Tanzania/Tanganyika/Zanzibar – Global Postcard Sales

Total: 36 postcards

Dar es Salaam market
This Sapra Studio card dates from the mid-1960s, and even when new was not really very beautiful. But the condition of the card itself is almost as-new. Tiny corner abrasions. Grade: 1

Code: 20455001
Price: $7.00
Zanzibar, Livingstone House
Unused B&W Gomes & Sons card, age unknown but probably 1950s or thereabouts. Minor edge abrasions, slightly aged on reverse. Nice condition, considering where it’s been and what it had to go through to get here. Grade: 2

Code: 20455002
Price: $22.00
Mt. Kilimanjaro, ice crater
In the 1960s when this Elite Group card was bought, the mountain looked like this. So much of the snow and ice is gone now. Unused card, crease in upper right front corner, undamaged reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 20455003
Price: $5.50
Mt. Kilimanjaro from Amboseli
Unused mid-1960s card looking at Kibo peak while it had snow. Reverse is gently aging; the card itself has serrated edges and minor abrasion along those. Grade: 3

Code: 20455004
Price: $5.00
Mt. Kilimanjaro
A slightly different perspective from the usual Kilimanjaro photo. This unused card is from the mid-1960s and is in absolutely as-new condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20455005
Price: $5.00
Zanzibar cloves
Two of these exotic postcards are available. Both are from 1968. One was unmailed, in as-new condition (Grade: 1, $19). The other was mailed, with nearly complete Dar es Salaam postmark and full stamp (Grade: 2, $29).

Code: 20455006
Price: $19.00
Zanzibar, dhows from Persian Gulf
Not quite sepia, not really black-and-white, this Moloo Brothers card was bought in 1967 but is likely older. Never mailed, yet still in as-new condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20455007
Price: $19.00
Dar es Salaam, Windsor Street and Askari Monument
Card by Sapra dates from 1967 but photo is clearly older. Unused; minor edge abrasions and a small indentation/stain on reverse–not significant. Grade: 3

Code: 20455009
Price: $10.00
Mt. Kilimanjaro and Wildebeeste
1960s view of Kibo peak (with snow!). The card is unused, gently aging on reverse and around the edges, and has an almost imperceptible crease running through it. Picture is not affected. Grade: 3

Code: 20455010
Price: $8.50
Mt. Kilimanjaro, reflected
Card dates from mid-60s though could have been from any time before the snow melted. Unused, but there is a significant abrasion on front surface. Grade: 5

Code: 20455011
Price: $2.00
Zanzibar, evening view
Black-and-white “Real Photograph” view of old Zanzibar seafront, nice, unused, undamaged, atmospheric, evocative…you name the adjective. Grade: 1

Code: 20455013
Price: $29.00
Zanzibar, drying of cloves
Old black-and-white card from Capital Art Studio no. 39, unused, real photo, undamaged, superb condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20455014
Price: $39.00
Zanzibar, Kibweni Beach
This old card is in great condition for having been mailed from Zanzibar in 1967. It has one Tanzanian stamp intact, and legible postmark. Alas no people in the photo, but atmospheric anyway. Grade: 1

Code: 20455015
Price: $29.00
Zanzibar, sea front
Mid-20th century B&W A.C. Gomes & Son real photo card, unused, undamaged in any way. Grade: 1

Code: 20455016
Price: $41.00
Zanzibar, Ladies Club, Old Fort
Capital Art Studio unused card was bought in 1967, but really looks older; slightly aged reverse and minor edge/corner abrasion on front. Grade: 2

Code: 20455017
Price: $19.00
Zanzibar, aerial view
Wonderfully exotic old Moloo Brothers real photo black-and-white card showing the old city. Unmailed, unmarked. Grade: 1

Code: 20455018
Price: $59.00
Zanzibar, Beach view, Mangapwani
Card bought in 1967, never used, and in superb condition. Capital Art Studio vintage postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 20455019
Price: $12.00
Zanzibar, Arab dhow
Unused Capital Art Studio card from 1960s, gently aging on reverse but otherwise undamaged. Imagine sailing on that. Grade: 1

