Bridges (not covered) – Global Postcard Sales

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Lake Washington Floating Bridge
Unused Dexter Press card 43430-B from the 1960s. Grade: 2

Code: 32600001
Price: $1.00
Golden Gate Bridge, night
Bridges figure so prominently in postcards from San Francisco. By now, things have gotten more creative. Let’s see what we can do with descriptions as we move forward … This is an unmailed Plastichrome 5P29942 card from the 1960s, as-new. Grade: 1

Code: 32600002
Price: $2.50
Golden Gate Bridge, sunset (San Francisco)
The bridge, another sunset. This Mark Gibson Fotopage SF103 postcard was mailed in 1986, two stamps, one full postmark, a little aging, and minor corner creasing. The sun sets on this 4-1/2″ x 6-1/2″ card! Grade: 3

Code: 32600003
Price: $2.00
Coronado Bridge, San Diego (California)
Unused James Blank MA-519 contemporary card. Grade: 1

Code: 32600004
Price: $1.50
Golden Gate Bridge
This Smith Novelty Co. card E-93 by Ken Glaser was published and mailed in 1988, internationally, and has five stamps and full postmark. Together with red air-mail rubber stamp on reverse, it rates Grade: 2

Code: 32600005
Price: $2.50
Golden Gate Bridge, sunset
Yes, the Bridge again! This 4-7/8″ x 6″ card was mailed in 1989 with four stamps and a fully legible postmark. Some postal creasing vertically through the middle of the card. The name San Francisco is in white letters on a light gray background at the bottom. Grade: 3

Code: 32600006
Price: $2.00
Golden Gate Bridge, late afternoon
Around the world: designed in USA, printed in Korea, bought in San Francisco and mailed from Taiwan to Hong Kong, with two Taiwan stamps and partly readable postmark. The card survived nicely, is undamaged, and can be yours! Grade: 3

Code: 32600007
Price: $3.00
Golden Gate Bridge
Unmailed card from 1950s, Mike Roberts C4705, near-perfect front, but reverse has a travel agency’s rubber stamp on it. Grade: 4

Code: 32600008
Price: $1.50
Bay Bridge, sunset (San Francisco)
At least one of the variables on this card is different: it’s not the Golden Gate Bridge! Nice on the front, this 1958 Mike Roberts card C4706 is unmailed but has a black rubber stamp from the travel agency on reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 32600009
Price: $1.50
Bay Bridge, San Francisco-Oakland
Linen postcard, Nature Tone Views, ca. mid-1940s. Card 43690 issued by Scenic View Card Co., unused, aging, and typical of the era. Grade: 1

Code: 32600011
Price: $4.50
Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco)
Linen Nature Tone Views card, ca. mid-1940s. Issued by Scenic View Card 43682, unused, aging, and typical of the era although at least it has people in it. Grade: 1

Code: 32600012
Price: $4.50
Bay Bridge and skyline, San Francisco
Unused linen card #44 from Pictorial Wonderland, also with number 6A-H2754, ca. mid-1940s. Issued by Stanley A. Piltz. Aging a bit, and typical of the era. Grade: 2

Code: 32600013
Price: $4.50
San Francisco and Oakland
Vintage linen card with attributions to J.K. Piggott Co., and Tichnor Quality Views, also Photo Moulin 67463. Captions top and bottom on the front, and on the back. Unused, heavily aged. Grade: 3

Code: 32600014
Price: $4.50
Golden Gate Bridge, sunset
All the requisite elements of a San Francisco postcard! Smith Novelty card E-314, published in 1988 and mailed internationally in 1989, with two stamps and full postmark plus red air-mail rubber stamp. Heavily written. Grade: 1

Code: 32600015
Price: $2.00
San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge
Unused Nature Tone View card 49254, a bit more primitive than most in design. Grade: 1

Code: 32600016
Price: $2.50

M.I.T. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Nice unused Tichnor Brothers, Lockwood Studios, Lusterchrome card K-5608 (sounds like the opening credits for a movie, doesn’t it?) from the mid-1960s, showing Harvard Bridge and lots of smokestacks. Grade: 1

Code: 32600017

Price: $3.50

Lake Ponchartrain Causeway (Louisiana, USA)
An extraordinary photo in its simplicity. Unused Crocker card GLR-363 from the 1960s. The Causeway was billed as the world’s longest bridge, at 23.83 miles, with eight miles of the bridge out of the sight of land. Grade: 1

Code: 32600018
Price: $2.00
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Unused card K-2844 from Delaware Candy & Tobacco Service (let’s assume at least that name has been changed by now, if not more) in the 1960s. At the time, the card says this bridge was the third longest in the world. Now? Not sure. Grade: 1

Code: 32600019
Price: $1.00
Duluth-Superior Hi Bridge (USA)
Honestly we do not know if we are looking towards Duluth (Minnesota) or Superior (Wisconsin) but the card tells us that this is a “Dramatic Nite View of the Hi Bridge Connecting” those two. Card was mailed in 1993 with two 29-cent tulip stamps and a full St. Paul postmark, and because the card was published in MN and not WI, we place it in MN. Grade: 2

