Lebanon – Global Postcard Sales

Total: 13 postcards

Grotto of Jiita
A bit hard to tell up from down in this Oulbenk card but it’s in OK condition apart from minor corner creasing. Mailed in 1972, it has two large stamps but no legible postmark. An airmail sticker partly covers one of the stamps. Grade: 3

Code: 20431001
Price: $5.50
Radio Liban QSL
Strictly speaking this is not a postcard but a QSL card acknowledging reception of shortwave radio transmission in 1971. Reverse has details of the report, and a large official rubber stamp from the Lebanese Ministry of Information. Minor corner creasing. Usual grading does not apply, but on our scale we give it: Grade: 1

Code: 20431002
Price: $12.50
Beirut, Rue Weygand
Two cards are available. The one pictured was bought in 1967, is unused, and OK apart from small blotch of something adhering to the photo of the main building (Grade: 4, $4.50). The other was mailed in 1967 and has two stamps but postmark is only partly legible. This one is otherwise undamaged (Grade: 1, $12.50).

Code: 20431003
Price: $4.50
Tripoli, Crusaders Castle of St. Gilles
This card reproduces an 1837 engraving by Bartlett and Starling. Never mailed, it came from Middle East Airlines in the mid-1970s. One perforated edge suggests it was part of a larger group. Aging but undamaged. Grade: 2

Code: 20431004
Price: $3.50
Nahr el Kalb
Unused Gulbenk Trading postcard from mid-60s, some corner abrasions not too noticeable on the serrated edges. Reverse is aging normally, no problems. Grade: 2

Code: 20431005
Price: $5.00
Beirut, Pigeon’s Rock
Card from mid-1960s, never mailed and in great condition apart from minor abrasion of the corner edges. Reverse is aging normally. Grade: 2

Code: 20431006
Price: $5.00
Beirut, Pigeon’s Rock
Card from mid-60s, though timeless. Serrated edges, one corner very minor crease. Unmailed, and reverse is completely clean. Grade: 2

Code: 20431007
Price: $4.00
Four views
Mailed in 1974 with stamp and full Beirut postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 20431011
Price: $4.50
Beirut International Airport
Unused card from the 1970s, just as the serious troubles were starting. This scene would have changed significantly. Serrated edges on the card, and Grade: 1

Code: 20431012
Price: $12.00
Beirut, U.S. Marine Headquarters bombing (1983)
We are listing this unused Mike Roberts card CL-RR.#130 under “Lebanon” for clear reasons, though it was produced in and almost certainly for the U.S. market. A detailed caption. Grade: 1

Code: 20431013
Price: $5.00
Baalbek, La Colonnade de l’ancienne Mosquee
Interesting enough in its own right, but this highly aged, unused card has a small ad from the publisher on the back — when Beirut (Lebanon) was in Syria — selling complete sets of post cards comprising Business Life and costumes of Syria and Palestine. We wish we had these sets, but this and a couple of other entries will need to suffice. Grade: 3

Code: 20431014
Price: $4.00
Baalbek, Temple de Jupiter et Bacchus
See our comments for card 20431014. They apply here too, with this old card being significantly aged and stained on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 20431015
Price: $4.00
Baalbek, Details de Frises exterieures du Temple de Bacchus
Our card 20431014 gives you some details. This one, unused, is highly aged and has accumulated staining over many years. Grade: 4

Code: 20431016
Price: $4.00

Total: 13 postcards