GLOBAL POSTCARD SALES

Dublin, Cleary's Pub

Code: 20526001
Price: $3.50

If you've been waiting for a card from this special pub on Amiens Street, your wait is over! Mailed in 1981, this card has its stamp and mostly legible postmark. Grade: 1

County Kerry, Slea Head and Blasket Islands

Code: 20526002
Price: $1.50

Card dates from the 1970s, and has a message on the back, but was neither addressed, nor stamped, nor mailed. It was also folded both ways. Grade: 5

Tipperary town, multiple views

Code: 20526003
Price: $3.50

Card mailed from England in 1994, with stamp and postmark, and blue airmail sticker affixed. Grade: 3

Inishmore, Aran Islands

Code: 20526004
Price: $3.00

Unused card.  Grade: 1

County Clare, Cliffs of Moher

Code: 20526005
Price: $3.00

Unused card.  Grade: 1

County Kerry, Dunquin Harbour

Code: 20526006
Price: $3.00

Unused card.  Grade: 1

County Galway, Aran Islands cottage

Code: 20526007
Price: $3.00

Unused card captioned in English and Gaelic.  Grade: 2

Limerick City, River Shannon and 1916 Memorial

Code: 20526008
Price: $3.00

Unused card.  Grade: 1

County Tipperary, The Rock of Cashel

Code: 20526009
Price: $3.00

Unused card.  Grade: 1

County Tipperary, The Rock of Cashel

Code: 20526010
Price: $3.00

Unused card.  Grade: 1

Lakes of Killarney, Gap of Dunloe

Code: 20526011
Price: $0.50

Mailed card, torn and abraded at top, two different stamps.  Grade: 5

Dublin, Four Courts

Code: 20526012
Price: $1.00

Mailed in 2010 with stamp and blue bilingual Aerphost label affixed.  Postmark is too blurred to decipher.  Grade: 1

Greetings from Ireland, multiple views

Code: 20526013
Price: $3.00

A six-line caption tells all about these structures.  Card was mailed in 2011, stamp and bilingual Priority label are there but no legible postmark.  Grade: 2

Greetings from Yeats Country (Sligo)

Code: 20526014
Price: $4.00

Unused John Hinde card 2/SO-013 with a big caption in a small space.  Grade: 1

Dublin, Temple Bar

Code: 20526015
Price: $5.00

An historical area of Dublin, not one specific bar, pictured on this unused Insight Ireland card SP 230.  Grade: 1

Dublin City, multiple views

Code: 20526016
Price: $2.00

Unused card.  Grade: 1

Dublin City, multiple views

Code: 20526017
Price: $2.00

Unused card.  Grade: 1

Greetings from Ireland

Code: 20526018
Price: $3.00

Unused card.  Grade: 1

Music and the craic

Code: 20526019
Price: $4.00

Wikipedia helps the non-Irish among us to understand that "the craic" means  fun, entertainment, and enjoyable conversation.  We'll go for that!  Unused card.  Grade: 1

Irish Pubs

Code: 20526020
Price: $4.00

Greetings from Ireland, in 13 languages, and each of those pubs is identified on the reverse.  Unused card.  Grade: 1

Tralee, Blennerville Windmill

Code: 20526021
Price: $4.00

Unused Killarney Printing Works card.  Grade: 1

Irish Writers (UNESCO)

Code: 20526022
Price: $5.00

Ireland's Literary Heritage, 12 of the most famous, with Dublin recognised by UNESCO as a City of Literature--at the time of writing the caption, one of only four in the world.  Unused Hinde card.  Grade: 1

Amphibious Bicycle (Greetings)

Code: 20526024
Price: $4.00

Doesn't seem like it would, but this card fits into several of our categories.  Two similar cards are available.  One is unused and has  "Greetings from Ireland" in 13 languages on the reverse (Grade: 1, $4).  The other must have been from a different print run, as it was mailed in 2013 with minimal caption, three stamps, partial postmark, blue Air Mail sticker, and orange postal bar coding, along with abrasion on upper right front (Grade: 4, $1).

