Guignol, Kasperletheater, Punch & Judy, Burattini and similar puppet shows.

Collectible Card Picture: puppet theatre in ancient Greece (as imagined in the 19th century) Front Text: "Les marionnettes" Reverse Text: "Les marionnettes. Les théâtre des marionnettes existaient chez les anciens Grecs [...]" (see reverse scan) Publisher: Maison des Buscs à l'Ancre; 111 Size: 6.8 x 10.6 cm

Collectible Card Picture: children playing with a puppet theatre in ancient Greece (as imagined in the 19th century) Front Text: "Que c'est beau, la Comédie!" Publisher: Aux Travailleurs, Magasins de Nouveautés, Paris; Bourgerie et fils ainé, Paris Size: 11.2 x 7.2. cm

Reverse Text: "Bodleian Library, Oxford, Punch and Judy. Marginal illustration from the Romance of Alexander, a MS, written and illuminated in Flanders, c. 1340. MS Bodl. 264, f. 54v" Publisher: Cotswold Collotype Company Ltd. Type: 20th-century reproduction of a 14th-century manuscript, see also Commons Size: Modern Not sent.

Collectible Card Front Text: "Le Trombone - Guignol au Château (Renaissance)" Publisher: Chocolat Louit, Bordeaux Size: 11.0 x 8.5 cm

Reverse Text: "Happy Hollanders" Publisher: Clifton Fac-Simile Colour Postcard; E. W: Savory,Bristol; Series No. 746 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Parlatorio del Monastero di San Zaccaria, Venezia, ca. 1746

Collectible Card Publisher: Chocolat Louit Size: 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "Guignol" Publisher: Chocolat Guérin-Boutron, Paris Size: 10.6 x 6.4 cm

Picture: Italian puppet show in the 18th century Front Text: "Il Teatro dei Burattini (Dipinto ad olio di F. Maggiotto - Sec. XVIII) Milano - Museo Teatrale alla Scala" Publisher: Edizione del Museo Teatrale alla Scala; Alberto Modiano Tipografo, Milano Type: 20th-century reproduction of an 18th-century oil painting by Francesco Maggiotto Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: German Kasperl-Theater, ca. 1805 Reverse Text: "Puppentheatersammlung der Stadt München. Opiz, Georg Emanuel (1776-1841). Kasperltheater / Gouache" Publisher: Münchner Stadtmuseum, München Type: 20th-century reproduction of a 19th-century gouache by Georg Emanuel Opiz Size: Modern Not sent.

Cannstatter Volksfest, Germany, 1818
(on a 1935 postcard)

Picture: puppet theatre in front of the Church of Saints Quirico and Giulitta in Rome, by Achille Pinelli, 1833 Publisher: Zazzle Type: 2021 reproduction of an 1833 painting (see Commons) Size: Modern Not sent.

Front Text: "Laurent Mourguet, créateur du Guignol" Publisher: Agnoletto et fils, Lyon Type: Maximum Card (France, 4 March 1994) Size: Modern Not sent.

Puppet theatre of Matěj Kopecký, Bohemia

Collectible Card Picture: itinerant puppet show in Germany, 19th century Reverse Text: "Kasperle-Theater (Die Zeit von 1815-1850)" Publisher: Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Series: Deutsche Kulturbilder, 1936; Nr. 225 Size: 8.5 x 7.0 cm

Picture: itinerant puppet show in Germany, 19th century Front Text: "Kunst bringt Gunst" Type: Real Photo; 20th-century reproduction of an 1857 print after Ludwig Richter, see also Commons Size: Classic Not sent.

