Kenya – Global Postcard Sales

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Turkana women, Lake Rudolph
This unused Hoa-Qui/Taws Ltd. card 4701 from 1967 has minor edge abrasion on the right front, but otherwise no damage and represents its vintage well. Grade: 2

Code: 20429001
Price: $9.50
Bukusu warrior
Unused Sapra 1968 card J28 has barely visible corner abrasions but is otherwise unmarked and undamaged. Grade: 2

Code: 20429002
Price: $7.00
Tropical sunset
Sapra card 4101c from 1967 doesn’t say it’s a Kenyan scene but we guarantee it is–right from our back yard at the time! Unused, undamaged but for slight aging. Grade: 1

Code: 20429003
Price: $4.00
African village
Hoa-Qui 3649 card from 1968 doesn’t specify Kenya but it was bought there and publisher (Taws) is there. Still, the primary caption is in French … so who knows. It’s Africa for sure. Minor edge abrasions on front, and aging reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 20429004
Price: $4.00
Lamu, aerial view
We’re pretty sure Lamu doesn’t look like this 1967 Frank 1802 card any more. At the time, it was more than a little exotic. In fact, it was exotic and breathtaking and we seemed to be the only ones there. Card has serrated edges and is in superb condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20429006
Price: $7.00
Lamu, bazaar scene
Mid-60s Frank 1803 card, unused, unmarked, undamaged. Serrated edges. Grade: 1

Code: 20429007
Price: $7.50
Mombasa, Hindu temple
From 1968, unused Frank 1221 card with serrated edges and in as-new condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20429008
Price: $5.00
Bukuria girl
Sapra J21 card bought in 1967 and never mailed. Front has very minor edge abrasions. Reverse is unmarked but beginning to age, unlike the girl, who never will. Grade: 2

Code: 20429009
Price: $9.00
Luo woman smoking pipe
From 1968, an unused Sapra J19 postcard in excellent condition on front but beginning to age on reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 20429010
Price: $8.00
Asongo-Meno girl
Sapra J9 card from 1967, in as-new condition though reverse is beginning to age slightly. Grade: 1

Code: 20429011
Price: $9.00
Turkana water carrier, Lake Rudolph
Hoa-Qui 4697 card from Lake Rudolph in 1967 was never mailed but has front edge abrasions and noticeably aged reverse. Otherwise undamaged. Grade: 3

Code: 20429012
Price: $8.50
Masai dancers
A sentimental favourite, because this 1967 Sapra J8 postcard was the first one we picked up when living in Kenya. Never mailed, it has an aged reverse and is covered in memories. Grade: 3

Code: 20429013
Price: $11.00
Malindi street scene
Unused Frank Ltd. Italcolor card from 1967. Has serrated edges with very minor abrasion; reverse is aging but unmarked. Grade: 2

Code: 20429014
Price: $5.50
Mombasa, Kilindini Rd., Arch of Tusks
Kenya’s anti-poaching programme hopefully ensures these will not be the last tusks remaining in the country. Unused Sapra 468 card from 1967 has minor edge abrasions on front, and slightly aged reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 20429017
Price: $6.00
Village at foot of Mt. Kenya
Unused 1967 Sapra 372 card has minor corner abrasions and small crease on bottom right front. Reverse is aging a bit but unmarked. We could tell you about being lost down there at night once. Grade: 3

Code: 20429018
Price: $5.50
Mt. Kenya
Despite minor aging on reverse, this unused 1967 Sapra 4112c postcard is in near-perfect condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20429019
Price: $4.50
Nairobi by night
Yes, Nairobi looked like this in 1967 when the Hoa-Qui 4308 postcard was bought. Never mailed. Notable edge and corner abrasions on front; reverse shows lower left corner crease, but is unmarked. Grade: 3

Code: 20429020
Price: $5.50
Masai woman
B&W real photo card by Frank 302, serrated edges, mailed from Mombasa in mid-1950s. Three stamps, and postmark is mostly legible. Card has a large rubber stamp from a travel agency in address area. Front is in good condition apart from small abrasion of lower right corner. Grade: 4

