1932 Vintage Ambigram Cartoon Art Postcard Ham Radio QSL Card W4BLN Charlotte 1 cent Benjamin Franklin Green Postage Stamp Classic 1930's QSL Card features Radio Towers shooting red electricity, with a triple edged border frame giving the card a classic look. The information and personal message was "typed" on an old fashioned Typewriter, and it is clear that the writer manually re-positioned the card in the roller to match up the lines. The personal message reads: "sorri we had so much qrm ob btr luck next time. pse qsll. Along the bottom right corner is printed: Hope Cugn, 73- of A.E. Stewart. The cartoon art drawing of a man's smiling face looks Happy when faced one way, including the text that reads: "After Receipt of Ur QSL" and Sad when turned upside down, "Before Recipt of Ur QSL" An ambigram is defined as ... A picture (or figure) that, when inverted, looks the same or changes into the picture of a different subject. Possibly the most remarkable examples of upside-down art were the cartoons drawn by Gustave Verbeek for the Sunday New York Herald in the early 1900s. The hand typed date is Nov 12 1932 and the card is postmarked the same day! CONDITION: All four corners have pin holes, and (if looking at the back-address side) the upper left corner tip is missing, torn at the pin hole, and the other three corners all have creases. There is also a small ding in the top center edge. Also the printing from the front side can be seen through the back side. The 1 cent Jefferson postage stamp is in fairly good condition, perforated on 3 side, and only slight marks from the postal cancel stamp, although the top right corner of the stamp was damaged at the very edge by... a pinhole. The postmark is slightly smudged, but still clear and readable. Photos are a scanned image of the item you will receive. Please see photos. ******** Hello there, thank you for stopping by to look at my items!. I have over the years accumulated a variety of personal collections that have been very carefully cared for and preserved. (not obtained from yard sales or storage sales). But, now forced to clean out the closets due to both a lack of space and mostly financial need, and it's just time to let go, and I do appreciate your purchasing, looking and sharing, and I hope you are pleased with your purchases. ************** PAYMENT: PayPal SHIPPING HAndling: All items ship carefully packed from California USA COMBINING MULTIPLE PURCHASES TO SAVE ON SHIPPING COSTS E-Mail me a list of items you are interested in purchasing, along with your Zip Code or your Country and Postal Code and we will calculate the lowest possible shipping costs. Just make sure the shipping address for all orders are the same. We ship promptly, usually within 4 to 24 hours after payment clears. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: We do ship to international destinations, including UK, Canada, Netherlands, Australia RETURNS, REFUNDS and DAMAGED SHIPMENTS:. All sales are final, except for goods damaged in transit. (Please take photographs of the damaged package and any damages to the contents, and send the me the photos as soon as possible.) I am not a collector or a business, and returns are costly for me, so, I do my best to describe items as accurately as possible, and note any flaws or damage, and Photos are of the actual item you will receive. In many cases I have been able to scan the item, and zoom in on flaws, for a more accurate close-up detail of the item's condition. PLEASE contact us if you have any questions or concerns ... and Thank you so Much for Looking, Shopping and Sharing, (and for reading all this long-winded-policy-technical-shipping-info-terms-and-stuff). See Full Policies, Shipping, Click Here ------- M A N Y T H A N K S ------ See more postcards, QSL Cards and collectibles... http://www.bonanza.com/booths/rosies_treasures