Libraries – Global Postcard Sales

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Tuskegee Institute (Alabama)
Dexter card 69362, unused, of the Frissell Library, from 1960s. Somehow it looks like neither person will give way. Just a bit faded and aging on reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 33900001
Price: $1.00
Bluford Library, North Carolina A&T College
Unmailed Dexter Press card 54379-B from the mid-1960s. It has little bumps around the corners and is beginning to show its age on the reverse. But–and with apologies to this fine school–it’s probably going to appeal only to collectors of library postcards. Grade: 3

Code: 33900002
Price: $3.50
Hearst Castle Library, San Simeon (California)
Unused card with slight aging on the reverse. Plastichrome P27758. Grade: 1

Code: 33900004
Price: $2.00
Library of Congress, Grand Stairway (Washington, DC)
Unused Photo-Electrotype Eng. Co., N.Y., card published by Mrs. Howard Grey Douglas of Washington. A very old postcard, the front is in excellent condition and the back is significantly aged, along with corner album marks. Grade: 3

Code: 33900005
Price: $5.50
Sabah Library, Senter (Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia)
S.W. Singapore card KK7765, mailed in KK in 1990 with stamp and faint postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 33900007
Price: $4.00
Sabah Library (Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia)
S.W. Singapore card KK7766, written for mailing but not stamped. Grade: 4

Code: 33900008
Price: $3.00
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, the Reagans (USA)
Unused 5″ x 7″ official card issued by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, with the portrait (not the card) dating from June 1985. The original price sticker is still on the postage area on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 33900011
Price: $3.00
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Austin campaign speech (USA)
Unused 5″ x 7″ official card issued by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, with the speech (not the card) dating from July 1984. The original price sticker is still on the postage area on the reverse. Two of these cards are available. Grades: 2

Code: 33900012
Price: $3.00
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, R. Reagan in uniform (USA)
Published for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, this unused 5″ x 7″ card has an original price sticker in the postage area. Inflation. Grade: 1

Code: 33900013
Price: $4.00
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Nancy Reagan (USA)
Published for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, this unused 5″ x 7″ card of Mrs. Reagan speaking in 1987 has an original price sticker in the postage area. Inflation. Grade: 1

Code: 33900014
Price: $3.00
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library (USA), Oval Office
Unused 5″ x 7″ official card issued by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, of the President and Nancy Reagan in the Oval Office, November 1981. The original price sticker is still on the postage area on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 33900015
Price: $3.00
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 1981 Inaugural Parade
Unused 5″ x 7″ official card issued by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, with the inaugural parade (not the card) dating from January 20th, 1981. The original price sticker is still on the postage area on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 33900016
Price: $3.00
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library (USA), Berlin Wall
Unused 5″ x 7″ official card issued by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California, memorializing Reagan’s address at the Wall. The original price sticker is still on the postage area on the reverse. Two of these cards are available. Grades: 2

Code: 33900017
Price: $3.00
Bapst Library, Boston College (USA)
Unused Yankee Colour Corp. card 19652 dated 1964, showing St. Mary’s Hall, Gasson Hall, and Bapst Library. Grade: 1

Code: 33900018
Price: $2.00
Thompson Memorial Library, Ohio State University
Unused Dexter Press card 51845, showing (full name) the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library. We are still looking for their book featuring the mythical Australian folk hero, Bronc Morret. Grade: 1

Code: 33900019
Price: $2.00
Moody Memorial Library, Baylor University (Texas)
The facility was completed in September, 1968, so this unused Plastichrome card P98293 is newer than that, but not by much. Grade: 1

Code: 33900020
Price: $2.00
National Library, Minsk (Belarus)
This card is made from a paper stock so thick and glossy that it was almost impossible for the sender to write. Beyond impractical, it is still in great condition with three of the same stamps and two postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 33900021
Price: $6.00
Main Library, Salt Lake City (Utah, USA)
Mailed in 2011, this card has three different stamps, mostly legible (modern) postmark, and address taped onto the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 33900022
Price: $1.00
Montreal, McGill University, Redpath Library
Unused Valentine & Sons card 100089, corner abrasions. Grade: 3

Code: 33900024
Price: $4.00
Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)
No collection of Library of Congress postcards would be complete without this one. Mailed in 1924, it has its stamp and full postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 33900025
Price: $3.00
Public Library, Springfield (Massachusetts, USA)
A card for many categories, unfortunately not in great condition but authentic and with what may have been a poignant message. Mailed in 1915 with stamp and postmark fully legible. Creased. Grade: 3

