Scotland – Global Postcard Sales

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Plockton
Do you know someone who owns a lighthouse? We did, and it’s in this picture. The 4-5/8″ x 6-3/4″ card was mailed with a 38p stamp in 1999 and though the postmark isn’t really legible the card is in fine condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20546001
Price: $3.50
Edinburgh, Scott’s Monument
Extraordinarily aged card, mailed in USA with a 1-cent stamp in the early 1900s. One corner is missing. What you wouldn’t know is that the card survived a fire that burnt down the house it was in. That accounts for the aging. Grade: 5

Code: 20546002
Price: $8.50
The Old Pass of Trossachs
Tuck’s “Oilette” card 7807, mailed in 1984 from Hounslow with two England stamps and most of the postmark. A huge amount of postmark transfer on the front, as you can see from the scan. Grade: 5

Code: 20546003
Price: $1.00
Edinburgh, St. Giles Cathedral
The card was mailed in 1977, has a stamp and postmark, but is in terrible condition. Grade: 5

Code: 20546004
Price: $0.50
Glasgow, Princes Square, Buchanan Street
This 5″ x 7″ card was mailed in 2010 with four stamps (including Scotland’s flag), orange postal barcoding on reverse, blue bilingual airmail sticker affixed, but no legible postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 20546005
Price: $3.00
Slioch, Loch Maree, Wester Ross
Beautiful if somewhat chilling card mailed in 2010 with an (unpostmarked) UK “International Postcard” stamp, blue air mail sticker, and much orange postal barcoding on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 20546006
Price: $2.00
Machrihanish, Hotel from the Rocks
If you’re not from Scotland, do you remember the song about the Mull of Kintyre? Well, here you are. If you’re a golfer, you definitely know. Almost definitely. This card was mailed in 1933 with stamp and much of the postmark. A bit of postmark transfer on the front, along with abrasion on the right front edge. Grade: 3

Code: 20546008
Price: $11.00
Edinburgh, Princes Street, looking East
Despite the minor abrasions, despite 107 years of handling, here is a superb view of Edinburgh with stamp and full 1904 postmark. It can be yours. Grade: 2

Code: 20546009
Price: $45.00
Loch Lomond and Ben Lomond
Space filler only, with tack hole in upper left corner of this unused card. Grade: 5

Code: 20546010
Price: $2.00
Edinburgh Castle, King Robert the Bruce
Despite its terrible condition, this unused card manages to maintain a great deal of ghostly dignity. Grade: 5

Code: 20546011
Price: $4.00
Gorbals Boys Glasgow 1948
The more you look at this card, the more there is to see. Not to mention, it cries out with the questions “who are they and where are they now?” The details: card produced in 2000, mailed from Finland (NOT Scotland) in 2011 with stamp but no postmark. Grade: 4

Code: 20546012
Price: $5.00
Auld Brig O’Doon, Alloway, Ayr.
Brig o’Doon is famous as the place where Tam o’Shanter and his horse Meg escaped the witch Nannie in Robert Burns’s poem. From the 15th century, and repaired in 1832, this late medieval single-arch bridge appears on our unused, aged, Valentine’s “Sepiatype” Series card 21-1. Grade: 2

Code: 20546013
Price: $4.00
Holyrood, Queen Mary’s Dial
Heavily aged and mottled, unused Pixie Series card. Grade: 4

Code: 20546014
Price: $1.00
Edinburgh, Calton Hill
Heavily aged, unused Valentine’s Series card. Grade: 4

Code: 20546015
Price: $1.00
Edinburgh, The Grassmarket and Castle
Now that really is a castle. Unused card from the “Dainty” Series. The front is good for its age, and the reverse is just very old. Grade: 3

Code: 20546016
Price: $4.00
Holyrood, Lord Darnley’s Room
More or less a companion card to 20546014, sepia and unused, from the Pixie Series. If this was the same Lord Darnley who was the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, the back story is quite colourful. Grade: 3

Code: 20546017
Price: $2.00
Loch Lomond
Unused card from Stewart & Woolf (#1264). Grade: 2

Code: 20546018
Price: $1.00
Loch Awe
Embossed card, “B.B. London & New York Series No. E.300,” unused. Little edge abrasion and corner creasing. Grade: 2

Code: 20546019
Price: $1.00
Edinburgh Castle
Mailed in 1956, with stamp, postmark, and some message on the front. Grade: 4

Code: 20546020
Price: $2.00
Head of Loch Long from Tyness, Arrochar
Mailed in what might be 1956, but we can’t quite decipher the postmark. The stamp is there. Grade: 2

Code: 20546021
Price: $2.00
The Mull of Galloway
Unused Colourmaster card PT36318 (WG 134). Grade: 1

Code: 20546022
Price: $4.00
Edinburgh, The Dean Bridge
Mailed in 1906, the stamp and Edinburgh postmark are there, along with all that message on the front. Valentine’s Series card. Grade: 4

