Automobiles – Global Postcard Sales

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1930 Franklin, Model 145 Convertible Coupe (USA)
Unused 1971 card from the Long Island Auto Museum. Grade: 1

Code: 40200001
Price: $2.00
1938 Bugatti Type 57C
Unused 1971 card from the Long Island Auto Museum. Grade: 1

Code: 40200002
Price: $2.00
1954 Hudson Hornet (USA)
This 4-3/4″ x 6-1/2″ card was mailed from USA in 2012, with two stamps, unreadable postmark, and address label taped on. Grade: 4

Code: 40200003
Price: $3.00
Wanderlust autos
From a series of cards, this one mailed in 2012 from USA with stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 40200004
Price: $2.00
Trabant
The famed G.D.R. car lives on in this 6″ square B&W postcard mailed from Poland in 2012 with two large stamps, a blue Priorytet label, and multiple postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 40200005
Price: $4.00
Garage
We’re not quite sure what the point is. Mailed in 1914, the stamp is there along with father’s message to Marnie that they killed a frog last Friday. Grade: 3

Code: 40200006
Price: $1.00
Citroen 2cv Prototype
Not postally used, but with message fully taking up the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 40200007
Price: $0.50
1957 Pontiac Safari (USA)
The USPS issued this card, with pre-printed 27-cent postage on the reverse (like a maximum card, but not quite), to which the sender added another $1.05 stamp. It was mailed, and there’s the barcoding to prove it, but no postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 40200008
Price: $2.00
Novo Peugeot 208 (Portugal)
Google translates “Pagas-me a gasosa?” as “Buy me a soda?” OK. Unused Portuguese ad card. Grade: 1

Code: 40200009
Price: $2.00
125 Jaar Autoreclame (Netherlands)
There was an exhibition at the Louwman Museum in The Hague, celebrating 125 years of automobile advertising. The caption on the back is long and all in Dutch, but somehow doesn’t identify this car as a famous American flop, the Edsel. Mailed in 2012 with stamp and postmark. Some postmark ink smudging on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 40200010
Price: $4.00
1966 Falcon Futura (USA)
The model may be long gone, but the manufacturer and the postcard live on. We have six of these unused cards. Grades: 1

Code: 40200011
Price: $3.00
1917 Cunningham “Boattail” Speedster (USA)
Unused card from the Briggs Cunningham Automotive Museum in Costa Mesa, California. Grade: 1

Code: 40200012
Price: $1.00
1926 Bentley 3-Litre “Speed Model”
Unused card from the Briggs Cunningham Automotive Museum in Costa Mesa, California. Grade: 1

Code: 40200013
Price: $1.00
1933 Bugatti Type 55 “Supersport”
Unused card from the Briggs Cunningham Automotive Museum in Costa Mesa, California. Grade: 1

Code: 40200014
Price: $1.00
The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Mannheim Benz 1905-1909 (Dearborn, Michigan)
Mailed with 3-cent stamp but incomplete postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 40200015
Price: $1.00
1914 Simplex Model “F” Replica
Unused card from the Briggs Cunningham Automotive Museum in Costa Mesa, California. Grade: 1

Code: 40200016
Price: $1.00
Ford Rotunda, Dearborn (Michigan)
Unused Dexter Press card 68964 of what was then “The world’s largest privately-owned display building”. There is significant blue smudging on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 40200017
Price: $1.00
Onze Auto’s (Netherlands)
Mailed in 2012 with four stamps, two stickers, one Priority label, and postmark, along with some postal creasing. Grade: 3

Code: 40200018
Price: $1.00
Ford Motor Company, Central Office Building, Dearborn (Michigan)
Unused, unattributed card (issued by Ford, though), with some smudging and abrasion on both sides. Grade: 3

Code: 40200019
Price: $1.00
PIXAR, Cars 2
Card HEDY-464 from the Heart Art Collection, made in and posted from Japan with two stamps, postmark, and trilingual air mail label. Grade: 1

Code: 40200020
Price: $5.00
Spyker (Netherlands)
Mailed in 2013 with three stamps, Priority label, and red rubber stamp mark. Postmark is clear. Grade: 2

Code: 40200021
Price: $2.00
US 66 Highway Shield
Reverse caption explains something of the where (Oklahoma) and why. The 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card was mailed in 2013, with two stamps, readable postmark, and airmail and address labels affixed. Grade: 4

