Birthday – Global Postcard Sales

Showing 1–40 of 50 postcards

Wishing you a Happy Birthday (USA)
Not postally used, but written and scarred on the reverse. Grade: 5

Code: 40000001
Price: $0.50
To Wish You A Very Bright Birthday
Embossed card not postally used, but briefly written in about 1912. Grade: 4

Code: 40000002
Price: $1.00
Best Birthday Wishes
Embossed old card (Copyright 1909) not postally used but with names at the bottom reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 40000003
Price: $1.00
Birthday Greeting
Unused, embossed, old, aged card. Grade: 4

Code: 40000004
Price: $1.00
To Greet You for a Joyous Birthday
Embossed card, not postally used, but written and stained on the reverse. Grade: 5

Code: 40000005
Price: $0.50
All Birthday Blessings
Embossed card, not postally used, but written on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 40000006
Price: $0.50
Paljon Onnea! (Happy Birthday) (Finland)
Mailed from Italy (not Finland!) in 2012, with two different stamps and full Pisa postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 40000007
Price: $2.00
Hearty Congratulations
Not specifically a birthday card, we put it here anyway–because it could be. Not postally used, either, though with a name pencilled on the reverse. Like most such cards of this vintage, it’s embossed. Grade: 3

Code: 40000008
Price: $1.00
Best Birthday Wishes
Not postally used, but with a name and address rubber-stamped on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 40000009
Price: $0.50
A Joyous Birthday
Embossed card, mailed in USA in 1914 with stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 40000010
Price: $1.00
Birthday Greetings
Very heavily aged card, mailed in 1916 in Kansas with stamp and postmark. Significant postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 4

Code: 40000011
Price: $1.00
Best birthday wishes
The core part of the front of this card, which had been mailed in 1912, is beautiful and undamaged. The glossy roses look very real. A corner of the upper right front margin is missing; for framing, this could be trimmed. The back of the card is a mess so just go with the front. Grade: 5

Code: 40000012
Price: $0.50
Many happy returns
Card mailed in the US as a birthday card in 1911, with stamp and fully legible postmark. If the lower right front corner weren’t missing, this card would have much more value but if you were to frame it, the problem would disappear. Great for bird lovers, and a cute message on reverse! Grade: 4

Code: 40000013
Price: $1.00
Birthday greetings
From early 1900s, written for mailing but most likely hand-delivered. The rose on the front is made of cloth, and were it not for an abrasion on the left front margin, this card would be most beautiful. It still is beautiful, if it is framed properly. Grade: 4

Code: 40000014
Price: $2.00
Birthday Greetings (USA)
Mailed in 1909 but in terrible condition. No stamp. Grade: 5

Code: 40000015
Price: $0.50
Lottery card 2012 – Happy Birthday (PR China)
Unused lottery card with pre-printed postage, issued by China Post. Upper edge is perforated. Grade: 1

Code: 40000016
Price: $3.00
Hartelijk Gefeliciteerd
The writer of this card tells us it’s a birthday card, while the caption on the front, translated from Dutch, means “Congratulations,” but either way, we’re not convinced the photo matches the sentiment. What were they thinking? This looks like an older card, mailed in 2012 from Holland with stamp but no readable postmark. Serrated edges. Grade: 2

Code: 40000017
Price: $1.00
A Happy Birthday
Embossed, unattributed card mailed in 1911 with stamp and full Missouri postmark. Good of kind. Grade: 2

Code: 40000018
Price: $2.00
With Birthday Wishes (USA)
Somewhat austere card, mailed in 1927 from sister to brother with stamp and part of a postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 40000019
Price: $1.00
Glad Greetings
Try to read that text: damned by faint praise, and not the kind of prose we personally would want to receive. This card was not postally used, but in 1926 a long message was written to cover the entire reverse. That message also tells a lot about the era, and all in all this is quite a snapshot of a postcard. Grade is almost irrelevant, but since we must do it: Grade: 4

Code: 40000020
Price: $3.00
Birthday Greetings – white rose, black background
Embossed, very heavily aged old card, not postally used but with a name pencilled on the back. Grade: 3

Code: 40000021
Price: $1.00
Birthday Greetings – pink flowers, white background
Unused Macfarlane Floral Series card, unnumbered. There is a significant crease vertically through the address section. Grade: 4

Code: 40000022
Price: $0.50
Birthday Greetings – roses on brown background
Embossed yet somewhat flimsy card, mailed in 1909 with partly torn stamp and part of the postmark. Grade: 4

Code: 40000023
Price: $1.00
Best Birthday Wishes
Generously embossed card, mailed in 1909 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 40000024
Price: $1.00
Kassel’s birthday card – 1100 years (Germany)
We hope we look this good when we are 1100. The caption is entirely in German, on a card mailed in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and address rubber-stamped. Grade: 1

Code: 40000025
Price: $1.00
A happy Birthday
Ancient embossed card with stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 5

Code: 40000026
Price: $0.50
Birthday Greetings
The postmark on this heavily aged, embossed old card is not quite legible, but the stamp is there–and this card went from Otto to Fred. Grade: 4

Code: 40000027
Price: $1.00
The Birthday Suit (USA)
Quirky image on a card mailed from the USA in 2013 with two stamps and San Diego postmark. Significant postmark transfer on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 40000028
Price: $2.00
A happy Birthday
For half the cost of a Hallmark, you can have this unused German-made, heavily embossed card whose only real flaw is the tiny “1911 H” in the lower right corner. Impress someone! Grade: 3

Code: 40000029
Price: $2.00
Birthday Greeting
Mailed a long time ago in the USA, this heavily embossed card has a 1-cent stamp and cancellation but no message. Grade: 1

Code: 40000030
Price: $1.00
A Happy Birthday (USA)
Unused card of artwork from a lady, a polio patient, who drew this by holding a pencil between her teeth. Grade: 1

Code: 40000031
Price: $1.00
Happy Birthday (USA)
Two of these unused, Abingdon religious cards 318556 are available. Grades: 2

Code: 40000032
Price: $0.50
Happy Birthday (Taiwan)
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 40000033
Price: $1.00
Hongkong Post
The other side shows a cake, postal logo, and Happy Birthday in English and Chinese. Grade: 1

Code: 40000034
Price: $1.00
Birthday Greeting (USA)
Embossed, and mailed in 1923 — stamp and most of the Iowa postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 40000035
Price: $1.00
Hello, Two Year Old
This unused, old postcard has a printed religious message filling the message space. Grade: 1

Code: 40000036
Price: $1.00
Happy Birthday (set of 32) (PR China)
This set of 32 unused cards in a cardboard packet came from China, and several of the cards are bilingual. Our scan shows you the back of the pack, which in turn has 31 thumbnail photos of the contents; and below that, card #32 which is in the set but not in the back graphic. Because this is heavier (and cheaper) than normal, we will need to adjust postage slightly upward. Ask us how much, and we’ll let you know first. Grade: 1

Code: 40000037
Price: $6.00
Every good wish for a Happy Birthday
Ancient (1916) birthday postcard whose ribbon has somehow survived all these years. Not postally used, it has a faint pencilled message between sisters on the back. Grade: 3

Code: 40000038
Price: $2.00
Happy Birthday, Dear Brother (Greece)
You could get this, surprise yours, and let him figure it out? Unused, glossy, aging. Grade: 2

Code: 40000039
Price: $2.00
A happy Birthday
Mailed in 190 something, with stamp and partial postmark. Aged, and quite sturdy. Grade: 1

Code: 40000040
Price: $1.00

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