Picture: Candler's Street Fantoccini in England, before 1825 Front Text: "Fantoccini. 'He gives me the motions' Shakespeare.", inscription: "Candler's Fantoncccini Patronised by Royal Fam" Reverse Text: "With Compliments Type: 20th-century postcard of a 19th-century engraving by George Cruikshank (see www.birmingham.gov.uk) Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: French Guginol theatre, c. 1825 Front Text: "L'Oeuvre de Boilly. Le Théâtre Guignol", "Les maitres de l'estampe (époque Charles X) (1825)" Publisher: ND Phot [Neurdein, Paris]; 506 Type: Divided Back; 20th-century reproduction of a c. 1825 engraving by Louis-Léopold Boilly Size: Classic Sent: from France to Uccle (Belgium), 1908

Picture: detail from "La Comédie humaine" by Jean-Louis Hamon, c. 1852, Musée d'Orsay, Paris Front Text: inscription: "Théâtre Guignol" Publisher: Zazzle Type: 2021 reproduction of an 1852 painting (see Commons) Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: puppet theatre at the Fête de Saint-Cloud, France, 1865 Front Text: "L'Oeuvre de Daumier (Souvenir de la Fête). Les personnes de l'aimable société, n'importe quel sexe, qui voudraient en faire autant, sont priées de monter sur le théâtre." Publisher: Collections d'Art et d'Histoire E. S., Paris; 32 Type: Divided Back; 20th-century reproduction of an 1865 print by Honoré Daumier (from the "Petit Journal Pour Rire", No. 263), see www.daumier-register.org Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "De Poppenkast." Publisher: Kotting, Amst; Uitg. W. H. J. Dicke, Amst. [Amsterdam] Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: within Amsterdam (Netherlands) [date illegible]

Picture: children with a hand puppet theatre Reverse Text: "Ch. Hunt (1846-1891). Kasperltheater. The Punch and Judy Show. Les guignols" Publisher: Wiechmann-Verlag, München; Nr. 2713 Type: 20th-century postcard of a 19th-century painting Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: Punch & Judy show in England, painting by John Anthony Puller, before 1886 Publisher: Zazzle Type: 2021 reproduction of a 19th-century painting (see Commons) Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: French Guginol theatre, 19th century Front Text: "Salons de Paris - Chanet (Henri) - 'Guignol'" Reverse Text: "Kasperltheater!" Publisher: LL [Lévy Fils, Paris]; 18 Type: Divided Back; 20th-century reproduction of a painting by Henri Chanet (fl. 1874-1884) Size: Classic Sent: from Paris (France) to Montigny (France), 1913

La Bezole, France (painting by Marie Petiet, 1886)

Collectible Card Publisher: Au Grand St. Paul, Paris Size: 7.0 x 11.6 cm

Collectible Card Publisher: Au Bon Marché, Paris; Lith. Baster & Vieillemard, Paris Size: 12.0 x 8.1 cm

Collectible Card Publisher: Velma Suchard; Serie 245 Size: 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Picture: puppet show on the streets of London Front Text: "XCIII, Tate Gallery", "Houghton, 3620, Punch and Judy" Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 1947 Publisher: printed by Waterlow & Sons, London Type: 20th-century reproduction of a c. 1860 painting by Arthur Boyd Houghton; see also www.tate.org.uk Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: itinerant puppet show in Russia Reverse Text: "L. I. Solomatkin (1837-1883). Petrushka, 1878. Kholst, maslo, 29x22. Gosudarstvenny Russky muzei." Publisher: Sovetsky Khudozhnik; 1967 Type: 1967 reproduction of an 1878 painting by Leonid Ivanovich Solomatkin; see also Commons Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: puppet theatre in France, late 19th century Reverse Text: "Théâtre de marionnettes, Dessin fin 19e siècle." Publisher: Images d'Epinal-Pellerin; 1982 Type: 1982 reproduction of a late 19th-century popular print published in Épinal, France Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: puppet theatre in France, illustration from Thomas Crane and Ellen Houghton's children book "Abroad", London 1882 Front Text: inscription: "Théâtre amusant" Publisher: Zazzle Type: 2021 reproduction of an 1882 illustration Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: puppet theatre in France, c. 1890 Reverse Text: "'Guignol', La chanson des joujoux. Illustration d'Adrien Marie. Ed. H. Heugel, 1890. Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Heure Joyeuse." Publisher: Mairie de Paris, Agence culturelle de Paris Type: late 20th-century reproduction of an 1890 print by Adrien Marie Size: Modern Not sent.

