Flags – Global Postcard Sales

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Soldier (Japan)
Our good friend Tomizawa-san advises the literal and contextual meaning of the caption “the way to dazzling East Asia” during the imperialist era of 1931-1945. Doesn’t it look like it could be any military family anywhere? The artist may be Riichiro Kawashima, internationally active at that time. Meanwhile, it’s an unused card, normally aged, and of course you can see the flags in there. Grade: 2

Code: 36900001
Price: $19.00
Demonstration (DPRK – North Korea)
This is an unused, undamaged set of eight different cards published in Pyongyang in 1990. The front cover of the folio is what you see in this photo. If you want to see all eight cards individually, let us know. All captions are in Korean. This cover text says: “Festival for our nation’s peace and reunion”. Grade: 1

Code: 36900002
Price: $65.00
Pan-National Rally for Peace (DPRK – North Korea) (set of 6)
On 15th August 1990, DPRK held a rally to celebrate 45 years of liberation from Japanese colonial rule. All this is spelled out in English in a set of six cards, unused, issued shortly afterwards. Grade: 1

Code: 36900003
Price: $39.00
Balancing a huge flag (Malaysia)
Two cards are available, each mailed in 1991 with a single stamp. One has a full Kuantan postmark and significant ink smudging on the front (Grade: 3, $3.00) while the other has a faint postmark and clean front (Grade: 2, $3.50).

Code: 36900004
Price: $3.00
Cartoonist Lat, Flagpole (Malaysia)
Two are available. One was mailed in 1991 with Perak stamp and full Tapah postmark. (Grade: 1, $2). The other in 1990 with commemorative Sign Language stamp and full Yong Peng postmark (Grade: 2, $2).

Code: 36900005
Price: $2.00
Merdeka Square view, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
A very nice 5″x 7″ card, mailed in 1991 with commemorative stamp and full postmark. Did you know that was, and maybe still is, the world’s tallest flagpole? Or the world’s largest flag? Or both? Or neither? Grade: 1

Code: 36900006
Price: $6.00
Statul Major (Romania)
An official, unused, post-paid card from Post Romana. Google translates that red legend as: “The General Staff of the Land Forces … Anywhere, anytime, on duty!” Patriotic indeed. Grade: 1

Code: 36900007
Price: $3.00
Greetings (New Jersey, USA)
Unused card from Scheller Co. (99919) in 1967. Front is as-new; reverse is unmarked, just aging gracefully. Grade: 1

Code: 36900008
Price: $4.00
Trollstigen, The feeling of freedom! (Norway)
Trollstigen (or trollstigvegen; English: The troll path) is a serpentine mountain road and pass in Rauma Municipality, part of Norwegian County Road 63. It is a popular tourist attraction due to its steep incline of 10% and eleven hairpin bends up a steep mountainside. During the top tourist season, about 2,500 vehicles pass daily. At the 700-metre (2,300 ft) plateau, viewing balconies overlook the bends and the Stigfossen waterfall. This man may be feeling the freedom, but the cold as well. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 36900009
Price: $4.00
Trollstigen, statue (Norway)
See our entry 36900009. This is also an unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 36900010
Price: $4.00
Australia
Two of these 2007, unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 36900011
Price: $3.50
Geneva, city and lake view (Switzerland)
Mailed in 1997 with stamp, postmark, and airmail sticker, as well as the obligatory US Postal Service barcode at bottom reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 36900012
Price: $3.50
Bursa (Turkey), multiple views
Interesting all around: the variety of views from an (arguably) less-known place, to the message on the back. Card was mailed from Ankara in 1993, with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 36900013
Price: $3.50
Border gate with China (Macau)
More from this 1970s series distributed by the Hor Tai Bookshop. Two of these cards are available, showing the old border gate separating Macao from the China mainland. This crossing has become a bit more sophisticated now, and a lot bigger. One card is unused and in great shape (Grade: 1, $22) while the other was mailed in 1982, with three stamps and illegible postmarks, and a blue airmail sticker affixed (Grade: 1, $34)

Code: 36900014
Price: $22.00
Lake Gardens, National Monument (Kuala Lumpur)
Americans would be forgiven for doing a double-take here, and can thank Felix de Weldon for that. Two cards are available, both mailed in 1991, with stamp, mostly readable postmark, and barest ink smudge on the fronts. Grades: 2

Code: 36900017
Price: $4.00
The Country (Malaysia)
Two of these early 90s cards are available, in identical condition. Both were mailed, have a stamp and a partial postmark. Grade: 2 (Several other cards using the same flag design can be seen if you go to the “Malaysia” section of our website.)

Code: 36900019
Price: $4.50
Olympic Stadium views, Innsbruck (Austria)
Note that we’re saying these are views of the 1976 venues and not the actual games–sort of. Card was mailed in 1987, with two stamps and full Innsbruck postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 36900024
Price: $3.50
Brandenburg Gate, East Berlin
Unused cold-war card captioned in at least four languages–we’re not sure. Grade: 1

Code: 36900025
Price: $6.00
T. Eaton store, Winnipeg (Canada)
Based on pencilled notation on reverse, this unused Kenmont vintage card was obtained in Oct. 1957. Front has minor edge abrasion; reverse also has large mark from travel agency in address panel. Grade: 4

Code: 36900027
Price: $3.50
RCMP constable and dog (and flag)
Dexter card DR-80170-B from mid-60s, with serrated edges, has every cliche of Canada one could ever want, right down to the snow. But it’s unused and in fine shape. Grade: 1

Code: 36900029
Price: $4.50
Egypt
Unused Lehnert & Landrock Lambelet M40 postcard from 1969, reverse caption “U.A.R. Egypt,” in terrific condition. Serrated edges. Grade: 1

Code: 36900031
Price: $9.50
North Carolina state line (version 1)
Not to be confused with card #36900033, same photo but different legend. Two of these are available. One is unused, from 1960s, Aerial Photography Services #A1-252 (Grade: 1, $3). The other is the same photo but much later and was mailed in 1994, with stamp and postmark, creasing and USPS bar code (Grade: 3, $1.50).

