Amusement Parks (not Disney) – Global Postcard Sales

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Busch Gardens, Loch Ness Monster, Williamsburg (Virginia)
Billed as the “fastest, highest, longest steel coaster in the world,” at least when the card was printed, The Loch Ness Monster would definitely qualify as one we would watch from the ground. The card has one perforated edge, indicating it had been in a set. Mailed in the late 1980s, with one 33-cent stamp and airmail sticker, but indistinct postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 31800004
Price: $2.00
Busch Gardens, LeScoot-Flume, Williamsburg (Virginia)
Perforated edge, so part of a set. The LeScoot-Flume ride “re-creates the thrills and excitement of a French-Canadian logging camp.” Card mailed in 1987 from Washington, with 33-cent Verville stamp and USPS airmail sticker. Grade: 2

Code: 31800005
Price: $2.00
Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia (California)
This card, issued by the amusement park in 1986, made its way to Malaysia where it was mailed in 1990. It has a Malaysian stamp and full postmark, and has survived quite well. Grade: 3

Code: 31800008
Price: $3.50
Fairgrounds (Japan)
From the presence of the general public, we’re thinking this might be a military fairground or display area of some sort. If you can read Japanese, you’ll know right away. Unused card. Grade: 2

Code: 31800010
Price: $12.00
Souvenir folder of Ocean Park, Venice/Santa Monica (California)
It’s a nice accordion folder of 20 different views, if you count the front and reverse covers. Published by Western Publishing & Novelty, probably in the early 1900s, it was designed for mailing but never mailed. A bit abraded after much handling but it’s all in one piece, never repaired, and quite nice for evoking those happy days. Grade: 2

Code: 31800015
Price: $19.00
Hunt’s Pier, Wildwood-by-the-Sea (New Jersey)
Mailed in 1972 with 6-cent stamp and full postmark, there’s also some postmark transfer on the front that affects that caption. Grade: 3

Code: 31800023
Price: $1.00
Blackpool (England)
Quite recent card with stamp, blue bilingual airmail sticker affixed, orange postal bar coding, and full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 31800025
Price: $1.50
Ocean Park Amazing Asian Animals, Hong Kong (set of seven)
Two of these unused sets are available, from 2010, each set wrapped in the original pre-printed cellophane as officially issued by Hong Kong Post. Each card has the stamp (with corresponding animal) pre-printed, good for mailing anywhere in the world–if you’re in Hong Kong, that is. Ocean Park is one of Hong Kong’s two iconic amusement parks. Grades: 1

Code: 31800026
Price: $22.00
Marineland of Florida, three trained porpoises
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 31800027
Price: $1.00
Miami Seaquarium, Flippy bowling (Florida)
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC 4572 (65451), aging. Grade: 2

Code: 31800028
Price: $2.00
Miami Seaquarium, double jump
Unused Koppel Color Card FG-98 (88058). Grade: 2

Code: 31800029
Price: $2.00
Miami Seaquarium, Greetings
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC-4242 (43503). Grade: 2

Code: 31800030
Price: $2.00
Miami Seaquarium, main entrance (Florida)
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC-3942 (29040). Grade: 1

Code: 31800031
Price: $1.00
Gulfarium, singing porpoises (Fort Walton, Florida)
Unused. Grade: 2

Code: 31800032
Price: $2.00
Marineland of the Pacific, Zippy
By now this bottle-nosed porpoise has gone on to porpoise heaven, but he lives on in this card. Just for fun, check some of the other dolphin/porpoise cards from Florida and elsewhere. See any similarities? Unused, slightly aging H.S. Crocker card GW-268. Grade: 2

Code: 31800033
Price: $2.00
Marineland of Florida, porpoise rings bell
Unused Color-King card 120325. Grade: 1

Code: 31800034
Price: $1.00
Marineland of Florida, porpoise takes fish
Unused Color-King card 120326. Grade: 1

Code: 31800035
Price: $2.00
Miami Seaquarium, Flipper
Unused Natural Color card FNC 4893 (79895), explaining the TV program that once featured this captive mammal. Grade: 1

Code: 31800036
Price: $3.00
Miami Seaquarium, Corky the porpoise (Florida)
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC 4395 (55217). Grade: 2

Code: 31800037
Price: $2.00
Ft. Lauderdale, Ocean World
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC 5257 (96997). Grade: 1

Code: 31800038
Price: $2.00
St. Petersburg Beach, Aquatarium, porpoise (Florida)
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC5184 (92297). Grade: 1

