Postcard Auction 245 - Final Bid Update Posted

Cherryland Auction #245 closes in one day and we have just posted the first high/starting bid updates. The final bid update will be posted on the day before the auction closes. The auction is available on our website: CherrylandPostcards.com

The current auction closes: Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 9:00 pm EST.

Place a bid using the form on our website, by phone at (231) 352-9758, or by replying to this email. We hope you enjoy this auction and if you have any questions please reply to this email or check the frequently asked questions section on the site.

Thank You,
Ronald & Alec Millard
CherrylandPostcards.com

Chicago Postcard & Paper Show

This Saturday & Sunday Cherryland Auctions will be attending the Chicago Postcard & Paper Show. We will be selling and buying postcards as well as accepting consignments for future auctions. We hope to see you there!


Date: November 7-8, 2009 - 10 AM-6 PM & 9 AM - 4 PM.
Location: Engineer's Hall (Local 150 IUOE), 6200 Joliet Rd. (across from Holiday Inn-William Tell), Countryside, IL.
Details: Early Birds at 8:30 each day. Over 100 tables of material.
Contact: Jim Taylor, P.O. Box 399, Neosho, MO 64850
Email: jim@lynknight.com

Postcard Auction 245 - Bids Updated

Cherryland Auction #245 closes in one week and we have just posted the first high/starting bid updates. The final bid update will be posted on the day before the auction closes. The auction is available on our website: CherrylandPostcards.com

The current auction closes: Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 9:00 pm EST.

Place a bid using the form on our website, by phone at (231) 352-9758, or by replying to this email. We hope you enjoy this auction and if you have any questions please reply to this email or check the frequently asked questions section on the site.

Thank You,
Ronald & Alec Millard
CherrylandPostcards.com

Only 27 days left for the 2000 postcard in our Buy Now Store. These cards will only be available until the end of the month when they will be replaced by another selection of cards. These cards are all offered at up to 70% off.

New Selection of 2000 Postcards Added Today

Besides our regular Cherryland Postcard Auctions, we also offer many postcards for sale up to 70% off. All of our "Buy Now" postcards are sold with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

Available in the following categories:

Advertising • Black History • Native American History • Animals • Art Cards • Artist Signed • Aviation • B&W Photos • Cameras • Children • Circus incl. Macabre • Expositions • Famous People • Fantasy • Halloween & Related • Santas & Krampus • Holidays & Greetings • Military • Novelty • Nudes • Pretty Ladies • U.S. Political & Presidents • Patriotic & Propaganda • W.W. I Propaganda • W.W. II Propaganda • Sports & Games • Stamp, Coin & Postcard Related • Autos • Ships • Trains • Misc. Transportation • U.S. by State • World Leaders • Worldwide by Country • Postcards by Topics • Miscellaneous Collectibles

Automobile Real Photo Postcards

This auction has an impressive section of automobile real photos.

Twin City Postcard Club Show

This Saturday & Sunday Cherryland Auctions will be attending the Twin City Postcard Club Show.

We will be selling and buying postcards as well as accepting consignments for future auctions.

We hope to see you there!




Name: Twin City Postcard Club Show
Dates: 10/17/2009 - 10/18/2009 - 9-5
Location: 1346 S Robert St, Saint Paul, MN‎
Contact: Dave Johnson: 651-426-3573

Postcard Auction 245 Available Today

We are pleased to announce that Auction #245 has just been added to this website.

Auction #245 closes Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 at 9:00 pm EST. Place your bids by web form, email, telephone or by mail.

We hope you enjoy this auction and if you have any questions please contact us or check the frequently asked questions section on this site.

Cherryland Auctions 3.0 - New Store Layout

NEW Postcard Store Layout:

Cherryland Auctions 3.0 - New Auction Layout

NEW Postcard Auction Layout:

Please Pardon Our Dust

CherrylandPostcards.com will be updated over the next couple of days.
Please pardon our dust as we work to get everything upgraded.

