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FEATURED IS A VINTAGE 1938 LINEN POSTCARD OF THE \"NEW\" BLUE BIRD, THE MODERN WABASH DOME STREAMLINER TRAIN FIRST PUT INTO SERVICE THAT SAME YEAR AND BILLED AS THE MOST MODERN TRAIN IN AMERICA.
FYI: The last day of service for the \"Blue Bird\" was April 30, 1971.PC FROM THE CURT TEICH CO ARCHIVES. MINT. This postcard is in pristine condition, direct from the archives of the publisher. It has been in our possession for approximately 15+ years ... long before the Curteich digitally archived images found their permanent home with The Newberry Institute. At the time of our acquisition, the Lake County Discovery Museum in IL was the custodian of the company\'s records, having served in that capacity since 1982. Check out our other train / railroad related items from the Teich archives.
Shipping includes tracking and (for postcards) insurance. Postcards are shipped in rigid mailers. Check out our other offerings as we get them listed - could be anything ... not just postcards. Happy to combine shipping.
The above said, 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 .
WE ARE GLAD TO BE BACK!