Code: 31800039
Price: $1.00
St. Petersburg Beach, Aquatarium, trained porpoise (Florida)
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC5198 (92906) of this trained porpoise at the St. Petersburg Beach Aquatarium in Florida. In a classic case of Karma, the Aquatarium closed in the mid-1970s to become the Silver Sands Beach and Racquet Club condo. Grade: 1

Code: 31800040
Price: $1.00
Busch Gardens, lagoon (Florida)
Unused Ward Beckett card T-23a, of this attraction at Anheuser-Busch’s brewery in Tampa. Grade: 3

Code: 31800041
Price: $0.50
Busch Gardens, nesting flamingos (Florida)
Unused Ward Beckett card T-8-B, of “colorful flamingos nesting beside the beautiful lagoon at Busch Gardens, located in Tampa, Florida, at Anheuser-Busch’s forty million-dollar brewery.” Yes, but do they also get free samples? Grade: 2

Code: 31800042
Price: $1.00
Marineland, flamingoes (Florida)
Marineland first opened in 1938 (under a different name) and has gone through more twists and turns than a leaping porpoise since then. Watch your local news for whatever may happen next. Meanwhile, this is an unused Color-King card 120322 showing the world’s first Marine Oceanarium. Grade: 1

Code: 31800043
Price: $1.00
Miami Seaquarium, flamingos (Florida)
Unused and unattributed card (though with index numbers 32503 and MS 11) of Graceful Flamingos feeding. Grade: 1

Code: 31800044
Price: $1.00
Busch Gardens, Geodesic Dome, Tampa (Florida)
Unused Ward Beckett card T-16 of this home of rare and exotic birds at Anheuser-Busch’s scenic attraction. Grade: 2

Code: 31800045
Price: $1.00
Gulfarium, sea lions (Fort Walton Beach, Florida)
Unused Pronto Photos card 113726. Grade: 1

Code: 31800046
Price: $1.00
Aquarium of Niagara Falls (New York)
Unused Dexter Press card 49790-C (69). Grade: 1

Code: 31800047
Price: $3.00
Tivoli Miniature World, St. Peter’s Basilica (Canada)
This unused “local” card 56353-D can be misleading if you don’t pay close attention. Of course if you know the history of Tivoli Miniature World, once near Niagara Falls and which closed in the late 1990s, you won’t need to worry. Grade: 2

Code: 31800048
Price: $5.00
Seafloor Aquarium, Nassau (Bahamas)
Unused card showing “Linus jumping — Herman waiting his turn.” Grade: 1

Code: 31800049
Price: $5.00
Jerudong Park Playground (Brunei)
Unused 5″ x 7″ card of this “state-of-the-art theme park.” Grade: 1

Code: 31800050
Price: $4.00
Linnanmaki Amusement Park, Helsinki (Finland)
Everything you would ever want to see of Helsinki, and–believe it or not–every one of these photos is explained in three languages in the caption on the reverse. Mailed in 2011, the stamp and Priority label are there, but no postmark at all. Grade: 4

Code: 31800051
Price: $5.00
Singapore Flyer (Singapore)
As the caption on this unused 3-3/4″ x 8-1/4″ card says, “The world’s largest observation wheel with a height of 165m (541 ft)”. Grade: 1

Code: 31800052
Price: $5.00
Der Prater, Vienna (Austria)
Mailed in 2011 with stamp and blue Priority label affixed. Abrasion on bottom right front. Grade: 3

Code: 31800053
Price: $1.00
Singapore Discovery Centre
The rest of the caption describes this as “a high-tech and interactive theme park.” Unused 4-1/2″ x 6-1/2″ postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 31800054
Price: $4.00
Ocean Park (Hong Kong)
Unused card, 5-1/8″ x 6-3/4″. Grade: 1

Code: 31800055
Price: $6.00
Willow Grove Amusement Park 1910, Philadelphia
No, the card itself does not date from 1910, just the photo. The card–with two perforated edges, so it was part of a sheet–was mailed in 2012 with two stamps and mostly readable postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 31800056
Price: $0.50
Dream Mall, Kaohsiung (Taiwan)
It’s a shopping center! It’s an amusement park! It’s a card mailed in 2012 with two different stamps, blurry postmark, and pink airmail chop. A little bit of postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 31800057
Price: $4.00
Crystal Arch at Jerudong Park Playground (Brunei)
Unused 5″ x 7″ Paramount Suppliers card PS-11. Grade: 1

Code: 31800058
Price: $4.00

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