Last updated September 9 2020

This page shows my collection of Real Photo Post Cards by Enell. Also included are postcards where George Enell is named as the photographer.

The postcards are part of a series issued from late 1940s up to end of the 1950s. There are 48 known numbers in the series. However, several numbers have an additional numbering of A, B, C ... added to the number. The total count of the series is therefore at least 73 postcards.

I have also listed the missing postcards with titles if known.

Number of postcards: 57 out of 73 known in the series

Additional postcards photographed by George Enell: 1

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If you want to use a postcard or other image in any way, I do want that you contact me.
If you for some reason "forget" to do so I expect that you on social medias, own web sites or in any kind of publication, clearly states where you found the picture, for example www.famgus.se.
Thank You!

Vill du använda ett vykort eller bild på något sätt så vill jag att du kontaktar mig.
Om du av någon anledning "glömmer" detta så förväntar jag mig att du på sociala medier, egna websidor eller i publikationer av olika slag, tydligt anger varifrån du tagit bilden, exempelvis www.famgus.se.
Tack!

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Postcard Backsides

The Enell postcards in my collection are printed on three different papers told by the looks of the backside of the postcard. I guess that also gives an idea of the years of printing. The three different types of backsides are: EKC, Kodak and a third not known to me. Below you find scans of the three types.

Type 1 -EKC | Type 2-Kodak | Type 3 - unknown

My used postcards have cancellation dates as follows:
Type 1: all unfortunately unused;
Type 2: 1949-58; 13 postcards, average of the 13 is between 1951-52.
Type 3: 1956-58; 6 postcards, average of the 6 is 1957!

This does not give the full truth but at least it gives a hint on printing dates. According to internet sources the EKC stamp box was used before the Kodak one. I therefore tend to believe that the original (very first) print of the series was made on EKC paper in the late 1940's. Later prints were done using Kodak papers (starting obviously at least 1949), and the "newest" prints were made on papers called type 3 by me (second half of the 1950's).

The Enell Collection
1
New York International
Airport Terminal
backside type 1
VC
Unused
2
New York International
Airport Terminal
backside type 1
VC
Unused
3
Unknown title
VC
4
American Airlines
Douglas DC-6
backside type 2
VC
Dated July 12 1953
4A
American Airlines
DC-6
xxx
VC
4A
American Airlines
DC-7
backside type 3
VC
Cancelled: May 21 1957
Seen on auction with
backside type 2
4A
TWA
L-1049G Constellation
xxx
VC
5
TWA
Lockheed Constellation
backside type 2
VC
Cancelled: January 14 1950
5A
TWA
Constellation
backside type 2
VC
Cancelled: December 20 1954
Seen on auction with title printed (not hand written) - backside still type 2
5B
TWA
Super Constellation
backside type 2
VC
Dated 1954
5C
TWA
Super G over New York
xxx
VC
5D
TWA
Boeing Jet Stratoliner - 120
backside type 3
VC
Unused
5E
TWA ???
Unknown title
xxx
VC
5F
TWA's
Jetstream
xxx
VC
5G
TWA's
Jetstream
xxx
VC
6
S:t Patrick's Cathedral
Easter Sunday
backside type 2
VC
Cancelled: July 23 1952
7
New York City Skyline
from Welfare Island
backside type 3
VC
Cancelled: July 14 1956
Seen on auction with
backside type 1
8
Scandinavian Airlines
Douglas DC-4
backside type 2
VC
Cancelled: December 4 1953
8A
SAS -
DC6B
backside type 3
VC
Unused
9
Radio City at Night
backside type 2
VC
Unused
10
Pan American's
Clipper America (Lockheed)
backside type 2
VC
Cancelled: April 24 1951
11
Air France
Lockheed Constellation
backside type 1
VC
Written but not dated
12
Eastern Airlines
Lockheed Constellation
COPY - NOT YET IN COLLECTION
VC
13
United Air Lines
Douglas DC-6
backside type 2
VC
Cancelled: June 27 1950
13A
United Air Lines
Douglas DC-6
backside type 2
VC
Unused
13B
United Air Lines
DC-7
backside type 3
VC
Cancelled: May 6 1957
14
LaGuardia Airport Terminal
COPY - NOT YET IN COLLECTION
VC
15
Trans Canada -
Canadair "North Star"
backside type 1
VC
Unused
16
Seaboard and Western
DC-4
xxx
VC
17
Eastern Airlines
Douglas DC-4
xxx
VC
18
Scandinavian Airlines
Douglas DC-4
backside type 1
VC
Unused
19
Scandinavian Airlines
Douglas DC-4
backside type 1
VC
Unused
20
Sabena -
Belgian Air Lines
backside type 1
VC
Unused
21
La Guardia
Airport Terminal
backside type 2
VC
Unused
Seen on auction with
backside type 3 (Aug 1955)
22
American Airlines
L-049 Constellation
xxx
VC
23
Colonial Airlines
Douglas DC-4
backside type 2
VC
Cancelled: May 30 1949
24
Pan American
DC-4
xxx
VC
25
LAV
L-749 Constellation
xxx
VC
26
BOAC
Constellation
backside type 1
VC
Unused
27
American Airlines
DC-6
backside type 2
VC
Cancelled: November 14 1950

