Algeria – Global Postcard Sales

Total: 25 postcards

Algiers, Rue de la Marine, the Grand Mosque
Sepia-toned real photo card from early 1900s (C.A.P. Strasbourg), never mailed. Front is in great shape apart from minor corner abrasions. Reverse has aged significantly but not unnaturally. Grade: 2

Code: 20401001
Price: $11.00
Algiers, Notre-Dame d’Afrique
An insect has nibbled the upper right corner of this otherwise unused card .87 from L. & Y. Alger. Grade: 4

Code: 20401002
Price: $5.00
Le Tassili
Unused 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card, some signs of handling though. Grade: 2

Code: 20401003
Price: $4.00
Touareg
Unused 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card. Grade: 1

Code: 20401004
Price: $5.00
Paysage du Sahara
Unused 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card. Grade: 1

Code: 20401005
Price: $4.00
Annaba, general view
Unused 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card. Grade: 1

Code: 20401006
Price: $5.00
Tamanrasset
Unused 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card. Grade: 1

Code: 20401007
Price: $4.00
Annaba, multiple views
Unused 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card. Grade: 1

Code: 20401008
Price: $4.00
Annaba, city and sea
Unused 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ Annaba postcard, some handling. Grade: 2

Code: 20401009
Price: $4.00
Alger – Place du Gouvernement et la Mosquee Djemaa Djedid
Not postally used, but with an extensive message on the reverse of this unattributed card. Grade: 4

Code: 20401010
Price: $6.00
Oran, General view and Chapel of Santa-Cruz
The postmark and the written message are just clear enough to tell us the card was mailed in 1921. The (French) stamp is there, with the message from a well-travelled writer. Someone has added a pencilled notation telling what and where Oran is. Grade: 4

Code: 20401011
Price: $4.00
Roches sur la cote algerienne
A very old, heavily aged and handled unused card with serrated edges. Grade: 5

Code: 20401012
Price: $1.00
Alger, La Gare – Les Quais et les Boulevards
If you collect railroad postcards or railway station postcards or anything in that arena, this will be just about all you need from Algeria. Unused “Collection Ideale P.S.” card 35, aged but so pretty and atmospheric. Can you feel yourself there? Grade: 2

Code: 20401013
Price: $9.00
Biskra, Le Casino
The stamp had been on the front, but is long gone. The reveerse is completely taken up with long messages in French. Grade: 4

Code: 20401014
Price: $4.00
Alger La Blanche, Vue Generale
Unused card, heavily handled. Grade: 3

Code: 20401015
Price: $4.00
Oran, Souvenir de Sidi El Houari
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20401017
Price: $4.00
Annaba
Unmailed card, 4″ x 7-3/4″, with an (uncancelled) Algerian stamp on the reverse, and minor staining. No other external writing. Grade: 4

Code: 20401018
Price: $3.00
Annaba, Cour de la revolution, et vue generale
Unused Bakhti card. Grade: 1

Code: 20401019
Price: $5.00
Bejaja, Plage des Aiguades
Not postally used, with a message covering the reverse. They speak Kabyle in Bejaja. Grade: 4

Code: 20401020
Price: $2.00
Tamanrasset, Jeunes filles autour du feu
Among our Algerian postcards, a warming example. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20401021
Price: $2.00
Oran, Depart du Courrier de France
Unused but aging real-photo card #42 from C.A.P. (Paris). Grade: 2

Code: 20401022
Price: $5.00
Oran, La Cathedrale et la Statue Jeanne d’Arc
Unused but aging real-photo card #227 from C.A.P. (Paris). Grade: 1

Code: 20401023
Price: $6.00
Alger, Le Palais Consulaire et les deux Mosquees pris du quai
Very old, unused postcard in surprisingly good condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20401024
Price: $9.00
Constantine, Nouvelle Piscine
Constantine actually has several piscines, and we don’t know which one this became, but for certain it’s not Nouvelle any more. Unused sepia card. Insignificant minor stain along the upper reverse edge. Grade: 2

Code: 20401025
Price: $4.00
Souvenir de Ghardaia
Multiple views, including a camel minder, a market, and “beni Izgen”. Unused card, minor aging. Grade: 1

Code: 20401026
Price: $5.00

Total: 25 postcards