Total: 38 postcards

  • Bali, orchid

    Orchids grow abundantly in Indonesia, of all sizes, shapes, and colours. Unused card. Grade: 1

    Code: 34500001

    Price: $2.00

    Bali, orchid
  • Orchid garden (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

    A card mailed in 1991 with Selangor stamp and partly legible postmark. Grade: 2

    Code: 34500002

    Price: $4.00

    Orchid garden (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  • Orchid garden (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

    Three mailed cards are available from the early 1990s:  One with Selangor stamp and partly legible postmark (Grade: 2, $4); one where the front of card is OK but the stamp of this mailed card has one corner ripped off, and partial postmark did not reach the stamp in any event (Grade: 4, $2.50); and one with postal creasing, full stamp, and partial postmark (Grade: 2, $3). 

     

    Code: 34500003

    Price: $2.50

    Orchid garden (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  • Pot. Bagdad’s Magic (Malaysia)

    Card mailed from Malaysia in 1991, with Melaka stamp and nearly full postmark. Grade: 1

    Code: 34500004

    Price: $4.50

    Pot. Bagdad’s Magic (Malaysia)
  • Laeliocattleya Sakuna (Malaysia)

    Card mailed in 1991 in Malaysia, has Kelantan stamp and not quite legible postmark.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34500005

    Price: $4.00

    Laeliocattleya Sakuna (Malaysia)
  • Dendrobium Ho King (Malaysia)

    Mailed in 1991 with a Sabah stamp but illegible postmark.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34500006

    Price: $3.00

    Dendrobium Ho King (Malaysia)
  • Thailand, by Thai Airways

    Two unused cards are available, probably from the 1990s and issued by Thai Airways.  Grades: 1

    Code: 34500007

    Price: $3.00

    Thailand, by Thai Airways
  • Patterson Orchids

    This unused and heavily aged card (dated 1971) comes from Patterson Orchids, a company in Puerto Rico, but unfortunately does not identify the species of orchid.  Grade: 3

    Code: 34500008

    Price: $1.00

    Patterson Orchids
  • Purple Orchid (Malaysia)

    Unused 5″ x 7″ card with full details about artist Lazim on the reverse.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500009

    Price: $4.00

    Purple Orchid (Malaysia)
  • Orchid, 1987 (R. Mapplethorpe)

    Unused card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500010

    Price: $3.00

    Orchid, 1987 (R. Mapplethorpe)
  • Jyväskylä, Viherlandia (Finland)

    Mailed in 2013 with obscured postmark and stamp and blue Priority label.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34500011

    Price: $3.00

    Jyväskylä, Viherlandia (Finland)
  • Thai Royal Orchid Service

    This is nice enough as a postcard, but it was mailed in 2013 with five large and superb examples of Thai stamps, along with multiple postmarks and Airmail label.  If you have any doubt how good this is, ask for a scan of the reverse.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500012

    Price: $6.00

    Thai Royal Orchid Service
  • Vanda hybrida (DPR Korea)

    No captions at all on this unused 2011 card.  We take our clue from the pre-printed postage, whose orchid seems to be about the same as the one on the front; and the scientific name Vanda hybrida appears in that postage.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500013

    Price: $4.00

    Vanda hybrida (DPR Korea)
  • Orchid and Raku

    Unused Nouvelles Images card PHC 2352.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500014

    Price: $1.00

    Orchid and Raku
  • Orchids (set of five) (DPR Korea)

    Unused set of five cards from 2001.  Here’s what you might want to know:  each card has pre-printed, coloured postage on the reverse, of an orchid but not necessarily the same orchid.  Each of those pre-printed stamps also shows one or another pollinating insect in one corner, and then in Korean and western letters you can see the scientific names.  The main captions are in Korean only.  Grades: 1

    Code: 34500015

    Price: $15.00

    Orchids (set of five) (DPR Korea)
  • Orchids (DPR Korea)

    Oops!  This unused card with its pre-printed postage of Epidendrum radiatum (also an orchid, but from Central America), like many other cards has a bilingual caption on the back, in Korean and English.  HOWEVER–and this is one reason why we still enjoy doing this, for the surprises–when we put the Korean (란과 식물) caption in for translation, it came back as “What is the plant?”  We guess, if the orchids they are showing come from Central America, they have a good reason for not knowing!  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500016

    Price: $8.00

    Orchids (DPR Korea)
  • Latvia

    The orchids on this uncaptioned card may or may not be Latvian but the card was mailed from there in 2014 with three stamps and postmark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500017

    Price: $0.50

    Latvia
  • Orchids (group of three) (DPR Korea)

    All three cards are unused and all have pre-printed postage, but they are not a unified set.  We just offer them as a group.  But, once again, the cards’ designers had a small problem.  The one you see on the lower left has a caption, only in Korean:  란과 식물.  That means:  What is the plant?  (Comic relief for us.)  Grades: 1

    Code: 34500018

    Price: $12.00

    Orchids (group of three) (DPR Korea)
  • DPR Korea (set of three) (Maximum Cards)

    Set of three unused maximum cards from 2000.  Clearly the makers of the various orchid series were having problems, or someone is.  (Maybe us.)  Why do we say this?  The cards are captioned in the reverse, in Korean (무 리 꽃 란) and also with scientific names: Dendrobium aggregatum, Cattleya Hawaiian Wedding Song cv. Virgin, Brassolaeliocattleya Greenwich cv. Elmhurst.  Here are the problems:  once again, the scientific names on the stamps do not match the names on the card; and the Korean language you see gets translated as “Lee is no flower.”  We didn’t try the other two cards.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500019

