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Lot 124

Nine Anti-Semitic Postcards – Germany, Late 19th Century

Nine postcards with anti-Semitic illustrations. Published by U. Baasch, Plauen (Germany), late 19th century.
Each postcard portrays an illustration of a Jew and his occupation (travel agent, attorney, private consultant, etc.), with German captions.
The postcards are undivided, and all had been sent by post (in 1899-1900).
9X14 cm. Condition varies. Overall good-fair condition. Stains and defects (most are minor). One postcard with torn edges and one with a missing corner (not affecting illustration or text). The postcards are numbered by hand on recto in the upper margins and one bears a caption under the illustration. Printing defect in one postcard (the bottom of the illustration appears in the upper margins).