Greetings from Ireland, multiple views

Code: 20526025
Price: $2.00

A card for many categories, mailed in 2011 with coloured E0.82 metered postage label, Priority label, and a Santa Claus sticker.  Apart from the bar, it also shows Kilkenny Castle (from the 12th century) and Jerpoint Abbey.  Someone has also rubber-stamped the logo of a fish on the reverse.  Very busy.  Grade: 4

Dublin, St. Michan's Church, Bodies in Vaults

Code: 20526026
Price: $6.00

We went to the search engine to learn more about this church, and learned that it is particularly well-known for these crypts.  So this very old B&W card matches the atmosphere, apparently.  Unused, aged, Grade: 1

Dunmore East, Co. Waterford lighthouse

Code: 20526027
Price: $2.00

Unused card, No. 61 in the Irish Lighthouse Series.  Grade: 1

Giant's Causeway - Greetings from Ireland

Code: 20526028
Price: $2.00

Actually "Greetings from Ireland" in at least 13 languages on this card mailed in 2012 with a coloured meter label.  Grade: 1

Up. Lake Glendalough from Lugduff

Code: 20526029
Price: $4.00

Unused, highly aged Wicklow Photographic Centre B&W card.  We learned that Glendalough is renowned for its Early Medieval monastic settlement, founded in the 6th century by St. Kevin.  Grade: 3

Glendalough, Steps to St. Kevin's Bed

Code: 20526030
Price: $4.00

Unused, highly aged Wicklow Photographic Centre B&W card.  We learned that Glendalough is renowned for its Early Medieval monastic settlement, founded in the 6th century by St. Kevin.  Grade: 3

Cork, Holy Trinity Church

Code: 20526031
Price: $2.00

Old Valentine's Colourtone postcard, mailed with (indistinct) postmark and stamp.  Grade: 2

Dublin, multiple views

Code: 20526032
Price: $1.00

Mailed in 2012 with a coloured postage meter label and bilingual Priority label.  Address label also affixed.  Grade: 4

Londonderry, Northern Counties Hotel, Dining Room

Code: 20526033
Price: $2.00

Unused B&W postcard, unattributed and heavily aged and stained, especially on the reverse.  Grade: 4

Co. Wexford, The Hook Lighthouse

Code: 20526034
Price: $3.00

Greetings from Ireland on this card of "one of the oldest working lighthouses in the world."  Mailed in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and bilingual Priority/Aerphost label, as well as orange postal barcoding on the front.  Grade: 2

Dublin, Temple Bar, Greetings from Ireland

Code: 20526035
Price: $3.00

Unused card, with greetings in 13 languages and a much longer caption besides.  Grade: 1

Dublin, Entrance to Guinness Brewery, Greetings from Ireland

Code: 20526036
Price: $2.00

Unused card, with greetings in 13 languages.  Grade: 1

Gap of Dunloe, Killarney

Code: 20526037
Price: $6.00

Iconic vintage postcard, mailed in 1932 with stamp and postmark.  The sender's message would still apply now.  Grade: 2

Cork, Blarney Castle

Code: 20526038
Price: $5.00

Unused, vintage, real-photo Milton Post Card from Woolstone Bros.  Grade: 1

Blarney Castle, Co. Cork

Code: 20526039
Price: $4.00

Unused, vintage, real-photo Milton Post Card from Woolstone Bros.  Significantly aged.  Grade: 2

Dublin, The Pro-Cathedral

Code: 20526040
Price: $4.00

Unused, vintage real-photo card.  We had not heard the term "Pro-Cathedral" before, so we looked it up.  A website, procathedral.ie, explains everything very well.  Grade: 1

Killarney, Muckross Abbey

Code: 20526041
Price: $2.00

Not postally used, but with a poignant message taking up the reverse.  Grade: 4