  urlLink I collect vintage Alfred Mainzer Dressed Animals postcards. I prefer the Belgium #4850-4998 series, which were printed in the 1940's and 1950's.
I first discovered these postcards while surfing on eBay back in January of 2001 and immediately fell in love with them. By early last year, my collection of 148 postcards was complete...except for the postcard numbered #4897. For some reason, the Belgium postcard had never shown up on eBay, though the other series of the same postcard is not so rare.
So two weeks ago, I paid a visit to the Mainzer postcards page on eBay and my heart stopped when I realized the auction was from the Belgium series. To make sure, I emailed the seller to see if the postcard was really printed in Belgium and she assured me it was. I then won it via the last-second sniping. It arrived in the mail over the weekend, and now my collection is officially complete. 
