Virgin Islands – Global Postcard Sales

Total: 11 postcards

St. Thomas, Charlotte Amalie
Special for a few reasons, including scarcity of cards from this location, and very large (and full) 1954 postmark from an American naval vessel, the U.S.S. Niobrara. There’s a 6-cent US Airmail stamp, and a message from a sailor who clearly enjoyed his situation. Grade: 2

Code: 20114001
Price: $9.00
Christianstad, Courtyard of Government House
Mailed in 1957, the postmark is there but the stamp is gone. We are guessing these two were on their honeymoon! Grade: 4

Code: 20114002
Price: $1.00
Saint Thomas, Magens Bay Grove
Mailed in 1960 with one (US) stamp and full Charlotte Amalie postmark. The card has rounded corners, and there is a very faint mark of a rubber stamp from the receiver’s office. Grade: 3

Code: 20114003
Price: $5.00
St. John, Caneel Bay Plantation
Unused Plastichrome card P29676 (CBP 2). Grade: 2

Code: 20114004
Price: $2.00
St. Thomas, Charlotte Amalie, overlooking town
Mailed in 1978, with 10-cent stamp and postmark, this card has serrated edges and the address typed on a label. Grade: 4

Code: 20114006
Price: $4.00
U.S. Virgin Islands, map
Unused, with an informative caption. Grade: 1

Code: 20114007
Price: $8.00
St. Thomas, Matchless Magens Bay
Yes, it looked like this before it was “discovered”. Unused linen card, vintage. Grade: 1

Code: 20114008
Price: $3.00
The (British) Virgin Islands Fantasyland
Stamped and with faint postmark, possibly mailed in the late 1980s. Grade: 1

Code: 20114009T
Price: $4.00
Charlotte Amalie, Saturday Morning Traffic
An unused old postcard, onto which some vendor along the way penciled “Virgin Islands” on the reverse. That can be erased. Before we make more entries into this category, we need to make full disclosure that we know there are different jurisdictions for the Virgin Islands and that the U.S. one should probably be listed under “USA and Territories” as Puerto Rico and Guam are. Well, sometimes we are inconsistent. Anything we have from any Virgin Island is right here. Grade: 2

Code: 20114010
Price: $3.00
Peter Island, Sunset across Little Harbour (BVI)
We should, we know, differentiate between the different political entities — as we should for both Irelands — but until we get around to that, just accept this unused card from the British side. It has an uncancelled stamp in the right place on the reverse, maybe placed there by the original vendor. Grade: 2

Code: 20114011
Price: $3.00
St. Croix, Whim Greathouse Plantation
From their own site, “Estate Whim has long been known for its colonial-era Great House, laborers’ quarters, and mill factory complex; but much more can be found on the museum’s twelve acres. Estate Whim Museum’s features include Estate Whim Great House, the permanent My Granny House exhibit, rotating cultural exhibits in the North and South Exhibit Halls, and the Living Museum experience …” Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20114012
Price: $3.00

Total: 11 postcards