Taiwan – Global Postcard Sales

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The savages Formosa
This is as the card describes itself along bottom margin. Printed in Japan, this card has faded and has mottling and slight staining front and back, with a red “chop” mark on reverse. It is a somewhat bleak card and hard to forget once you’ve seen it up close. Grade: 3

Code: 20325001
Price: $26.00
Barbarians of Formosa
The manufacturer in Japan assigned this unfortunate title. Lost in translation? Card has English and Chinese printing along lower margin, Japanese printing on reverse, and small red “chop” mark on reverse. Never mailed, the vintage card has aged deeply brown against the B&W photo but has no creases or abrasions. Grade: 3

Code: 20325002
Price: $21.00
Taipei, Howard Plaza Hotel
Card was new in early 2000s and is as-new now. Grade: 1

Code: 20325003
Price: $3.00
Taipei, Howard Plaza Hotel
Card was new in early 2000s and is as-new now. Grade: 1

Code: 20325004
Price: $3.00
Howard Hotels and Resorts
Card was new in early 2000s and is as-new now. Grade: 1

Code: 20325005
Price: $3.00
Keelung, coral rock formations
Card was mailed in 1992 but stamp has fallen off. Partial postmark only. Grade: 3

Code: 20325006
Price: $3.00
Taipei, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
History gets revised every day and this postcard is a good example, though you may need to dig around to find out why. The card was mailed in 1996 and also shows the National Opera House. There’s one stamp and a partly legible Taipei postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 20325007
Price: $4.00
Cliff of East-West Cross-Island Highway
This card was mailed from Malaysia (not Taiwan) in the late 1980s. It has a Malaysian stamp but no postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 20325010
Price: $4.00
Taipei, C.K.S. Memorial Hall
This unused card came with its own plastic wrap and with baggage over what the building would eventually be called. Grade: 1

Code: 20325011
Price: $4.00
Kaohsiung, Hotel Major
Unmailed card but it has a full message written on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 20325013
Price: $2.00
Taipei, Hilton International
Unused card but beginning to age on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 20325014
Price: $3.00
Taipei, Hotel Royal, Facade
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20325015
Price: $3.00
Taipei, Hotel Royal, Twin Room
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20325016
Price: $3.00
Taipei, Hotel Royal, Mezzanine
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20325017
Price: $3.00
Taipei Regency Hotel
Mailed in 1981, the card has its stamp and fully legible postmark. Minor creasing. Grade: 2

Code: 20325018
Price: $5.00
Taroko of Hua-lien
A nice card in near-perfect condition, mailed in late 2009 with stamp and full Taipei postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20325019
Price: $5.00
Kaohsiung, Love River and fireworks
This card was mailed in 2010. It has one perforated edge (from being in a set), a nicely political stamp, and full postmark. By the way, the Love River has an interesting history. Grade: 1

Code: 20325020
Price: $4.00
Miaoli
Mailed in 2010 with three stamps, no postmark, and trilingual airmail sticker, this is a handmade yet very professionally done card. Grade: 2

Code: 20325021
Price: $2.00
East Coast, Sansiantai, Taitung
Two cards are available. One was mailed in 2010 with two different stamps, one full postmark and most of another, and some postmark smudging on the front (Grade: 3, $4). The other was mailed in 2011, two of the same stamp, mostly legible postmark, blue trilingual airmail sticker (Grade: 1, $6).

Code: 20325022
Price: $4.00
Taipei 101
Let’s say this card, mailed in 2010, has great character. A bit battered from the journey, it has postmarked stamps on both sides, and is written unconventionally. Grade: 3

Code: 20325023
Price: $5.00
Kaohsiung, World Games 2009
From 2010, a card showing “Heart of Love River” commemorating the World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung. Two stamps, full but partly obscured postmark, and affixed address sticker. Grade: 3

Code: 20325024
Price: $4.00
Welcome to Taichung
Subtitled “Century-old splendor originating from the great pillar,” this view of Taichung Park was mailed in 2010 with two stamps and partial postmark. A trilingual airmail sticker is affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 20325025
Price: $2.50
My Taipei City
Mailed in 2010, with two different stamps, two full postmarks, and a trilingual airmail sticker. The caption on reverse is long, and all in Chinese. “My CoolCard” (sic). Grade: 1

Code: 20325026
Price: $3.00
Welcome to Taiwan – Summer
One of two similar cards (see also 20325028), unused, avant-garde, clean. Grade: 1

Code: 20325027
Price: $2.00
Welcome to Taiwan
One of two similar cards (see also 20325027), unused, avant-garde, clean. Both of these for $3. Grade: 1

Code: 20325028
Price: $2.00
Sun Moon Lake, Chaowu Pier
Mailed in 2010, this card has two insect stamps, virtually full postmark, and blue bilingual rubber-stamp airmail mark. Grade: 1

Code: 20325029
Price: $3.00
Tofu Oyako
We’re not sure what to make of this card, so we won’t try. Mailed in 2011, it has two stamps, rounded corners, readable postmark, and is in great condition. We just don’t know what it’s all about. Grade: 1

Code: 20325030
Price: $1.00
Hana Cafe, dishes
Taiwan is nothing if not artistic and avant garde with its cards. This one was mailed in 2010 and has two stamps, two postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20325031
Price: $2.00
Traditional Train
This card was mailed, and has two stamps but no postmark. There’s a substantial caption in Chinese on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 20325032
Price: $5.00
The bending rice ear
This 4″ x 7″ card, with rounded corners, was mailed in 2011. It has a massive stamp on the reverse, next to a trilingual airmail sticker. Some smudging on the front, and postal creasing, but it is a fine contemporary card representative of Taiwan. Grade: 2

Code: 20325033
Price: $5.00
Taichung, Railway Station
Mailed with two stamps, and address label affixed. Postal battering, but minor. Grade: 3

Code: 20325034
Price: $3.00
Train
Mailed in 2011 with stamp and affixed trilingual airmail sticker. Grade: 2

Code: 20325035
Price: $4.00
Taipei, Chung-shan Park
This is actually the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, among other things a popular place to welcome in the new year. Mailed in 2011 with two stamps and full postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 20325036
Price: $3.00
Taipei, International Flora Expo 2010
Mailed in 2011, with two stamps and postmark on the front, it’s in the shape of the island of Taiwan. We love it! Grade: 1

Code: 20325037
Price: $5.00
Taiwan Highspeed Rail 700T
Very nice, clean card mailed in 2011 with two different stamps and clear Taipei postmark, along with a tiny sticker of the Taiwan flag. Grade: 2

Code: 20325038
Price: $7.00
Taipei, C.K.S. Memorial Hall
As written in the caption; but the C.K.S. in question is Chiang Kai-shek, about whom nothing we could write would add to the world’s knowledge. Stamp, postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 20325039
Price: $4.00
Liuqiu Island, Houshi Fringing Reef
Mailed in 2011, this card used a stamp generated by a machine. Full clear postmark, and blue trilingual airmail sticker affixed. Grade: 2

Code: 20325040
Price: $4.00
Tachia Chenlan Temple
“One of Taiwan’s most impressive Matsu temple,” this structure is on a card mailed in 2011 with two stamps and trilingual airmail sticker affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 20325041
Price: $4.00
Yang-Ming Fountain
Maybe the Chinese-language caption says more than the English does. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20325042
Price: $4.00
Sun Moon Lake – Spring
Mailed in 2011 with stamp and full Taipei postmark. Some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 20325043
Price: $3.00

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