Fishing – Global Postcard Sales

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Fisherman
Generic linen Colourpicture card 18393 (and L-107), unused, but with travel agency rubber stamp on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 33400001
Price: $1.00
Hierarchy of Fish (USA)
As the cliche goes, you don’t need to be from Minnesota to appreciate this, but it helps. Officially “The Minnesota Fisherman’s Hierarchy of Fish,” if you can spot the odd one out, you are officially in the club. Two of these unused cards are available. Grade: 1

Code: 33400002
Price: $2.00
The Fishin’s Good, Bob’s Sport Chalet (Minnesota, USA)
We said not many of Bob’s customers would write postcards. We didn’t say none. This card was mailed from St. Paul–far from Bob’s–in 1983 and is aging heavily. It has a legible St. Paul postmark and a 28-cent Scott airmail stamp that is abraded. Grade: 4

Code: 33400003
Price: $0.50
Ice fishing on a lake (Minnesota, USA)
A card from Bob’s, one of the most authentic bait-and-tackle shops in Minnesota, mailed in 1983. St. Paul postmark, 28-cent Scott stamp, a little bit of corner creasing during transit. Grade: 2

Code: 33400004
Price: $1.00
The kind we catch (Canada)
Real or not, the fish is impressive. And it probably is real. Maybe!! Card mailed in 1954 with a stamp and legible postmarks, as well as a rubber stamp from a travel agency on reverse. Serrated edges, some corner creasing. Grade: 4

Code: 33400006
Price: $4.00
West coast fishing village (Malaysia)
Not a beautiful card but typical in its viewpoint. Mailed in Selangor in 1991 with stamp and nearly complete postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 33400007
Price: $3.00
Fishing fleet, Cha-Am (Thailand)

This is a brilliantly vivid and beautiful card, making all others seem almost dim by comparison. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 33400008
Price: $4.00
Fishery on river, Hoi An (Vietnam)
More artistic than informative. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 33400009
Price: $2.00
Fishing village (Kuala Muda, Malaysia)
This used card was stamped for mailing, but there’s no postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 33400010
Price: $4.00
East Coast fishing boats (Malaysia)
Two mailed cards are here. One from 1990 has stamp and mostly legible postmark, clean and nice (Grade: 1, $4). The other from 1991 has a bit of edge buffeting, stamp, full postmark, and also one big stain on reverse (Grade: 4, $2).

Code: 33400011
Price: $4.00
Fishermen at work (Malaysia)
Two cards are available, from early 90s, each Grade 3.

Code: 33400013
Price: $2.00
Mending fishing nets (Malaysia)
Can we all be as happy as this gentleman? Three cards are available. One (Grade: 4, $3.50) was never mailed but has a message on reverse; front is OK. One (Grade: 3, $3.50) has stamp but no legible postmark. One (Grade: 4, $3.50) has stamp but someone used a pen to cancel that stamp.

Code: 33400014
Price: $3.50
Pangkor, idle fishing boats (Malaysia)
Two cards are available. One was mailed in 1994, with nice commemorative stamp and partly legible postmark (Grade: 2) and the other in 1991 with a commemorative “wasp” stamp but illegible postmark (Grade: 2).

Code: 33400015
Price: $3.50
Pangkor, fishing village (Malaysia)
Two cards are available. One was mailed in 1996, has the stamp and fully legible postmark (Grade: 1, $5) and the other in similar condition from 1993 with two stamps, full postmark, and blue airmail sticker affixed (Grade: 1, $6).

Code: 33400016
Price: $5.00
Fishing village (Kukup, Malaysia)
Mailed in 1990 and clean on the front, with slightly scrunched stamp and mostly legible postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 33400017
Price: $4.00

Cartoonist Lat, fishing (Malaysia)

Cards of this series from this famous Malaysian cartoonist were meant to be cut from a larger sheet, and so they were. This one was mailed in 1991, with Terengganu stamp, and partly legible postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 33400018

Price: $3.00

Fishermen, Penang (Malaysia)
Unused Abdul Majeed card 88.100.183 273 299. Grade: 1

Code: 33400019
Price: $3.00
Fishing in Trengganu (Malaysia)
Mailed in 1991 with Perak stamp and full postmark, this card also has some ink smudging on the front. Sorry about this scan, we’ll fix it later. Grade: 3

Code: 33400020
Price: $3.50
Fishermen at work (Malaysia)
Two early 90s cards, one with a Penang stamp, and one with a commemorative “wasp” stamp, each with legible postmark. The one with the Penang stamp is Grade 1 ($4); the other has a small scrape on one front margin, so is Grade 2 ($3.50).