If you have any problems with the new format please contact us and we will help.

Thank you,

Postcard Auction 244 - Auction has now closed

Cherryland Postcard Auction #244 has just closed.
If your bid was successful you will receive an email or mail invoice from Cherryland Auctions showing which lots you won and the total including shipping and handling. Cherryland Auctions charges no buyers premium.

Email invoices will not be sent until this coming Sunday due to a postcard show on Saturday.

You can pay by making a Paypal payment to: cherrylandauctions@charter.net or mail a check to: Ronald D. Millard, PO Box 427, Frankfort, MI 49635. If you would like to pay by credit card or another method not listed here please contact us.

Thank you for a great auction,

Vintage Postcards - Poster Advertising Video

RARE: Black Americana Halloween Postcard

Now Available in Auction 241: Lot #580. Halloween, ser. # 6508, Believed to be ONE of ONLY FIVE early Black Americana Halloween postcard images!, VERY RARE DB VF

Suggested Bid: $400

National Postcard Week: May 1-7, 2009

Every year the first full week in May is designated National Postcard Week (NPCW). Many postcard collectors design and publish their own postcards to commemorate this week, and, they trade with other collectors who make NPCW postcards.

National Postcard Week began in 1984 with the idea that different clubs would make a postcard to celebrate postcards.

To celebrate the week, postcard collectors, also called Deltiologists, either make their own postcards or purchase them to mail to friends and family. Always being sure the words National Postcard Week and the date are on the postcard.

National Postcard Week began as a way for sellers and collectors to promote the hobby of postcard collecting. Some of those Pioneers were DeeDee Parker, John McClintock and Richard Novick..

If you need more specific directions, please check out NPCW.multiply.com There is some history, guidelines and hundreds of examples.

Happy Easter - Vintage Easter Postcard Video

Rural Free Delivery (RFD)

Rural Free Delivery (RFD) is a mail service, established in 1896, that provides delivery to rural customers.

Prior to RFD, farm families traveled miles to the post office to pick-up their mail, all the while paying the same rates as those living in towns and urban areas. During the service's early years, the carrier postmarked the items.

For decades Congress had been reluctant to institute free rural delivery, seeing the nation as too large for such a service and predicting financial disaster. RFD became an official part of the U.S. Postal Service in 1902. (Source)

1920's Dance Craze: The Baltimore

"Periodically a dance craze sweeps the nation. The first one was around 1910 (Turkey Trot, Grizzly Bear), then in the the late 1920s there was The Baltimore preformed by Fred Rich and his Astor Hotel Orchestra, shown here , as well as many others that appear in early films with sound. Later dances appeared in the early 1960s (Twist, Mashed Potatoes, Swim, etc.)"

"In each case, there were songs that would name the dance, give some rudimentary instructions as to how to do it, and then inform you that this is the latest sensation to sweep the nation."

PS: Check the beginning credits for a funny coincidence...

Pneumatic tube-based mail systems

Molly Wright Steenson continues her trailblazing research project into the secret history of the lost pneumatic "series of tubes" that presaged packet switching in many contexts, in this fascinating video presentation.

RARE: Babe Ruth in Japan Postcard

Now Available in Auction 240: Lot #1184. Japanese published w/ Babe Ruth, color printed w/ Caption in Japanese, Truly a Rarity m cor album marks VF Condition

"1931 marked the first American All Star tour of Japan. Although Ruth was not present until the 1934 tour, his reputation proceeded him and he is here proclaimed the"World Home Run King". It was Ruth's great charisma and showmanship on the field that inspired the founding of the first Japanese professional baseball team in 1936. Part of a set of premium postcards issued in conjunction with a children's magazine, Ruth is the only non-Japanese subject, a tribute to his great popularity in Japan."

Has some minor corner album marks. Exceedingly rare!
Suggested bid $1,500.

World War I Propaganda Postcards