Code: 20455020
Price: $12.00
Zanzibar, carved door
The card is from the 1960s, the door from much earlier than that. Reverse has a smudge. Never mailed Capital Art Studio antique postcard. Grade: 2

Code: 20455021
Price: $9.00
Zanzibar, Beit-al-Ras Ruins
Unused card bought in 1967 but it’s hard to tell when it was made. From Capital Art Studio, the card is undamaged. Real photograph. Grade: 1

Code: 20455022
Price: $29.00
Zanzibar, Jubilee Gardens and Bet-el-Ajaib
Card bought in 1967, unused. B&W, with master negative having the roof coloured pink. Capital Art Studio product. Card has minor edge abrasion but photo is fine. Grade: 2

Code: 20455023
Price: $26.00
Zanzibar, fruit market
Another Capital Art Studio hand-coloured product (at least three stacks of fruit are pink). Unused, and in as-new condition–considering. Grade: 1

Code: 20455024
Price: $29.00
Zanzibar, market view
B&W card from Capital Art Studio (#9), unused, unmarked, undamaged. Grade: 1

Code: 20455025
Price: $32.00
Zanzibar, Khod Bazaar
Four Capital Art Studio cards are available. The first was mailed in 1967, has two Zanzibar stamps, with partly legible postmark and a stain on reverse (Grade: 3, $41). The second is unused and almost as-new (Grade: 1, $37). The third was never mailed but was folded in half and has major staining on reverse (Grade: 5, $7). The fourth was also mailed in 1967, with three stamps (two from Tanzania, one from Kenya, when multi-country stamps like that were permitted) and partly legible postmark (Grade: 1, $41).

Code: 20455026
Price: $37.00
Zanzibar, street view
Capital Art Studio card #28, unused, and in superb condition. Black-and-white picture of a quiet time. Grade: 1

Code: 20455027
Price: $39.00
Zanzibar, Arab dhow captain
Beautiful card, unused, absolutely as-new (all things considered), for your sea captain friends. Capital Art Studio. Grade: 1

Code: 20455028
Price: $32.00
Zanzibar, Portuguese Street
This Capital Art Studio card is of same vintage and looks like the Khod Bazaar card, but they’re not the same. This one is unused, and though slightly aged is undamaged. Grade: 1

Code: 20455029
Price: $37.00
Mt. Kilimanjaro, saddle
A sentimental favourite, because we walked across this. Card is from 1968, gently aged on reverse and very minor edge abrasions. Unused. Grade: 2

Code: 20455030
Price: $11.00
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Card from mid-1960s, minor edge abrasions and corner creasing. Never mailed, showing a bit of age on reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 20455032
Price: $6.50
Mt. Kilimanjaro – Kibo Peak
It was a great climb, never to be forgotten. This unused Pegas card has serrated edges, is aging slowly on reverse, and really is virtually as-new. Will newly printed cards show the peak without snow? Grade: 1

Code: 20455033
Price: $9.00
Zanzibar, native village
Probably the oldest Zanzibar postcard on this site, this one was not used, is B&W, and though significantly aged, is unmarked and undamaged. Published by A.R.P. de Lord. Classic. Grade: 2

Code: 20455034
Price: $61.00
Zanzibar, Court Street
Heavily aged, unused Ali Pira Harji card. Grade: 3

Code: 20455039
Price: $24.00
Zanzibar, Direction Post
Unattributed real photo card, beaten up by thumbtack holes and some staining. Grade: 4

Code: 20455040
Price: $9.00
Zanzibar Islands
Unused and with some erasure on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 20455041
Price: $1.00
Tanzania’s Pride – Jambo
Jambo = Hello in Swahili, and someone has written a message on the reverse of this unmailed card. Grade: 4

Code: 20455042
Price: $2.00
Dar es Salaam, Samora Machel Avenue
Unused card from the Tanzania Tourist Corporation. Grade: 1

Code: 20455043
Price: $4.00

Total: 36 postcards