RARE C 1913 RPPC BELL SYSTEMS LOGO TELEGRAPH GIRL W/ BIKE NOTE OF GAY INTEREST * for Sale

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RARE C 1913 RPPC BELL SYSTEMS LOGO TELEGRAPH GIRL W/ BIKE NOTE OF GAY INTEREST * For Sale

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RARE C 1913 RPPC BELL SYSTEMS LOGO TELEGRAPH GIRL W/ BIKE NOTE OF GAY INTEREST *:
$185.00

A Rare RPPC w/ significance at several levels ...Featured is a circa 1913 real photo postcard depicting a young woman with her bicycle holding a Bells Systems Telephone & Telegrams Logo Card ... it follows she is a Telegraph Girl who Delivered Telegraphs/Telegrams via Bicycle ... unclear if it is in Mexico or Texas (sent to Sabinal, Texas, but the girl looks Spanish). The note has gay overtones: "Dear Hettie I am sending you this picture of mine I hope you wont get scare I am awful ashame of myself cause I am [?] good looking at all, but I love just the same."
1913 was a year with a lots going on between "Ma Bell" and the Federal Gov's from an "anti-trust" perspective. Maybe the company had photos taken of their bicycle delivery "boys and girls" for promotional purposes? The company logo certainly figured predominantly in the photo.** Domestic Shipping for this PC by USPS Ground Advantage to include tracking and insurance. There may be a refund of as much as $4 at time of purchase, depending on "postal zone" of buyer. For the moment, shipping price quoted includes ground advantage plus insurance for the value of the card. Rigid mailer. Check out our other offerings as we get them listed. Happy to combine shipping where able.

We do have tens of thousands of cards from the Curt Teich Archives and will be listing them as well as tens of thousands of others ... all types and locales. Many are categorized. If you're looking for a certain topic, let us know.

Selling on as early as 1997. "The Mermaid" is also still a bonded saleeer and real estate broker who spent the past "many" decades' specializing in books, ephemera, estates, and real estate. Just shy of two million books sold to date. Books and paper aside, if it is "Stuff", she has sold it! She has now returned to . Health issues have brought us back. We are even selling our own collections! And ... we are picky. If we wouldn't add it to our own collections, we won't sell it. Hope you find something that you want, need, and, most important of all, will enjoy! We look forward to transacting with you and making new friends and customers. Thanking you for your patronage in advance ... !

As to our "standard operating procedures": Our normal shipping & handling time is three (3) days. We ship weekdays with the exception of US federal holidays. We will ship with either free shipping or calculated shipping ... it depends on the given scenario. Often, calculated shipping will include insurance - again, depending on the item. Payment is expected at time of purchase or close of sale, whichever is applicable. This also applies to "best offer accepted" transactions. Non-paying purchasers or buyers will be blocked from future transactions. The same goes for winning buyers seeking to have sales cancelled. That said, prior to the end of any sales, offers can be cancelled through the HELP section of . If respective buyers are found to be cancelling offers in an excessive manner, however, they will be blocked from future transactions. Shill offerding is not tolerated and will be reported.

"The Mermaid" is happy to ship globally.** (See below.) For such transactions, "calculated" shipping fees apply and Insurance will be required if not already included in applicable postal fee.

**Unfortunately, there are a few destinations to which we cannot and will not ship. That circumstance involves a fluid dynamic the specifics of which may not be clear until point of sale. If such is the case, we will allow the transaction to be cancelled at our discretion and without any negative reporting made to .

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