Animals – Global Postcard Sales

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Porcupine, Lake of the Woods, Ontario
Card dates from 1954 and shows a porcupine near Rainy River, Ontario. Exciting, eh? In excellent condition apart from a travel agency’s stamp on reverse. If you’re really looking for a porcupine postcard, here it is. Grade: 4

Code: 30300001
Price: $0.50
Wildebeeste and Mt. Kilimanjaro
1960s view of Kilimanjaro’s Kibo peak (with snow!). The card with wildebeeste is unused, gently aging on reverse and around the edges, and has an almost imperceptible crease running through it. Picture is not affected. If you want a Mt. Kilimanjaro postcard with snow, here it is. Grade: 3

Code: 30300002
Price: $8.50
Ningaloo Reef, Whale Shark (Australia)
You can snorkel and swim with these massive fish, safely. We haven’t, but we would. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 30300003
Price: $2.00
Elephants (Thailand)
Whoever took this photo, if not the elephants themselves, should be able to retire on royalties from the picture, since it appears on an endless range of postcards bearing slightly different captions and descriptions. Even we have some of them. For the record, this is unused Maekmai card CH.184. Grade: 1

Code: 30300005
Price: $4.00
Panda (3D)
This is a ridged, plastic-covered 3D photo in the size and shape of a postcard but without printing on the reverse, apart from “Made in Japan” and manufacturer’s details. It is meant to be a postcard. Bought in 1980s and never mailed, the front is perfect and the reverse is mottled with age. Grade: 2

Code: 30300007
Price: $3.00
Elephants (Singapore)
Probably not too many elephants wandering the streets of Singapore now. This early 20th cent. B&W card is unused and in superb condition. Grade: 1

Code: 30300008
Price: $34.00
Monkey Working (Thailand)
Unused Maekmai card CH.173. Grade: 1

Code: 30300009
Price: $2.00
Kuching, Semenggoh, Orang Utans (Malaysia)
Unused card 780 from the “Scenes of Sarawak Series”. Grade: 1

Code: 30300013
Price: $2.00
Bouquetin (Ibex)
This winsome animal gazes out from behind a bit of snow on this card, mailed from France in 2006 with five stamps and partial postmarks. Grade: 2

Code: 30300014
Price: $6.00
Camels (Libya)
Card from the 1960s, serrated edges, had been used to protect something else when it was mailed in an envelope. So it is technically “unused” but has major tape marks and dents. Not really better than space filler. Grade: 5

Code: 30300015
Price: $3.00
Leatherback turtle (Malaysia)
We had the good fortune to see these nesting, before human forces got in the way. This card was mailed in 1991 but photo is much earlier. Flashbulbs are technically not allowed now. Stamp and postmark intact. Grade: 1

Code: 30300016
Price: $5.00
Leatherback turtle (Malaysia)
Unusual daylight view of a nesting turtle. Card mailed in 1991, with Selangor stamp but no legible postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 30300017
Price: $4.50
Baby leatherback turtles (Malaysia)
Card mailed in 1991 with commemorative wasp stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 30300018
Price: $4.50
Monkeys send greetings (Thailand)
Two of these 2007-vintage, unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 30300019
Price: $3.00
Elephants bathing (Ceylon)
Card mailed in about 1970, when Sri Lanka was still Ceylon along in harmony. Stamp intact but heavily postmarked. Minor corner abrasions. Grade: 3

Code: 30300020
Price: $5.00
Leatherback turtle (Malaysia)
Three cards are available, mailed in the early 1990s, with stamp and nearly entirely legible postmarks. One has a bit of aging on reverse, and edge abrasions, but OK otherwise (Grade 2, $3.50). The other two are better (Grades: 1, $4.50). Yes, let’s kick the turtle while we’re at it.

Code: 30300021
Price: $4.50
Elephants (Thailand)
Two of these cards are available. One was mailed in 1995 and one in 1996. They are special because in each case the cards have two large se-tenant elephant stamps. Details: one card from 1995 has those two plus one other large stamp, legible postmarks, and no damage. The other, from 1996, has five stamps, heavy postmarking, and basically similar condition. Each one: Grade: 1, $16.