Code: 33400021
Price: $4.00
Monrovia view (Liberia)
This view of fishermen and the True Whig Building along the Mesurado River was mailed in 1975 and has two large stamps, but the postmark only barely registered on one of them. Corners show minor abrasion, but otherwise no damage. Grade: 2

Code: 33400024
Price: $8.00
Whaling industry (Durban, South Africa)
This unused real photo card has faded badly. You can’t see detail in this photo but the card itself is somewhat clearer. And, yes, we know whales are not fish. But where else to put this? Grade: 4

Code: 33400025
Price: $6.00
Boys of Winter (Minnesota)
Unused card from 2008, amusing but not comical in the Minnesota context! Grade: 1

Code: 33400027
Price: $2.00
Fisherman’s Wharf (San Francisco)
This 1958 view seems oddly uncommercial. A Mike Roberts card (C4240), it is unmailed. One front corner has a small abrasion, and the reverse has a travel agent’s black rubber stamp. Grade: 4

Code: 33400028
Price: $1.50
Fisherman’s Wharf (San Francisco)
It might be great fun to start a specialised collection of Fisherman’s Wharf cards, tracing from what it was to what it is now. This unused linen entry from Nature Tone Views, Scenic View Card Co., #43672 and #27, goes back to the 40s or earlier and refers to the “gay, colorful fishing boats.” Umm…, aged but in good shape otherwise. Grade: 2

Code: 33400029
Price: $4.50
Fishing boat of east coast (Malaysia)
Two cards are available, also from 1991. One has commemorative stamp and partial postmark but has a noticeable edge abrasion confined mostly to lower right reverse (Grade: 4, $2). The other card would normally be Grade 2 but instead of postmarking the stamp, someone drew through it with a pen (Grade: 4, $2).

Code: 33400030
Price: $2.00
Fishermen at Mayaro (Trinidad)
This card of seine fishermen in Trinidad was mailed in 1980, has a nice big stamp but not a legible postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 33400031
Price: $5.00
Fishing trawlers on Sarawak River (Malaysian Borneo)
Artistic unused 5″ x 6.5″ card issued by the Kuching Hilton. Grade: 1

Code: 33400032
Price: $4.00
Claude Monet, Fisherman’s Cottage on the Cliffs
Mailed from Phoenix in 1991 with two stamps and full postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 33400033
Price: $1.00
One of the small ones (USA)
Heavily creased card mailed from Phoenix in 1995 with two stamps, the address on an affixed sticker, and full postmark. Grade: 4

Code: 33400034
Price: $1.00
Oh Shit! (Darwin, Australia)
Also with a Greetings logo gold-stamped on the front, this unused card dates from the 1990s. Grade: 1

Code: 33400035
Price: $4.00
East coast fishing village (Malaysia)
Yes, the east coast really does look like this–in a few places. This card was mailed in 1991 with a Pahang stamp and full Kuantan postmark, but as you see there is massive postmark transfer on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 33400036
Price: $2.00
Fishing boat (Malaysia)
This 5″ x 7″ card was mailed in 1991 with a Terengganu stamp and full if very faint postmark. There is a pinhole through the lower left corner. While not the only time this happens, it’s a sort of oddity that there are two different yet official spellings of “Trengganu” in the stamp and the postmark. Grade: 4

Code: 33400037
Price: $3.00
Fishing village, Georgetown (Malaysia)
Mailed in 1991 with Kedah stamp and illegible but heavy postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 33400038
Price: $3.50
Venice, Florida
We’re pretty sure this card was mailed in 1979. The 10-cent stamp is there, but no postmark at all. Grade: 4

Code: 33400039
Price: $3.00
Persistent cuss, ain’t he? (USA)
Unused H.S. Crocker card HSC-377. Beginning to age. Grade: 1

Code: 33400040
Price: $3.00
Fishing on the Rocks (Noelville, Ontario)
Unused Plastichrome card P25929, heavily aged and stained on the front and on the reverse. It does say “Greetings fron Noelville Ontario, Canada” but that’s small consolation. Grade: 5

Code: 33400042
Price: $0.50
Fishing village, Kuantan (Malaysia)
Nice card, S.W. Singapore KT8685, mailed in 1991 with stamp and large, full Batu Arang postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 33400043
Price: $5.00
Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco
Two cards are available. For the mailed one, not only is the message written upside down, the year inside the postmark is upside down, and the card itself was mailed (with a 5-cent commemorative Nebraska Statehood stamp) from Hilo, Hawaii. All that notwithstanding, the card is in good shape (Grade: 1, $3). The other one is unused (Grade: 1, $3).

Code: 33400044
Price: $3.00
Cayar (Senegal)
Mailed in 1975, this card has three commemorative football stamps, and two (blurry, only partly legible) postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 33400045
Price: $9.00
Fishing ground near Picnic Bay (Hong Kong)
English and Chinese captions on this unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 33400046
Price: $2.00

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This is a brilliantly vivid and beautiful card, making all others seem almost dim by comparison. Unused. Grade: 1