Code: 33900026
Price: $6.00
Thayer Library, Keene (New Hampshire, USA)
Unused Curteich-Chicago B&W card 70373. It is in such good condition, it looks like a reproduction, but it’s not. Grade: 1

Code: 33900029
Price: $1.00
Central Library, Manchester (England)
Not postally used, but with inked notations on the back. Grade: 3

Code: 33900030
Price: $1.00
Chicago Public Library Bldg. (Illinois, USA)
Unused old and unattributed postcard. Grade: 2

Code: 33900032
Price: $3.00
Herbert Hoover Library, West Branch (Iowa)
Not quite being old enough to remember this U.S. President when he was in office, we do remember the theme song of a popular American TV show, All in the Family, that included the words: “Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.” This card is as close as we are going to get. Mailed in 1981 with 12-cent stamp and postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 33900033
Price: $1.00
Library of Chinese University (Hong Kong)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 33900034
Price: $2.00
Chicago, Illinois
A disjointed and hard-to-read message that probably made perfect sense to both sender and recipient, but not to us. Moreover, the card (mailed in 1915, one stamp) was forwarded and has two postmarks, one of which is not from the sending or the receiving location. A mystery for the ages. Grade: 4

Code: 33900035
Price: $1.00
Sea Girt Lighthouse and Public Library (New Jersey)
Unused card with artwork by Mabel T. Burr. In light of the recent (as we type this) damage from Hurricane Sandy, the caption on this older card is prophetic: “Complete washouts of the beach in the past have brought the waves up to the very foundations of the building.” The lighthouse itself dates from 1896 and endured only minor damage during Sandy. Grade: 2

Code: 33900036
Price: $3.00
NSDAR Library, Memorial Continental Hall (Washington, D.C.)
Unused, heavily aged Dexter Press card 83789-B. Grade: 3

Code: 33900037
Price: $1.00
Philadelphia, Logan Circle and Public Library (Pennsylvania, USA)
Unused C.T. American Art Colored card 108537 (103). Grade: 1

Code: 33900038
Price: $3.00
Berlin, Neues Bibliotheksgebäude und Denkmal Friedrichs des Grossen
Unused vintage postcard I.W.B. Lichtdruck Extra No. 108 (416722), black and white. Aging but in excellent condition. Grade: 1

Code: 33900039
Price: $3.00
Sir Robert Ho Tung Library (Macau)
Built in 1894 and bought by Sir Robert Ho Tung in 1894 as his summer villa. It’s a library now. UNESCO World Heritage location. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 33900040
Price: $3.00
Greetings from the City of Washington (D.C.), Library of Congress
A bit odd the designer would allow the card to turn out this way, but so it is. Mailed in 1911 with stamp and clear D.C. postmark, this large letter card identifies each of the attractions, giving us the chance to list it in several theme categories also. Grade: 2

Code: 33900041
Price: $12.00
Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans (USA)
Some vintage postcards are old and stained and just look tired. This one is old and stained and is full of character, like old battle scars. Undivided back, mailed in 1905 with stamp and clear postmark. We must grade it accurately, but if you are looking for classic library postcards, this will do. Grade: 4

Code: 33900043
Price: $3.00
Harvard University, Widener Library, Cambridge (Massachusetts, USA)
Mailed in 2013 with a round, Christmas Global Forever stamp and readable postmark. The left perforated edge indicates it was once part of a set. Grade: 1

Code: 33900044
Price: $2.00
Mariestad, city library (Sweden)
It started off as a nice library postcard but was severely water damaged along the way. Stamp and blurred postmark are there. Grade: 5

Code: 33900045
Price: $0.50
The Library at Mount Vernon (Virginia, USA)
Unused card, aging gracefully. This is the library of President George Washington’s home. Grade: 1

Code: 33900046
Price: $3.00
Virtain Kaupunginkirjasto (Finland)
Mailed in 2013 with “red shoes” stamp, partly obscured postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 1

Code: 33900047
Price: $3.00
Calouste Gulbenkian Library, Jerusalem
This card was made in and mailed from the USA, with four stamps, postmark, and address label affixed. Grade: 4

Code: 33900048
Price: $1.00
Chernihiv, V. Tarnovskyi House, 1900 (Ukraine)
Captioned in four languages, and mailed in 2013 with two stamps and postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 33900050
Price: $2.00

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