Matchbox Label Size: 3.0 x 5.6 cm

Beijing, China

Collectible Card Front Text: "Guignol chez les enfants polynésiens." Publisher: Liebig; Série "Poupées et jouets exotiques" Size: 11.0 x 7.0 cm

Collectible Card Publisher: Au Printemps, Grands Magasins de Nouveautés, Paris Size: 10.5 x 7.5 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "Guignol" Publisher: Mercerie-Bonneterie Lebreton-Guimier, Le Mans Size: 11.8 x 8.1 cm

Collectible Card Publisher: Chocolat & Cacao Supérieurs de la Cie d'Orient P. Loras, Paris/Bruxelles/Usine à Lyon Size: 13.3 x 8.5 cm

Collectible Card Type: Blank Back Size: 7.0 x 10.0 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "La Joie" Publisher: Lefèvre-Utile Biscuits Size: 10.6 x 7.3 cm

Collectible Card Publisher: Au Paris Nouveau, Paris; Imp. L. Michel et. Cie, Paris Size: 12.0 x 8.5 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "Devant Guignol" Publisher: Chocolat Besnier, Le Mans; B. Sirven, Imprimeur-Éditeur, Toulouse/Paris Size: 10.5 x 7.3 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "Après les marionnettes de Guignol les Biscuits marionnettes de Georges, c'est fête complète pour tout le monde."inscription: "Marionnettes" Publisher: Biscuits Georges; Lith. H. Sicard, Paris Size: 7.0 x 10.2 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "Eh bien, papa, puisque tu as tant de plaisir à voir Guignol, Vas-y, ne te gêne pas pour moi, je vais t'attendre en fumant un cigare.", inscription: "Théâtre de Guignol" Publisher: Levacher-Giroux, Orléans Size: 7.5 x 11.3 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "Rêver de Perroquets: Théâtre" Publisher: A. Benoiston, Maison de Fournitures, Paris Size: 6.4 x 10.5. cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "Une scène intéressante" Publisher: Chocolat Guérin-Boutron; Vallet, Minot et Cie. Imprimeurs, Paris Size: 6.3 x 10.6 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "Un drame" Publisher: Chocolat Guérin-Boutron; Vallet, Minot et Cie. Imprimeurs, Paris Size: 603 x 9.7 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "Le scandale dans la salle" Publisher: Grands Magasins du Musée de Cluny, Paris; Vallet, Minot et Cie. Imprimeurs, Paris Size: 6.3 x 10.5 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "Artiste sifflé" Publisher: Chocolat Guérin-Boutron; Vallet, Minot et Cie. Imprimeurs, Paris Size: 6.3 x 10.6 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "Le théâtre Enfantin Guignol et son public. Une représentation dans un jardin public." Publisher: Chocolat Guérin-Boutron, Paris; Série: Le Théâtre à travers les Âges Size: 6.6 x 10.6 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "Mots et Devises", "La farce est jouée dit Rabelais en mourant; la pièce est finie furent les dernières paroles d'Auguste. Au théâtre antique, on annonçait la fin de la représentation par ces mots: La pièce est jouée"; inscription: "Guignol" Publisher: Chocolat rationnel des pharmaciens français Size: 6.5 x 10.3 cm

Collectible Card Reverse Text: "Fahrende Leute II. - 5. Kasperltheater. Kinder seid ihr alle da! / Habt Ihr denn auch Geld mit? Ja! / Wenn ich singe, geht hinten ein Teller herum, / Ihr wißt doch sicher alle, warum! / O bitt' ich schön, laufen Sie doch nicht fort! / Es tut Ihnen nichts, der Teller dort!" Publisher: Cie. Française L. Schaal & Cie. Size: 9.3 x 4.7 cm

Collectible Card Publisher: H. Disqué Elephanten-Kaffee; J. Aberle & Co., Berlin; 857 Size: 8.9 x 12.8 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "Le Guignol" Publisher: Cacao Van Houten Size: 16.8 x 11.6 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "Jouets. Les Guignols." Publisher: Au Bon Marché, Paris Size: 8.2 x 12.0 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "Guignol chez soi" Publisher: J. Jacquet Succr., Issouun Size: 10.3 x 7.3 cm

Foldable Collectible Card Publisher: Au Bon Marché, Paris Size: 13.4 x 7.6 cm (opened)

