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Comet pieces For Sale

Items can be purchased using personal checks, money orders, and Paypal. My address is Stuart Schneider, P.O. Box 64, Teaneck, NJ 07666 and my Paypal name and email address is Stuarts1031@ erols.com (note, I put a space in my email address so that automatic email harvesters don't get my email address). Postage and handling, and insurance (if you want it) will be added to your order once the weight is figured. I mail using the US Postal Service with delivery confirmation. Email me to reserve the item numbers that you want and don't forget to include your name and address if you are a new customer.

Terms: You can return any item to me within 10 days for any reason. If I misdescribed it, I will refund your postage both ways. If you are dissatisfied, you pay postage both ways.

In 1910, there were groups of postcards poking fun at the naysayers who predicted the end of the World as the Earth was going to pass through the Comet's tail on May 19th 1910.

1910 French Fin Du Monde (End of The World) postcard. "Ladder to the Moon" and "Photographs of the catastrophe. Payable in advance". Postally unused. $44.00, item #HC113

1811 pamphlet covering the comet of 1811 (There are 16 pages). $48.00, item #HC202


Comet, moon and stars playing cards from 1910. $18.00, HC 204	A real photo comet postcard from 1910 celebrating the wine harvest. $35.00, HC 205


1910 French real photo postcard showing a lady riding on the back of the comet. $30.00, HC300	1910 glass slide showing Halley's Comet as illustrated on the Bayeux Tapestry. $30.00, HC207


1910 The comet is here postcard. Postally used. $35.00, item #HC203	1910 postcard humorously entitled "Roman Punch" where the fellow getting punched sees Halley's Comet instead of stars. $35.00, HC208


1910 German Halley's Comet postcard. Postally used. $24.00, item #HC116	1910 German Halley's Comet postcard. Postally used. $24.00, item #HC117


1910 German Halley's Comet postcard. Postally used. $24.00, item #HC118	1910 German Halley's Comet postcard. Postally used. $20.00, item #HC119


1910 German Halley's Comet postcard. Postally used. $14.00, item #HC120	1910 School notebook with a great comet design cover, unused with no markings as to maker. 8.3 x 6.7 inches. item #HC121 (SOLD)

1910 Edmund Halley cigar box label. Mint, it is 9.0 by 6.5 inches. $16.00, item #HC122

In 1908 a comet appeared in the skies, discovered by Professor Morehouse who, using a spectrometer, discovered that there was cyanogen gas in the comet's tail. This led to the belief that we would all be killed by cyanide gas when Halley's Comet arrived in 1910 and the Earth passed through its tail. In 1910, this stereocard was sold by Keystone views to take advantage of the interest in Halley's Comet. $24.00, item #HC123

1907 Merry Christmas card with a comet theme. Postally used. $8.00, item #HC124