Code: 20429023
Price: $16.00
Marakwet girl
This is a gorgeous photo. The Sapra J1 postcard, bought in 1968, is still in superb condition. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20429024
Price: $8.50
Nairobi, Jamia Mosque
Another mid-60s Taws Ltd. Mexichrome card, Hoa-Qui 4124, not mailed, most minor edge abrasion on front and a little aged but unwritten on reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 20429026
Price: $4.50
Coffee seller
Frank 1209 postcard from 1968 is unused and in great condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20429028
Price: $6.50
Nyeri, Treetops
Unused Sapra T2 card from 1967, one of the most famous game-viewing locations in the world. In as-new condition. Half price if you can guess the connection with Hong Kong, where we are now … Grade: 1

Code: 20429029
Price: $4.50
Village at foot of Mt. Kenya
Not the same as 20429018, this unused 1967 Sapra 348 card is virtually as-new apart from the most minor corner abrasion on upper right front. Grade: 1

Code: 20429030
Price: $4.50
Mombasa, Kilindini Road
Standard-sized, unused Sapra N83 postcard from mid-60s. Front is clean but a bit of curling up at the edges. Reverse has a little smudging. Grade: 3

Code: 20429031
Price: $7.50
Mombasa, Old Port
Standard-sized card from mid-60s, never mailed, has tiny corner abrasions on front, and clean reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 20429032
Price: $5.50
Mombasa, Rogers Street
This unused Sapra N82 postcard from the mid-60s has minor corner abrasions on the front; the reverse is aging but clean. The photo, though, looks older than the date of the card–from our first-hand experience. Grade: 2

Code: 20429034
Price: $8.50
Mombasa
Early 20th-cent. B&W card, No. 28 in Farmers’ Journal series, of Mombasa shoreline. Unused. Apart from normal aging, this card is in great condition. Grade: 2

Code: 20429035
Price: $19.00
Masai
Two of these mid-1970s cards are available. The better one is unused and genuinely as-new (Grade: 1, $4.50). The other one was mailed, has one intact and one partial stamp, no legible postmark, and had been taped to a bulletin board or something and was disrupted by that on the reverse (Grade: 4, $2.50)

Code: 20429038
Price: $4.50
Nairobi, Hilton Hotel
Comic card mailed in the mid-1980s, with intact commemorative stamp and additional airmail sticker affixed. Postmark is only partly legible. Grade: 3

Code: 20429039
Price: $6.50
Samburu moran
Frank, Ltd. Italcolor card from 1968, unused, showing these Samburu warriors. Card has serrated edges and apart from slow aging on reverse is in great condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20429040
Price: $6.50
El Molo mother and child
From late 1960s, so that child is probably washing his grandchildren by now. Unused card, serrated edges, Grade: 1

Code: 20429041
Price: $6.50
Masai women and children
From 1960s, another unused card from the same series of different ethnic and tribal groups. Serrated edges, great condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20429042
Price: $6.50
Kiambu, Kikuyu dancers
They do look like they’ve been through this routine a few times. Unused Hoa-Qui Mexichrome card from 1960s, by Taws Ltd. (4.463), really minor edge abrasions and some abrasive smudging on reverse, nothing significant. Grade: 2

Code: 20429043
Price: $5.00
Masai warrior
After living in Kenya, we can tell you, yes: this card was a real representation, at least then. Unused card from 1960s, Taws issue 4.702, beginning to age on reverse but otherwise OK. Grade: 2

Code: 20429044
Price: $6.00
Masai
Not quite the same as card #20429038. This one is unused, Sapra Studio 384, from mid-1960s. Grade: 1

Code: 20429046
Price: $5.00
Masai maidens
Unused Sapra card J32 from 1960s, yet with minor edge and corner abrasions. Grade: 2

Code: 20429047
Price: $6.00
Meru couple
Caption on reverse of this unused card says “Happy young African (Meru) couple,” and they do indeed look happy. Unused card from 1960s, aging on reverse, but overall in great condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20429048
Price: $6.50
Giriama woman
This unused Frank, Ltd. card from 1960s shows a member of one of Kenya’s lesser-known peoples. Serrated edges. Slight aging on reverse, minor crease in upper left corner. Grade: 2

Code: 20429049
Price: $6.50
Turkana group
Unused 1960s card with serrated edges, issued by Elite Group (“Africa in Pictures” 138) and in as-new condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20429050
Price: $6.50
Curio sellers
Unused Sapra Studio card N-230 from the 1960s. Grade: 2

Code: 20429051
Price: $5.00

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