Total: 30 postcards

  • Cape Town, Adderley Street

    Card was mailed in the 1990s, and has a stamp, but the postmark is only partly legible. Alas, the card was folded in half horizontally through the middle. Grade: 5

    Code: 20451001

    Price: $3.00

    Cape Town, Adderley Street
  • Tsitsikamma Nat. Park

    Card mailed in 2002, with two nice stamps and postmark mostly legible. Address is on an extra sticker. Very minor creasing of upper left front. Grade: 3

    Code: 20451002

    Price: $5.00

    Tsitsikamma Nat. Park
  • Johannesburg, Hillbrow

    This card of the City of Gold was mailed in 1989, has two stamps and a mostly legible postmark. The card shows postal creasing, esp. in upper right front corner, and other corner abrasion. Grade: 3

    Code: 20451003

    Price: $5.00

    Johannesburg, Hillbrow
  • Johannesburg, Albert Hertzog Tower

    This Toring card was mailed in 1969, has two stamps and a perfect postmark. Apart from one barely visible indentation on front, card is in great condition. Grade: 1

    Code: 20451004

    Price: $6.00

    Johannesburg, Albert Hertzog Tower
  • Durban, whaling industry

    This unused real photo card has faded badly. You can’t see detail in this photo but the card itself is somewhat clearer. Grade: 4

    Code: 20451005

    Price: $6.00

    Durban, whaling industry
  • Zulus making fire

    An unused Valentine & Sons card, #500,865, from Capetown. Well-aged, unmarked apart from minor corner indentations where it had once been in an album, and with a giant whiff of being patronising. Grade: 2

    Code: 20451006

    Price: $19.00

    Zulus making fire
  • Interior of native hut (no chairs)

    That’s how the card describes itself. Never mailed, the card has aged normally and is otherwise unmarked and undamaged. Published by Valentine & Sons, 500,866. Grade: 1

    Code: 20451007

    Price: $21.00

    Interior of native hut (no chairs)
  • Plucking ostriches

    Unused, and apart from normal aging for however old it is, the vintage postcard is in great condition. Published by Valentine & Sons, 500636. Grade: 1

    Code: 20451008

    Price: $11.00

    Plucking ostriches
  • Bushman hunter

    We try to keep our political observations to a minimum about the way such cards (ca. 1975) were captioned. This card is unused, has minor corner bumping, and is aging somewhat on reverse. Let’s call it an artifact of the times. Grade: 3

    Code: 20451009

    Price: $6.50

    Bushman hunter
  • Johannesburg, sunset

    We wonder whether anyone considers “evolving cities” as a category for collection? Interesting to see how skylines change over time. This unused card from the mid-1970s is captioned in English and Afrikaans, and aging slightly on reverse. Some of the terms on the reverse: D. Briscoe Frameworthy JSPC 11. Grade: 1  

    Code: 20451010

    Price: $5.00

    Johannesburg, sunset
  • Pretoria, Voortrekker Monument

    Unused PSPC 22 card from 1970s, some aging on reverse. Grade: 2

    Code: 20451011

    Price: $5.00

    Pretoria, Voortrekker Monument
  • Natal, Zulus

    Unused Artco 272 card of Nagle Dam, Valley of 1000 Hills, from ~1975, some corner creasing and mottling on reverse. Grade: 3

    Code: 20451012

    Price: $6.00

    Natal, Zulus
  • Johannesburg, Monument to the Miners

    Bilingual Frameworthy JSPC 16 card, unused, from mid-1970s. Grade: 1

    Code: 20451013

    Price: $6.00

    Johannesburg, Monument to the Miners
  • Transvaal, winter scene

    Nice, artistic unused Frameworthy TSPC 4 postcard from the 1970s. Grade: 1

    Code: 20451014

    Price: $5.00

    Transvaal, winter scene
  • Radio RSA QSL

    From 1971, a completed QSL from Radio RSA, The Voice of South Africa, typed on a postcard but mailed in an envelope so there’s no stamp.  Small tape abrasion on reverse.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20451015

