Caves – Global Postcard Sales

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Colossal Cave (Arizona)

Petley card K-495 (or 15186) from 1950s, unmailed but with large rubber stamp from travel agency on reverse. Undamaged front. Grade: 4

Code: 32900001
Price: $2.00
La Jolla Caves (California)
Oversized card by Frank S. Balthis, mailed using a postage meter in 1997. Address is on a label. Photo dates from 1987. Minor edge abrasions. Grade: 2

Code: 32900002
Price: $2.50
Wind Cave National Park, calcite (Hot Springs, South Dakota)
Plastichrome card P77593, bought in 1970 and never used. Grade: 2

Code: 32900003
Price: $1.00

Wind Cave stalactites (Black Hills, South Dakota)

A Dexter Press card (53028-B) from the late 1960s, unused but with a small stain on reverse. One would hope this is a timeless view of this part of the Black Hills–but time will tell. Won’t it? Grade: 3

Code: 32900004

Price: $2.50

Wind Cave stalactites (Black Hills, South Dakota)

Batu Caves, 272 steps (Malaysia)

Two cards are available, identical photo but clearly different print runs. One was mailed in 1990 and has two stamps, almost legible postmark, notable aging on reverse, and minor corner abrasion (Grade: 3, $4). The other was mailed in 1991, intact stamp, partial postmark, and a message that goes right over the caption (Grade: 4, $2.50).

Code: 32900005

Price: $4.00

Batu Caves (Malaysia)
Three identical cards, mailed eight years apart. Two are Grade 1 ($5) and one is Grade 2 ($4.50).

Code: 32900006
Price: $5.00
Cave Temple (Ipoh, Malaysia)
Two early 90s mailed cards available, stamp, partial postmark. Grades: 2

Code: 32900007
Price: $4.00
Batu Caves, interior (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Mailed in 1991, with the stamp, but it’s also heavily (and legibly) postmarked. Postmark smudges are also on front, and there is crinkling of the left edge. Grade: 3

Code: 32900009
Price: $4.50
Underwater cave, Sipadan (Malaysia)
Borneo Divers And Sea Sports (Sabah) of Labuan issued a series of oversized (5×7) cards commemorating various areas their customers explore. This one is particularly grim. Card mailed in 1996, has Wilayah Persekutuan stamp, legible postmark, and very minor postal creasing. Grade: 2

Code: 32900010
Price: $9.00
Batu Caves art gallery (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Maybe not “art” in a conventional western sense, but definitely art nonetheless. Nice card mailed in 1985 with three stamps and legible postmark, as well as blue “mel udara” (airmail) sticker affixed. Image of an American postmark on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 32900011
Price: $6.50
Maputi Grotto, in Mt. Hoyo (Congo/Kinshasa)
This would be a perfect card for “guess what this is?” B&W from the 1960s, unused, and issued by the Congolese Tourism Office. Grade: 2

Code: 32900012
Price: $4.00
Grotto of Jiita (Lebanon)
A bit hard to tell up from down in this Oulbenk card but it’s in OK condition apart from minor corner creasing. Mailed in 1972, it has two large stamps but no legible postmark. An airmail sticker partly covers one of the stamps. Grade: 3

Code: 32900013
Price: $5.50
Pigeon’s Rock (Beirut)
Card from mid-1960s, never mailed and in great condition apart from minor abrasion of the corner edges. Reverse is aging normally. Grade: 2

Code: 32900014
Price: $5.00
Maraa Cave (Tahiti)
Evocative yet dark card, slightly stained on upper perimeter and rumpled at corners for having been in an album at some point. Frame this, and dream. From L. Gauthier. Grade: 3

Code: 32900015
Price: $48.00
Clearwater Cave, Mulu (Malaysian Borneo)
From the “longest cave system in Southeast Asia,” at Mulu, in Sarawak, north Borneo, an unused card (Grade: 1, $5). Also one more that was mailed in 1987 with two stamps (Grade: 1, $6).

Code: 32900016
Price: $5.00
Chinese Cave Temple marble quarry (Ipoh, Malaysia)
Nice companion card for 20316062, as this real photo shot was taken about 50 years earlier. Unused card, aged but in great condition though it has a little bit of Japanese calligraphy pencilled on reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 32900017
Price: $14.00
Shoshone Indian Ice Caves (Idaho, USA)
This unused Northwest Curio & Post Card Co. card NCI-29 from the 1960s says this is “one of the largest and most perfect arched lava tubes in existence.” A little bit of aging starting on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 32900018
Price: $1.00
Chin Swee Caves Temple (Malaysia)
This unused card is a little bit dirty on the reverse but the front is excellent. Grade: 2

Code: 32900019
Price: $3.50
Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
S.W. Singapore card K.L. 5506, mailed in 1990 with stamp, basically full postmark, and orange postal barcoding on reverse bottom. Grade: 2