Code: 32600020
Price: $2.00
Brooklyn Bridge
The view is somewhat generic but the real value is in the writer’s message, nicely understated. Mailed in 1986 with two 22-cent Reticulated Helmet shell stamps. Indistinct USPS imprints on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 32600021
Price: $3.00
Ambassador Bridge, Windsor (Canada)
Night view with the Detroit skyline behind. Plastichrome card P56441 was never mailed and is in very good condition front and back. A small dark area in upper left front seems to be part of original photo. Grade: 1

Code: 32600022
Price: $5.50
George Washington Bridge
Unused Dexter Press card DR-70333-B (and NY-4) from the 1960s. Grade: 1

Code: 32600023
Price: $2.00
Brooklyn Bridge
This card of the Brooklyn Bridge was issued by American Airlines, and by the looks of the postage meter, it was given to cabin crew to mail in 1955. Front is normally aged; reverse has a travel agency’s rubber stamp. Grade: 4

Code: 32600024
Price: $3.00
John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge (Grand Forks, ND)
Two of these unused cards from the 1960s are available, with identical photos on the fronts but very very minor differences on the backs. Both are Curteichcolor / Gaulke News Agency card 4DK-1366. One is printed in green and does not say “Printed in Ireland.” The other is printed in black, and does. Grades: 1

Code: 32600025
Price: $2.00
Sorlie Bridge (Grand Forks, ND)
A bridge that survives floods. Unmailed card but with travel agent’s rubber stamp on reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 32600026
Price: $1.00
Newport Bridge
Mailed from Providence, RI in 1991 with a torn 40-cent Lillian M. Gilbreth stamp, this card of New England’s longest suspension bridge (is it still?) also notes the “rarely photographed primary and secondary rainbow.” Grade: 4

Code: 32600028
Price: $3.00
Walnut Street Bridge, Green Bay (Wisconsin)
Walnut Street Bridge is in the lower foreground. The card was mailed in 1975, with postmark and 8-cent Eisenhower stamp. Creased lower left front corner. Grade: 3

Code: 32600029
Price: $2.00
Ogan Bridge, Palembang (Indonesia)
This card was mailed sometime in the late 1980s, with its stamp and most of a postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 32600030
Price: $8.50
Sanjo Grand Bridge (Kyoto, Japan)
Sturdy, high-quality card mailed in 1982 with three stamps. Grade: 1

Code: 32600031
Price: $6.00
Multi-arch bridge in Chinese Gardens, Jurong (Singapore)
This card was mailed in 1977 with stamp, full postmark, and affixed airmail sticker. Serrated edges, and some postmark smudging on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 32600032
Price: $4.00
Cam Kim bamboo bridge (Hoi An, Vietnam)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 32600033
Price: $3.00
Pagoda Bridge, Hoi An (Vietnam)
Three different stamps, three postmarks, one blue rubber “Par Avion/May Bay” stamp and a faint orange postal bar code co-exist on this card mailed in 1997. It’s nice. Grade: 2

Code: 32600034
Price: $9.00
Taipa Bridge (Macau)
Three of these cards from the 1970s are available. Two are unused, aging slightly and with minor edge abrasions (Grades: 2, $22). The other was mailed in 1979 with three different stamps and two almost-readable postmarks (Grade: 2, $32).

Code: 32600035
Price: $22.00
Causeway (Malaysia/Singapore)
Two cards available. One was mailed in 1990, with Sarawak stamp and legible postmark (Grade: 1, $5). The other was mailed in 1991 and also has a Johor stamp but heavily smudged postmark and a bit of smudging on front also. Get this while it’s hot, especially if the two governments make good on their plan to have a second causeway (Grade: 3, $4).

Code: 32600037
Price: $5.00
Johor Baru, Causeway at night (Malaysia)
Two of these are available, mailed five years apart. The one from 1986 has Selangor stamp and near-full postmark, also some white correction fluid on reverse and some aging. The one from 1991 was stamped for mailing but machine missed it. Grades: 3

Code: 32600038
Price: $4.00
Johor, Causeway, night (Malaysia)
Two cards are available. One was written for mailing but then put in an envelope (Grade: 4, $3.50). The other was mailed in 1991, has Johor stamp and partial postmark, and a crease in upper right front corner (Grade: 3, $3.50).

Code: 32600039
Price: $3.50
Penang Bridge, night (Malaysia)
Dark night time-lapse view. Card mailed in 1986, just a year after bridge opened. Stamp intact, and fully legible postmark. Some white correction fluid on reverse. Very minor edge abrasion. Grade: 3

Code: 32600040
Price: $4.00
Penang Bridge span (Malaysia)
Picture must have been taken soon after bridge opened–cars could stop on it then. Two cards are available, both mailed in 1990. One, with full stamp/postmark, is Grade 1 ($5.50) and the other just has less of a postmark (Grade: 2, $4.50).

Code: 32600041
Price: $5.50
Penang Bridge onramp
After the postcard folks felt they had enough photos of the main span … anyway, this card was mailed in Sabah–far from Penang–in 1991, with Sabah stamp and partial postmarks. Grade: 2

Code: 32600042
Price: $4.00
Penang Bridge, night
Pulau Pinang stamp and full postmark. Creased upper left front corner. Grade: 2

Code: 32600043
Price: $4.00

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