Foldable Collectible Pop-up Card Front Text: "Théâtre Guignol" Publisher: Au Bon Marché, Paris Size: 16.2 x 11.7 cm (opened)

Foldable Collectible Pop-up Card Front Text: "Théâtre Guignol" Publisher: Au Bon Marché, Paris; Imprimerie L. Verger & Cie., Paris Size: 11.7 x 17.0 cm (opened)

Collectible Card (with cut-out areas) Front Text: "Théâtre de marionettes. Acte I." Publisher: Chocolat de l'Univers Size: 7.4 x 11.7 cm

Collectible Card (with possibility to stick [missing] paper figurines through the card to make them appear on stage) Front Text: "Galactina" Publisher: Galactina Farine Lactée Supérieure, Bern (Switzerland) Size: 9.5 x 12.0 cm

Front Text: "Chez Guignol" Type: Hold-to-Light Card Size: Classic Sent: to Voulaines (France), 1906

Front Text: "Les Acrobates" Publisher: ?; 1009 Type: Hold-to-Light Card Size: Classic Sent: from Antwerpen (Belgium) to Oudewater (Belgium), 1906

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Front Text: "Guignol colporteur", inscription: "Le Théâtre de Guignol" Publisher: Collection Charier, édit., Saumur Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: within Avignon (France), 1903	Front Text: "Guignol au Tribunal", "Théâtre de Guignol" Publisher: Collection Charier, édit., Saumur Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent.
Front Text: "Guignol condamné à mort", banner: "Le Théâtre de Guignol" Publisher: Collection Charier, édit., Saumur Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: within Avignon (France), 1903	Front Text: "Guignol vagabond", banner: "Le Théâtre de Guignol" Publisher: Collection Charier, édit., Saumur Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "Guignol concierge.", banner: "Le Théâtre de Guignol" Publisher: Collection Charier, édit., Saumur Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Paris to Alfortville (France) [date illegible]

Paris, France

Front Text: "Le public non payant au Guignol", " J. Geoffroy" Publisher: Braun & Cie., Éditeurs, Salons de Paris; 252; 6811 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "Nos Chéris - Devant Goignol" Publisher: C C C & C; 24 Type: Undivided Back Not sent.

Paris, France

Paris, France

Paris, France

Paris, France

Paris, France

Paris, France

Paris, France

Paris, France

Paris, France

Paris, France

Paris, France

Parc Montsouris, Paris, France

Folies-Bouts-de-Bois, Paris, France

Front Text: "Guignol" Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Paris (France) to Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France), 1904

Front Text: "Guignol" Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Paris (France) to London (England), 1902

Front Text: "Guignol" Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "Guignol" Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Paris (France) to Les Sables d'Olonne (France), 1902

Front Text: "Guignol" Handwritten Front Text: "Souvenirs de Po-li-chi-nelle" Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Paris, France

Cabourg, France

Contrexéville, France

Saint-Mandé, France

Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France

Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France

Berck, France

Berck, France

Charbonnières-les-Bains, France

Deauville, France

Deauville, France

Bagnères-de-Luchon, France

Bagnères-de-Luchon, France

Les Mirmidons, Vichy, France

Vichy, France, 1907

Marseille, France, 1908

Nancy, France, 1909

La Baule-Escoublac, France

Vittel, France

Vittel, France

Vittel, France

Vittel, France

Saint-Trojan-les-Bains, France

Front Text: "La journée de Bébé", "J'adore le théatre" Publisher: R. Girard, éditeur; Chicorée à la Ménagère; Duroyon & Ramette, Cambrai Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "A Guignol" Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: to Nantes, 1909

Front Text: "La v'là! Le v'là! Vive Guignol!" Publisher: Sazerac Phot.; Croissant, Paris; 3659 Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "Le gouter pendant l'entracte" Publisher: Sazerac Phot.; Croissant, Paris; 3659 Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "L'arrestation du coupable" Publisher: Sazerac Phot.; Croissant, Paris; 3659 Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Sent: within Penne-d'Agenais (France), 1910

Front Text: "Le gendarme est battu Bravo!" Publisher: Sazerac Phot.; Croissant, Paris; 3659 Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Sent: to Mézin, 1909