Code: 20546023
Price: $3.00
I (heart) Scotland
Minor bumping in postal transit, this card is quite busy on the back, with five uncancelled stamps, blue Air Mail label, orange postal barcoding, and several small rubber-stampings of little icons. Grade: 4

Code: 20546024
Price: $2.00
The Falkirk Wheel
Mailed in 2013, this card has four different stamps (two were not cancelled), and Air Mail label. Lots of orange postal barcoding on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 20546025
Price: $2.00
Glasgow, Prestwick Airport
Unused card with a Pan Am 747 on the front. Grade: 1

Code: 20546026
Price: $4.00
Edinburgh, Dean Bridge
A very old card, somehow looking younger than it is, but the proof is there: mailed in 1907 with stamp and postmark and some very nice handwriting. Grade: 2

Code: 20546027
Price: $3.00
Tweed from Caddon Bank, Innerleithen
Unused, “local” B&W card. Grade: 1

Code: 20546029
Price: $2.00
Traquair Gates, Innerleithen
Unused old card from the Philco Series No. 4248. Unusually (at least for us), the reverse also has the legend: “Passed for publication by the Press Bureau, 24/5/1917,” which reminds us there was a war going on and also conveniently tells us the exact age of the card. Grade: 1

Code: 20546030
Price: $6.00
The Forth Bridge
Something of a specialty item, this Valentine’s “Phototype” postcard mailed in 1946 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 20546031
Price: $9.00
Edinburgh, multiple views
Mailed in 1973, with stamp and postmarks all around. Some creasing on the corners. Grade: 3

Code: 20546032
Price: $2.00
Drumnadrochit, Loch Ness Monster
We had often wondered whether this creature was real, and now that we see it on a postcard, we know it’s true. The card was mailed in 2014 with four stamps and a blue Air Mail sticker. Orange postal barcoding on the reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 20546033
Price: $2.00
Tay Road Bridge
If you do an internet search, you’ll find a connection between this bridge and one of the worst poems ever written. Your clue: a semi-precious stone. Unused card PT35858. Grade: 2

Code: 20546035
Price: $2.00
Edinburgh, Scottish American War Memorial
Unused real-photo card of “The Spirit of 1914”. Grade: 1

Code: 20546036
Price: $2.00
Forth Bridge
Not postally used, but with a small inked notation on upper right front, and a message fully taking up all of the reverse. Grade: 5

Code: 20546037
Price: $0.50
Perth, Scone Palace
Mailed in 2019 with two stamps, postmark, orange postal barcoding, and minor abrasions. Grade: 3

Code: 20546038
Price: $1.00
Aberdeenshire, Balmoral Castle
Only by coincidence (of course), we’re making this entry just a few days after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral. The postcard however was mailed in 1971, with stamp and clear-enough postmark, and blue Air Mail sticker. The caption is extensive and the message quite touristy. Grade: 1

Code: 20546039
Price: $4.00
Loch Maree and Slioch, Wester Ross
Loch Maree is in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands. At 21.7 km long and with a maximum width of four km, it is the fourth-largest freshwater loch in Scotland and the largest north of Loch Ness. This card, mailed in 1960, is good on the front. The reverse has two stamps and parts of two postmarks, but also an abrasion where tape was removed. Grade: 4

Code: 20546040T
Price: $1.00
Ayr, Tam o’Shanter Museum, High Street
Once in awhile Google runs amok with false leads and this is one of those cases. But it’s all about Robert Burns, and the building here is reputed to be the inn described in one of Burns’s famous poems. This postcard was mailed in 1978, with stamp and clear postmark (Ayr) and bilingual airmail sticker — but also with two thumbtack holes at the top (Grade: 5, 0.50) and we somehow have another of the same card, with two 6p stamps, airmail sticker, unreadable postmark — and just one thumbtack hole. Also Grade: 5 ($0.50).

Code: 20546041T
Price: $0.50
Culzean Castle
Who needs a caption on the back, when you have this on the front? Mailed in 1982, with large stamp, postmark, and blue airmail sticker — an iconic castle postcard. Grade:: 1

Code: 20546042T
Price: $5.00
Invercauld, Aberdeenshire, Old Bridge of Dee
Wikipedia says (we’ve condensed it): “The Bridge of Dee, or Brig o Dee, is a road bridge over the River Dee … Dating from 1527, the bridge crosses at what was once the City of Aberdeen’s southern boundary. The Bridge of Dee is approximately 32 feet (10 m) above typical water height and consists of seven nearly semicircular ribbed arches, built using granite and Elgin sandstone. Today the bridge carries the main A92 road into Aberdeen from the south. It was designated a Category A listed structure in 1967, and was also listed as a Scheduled monument until being de-scheduled on 16 February 2009.” All well and good, but the caption on the postcard, mailed in 1961 with two stamps and partial postmarks, makes it sound completely different. Just seems odd. Grade: 1

Code: 20546043T
Price: $3.00

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