    Price: $16.50

    DPR Korea (set of three) (Maximum Cards)
  • São José dos Campos – SP – multiple (Brazil)

    All five views (including Orquidea) are identified in the Portuguese caption on the reverse.  Eugenio de Melo is a district in the city.  The card was mailed in 2011, with stamp and two large but indistinct postmarks.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500020

    Price: $4.00

    São José dos Campos – SP – multiple (Brazil)
  • Brapex V – Laelia purpurata (Maximum Card) (Brazil)

    Unused, aging maximum card issued in 1982 by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos with serial number 015362.  There’s postmark ink smudging on the back (minor), and the front unusually has two separate marks — one of them commemorating the exhibition.  Considering everything, we still assign:  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500021

    Price: $4.00

    Brapex V – Laelia purpurata (Maximum Card) (Brazil)
  • Brapex V – Cleistes revoluta (Maximum Card) (Brazil)

    Unused, aging maximum card issued in 1982 by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos with serial number 016942.  Noticeable age mottling on the reverse.  The front unusually has two separate marks — one of them commemorating the exhibition.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34500022

    Price: $3.00

    Brapex V – Cleistes revoluta (Maximum Card) (Brazil)
  • Rio de Janeiro, Botanical Garden, Orchidarium

    Unused card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500024

    Price: $2.00

    Rio de Janeiro, Botanical Garden, Orchidarium
  • Cooktown, Queensland, multiple views (Australia)

    The four views include Grassy Hill Lighthouse, Black Mountain, Top Pub, and Cooktown Orchids.  Unised card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500025

    Price: $2.00

    Cooktown, Queensland, multiple views (Australia)
  • Orchids Market Jaro, Iloilo (Philippines)

    Jaro is one of the seven districts of Iloilo City on the island of Panay in the Western Visayas region.  Unused, somewhat aging card with very minor corner bumping on lower left.  Vertical layout on the reverse as well.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34500026

    Price: $3.00

    Orchids Market Jaro, Iloilo (Philippines)
  • Multiple (Papua New Guinea)

    If ever a country could have orchids, it would be PNG.  And so they do, in countless varieties.  We have two of these cards, official from Post PNG.  One is unused (Grade: 1, $4) and the other was mailed with stamp and large postmark in 2017 (Grade: 1, $9).

    Code: 34500028

    Price: $4.00

    Multiple (Papua New Guinea)
  • Yellow (Papua New Guinea)

    Official card, unused, issued by Post PNG.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500029

    Price: $4.00

    Yellow (Papua New Guinea)
  • Purple (Papua New Guinea)

    Official card, unused, issued by Post PNG.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500030

    Price: $4.00

    Purple (Papua New Guinea)
  • Pink orchid cluster (Papua New Guinea)

    Official card, unused, issued by Post PNG.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500031

    Price: $4.00

    Pink orchid cluster (Papua New Guinea)
  • Vanda Miss Joaquim (Singapore)

    Unused S W Singapore card S 8841.  This became the national flower in 1981, with the postcard soon after.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500032

    Price: $2.00

    Vanda Miss Joaquim (Singapore)
  • Greetings from Singapore

    Unused card showing “beautiful and exotic orchid hybrids” and The Merlion, Singapore’s national symbol.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500033

    Price: $2.00

    Greetings from Singapore
  • Sabah (East Malaysia)

    Unused but aging card SHC/PC/38 (5″ x 7″) from Sabah Handicraft Centre showing Phalaenopsis amabilis (Moth orchid), Rafflesia pricei, Nepenthes villosa, and Phalaenopsis violacea (Normah orchid).   We hope that helps both you and Google.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34500034

    Price: $3.00

    Sabah (East Malaysia)
  • Borneo Flora

    Unused, aging Sabah Handicraft Centre card SHC/PC/33 (5″ x 7″) showing Nepenthes kinabaluensis, Rhododendron javanicum, Paphiopedilum rothchildianum.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500035

    Price: $4.00

    Borneo Flora
  • Orchid Jungle, Homestead (Florida, USA)

    “One of the rarest blooms in the orchid world” on this unused, older orchid postcard.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500036

    Price: $1.00

    Orchid Jungle, Homestead (Florida, USA)
  • Orchid Jungle, Homestead (Florida, USA)

    Now Fennell’s Orchid Jungle.  That name change would post-date this unused 1955 card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500037

    Price: $1.00

    Orchid Jungle, Homestead (Florida, USA)
  • San Diego Zoo (California)

    Mailed in 1996, with 20-cent stamp and San Diego postmark and a bit of a sad message.  By the way, the orchids shown are Pansy Orchid (Miltonia – Red Gable) and Paphiopedilum insigne sandarae.  Grade: 2, $1.00

    Code: 34500038

    Price: $1.00

    San Diego Zoo (California)
  • Four orchids

    Unused card showing Vampire orchid, vanilla, Masdevallia stumpflei, and Cattleya aclandiae.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500039

    Price: $1.00

    Four orchids
  • Mindanao, Walling-Walling Orchids (Philippines)

    Unused, older Mike Roberts card C355.  Showing its age, but clean.  By the way, there may be an alternate spelling, since Wikipedia shows:  “Vanda sanderiana is … commonly called Waling-waling in the Philippines and is also called Sander’s Vanda after Henry Frederick Conrad Sander, a noted orchidologist.  The orchid is considered to be the ‘Queen of Philippine flowers’ and is worshiped as a diwata by the indigenous Bagobo people.”  Grade: 1

    Code: 34500040

    Price: $2.00

    Mindanao, Walling-Walling Orchids (Philippines)