Front Text: "Guignol. Attente Impatiente!.." Handwritten Front Text: dated 1904 Publisher: M. A.; I Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "On va commencer!..." Publisher: M. A.; II Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "Un passage palpitant" Publisher: M. A.; III Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Bordeaux to Paris [postmark illegible]

Front Text: "Un interview..." Publisher: M. A.; IV Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "Nous avons l'honneur de vous remercier" Publisher: M. A.; 5 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Bordeaux to Paris, 1918

Front Text: "Kasperle Theater", signed: Hermann Kaulbach Publisher: ?; Nr. 10688 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Publisher: ?; Made in Germany; 1503,4 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Mol (Belgium) to Antwerpen (Belgium), 1908

Front Text: "Ein gerührter Zuschauer." Publisher: N B C; R 3214/3 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Picture: children in the audience, possibly at a puppet show, possibly in Poitiers, France Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Not sent.

Punch and Judy, London, England

Picture: Punch & Judy show on a British beach Front Text: "An appreciative audience", signed: Bob. Publisher: Misch & Co.; 'On the Seashore' Series; No. 280 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Treorchy (Wales) to Derry Ormond (Wales), 1905

Picture: left: Guignol theatre at a French or Belgian fairground Publisher: F. N.; No. 13 Type: Blank Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Cannstatter Volksfest, Germany, 1897

Front Text: "Gruss vom Oktoberfest München", inscriptions: "Kasperltheater", "Noch nie dagewesen: Triumph der Dressur", "Glückshafen" Publisher: Joseph Moch, München Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from München to Weingarten/Württemberg, 1898

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, left: Kasper-Theater Front Text: inscriptions: "Kasper-Theater", "Schiess-Salon" Publisher: Gg. Imfang, Frankfurt am Main-Sachsenhausen Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Hayingen/Lothringen (now Hayange, France) to Straßburg (now Strasbourg, France), 1900

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, very left: Kasperl-Theater Front Text: inscriptions: "Kasperl-Theater", "Fischweib", stamped: "Gruss von der Constanzer Messe" Publisher: ?; Nr. 3471 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from the Konstanz-Basel train to Mannheim (Germany) , 1901

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, very left: Kasper-Theater Front Text: inscriptions: "Kasper Theater", "Der Sieg der Buren", "Riesen Dame aus Samoa Gewicht 300 Kilo", "Schiessbude", "Bitte recht freundlich - Aehnlichkeit garantiert - Schnellphotographie" Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Solingen (Germany) to Stahlheim (= Amnéville, France), 1903

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, very left: Kasper-Theater Front Text: inscriptions: "Aus dem dunkeln Welttheil", "Florchen die schwerste Dame der Welt", "Herkules-Circus", "Dressierte Hunde" Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from the Leizpig-Chemnitz train (Germany) to Chicago (USA), 1904

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair with a Kasper-Theater (see Commons for a larger scan) Front Text: "Grus vom Kinderfest", inscriptions: "Kasper-Theater", "Schiess-Salon", "Restauratio[n]" Publisher: B. B. & O. L. G. M. B. H. [= Bruno Bürger & Ottilie, Leipzig] Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, centre: Kasperltheater Front Text: "So ein Rummel ist famos, Da ist rein der Deibel los, Alles lacht und singt und schreit, Ueberall Jubel, Heiterkeit.", sign: "Kasperl-Theater" Publisher: ?; 1640 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair with a dance hall and a Kasperl-Theater Front Text: sign: "Kasperl-Theater" Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Bürgel/Main to Parkersburg WV (United States), 1908 Detail:

Front Text: "Le marionette", signed: R. Tafuri Publisher: Fiechhi & Michiel Ed., Venezia Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Milano (Italy) to Unieux (France), 1900

Napoli, Italy

Napoli, Italy

Front Text: "Le guaratelle (Teatrino di marionette)", signed: AD Valle Publisher: E. Ragozino, Edit., Napoli Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Reverse Text: "The Italian Modern Masters. Prof. Tornaghi, Serie Pinocchio: Teatro dei burattini" [= Enea Tornaghi?] Publisher: MACA; V. Revis. Stampa N. 3228; N. 10 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "Marionetten" Publisher: Lichtdruk S. Bakker Jz Kong-Zaandijk; 2107 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent [but addressed to Zaandam (Netherlands)].

