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Accra, Black Star Square, Independence Monument
This Everbright vintage B&W card dates from 1968. It’s oversized and crumpled a bit on edges so that it would fit in a box. Never used, it has some edge and corner creasing, and frankly was never too beautiful. Grade: 4
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Capa Coust Castle
Yes, that’s the spelling on the caption of this 1968 B&W WAC 109 vintage postcard. Unused, unmarked, undamaged apart from slight aging on reverse. Grade: 1
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Accra, Osu Castle
Two B&W cards are available. They date from 1968. Both were mailed from Accra. One has four stamps but no legible postmark; minor edge abrasions but not damaged otherwise (Grade: 1, $14). The other has two stamps but postmarks again are not legible and there is significant crumpling around the edges and corners (Grade: 3, $8).
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Damongo, Larabanga Mosque
B&W unused WAC 106 card from mid-1960s, though it’s a timeless scene. Some aging on reverse. We have to say that Ghana is a far more colourful country than these cards suggest. Grade: 1
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Drying of cocoa beans
This B&W card was mailed from Accra in 1968. It has two stamps, and legible postmarks. Considering where it was mailed, and when, the card is in virtually perfect condition. Grade: 1
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Senya Beraku Fort
This card, bought in 1968 and indexed WAC2, was never mailed, and apart from gently aged reverse is in great condition. The photo looks faded but that’s what the card was like when it was new. Grade: 2
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Accra, Christiansborg Castle
Card WAC1 dates from 1968 but this view goes back much further than that. Never mailed, and only the most minor of corner abrasion. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Ghana
We have no way of knowing, but somehow doubt this unused Ewool card ever saw Ghana. Nevertheless, here it is. Grade: 1
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Kwame Nkrumah
This postcard was issued by the Ghanaian government in Accra in 1958 “Commemorating Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah’s Visit to U.S.A. and Canada”. There’s a Gold Coast stamp, with Ghana Independence overprint; and clear postmark. No address, so the card was not mailed. A small flying insect got pressed into the bottom reverse–adds character. Grade: 3
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Accra, Views from Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s Mausoleum and Memorial Park
Unused card, older and beginning to show its age. Grade: 2
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Dressed for Adowa Dance
In one of the more memorable messages we’ve seen, Ethel tells Marion the weather in Ghana is “like Michigan”. We’ve been to both, and that’s a stretch. Mailed with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1