On the postcard is seen a Convair CV-240
and not a
DC-6!

28
International Terminal
La Guardia Airport
backside type 1
VC
Unused
29
Capital Airlines
DC-4
backside type 1
VC
Unused
30
American Airlines
Convair
backside type 1
VC
Unused
31
Northeast Airlines
Convair
backside type 2
VC
Unused
32
National
DC-6
xxx
VC
32A
NAL DC-6
DC-6 over Miami
backside type 2
VC
Unused
32B
National Airlines
DC-7
backside type 3
VC
Unused
32C
National Airlines
Super H Constellation
xxx
VC
33
Pan American's
Stratocruiser
backside type 2
VC
Cancelled: January 22 1951
33A
PAA
Startocruiser
backside type 2
VC
Unused
33B
Pan American
"Super 7" Clipper
backside type 3
VC
Cancelled: April 18 1957
33C
Pan American's
DC-7C
backside type 2
VC
Unused
34
Northwest
Stratocruiser
backside type 2
VC
Unused
34A
Northwest Orient Airlines'
DC-7C
backside type 2
VC
Unused
35
BOAC
Boeing Stratocruiser
backside type 2
VC
Unused
Seen on auction with
backside type 3
36
Swissair
Douglas DC-4
backside type 2
VC
Unused
37
Untitled
(showing New York International Airport)
backside type 2
VC
Unused
38
Untitled
(showing New York International Airport)
backside type 2
VC
Unused
39
EAL
Super Constellation
backside type 2
VC
Unused
40
Capital's
Super Constellation
backside type 2
VC
Unused
40A
Capital's
Viscount
backside type 3
VC
Cancelled: March 11 1957
40B
Capital Airlines'
Viscount
backside type 2
VC
Unused
41
Trans Canada's
North Star
backside type 2
VC
Cancelled: Mar 16 1954
41A
Trans Canada's
Viscount
backside type 3
VC
Unused
42
New York
International Airport
backside type 2
VC
Unused
42A
Helicopter view of N. Y.
International Airport
backside type 2
VC
Unused
42B
New York
International Airport
backside type 2
VC
Unused
43
U. N. Building
backside type 2
VC
Cancelled: February 23 1958
44
British Overseas Airways'
Comet
backside type 3
VC
Unused
45
Sabena's
Sikorsky S-55 Helicopter
backside type 3
VC
Unused
46
Our Lady of the Skies
Chapel
backside type 2
VC
Written but not dated
47
Aerial view of
La Guardia Airport
backside type 3
VC
Cancelled: February 24 1958
48
International Arrival
Bldg at Night
backside type 2
VC
Unused
Postcards with George Enell as photographer

Postcard issued by Tushita, Duisburg, Germany

B 457
VC
Unused