Hamburg, Germany

Hamburg, Germany

Hamburg, Germany

Hamburg, Germany

Hamburg, Germany

Hamburg, Germany

Verden, Germany

Picture: German political caricature Front Text: "Ha! Er röchelt noch!", "Europäisches Kasperletheater" Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Frankfurt am Main to Amsterdam (Netherlands), December 1914

Picture: soldiers' puppet theatre Publisher: Alcool de Menthe de Ricqlès; Devambez, grav. Type: Advertisement Card; Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Collectible Card Front Text: "Théâtre" Publisher: Biscuits Pernot Size: 11.9 x 8.5 cm

Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre Publisher: Chocolat Lombart Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Picture: children with a hand puppet theatre Front Text: "Joyeux Noël!" Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: within Paris (France), 1903

Picture: children with a hand puppet theatre Front Text: "Le guignol." Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Sent: from France to Paris (France), 1903

Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre Publisher: S. Hildesheimer & Co. Ltd., London & Manchester; Printed in France; No. 5199 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: within London (England), 1906

Picture: children palying with an improvised hand puppet theatre; painting by Franziska Schenkel Front Text: signed: Schenkel Reverse Text: "Kinderleben: Kasperletheater" Publisher: Kunstverlag Hans Friedrich Abshagen, Dresden; Nr. 818 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent (but addressed to Royan, France, possibly sent in an envelope).

Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre Front Text: "Joyeux Noël" Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Châteauroux (France) to Chabris (France), 1913

Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "Bonne Année" Publisher: MB; No. 3300 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Gent (Belgium) to Bruggge (Belgium), 1931

Handwritten Front Text: "Guignol!", signature: M. Th. Handwritten Reverse Text: "Ma Mignonne petite Lucienne, je t'envoie cetter petite carte que j'ai peinte à ton intention. [...] Ta tante [...] Marguerite" Type: original watercolor painting on a blank card; Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: probably sent in an envelope (no stamp or postmark), addressed to Lucille Doucerain in Lisieux (France)

Publisher: B. K. W. I. [Brüder Kohn, Wien I]; 202 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Den Haag (Netherlands) to Rijswijk (Netherlands), 1932

Picture: child with a hand puppet theatre Front Text: inscription: "Guignol" Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Sent: from Nocé (France) to Préaux (France), 1904

Picture: child with a hand puppet theatre Front Text: inscription: "Guignol" Publisher: ?; S. 101 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: to Château-du-Loir (France), 1908

Picture: children with a home hand puppet theatre Publisher: N B C; S. L. J. F. F,; 3604/1 Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Sent: from Madrid (Spain) to Paris (France), 1914

Picture: children with a home hand puppet theatre Publisher: N B C; S. L. J. F. F,; 3604/4 Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Sent: by German Forces' Postal Service, from Warszawa (Poland) to Berlin (Germany), 1917

Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre Front Text: "Kasperle Theater", "Lotte Herrlich" Publisher: Verlag Trautmann & von Seggern, Hamburg; Serie 123/1 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Paquebot Lafayette

Paquebot Normandie

Paquebot Normandie

Paquebot Paris

Paquebot Ile de France

Paquebot Ile de France

Paquebot De Grasse

Tournai, Belgium

Front Text: "Guignol a du succes!" Publisher: W S+S B; 4440; Imprimé en Allemagne Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Picture: anthropomorphic cats watching a puppet show in a Swiss school classroom; drawing by Eugen Hartung Publisher: Max Künzli, Zürich; No. 4725 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Lugano (Switzerland) to Jemeppe (Belgium), 1958

Reverse Text: "The Punch and Judy Show by Margaret Tempest" Publisher: The Medici Society, London; Pk 111 Type: Divided Back; later postcard of a 1930s-1960s illustration (?) Size: Classic Not sent.

