Total: 40 postcards

  • An Eskimo Family

    Unattributed, unused card with an extensive (English) caption and the very high likelihood the card was meant to be mailed within the USA.  Even so … Grade: 3

    Code: 20715001

    Price: $2.00

    An Eskimo Family

  • Musk Oxen in North-east Greenland

    Unused card G513 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1 

    Code: 20715003

    Price: $4.00

    Musk Oxen in North-east Greenland

  • Harvesting and baling hay in South Greenland

    Unused card G512 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715004

    Price: $7.00

    Harvesting and baling hay in South Greenland

  • Postie at work in Ilulissat, West Greenland

    Unused card G505 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715005

    Price: $8.00

    Postie at work in Ilulissat, West Greenland

  • The Coal Mine in Quillissat 1942-72

    Unused card G503 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1 

    Code: 20715007

    Price: $4.00

    The Coal Mine in Quillissat 1942-72

  • Greenlandic Children at play

    Unused card G502 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715008

    Price: $5.00

    Greenlandic Children at play

  • Christmas in South Greenland

    Unused card G501 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715009

    Price: $8.00

    Christmas in South Greenland

  • Cattle in South Greenland

    Unused card G499 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715010

    Price: $6.00

    Cattle in South Greenland

  • Hunting trip at Narsaq, South Greenland

    Unused card G543 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715015

    Price: $7.00

    Hunting trip at Narsaq, South Greenland

  • Seal hunting at Kullorsuaq, NW Greenland

    Unused card G542 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715016

    Price: $7.00

    Seal hunting at Kullorsuaq, NW Greenland

  • Cargo ship “Pajuttaat” off the coast of Uummannaq

    Unused card G535 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715017

    Price: $9.00

    Cargo ship “Pajuttaat” off the coast of Uummannaq

  • The Black Angel Mine at Maarmorilik, 1973-90

    Unused card G533 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715018

    Price: $9.00

    The Black Angel Mine at Maarmorilik, 1973-90

  • The Lead Mine at Mestersvig, 1956-63

    Unused card G532 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715019

    Price: $8.00

    The Lead Mine at Mestersvig, 1956-63

  • Rhodiola rosea, South Greenland

    We thought this was just another flower until we looked it up, and found this online:  “Rhodiola rosea is a Traditional Chinese Medicine and Scandinavian herb touted to promote physical/cognitive vitality. … In regards to fatigue, rhodiola appears to be able to significantly reduce the effects of prolonged and minor physical exhaustion.”  We suppose, being here in Hong Kong, we should have known that.  Unused card G528 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715021

    Price: $7.00

    Rhodiola rosea, South Greenland

  • The Vilhelm Lynge Choir singing at Igaliku, South Greenland

    Unused card G527 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715022

    Price: $4.00

    The Vilhelm Lynge Choir singing at Igaliku, South Greenland

  • The Inngeratsiler Choir at Sermilik Fjord

    Unused card G526 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715023

    Price: $4.00

    The Inngeratsiler Choir at Sermilik Fjord

  • Twin Otter

    Unused card G522 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715024

    Price: $9.00

    Twin Otter

  • Bell 206 Jet Ranger (OY-HAU)

    From a Danish online register, we found this:  “(SE-HEK), OY-HAU, TF-HHD, crashed 14.9.1997 Kalfeyranfjoll at Hamarsfjorδur”.  Unused card G496 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715027

    Price: $9.00

    Bell 206 Jet Ranger (OY-HAU)

  • Sikorsky S61N (OY-HAH)

    The aircraft was built in 1968, and our online sources simply say that it was de-registered in 2000.  Unused card G495 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715028

    Price: $8.00

    Sikorsky S61N (OY-HAH)

  • Greenlandair, Douglas DC-6B

    Unused card G494 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715029

    Price: $9.00

    Greenlandair, Douglas DC-6B

  • HM Queen Margrethe II

    Unused card G478 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715032

    Price: $4.00

    HM Queen Margrethe II

  • Naomi Uemura, Narsarsuaq Airport, August 1978

    For the full story of this famous Japanese adventurer, check your search engine.  Unused card G475 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715033