Code: 32900020
Price: $6.00
Batu Caves, Kavadi bearers (Malaysia)
Thaipusam–until and unless it is banned–remains one of the world’s most colourful religious festivals. And this was/is the place to see it, early each year. Unused card, Grade: 1

Code: 32900021
Price: $5.00
Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
This S.W. Singapore card K369 is full of oddities but you need to see the caption on the reverse to find out what they are. Here’s a hint: a five-legged cow. Mailed in 1990, it has a Pahang stamp and nearly complete postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 32900022
Price: $6.50
Luray Caverns (Virginia)
One of a series of unused oversized cards (5.25″ x 6.75″) we are listing. Rounded corners. Grade: 1

Code: 32900023
Price: $2.00
Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Unmailed card but with the message area taken up with a handwritten note. According to the printed caption, “There is a Hindu five legged cow.” The writer–and we–wondered if the cow was still there, and if it was really Hindu. Grade: 4

Code: 32900024
Price: $15.00
Cavern Cascade, Watkins Glen (New York)
Mailed in 1983 with 13-cent stamp and nearly full postmark, this card nicely integrates several of our card categories into one. Grade: 1

Code: 32900025
Price: $3.50
Niah Cave, Miri (Sarawak, Malaysia)
Excellent Borneo postcard with all the right elements in place. It’s S.W. Singapore card MR7482, barely aged, very minor latent creasing, Sarawak stamp and full Kuching postmark from 1991. Hard to get everything right like this. Grade: 1

Code: 32900026
Price: $8.00
Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Yet another view of Kuala Lumpur’s iconic tourist attraction, on S.W. Singapore card KL8105, mailed in 1986 with the stamp but postmark didn’t really make it to the card. Grade: 3

Code: 32900027
Price: $3.00
Mammoth Cave, Drapery Room (Kentucky)
Unused Dexter Press/Petley card DR-50264-D – T-45 that somewhat unusually does not say exactly where Mammoth Cave (or the Drapery Room) is. But we know, and so do you, that it’s in Kentucky. Grade: 1

Code: 32900028
Price: $1.00
Goa Gajah (Bali)
In Bahasa Indonesia, “Elephant Cave.” Both Hindu and Buddhist. Three of these unused, contemporary cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 32900029
Price: $2.00
Qingyun Cave, Nanhia (PRC)(in folio)
This photo shows only the front cover of this unwrapped, unused, and somewhat handled folio. Ten different cards (including one with the cave) are connected by a perforated edge inside. Each card has bilingual Chinese and English captions. Grades: 1

Code: 32900030
Price: $8.00
Estonia
Mailed in 2010 with blue Prioritaire sticker affixed, and a bright yellow stamp fully and readably postmarked. Sorry that we don’t know the name of the cave. Help! Grade: 1

Code: 32900031
Price: $2.00
Mammoth Cave, Echo River (Kentucky)
Unused Curteich-Chicago card 103123-N showing Echo River, 360′ underground. Grade: 3

Code: 32900032
Price: $3.00
Entrance to Mark Twain Cave, Hannibal (Missouri, USA)
Real photo card, written and mailed in 1943. The postmark is there, but the stamp isn’t. One can easily imagine Tom Sawyer running in and out of there. Grade: 4

Code: 32900033
Price: $3.00
Polar Caves, Hanging Rock (Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA)
Unused “local” card 88813 (NH 642). Grade: 3

Code: 32900034
Price: $2.00
Old Man’s Cave, Lower Falls (Logan, Ohio)
Unused “local” card 74350. Mosey along Route 374, follow the trail, and you’ll see the cave and these falls–unless a shopping mall got there before you. Grade: 1

Code: 32900035
Price: $1.00
Trinh Nu Cave, Ha Long Bay (Vietnam)
Mailed from Taipei (not Vietnam!) in 2011 with three Taiwanese stamps and full postmark. Grade: 4

Code: 32900036
Price: $3.00
Craighead Caverns, Lost Sea Waterfall (Tennessee)
Actually Emerald Falls, dropping out of a crevice 700′ inside Craighead Caverns. The card’s caption says that The Lost Sea is the “world’s largest underground lake,” and we wonder if that’s still the case so many years later? Unused Plastichrome card P65655. Grade: 2

Code: 32900037
Price: $2.00
Natural Bridge and cave, Waynesboro (Tennessee)
Elaborate caption on the reverse goes into the whole history, including this view looking through the opening of “the cave”. Unused “local” card S-72966-2, aging. Grade: 3

Code: 32900038
Price: $1.00
Council Cave, Starved Rock State Park (Illinois)
Unused old E.A. Bishop card 112802 (790), in great condition. Grade: 1

Code: 32900039
Price: $3.00
Johnsons Canyon (Canada)
Unused “local” card S-300, showing natural cave and bridge over the pool at the lower falls. Grade: 1

Code: 32900040
Price: $2.00
Vang Vieng, Poukham Cave, blue lagoon (Laos)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 32900041
Price: $8.00

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