Code: 40200022
Price: $3.00
Granada 4-Dr European Sports Sedan (USA)
Card mailed from a Ford dealership in Oregon to a customer who had recently had his car serviced. Nine-cent stamp and illegible postmark are there, along with some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 40200023
Price: $2.00
Autostack with Ice Cream
This is the title of the painting by Jeremy Dickinson, oil and acrylic on canvas, made in Poland. The 5-1/8″ x 7-1/8″ card was mailed from Finland in 2013 with an unusual stamp, and Turku postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 40200024
Price: $2.00
Daytona International Speedway (Florida, USA)
Mailed with a round “Global Forever” stamp in 2013 with postmark and barcoding at the bottom reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 40200025
Price: $2.00
1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (Netherlands)
An official Mercedes-Benz ad card, somewhat flimsy and with postal ink smudging on the front. Mailed from Netherlands in 2013 with three stamps and Priority label. Grade: 3

Code: 40200026
Price: $2.00
Precision Tune Auto Care (Portugal)
Mailed from Portugal in 2013, this ad card has one very large “Monserrate” stamp and postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 40200027
Price: $1.00
VW Bus
The photo shows this Volkswagen bus to be in Japan, though the unused and uncaptioned card was made in China, for sale there. Grade: 1

Code: 40200028
Price: $1.00
Volkswagen Beetle
Quirky entry, this VW Beetle with California license plate on an unused card made in China, for sale there, and with all that text on the front. Grade: 1

Code: 40200029
Price: $1.00
Port Arthur (Australia), Maximum Card
Due to the card’s design, it’s easy to miss that this is a September 2012 Maximum Card, additionally with postage pre-paid in the normal stamp area. Orange postal barcoding on the reverse, and mailed in 2013. Grade: 2

Code: 40200030
Price: $8.00
FT-86 II concept
Mailed from the Czech Republic in 2013 with three stamps and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 40200031
Price: $2.00
Citroen Italiana c1934
Mailed from Netherlands with stamp, postmark, and address label taped on. Grade: 4

Code: 40200032
Price: $1.00
Cadillac Ranch (Texas)
One of the most local cards you’ll ever find. This one measures 4-3/4″ x 6-7/8″ and might have come out of a set. It might also appeal to you Route 66 postcard fans out there. The caption explains everything about this outdoor art installation. Mailed from Houston in 2013 with Global Forever stamp and two overlapping but readable postmarks. Grade: 2

Code: 40200033
Price: $3.00
Reno, multiple views (Nevada) (0233)
Unused card 0233 with Street Vibrations, Hot August Nights, Reno Air Races, and the Great Reno Balloon Race. Grade: 1

Code: 40200034
Price: $2.00
Novo Peugeot 208 XY (Portugal)
Ad card, mailed from Portugal in 2013 with three stamps and faint postmark. Some postal creasing, minor. Grade: 2

Code: 40200035
Price: $2.00
Juha Kankkunen, Rally World Champion (Maximum Card) (Finland)
Unused Maximum Card no. 27, issued on 10 May 1995. Grade: 1

Code: 40200036
Price: $7.00
1967 Rambler American
Unused card, heavily speckled on the back, issued by American Motors, the maker of the now-defunct Rambler. Grade: 3

Code: 40200037
Price: $3.00
1913 Lozier, for Otto J. Wilson (Oregon, USA)
Otto J. Wilson Buick of Salem, Oregon, mailed postcards of different antique cars to customers whose tune-ups were due, hoping to sell new cars as well. This particular card, with its pre-printed message, went out with a postage meter in 1969. Grade: 1

Code: 40200038
Price: $4.00
1910 Overland, for Otto J. Wilson Buick (USA)
See our entry 40200038. Distinct differences: (A) message style, and (B) this card wasn’t mailed. Grade: 1

Code: 40200039
Price: $4.00
1909 Overland, for A.B. Smith Chevrolet (Oregon, USA)
See our entry 40200038. Distinct differences: (A) message style is like 40200039, (B) this card wasn’t mailed, and (C) it’s for a Chevrolet dealer, not Otto’s Buick. Grade: 1

Code: 40200040
Price: $4.00

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