Reverse Text: "Les histoires du diable sont toujours amusantes. Duivelsverhalen zijn altijd droolijk." Publisher: Coloprint; Printed in Belgium Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Bruxelles (Belgium) to Battincourt (Belgium), 1947

Front Text: "allemaal poppenkast" Reverse Text: "Mecki" Publisher: Gebr. van Rijkom, Amsterdam Type: Real Photo Size: Modern Sent: from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Wassennaar (Netherlands), 1960

Collectible Card Front Text: "Guignol", "Cherchez le Polichinelle" (containing a hidden faces puzzle) Publisher: André Le Chausseur sachant chausser Size: 6.4 x 10.0 cm

Front Text: "Au Guignol. At Theatre. El espectaculo", signed: Melek Publisher:F. N. édit., Paris Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Paris, France

Collectible Card Front Text: "la journée de lili", "à guignol" Publisher: Chaussures Raoul, Brest (France) Size: 14.1 x 9.0 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "G Guignol", "Où est le gendarme ?" Reverse Text: instruction on how to cut and fold the card into a little diorama Publisher: Phosphatine Falières Size: 12.8 x 6.3 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "G Guignol", "Où est le gendarme ?" Publisher: Paul Chaussures de Luxe 'Au Kroumir', Paris Size: 6.4 x 9.7 cm

Collectible Card Front Text: "Kasperle-Theater" Reverse Text: see Palmin: Die Bühne im Wandel der Zeiten Publisher: Palmin-Post-Sammelbild; 100. Folge; Bild 5 Size: 7 x 9 cm

Wien, Austria

Wien, Austria

Wien, Austria

Front Text: "Théâtre Guignol.", inscription: "Theater!!!" Publisher: Phot. Art. S. A., Schnegg, Renens-Lausanne (Switzerland) Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Picture: puppet theatre audience in Alkmaar, Netherlands Front Text: "Maria Austria (1915-1975), 2011, Poppenkastpubliek, Alkmaar, Fotowedstrijd, 1954, Collectie Regionaal Archief Alkmaar" Publisher: Art Unlimited, Amsterdam; B 3707 Type: 21st-century postcard of a 1954 photograph Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: puppet theatre, probably in Belgium Front Text: "Le Guignol en plein air. Openlucht Poesjenellenspel." Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "Vas-y Guignol ! Vas-y Guignol ! / Geef hem !... Jan Klaassen !" Publisher: Coloprint B; 54642/5; 1622; Printed in Belgium Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "J en ai mal au ventre de rire!" [my stomach hurts from laughing], signed: Monique Faury Publisher: R. Hamel, Paris; 165 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "Hartelijk gefeliciteerd" [Dutch for: "Congratulations"] Publisher: Concordia Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Picture: children playing with an ad-hoc hand puppet theatre Reverse Text: "L. Hölzl pinx." Publisher: Verlag Karl Kühne, Wien; Karte Nr. 2708 Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre Front Text: "Kasperle-Theater", price list: "Erwachsene ... nichts / Kinder die Hälfte / Hund[de vor?] die Türe! / Die Direktion" Reverse Text: "Zeichnung von Margret Savelsberg" Publisher: Nattermüller-Verlag, Wuppertal-Elberfeld; Reihe 553/2 Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre Front Text: inscription: "Kasper-Theater" Publisher: EAS; 315 15 Type: Real Photo Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre Front Text: inscription: "Kasper-Theater" Publisher: EAS; 315 15 Type: Real Photo Size: Modern Not sent.

Front Text: "Vor dem Kasperltheater" Publisher: D. T. V.; Foto Demmeler Type: Real Photo Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "Au, au, niet zo hard Jan Klaassen!!" Publisher: Weenenk & Snel, Baarn; 2050 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre Front Text: "One good 'turn' deserves another" Publisher: W S S B (= Weenenk & Snel, Baarn); 7327/1 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre Front Text: "Función teatral al aire libre", signed: Zsolt Publisher: C M B; Serie No 46 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre Front Text: "Seid ihr alle da?"; signed: Ursula Funcke Publisher: Werner Wicke, Leipzig; (4) MDV Erasmusdruck Calbe 1992 Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: illustration to Carlo Collodi's novel "Pinocchio" Front Text: inscription: "Gran Teatro dei Burattini" Reveerse Text: "Alla fine disse: - Vuoi darmi quattro soldi di quest'Abbecedario nuovo? - (dal 'Pinocchio' di C. Collodi)" Publisher: S. A. Grafitalia, Milano Size: Modern Not sent.

