\"His Master\'s Voice\" Nipper Dog RCA Advertising Postcard c1901-1907 For Sale

On lightweight card stock. Showing only minor signs of wear, age and handling. Light corner wear. Small bottom corner creases. Elsewhere, no fold creases or any other major issues to note. Eye-catching real-photo image source (not on photographic paper). Mostly clean throughout. Overall, in good condition. Will display well in your collection. You will receive the exact piece shown in the photos. It measures approx. 3 1/2\" x 5 1/2\"

Antique “His Master\'s Voice” Postcard – Nipper the Dog with Gramophone – Early Victor Talking Machine Advertising – c. 1901–1907An early, unused photographic postcard featuring the celebrated “His Master\'s Voice” image, depicting the terrier Nipper listening attentively to a horn-type gramophone. The image became one of the most recognizable trademarks in the history of recorded music and an enduring symbol of the early phonograph industry.The front reproduces the famous composition of a small white dog with dark ears, seated on a patterned tablecloth and facing the large metal horn of a gramophone. The caption “HIS MASTER\'S VOICE” appears in bold lettering beneath the illustration. The image is presented in monochrome within a broad white border.History of Nipper and “His Master\'s Voice”The original His Master\'s Voice painting was created in 1898–1899 by English artist Francis Barraud (1856–1924). The subject was Nipper, a terrier that had belonged to Barraud\'s brother Mark. After Mark\'s death, the dog came into the artist\'s care.Barraud\'s painting depicts Nipper listening to a sound-reproducing machine, supposedly recognizing the voice of his deceased master. The original composition featured a cylinder phonograph, but Barraud subsequently modified the painting to show a disc-playing gramophone.In 1899, the Gramophone Company in England acquired rights to the image, and in 1901 the Victor Talking Machine Company began using the celebrated dog-and-gramophone trademark in the United States.Victor, established in Camden, New Jersey, in 1901, became one of America\'s most important manufacturers of phonographs and records. The company adopted the His Master\'s Voice image as a central feature of its advertising, record labels, and promotional material. Nipper\'s likeness eventually became familiar throughout the world.The trademark continued to be associated with Victor after the company\'s acquisition by the Radio Corporation of America in 1929, when the business became RCA Victor.Dating and Postal CharacteristicsEstimated date: c. 1901–1907, with a possible extension into the later 1900s.The reverse is particularly useful for dating. It features an early undivided-back postcard format, with the instruction:“THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS.”The upper-right stamp box reads:“PLACE STAMP HERE — DOMESTIC ONE CENT — FOREIGN TWO CENTS.”The undivided back, combined with the one-cent domestic and two-cent foreign postal instructions, is characteristic of American privately printed postcards from the early twentieth century.In the United States, divided-back postcards were authorized beginning March 1, 1907. Before that change, the reverse was generally reserved for the address, with correspondence written on the illustrated side.Although undivided-back stock could remain in use after 1907, the format strongly supports an early date. The postcard cannot predate the His Master\'s Voice image itself, which was introduced commercially around the turn of the century.The reverse is printed in reddish-brown ink, with an attractive script-style “Post Card” heading and small ornamental decoration beneath the address instructions.No postage stamp is affixed. The printed stamp box indicates the required postage rates and is not a postal marking or postage-paid indicium. The card is unused, with no address, correspondence, or postmark.Additional ObservationsThe photographic-style reproduction is especially interesting because it presents the famous Nipper composition without prominent Victor company lettering or additional advertising text. Although the image is strongly associated with Victor, the postcard itself does not identify a publisher or manufacturer, so its precise commercial origin remains uncertain.The gramophone is shown with a large external horn, a characteristic feature of early disc-playing machines before enclosed-horn cabinet phonographs became increasingly popular.The card exhibits some age toning, particularly on the reverse, along with light corner and edge wear and scattered surface marks. The illustration remains clear and well defined.An appealing piece of early twentieth-century phonograph and recorded-music history, combining the internationally recognized Nipper trademark with an early undivided postcard back. Of interest to collectors of Victor Talking Machine Company memorabilia, gramophones, antique phonographs, advertising postcards, and early sound-recording dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; text-align: center; margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 14pt;\">**Shipped securely in a poly sleeve, sandwiched in cardboard, inside a small rigid mailer via USPS Ground Advantage service w/ tracking**

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