This postcard has an interesting stamp. One from just before World War II which states Industry – Agriculture FOR DEFENSE. As you can see, the postcard was mailed prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the US entry into World War II.

It is addressed to Miss Lorraine Stilling who lives in McHenry Illinois.

Hi –
Am having a grand vacation up here. Mareta and Carl just came a few minutes ago and we are down town sending cards. Gladys.

I picked up this card because it had an old Canada postmark. Notice the 2 c in the dauber.

See you latter
Forgot your birthday till it was to late.

Dear Mother,
I am back at toronto again. I am not doing very good may be home before long. Hope you are well and happy. Albert

And it is addressed to Mrs. L.A. Claver in Chicago, IL

REMEMBER TO USE THE POST CODE! I like how the postmark is nearly included in the dauber. Looe Cornwall is a town in the Western UK.

Hope you are well. We are enjoying our stay, weather is a bit changeable at present but it has been nice + warm. John hasn’t caught a shark yet!

Love,
Gwen, John, & Ann?

I really liked the American Flag dauber design. It is addressed to Master Walter Baese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

3/23.11
All my love + many kisses to my dear son. Hope your hip is getting better.

Your loving Papa.

Makes me wonder what happened to the poor young lad. You will remember that Master addresses young men under the age of 13!

Ok, so this postcard is sealed in plastic and the price tag is on the outside of the plastic – so I didn’t scan it.

What drew me to this postmark was the notation to “Address your Mail to Street and Number” next to the straight line dauber. It was postmarked in New York on December 31, 1921.

NY Dec 30, 1921:
Dear Sister and Family
My Box with pretty gifts received. Many thanks. Will write later. We have had fine weather for this time of the year. Sarrty has been very to me. Wish so to all and a xxxxx SEW.

It is addressed to Mrs. H.B. Johnston in Joliet, Illinois. She lived near the Elmhurst Cemetery where my friend Davonna is buried.

This is a postcard postmarked from Fort Oglethorpe, GA. I thought it was an interesting name for a postmark! It is addressed to Mrs. Ted Pitzen in Waukegan, Illinois. Apparently it is from Aux Irene Witek, 9th Company 23rd Regiment 3rd WAAC Training Center, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia.

Hello Laurie:
Greetings from Georgia. How are you all. – Fine I hope! I like army life very well so far. Please say hello to the girls. –
Regards – Irene

And Mrs. Pitzen must have answered it on June 16!

The picture on the front evidentially is from the trip to the Fort as it is Kentucky State Monument, Chickamanga Park, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Sal, So glad to get your letter + know that you have a satisfactory [miand?] . This is Seatoris Hall & I have just furnished his hall suite on the carfurs side – in heart. I have been back in 63-67 + living over happy days with a dear suite mate. Love GB.

Apparently, Ms. Morey collected pictures of landscape scenes. You can see that there are two postmarks on the postcard. The first is Sayre PA at 4pm followed by the postcard being received in Athens, PA at 5:30 – both on April 12, 1906. Under the picture is written Here is another for your album. Mama. I am not sure why the work album is blacker, perhaps it did not fade??

600 years University of Leipzig – Product ID: 004446
On December 2, 1409 heard the “alma mater Lipsiensis” (which is German for the “nourishing mother of Leipzig”) of one of the oldest universities in Europe. In Germany, it is the second oldest high school in Heidelberg where classes have been taught and research engaged, uninterrupted, to this day. For centuries, the University of Leipzig has held a leading position among German universities. During the communist era the research in some areas was restricted. Since German reunification, the University of Leipzig’s close links to great traditions and strives again to a prominent place in the ensemble of German and European universities. Currently, learning and researching has more than 25,000 students in Leipzig.

Design: Nadine Nill, Mössinger
Motive: Augustus place around 1845, image template courtesy of the University
Value: 0.55 €
Pressure: Multicolor offset the bagel Security-Print GmbH & Co KG, Mönchengladbach
Size: 46.00 x 27.32 mm
Paper: Coated, white, fluorescent paper, postage stamps DP 2
Issue: 02. July 2009

The second stamp shows the Lighthouse at Neuwerk.

Neuwerk Lighthouse – Product ID: 004476
The special stamps with the motives of the lighthouses ‘Neuwerk “and” Falshöft’ are part of the series “lighthouses” that want to draw attention to the diversity of German lighthouses.

The massive red lighthouse is the most important monument and landmark of the island Neuwerk. The 700-year-old tower is also the oldest by far of buoys and lighthouse construction in Germany. The tower is square with a side length of 13.5 m. The massive brick walls are 2.8 meters thick at the base and nearly 30 m high. The foundation reaches three meters underground and consists of rocks and boulders, and clumsy Schwellrost oak beams. Inside the tower there are eight floors on the stream approach. The bottom two floors each contain a three-nave brick-built brick vault. The other floors have wood beam ceilings. The tower was topped by a 7-meter-high pyramid-shaped roof. Since the early 1970s, there is no lighthouse keeper on Neuwerk. The beacon is monitored remotely from the Water and Shipping Authority Cuxhaven. Today the lighthouse Neuwerk has a halogen bulb which burns 600 watts of electric power. It has a scope of 15.4 nautical miles or 28.5 kilometers. The technicians of the water and shipping office exchange the lamps at intervals of about one to two months. The Neuwerk lighthouse stands listed since 1924.

Design: Prof. John Graf, Dortmund
Motive: Lighthouse Neuwerk
Value: 0.45 €
Pressure: Multicolor offset the bagel Security Print GmbH & Co.KG, Mönchengladbach
Size: 35.00 x 35.00 mm
Paper: Coated, white, fluorescent paper, postage stamps DP 2
Issue: 10th June 2010