Reverse Text: "Zuschauer beim Puppenspiel" Publisher: Bildpostkarten-Kalender 'Neues Land - Neues Leben'; Foto Böhme, Wolfen (Germany); 1972 Size: Modern Not sent.

Front Text: "Herzliche Grüße von den Leipziger Markttagen" Publisher: ?; V111 10 Lp 937/81 846 Size: Modern Sent: from Leipzig (Germany) to Düsseldorf (Germany), 1983

Punch & Judy Show, Lowestoft, England, 1949

Picture: Punch & Judy Show at an English beach Front Text: "Forgotten about school It's so wonderful here!", "Vivent les vacances! L'école est oubliée!" Publisher: Sunshine Comic; 5731 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Picture: Punch & Judy Show at an English beach Front Text: "Dear... Greetings from... [...]", inscription: "Punch & Judy" Publisher: Crowly & Heffernon, reading; Design by J. King; Tickacards; UHJ35 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Harwich to Newport, Essex, 1973

Punch & Judy Show, Weymouth, England

Punch & Judy Show, Weymouth, England

Punch & Judy Show, Weymouth, England

Punch & Judy Show, Leigh-on-Sea, England

Punch & Judy Show, Southwold, England

Front Text: "A lady entertainer with 16 years experience to make your party a happy memorable occasion - As seen on TV - Telephone Auntie Katie on Mansfield [...] or Mobile on [...]", inscription: "Katie's Punch & Judy Show" Reverse Text: form for a booking confirmation Size: Modern Not sent.

Front Text: "Mr Ted the children's entertainer [...]", "[...], Cotgrave, Nottingham", inscription: "Mr Ted Mr Punch" Reverse Text: "over 20 years professional theatrical experience" Publisher: Printed by Interprint, Knaresborough Type: Advertisement Card Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: children playing with a puppet theatre Publisher: Piccoli, Milano; 935/3 Size: Modern Not sent.

Sarasota, USA

Reverse Text: "Uncle Cyryil. Children's Entertainer. Magic, Puppets, Ballon Animals, Punch and Judy. Fetes, Schools, Birthday Parties. [...], Sidley, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex., Member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians" Type: Advertisement Card, not designed for postal use Size: 12.0 x 10.1 cm Not sent.

Size: Modern Not sent.

Reverse Text: "Les 'Enfants Prévoyants' adorent se réunir dans les clubs qui ont été crées à leur intention. Ils y trouvent un décor et une ambiance favorable à leurs jeux et à leurs travaux de bricolage dont ils sont si fiers." Publisher: Photo Editions Est-Ouest Size: Modern Sent: within Huy (Belgium) [postmark partly illegible, 1962 stamp]

Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1976

Front Text: signed: Jean Delpech Publisher: Editions CEF, Nice Type: Maximum Card (France, 25 Sep 1982) Size: Modern Not sent.

Publisher: Fernand Nathan Type: Greeting Card (?) Size: 8.0 x 12.0 cm Not sent.

Paris, France

Picture: children playing with a puppet theatre at home Publisher: ?; CPE 2135; Printed in Belgium Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: children playing with a puppet theatre at home Reverse Text: "The Puppet Show, by Loui Jover" Publisher: louijover.redbubble.com Size: Modern Not sent.

Front Text: "Bloomsbury Fair September 24th 1995", inscription: "Mr Punch" Publisher: IBM Promotions, Lewes/London; Designed by Sarah Beaumont; B107 Type: Advertisement Card Size: Modern Not sent.

Front Text: "Bloomsbury Fair May 24th 1998" Publisher: IBM Promotions, London; Designed by Ernest Naser; B142 Type: Advertisement Card Size: Modern Not sent.

Bordeaux, France

Lyon, France

Lyon, France

Teatro Golondrino, France

Playing Card ("Liège, La fille", from: "Les 7 Familles")

Playing Card ("Famille Dupont, Le fils")

Stamps ("L'arte dei burattini", San Marino, 15 Sep 2003)

Front Text: inscriptions: "Guignol-Théâtre", "Sortie des artistes", signed: Fred Publisher: Dargaud 2003 Type: Folded Greeting Card Size: Modern Not sent.

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