    Price: $2.00

    Naomi Uemura, Narsarsuaq Airport, August 1978

  • Dog sled teams

    Unused card G472 from Post Greenland, no caption.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715034

    Price: $8.00

    Dog sled teams

  • 70th birthday of HM the Queen Margrethe II

    Unused card G446 from Post Greenland.  The photo would then have been taken in roughly 2010.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715035

    Price: $4.00

    70th birthday of HM the Queen Margrethe II

  • Greenland Connect: The submarine cable

    Unused card G458 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

     

    Code: 20715036

    Price: $9.00

    Greenland Connect: The submarine cable

  • Greenlandic Cartoons II: Buuarsikkut (Boas & Co.)

    Unused card G448 from Post Greenland.  Google Translate doesn’t handle Greenland’s indigenous language yet, but the card makes its point clearly.  The Danish part is easy to make out even if you don’t speak Danish.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715037

    Price: $4.00

    Greenlandic Cartoons II: Buuarsikkut (Boas & Co.)

  • Flag

    To be specific, “25th anniversary of the flag of Greenland “Erfalasorput” (Our Flag) 1st May 2010″.  Unused card G447 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715038

    Price: $4.00

    Flag

  • Christmas in Greenland A

    Unused card G434 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715039

    Price: $8.00

    Christmas in Greenland A

  • Greenlandic Gold. Nalunaq Harbour, South Greenland

    Unused card G432 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715040

    Price: $9.00

    Greenlandic Gold. Nalunaq Harbour, South Greenland

  • Himantolophus groenlandicus

    A face that only a mother could love.  Wikipedia tells us “The Atlantic footballfish, also known as the man-gobbler, is an anglerfish found in extreme depths of the ocean. Despite its name, this species lives in all oceans, but is primarily found in cold and temperate regions.”  Wikipedia goes on to say it is “of little food value,” which is just as well, because imagine seeing this on your table for Sunday dinner?  Unused card G431 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1 

    Code: 20715041

    Price: $4.00

    Himantolophus groenlandicus

  • Greenlandic Comics 1

    We put the first two words of text (Tutineq Siulleq!) into Google for help, and what we can take from that is that this refers to something special, but we didn’t dig further.   Unused card G423 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1 

    Code: 20715042

    Price: $4.00

    Greenlandic Comics 1

  • International Polar Year. Urbanization.

    Unused card G382 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715043

    Price: $9.00

    International Polar Year. Urbanization.

  • International Polar Year. Ice Core Drilling and Climatic Change

    Unused card G381 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715044

    Price: $9.00

    International Polar Year. Ice Core Drilling and Climatic Change

  • Kap Kobenhavn

    Unused card G368 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715045

    Price: $7.00

    Kap Kobenhavn

  • Air Greenland (OY-GRN)

    OY-GRN is an Airbus A330-223 and–as of this typing anyway–still in active use, mostly between Copenhagen and Greenland.  Unused card G323 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715046

    Price: $8.00

    Air Greenland (OY-GRN)

  • Coats of Arms / Shields

    Unused card G322 from Post Greenland.  There’s no additional caption.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715047

    Price: $8.00

    Coats of Arms / Shields

  • Kunuk Platou, 2003

    Unused card G318 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715048

    Price: $5.00

    Kunuk Platou, 2003

  • Qajartortup iluliaq avaqqukkaa

    Unused card BET138/00 from Post Greenland, captioned in Greenlandic and Danish.  But in English it would be “Kayaker rounds iceberg.”  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715050

    Price: $7.00

    Qajartortup iluliaq avaqqukkaa

  • Magga Karlsen costume

    Unused card BET 143/01 from Post Greenland, captioned in Greenlandic and Danish.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20715051

    Price: $3.00

    Magga Karlsen costume

  • Dancer in traditional dress

    Unused card BET 140/00 from Post Greenland, unwritten but heavily finger-smudged on the reverse.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20715053

    Price: $4.00

    Dancer in traditional dress

Total: 40 postcards