    Price: $8.00

    Radio RSA QSL
  • Johannesburg, Hillbrow and city

    Mailed in 1975, this card with bilingual caption has two stamps and faintly legible postmark, as well as trilingual blue airmail sticker affixed.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20451016

    Price: $8.00

    Johannesburg, Hillbrow and city
  • Western Cape (3D)

    Heavy, lenticular-printing 3D card but mailed from the United Arab Emirates (not South Africa!) in 2013 with two stamps and very faint postmark.  Grade: 4

    Code: 20451017

    Price: $5.00

    Western Cape (3D)
  • Clifton – Cape Town

    Unused Celmor Productions real-photo card B6, possibly from 1957.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20451018

    Price: $7.00

    Clifton – Cape Town
  • Cape Town, The Chains, Lions Head

    Fully intact, a card mailed in 1909 with Cape of Good Hope stamp and mostly legible postmark.  Though handled over the years, the card would be a great addition to a collection of early South African postcards.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20451019

    Price: $24.00

    Cape Town, The Chains, Lions Head
  • Military Decoration (Maximum Card)

    Unused Maximum Card from 11 September 1984.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20451020

    Price: $6.00

    Military Decoration (Maximum Card)
  • Port Elizabeth, Samrec

    Mailed with stamp but no postmark, orange postal barcoding, and a crease in the upper left corner.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20451021

    Price: $2.00

    Port Elizabeth, Samrec
  • Informal Settlement

    Unused card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20451022

    Price: $2.00

    Informal Settlement
  • Port Elizabeth, King’s Beach

    In 1972, this card (serrated edges) was mailed to Brazil with two different stamps, airmail label, and postmark.  Aging, but still worth rating as Grade: 2

    Code: 20451025

    Price: $7.00

    Port Elizabeth, King’s Beach
  • Umhlanga Rocks, Natal North Coast

    Mailed with two stamps, indistinct Durban postmark, and some orange postal barcoding.  A bit of water staining in the message area edge.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20451027

    Price: $2.00

    Umhlanga Rocks, Natal North Coast
  • Johannesburg, Jan Smuts Airport

    An airport in search of an identity.  Opened as Jan Smuts in 1952, then the name changed to Johannesburg International in 1994, then again to O.R. Tambo International in 2006.  Unused card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20451028

    Price: $4.00

    Johannesburg, Jan Smuts Airport
  • Durban, Zulu ricksha ‘pullers’

    Unused Artco card No. 14.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20451030

    Price: $3.00

    Durban, Zulu ricksha ‘pullers’
  • Cape Town, Adderley Street

    We wanted to research this a bit to see if we could pin down a date.  It’s an unused, real-photo card, from Celmor Productions.  It has a reference number 10419/11/57, and from this, the very few people who own or have seen it think that means “1957”.  Ordinarily so would we, and we all might be right, but the photo itself looks older.  Maybe an old photo on a 1957 card?  Anyway, we doubt you can do much better for an earlier view of Cape Town.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20451032

    Price: $19.00

    Cape Town, Adderley Street
  • Johannesburg, multiple views

    If you could only have one middle-aged postcard from South Africa, this could be it.  Mailed in 1974, with two different stamps and clear postmark, the scenes including Oppenheimer Fountain are captioned in English and Afrikaans.  Purple airmail chop on the reverse.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20451033

    Price: $5.00

    Johannesburg, multiple views
  • Cape Town – From Table Mountain

    Unused real-photo card from (we think; not guaranteed) 1957.  What a place for a picnic!  Grade: 1

    Code: 20451034

    Price: $8.00

    Cape Town – From Table Mountain
  • Johannesburg, View from Harrow Road

    Unused older card JSPC 31 showing a view of Mine Dumps from Harrow Road.  These dumps have an interesting background story, as many Google entries reveal, including this:  “During gold mining, underground tunnels were created to extract ore and crushed rock waste, with gold processing residues being deposited at ground level, which led to the formation of substantial mine dumps and tailing dams in Johannesburg. These underground tunnels, dumps and tailings cover a large footprint.”  There’s so much more to be said, including accounts of radioactivity and also that some gold may remain.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20451035

    Price: $6.00

    Johannesburg, View from Harrow Road