sir A. Van Dyck.
Our ref: PC1631 Cond: Unused, good condition.
£1.00
$1.75

Wellington

picture of postcard Pub No: Pub: La Belgique Historique Desc: Picture of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, with brief biography. Top edge serrated as if from booklet.
Our ref: PC5875 Cond: Postally used from Brussels to the UK, date uncertain as stamps neatly removed. Light foxing, a little grubby.
£2.50
$5.00

US

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Other

Elizabeth

picture of postcard Pub No: Pub: National Portrait Gallery Desc: Reproduction of a portrait of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, Daughter of James VI / I, and sister of Charles I, by Miereveldt.
Our ref: PC5876 Cond: Unused, light wear, otherwise good.
£2.00
$4.00

Pius X

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