Code: 30300022
Price: $16.00
Leatherback turtle at night (Malaysia)
Turtles at Rantau Abang, once a common sight, sadly no longer. This card was mailed in 1991, with stamp and blurred postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 30300025
Price: $4.00
Deyme, Garonne, Attelage de Boeufs (France)
Attelage, in French, = Coupling. Maybe not the most inspired choice for a postcard — personally we might have wanted to receive a city view instead — but this real-photo card was mailed in 1953, has its stamp and two postmarks, and almost begs you to walk behind and plow the field. Grade: 1

Code: 30300026
Price: $3.00
Turkey Run State Park (Indiana, USA)
Two of these unused Curteichcolor (9CK2579) cards are available. They date from the 1960s and apart from very gentle aging on reverse, are in fine shape. Grades: 1 ($4.50), 2 ($4)

Code: 30300028
Price: $4.50
Good Day Squirrel!
Unused card from Romanian photographer Eugen Mihai. Grade: 1

Code: 30300029
Price: $1.00
Buffalo statue (USA)
This unused 1970s card is perfect for your growing collection of old buffalos. Has index # S-79270 and also #175, and it’s aging on reverse but otherwise undamaged. Grade: 1

Code: 30300030
Price: $3.00
Friends Forever (Norway)
And not just in Norway, either. From Nordkapp, an unused and oversized (4-1/2″ x 7-7/8″) card of Common Seals. Grade: 1

Code: 30300031
Price: $4.00
Camels (Jordan)
How is it that we have cards of camels from so many different countries? Well, here’s another. Unused, dating from mid-1970s, aging and slightly stained reverse but excellent front. Grade: 2

Code: 30300032
Price: $4.50
Camels (Libya)
Authentic unused card from 1960s but it has a hole punched through it. Grade: 5

Code: 30300033
Price: $1.00
Elephant (Tanzania)
Basically, the classic East African scene. Unused card from 1960s. Grade: 1

Code: 30300034
Price: $5.00
Koala (Australia)
Card was mailed in 1989, with two stamps and full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 30300036
Price: $4.50
Kaohsiung Medical University – fauna (Taiwan)
Here’s a set of 12 unused cards from Kaohsiung Medical University. We’re not certain what prompted these, but all but one have Latin (scientific) names on the reverse, along of course with Chinese. Six show seashells; four show birds; one is an insect (the golden-spotted tiger beetle, to be exact), and one — it’s in the upper left of our scan, we have no idea what that is. A few of the cards have small stickers on the lower right reverse, possibly correcting an error made in the text of what also shows without stickers on the remaining cards. Having said all that, we have four sets available, all Grade: 1

Code: 30300038
Price: $9.00
Kangaroo
The iconic Australia subject — well, one of them — for a postcard. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 30300039
Price: $2.00
Australian wildlife
Two of these new, unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 30300040
Price: $3.50
Donkey (Canary Islands)
We are so isolated over here in Hong Kong that we don’t know if this is supposed to be a comic card or not. In any event, it was not postally mailed but the entire reverse is written over with a message. Grade: 4

Code: 30300042
Price: $3.00
Crab (Indonesia)
The caption writers had a little problem with English but those crabs are formidable nonetheless. Unused, modern card. Grade: 1

Code: 30300044
Price: $4.00
Elephants (Viet Nam)
Unused card. Grade: 2

Code: 30300045
Price: $3.00
Minnesota State Bird
Ah, that Minnesota sense of humor. Yup. There’s also a large artwork of a mosquito printed on the reverse. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 30300047
Price: $1.00
Wall Drug dinosaur (South Dakota)
It’s a brontosaurus in this 1960’s unused Dexter Press card 91409-B. Grade: 1

Code: 30300049
Price: $3.00
Cockfighting (Bali)
A little gratuitous violence on this peaceful island. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 30300051
Price: $4.00
Monkeys (Alas Kedaton, Bali)
There are indeed lots of monkeys at Alas Kedaton. Somewhere out in this wide world, there’s a postcard collector who specializes in monkey cards. This one’s for you. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 30300052
Price: $3.00
Koala (San Diego Zoo)
Unused card 0DK-441. Grade: 1

Code: 30300054
Price: $1.00
Camels
We’re pretty sure this unmailed card came from Libya though it doesn’t say so. Significant tape marks on reverse, and some stains on the front. Grade: 4

Code: 30300055
Price: $1.00
Rhinos
Rhinos doing what rhinos do. Unused American card from 1981. Grade: 2

Code: 30300056
Price: $5.00

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