Code: 36900032
Price: $1.50
North Carolina state line (version 2)
Unused Dexter Press card #36347-C, probably from 1960s, not quite the same as our card #36900032. Though aging slightly, it’s still: Grade: 1

Code: 36900033
Price: $3.00
North Carolina state toast
Would it be interesting to know how many people recite this at parties? Possibly not. The card dates from mid-60s, Curteichcolor 5DK-401, many interesting views and great condition. Grade: 1

Code: 36900034
Price: $3.50
State Legislative Building, Raleigh (North Carolina, USA)
Unused card, says the “new Legislative Building completed in 1963.” Grade: 1

Code: 36900035
Price: $1.00
Jefferson Standard, Greensboro (North Carolina)
Unused card bought in the 1960s, for someone who really wants a memory of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company’s building. State News Agency/Curteichrom 0DK-1824. Grade: 2

Code: 36900036
Price: $1.00
Petaling Street Carnival 1992, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Two unused, as-new (if aging slightly) cards from 1992. The “2020” refers to “Vision 2020,” a clever if grand vision indeed. Grades: 1

Code: 36900037
Price: $6.00
Welcome to Terengganu (Malaysia)
A nice 5″ x 7″ card from an interesting state on Peninsular Malaysia’s east coast. Two mailed cards are available from 1991. One has a Terengganu stamp and partial postmark (Grade: 2, $6) and the other has a commemorative wasp stamp with partly legible postmark (Grade: 1, $6.50).

Code: 36900038
Price: $6.00
Welcome to Pahang (Malaysia)
Clean 5″ x 7″ card, mailed in 1991 from Pahang and with a Pahang stamp and almost full postmark. Really minor postal creasing evident on front. Grade: 2

Code: 36900039
Price: $6.00
1913 Battle (Greece)
Google is surprisingly unhelpful about the background to this event, or we just don’t understand. Probably the latter. Presume the unused card was printed after 1913–but not much later. Heavily aged on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 36900041
Price: $16.00
Luxembourg, multiple views
Mailed to Hong Kong in 2010, a special card indeed because the stamp commemorates the 2010 Expo now going on in Shanghai. Blue “Prioritaire” sticker affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 36900042
Price: $4.00
Osu Castle, Accra (Ghana)
Two B&W cards are available. They date from 1968. Both were mailed from Accra. One has four stamps but no legible postmark; minor edge abrasions but not damaged otherwise (Grade: 1, $14). The other has two stamps but postmarks again are not legible and there is significant crumpling around the edges and corners (Grade: 3, $8).

Code: 36900043
Price: $8.00
Multiple views, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Serrated edges. Had been mailed, but now no stamp and in terrible condition. Grade: 5

Code: 36900044
Price: $0.50
Historic flags of Old Niagara, Youngstown (New York)
A lot of information in a small space in the caption of this unused card put out by the Old Fort Niagara Assn. Grade: 1

Code: 36900045
Price: $1.00
International Peace Garden (Canada/USA)
This unused 1970s card was published (in Montana) in the USA and represents North Dakota and Manitoba. Aging enough on reverse to downgrade it by one number, but otherwise in fine shape. Grade: 2

Code: 36900047
Price: $4.00
Mt. Rushmore (South Dakota, USA)
The classic holiday card, mailed from Lead in 1957 with postmark and 2-cent stamp. A bit of postmark transfer on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 36900050
Price: $4.00
1982 World’s Fair, Knoxville (Tennessee, USA)
Maybe not what you’re expecting. This 1982 souvenir card was brought to Malaysia, then mailed domestically in roughly 1990 (postmark is clear but the year never would have been) with a Malaysian stamp, as a contest entry. Some postmark smudging on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 36900051
Price: $4.00
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), multiple views
Two of these are available. One was mailed in 1984 but the stamp has fallen off (Grade: 4, $3). The other was mailed in 1983, with three different stamps and legible postmark–a nice card overall (Grade: 1, $6.50)

Code: 36900052
Price: $3.00
Burau Bay Resort, Langkawi (Malaysia)
Two of these 5″ x 7″ cards from 1991 are available, stamps and postmarks there, showing the “delightfully designed Burau Bay Resort.” There’s a lot more but we’re not on their payroll. Grades: 2 ($3) and 1 ($4).

Code: 36900054
Price: $3.00
Iwo Jima Statue, Arlington (Virginia, USA)
Unused Silberne Souvenir Sales card 155145, of the United States Marine Corps War Memorial. (If you have time now, also see a few cards in our Malaysia section of a similar product by the same sculptor, Felix W. de Weldon.) Grade: 1

Code: 36900058
Price: $2.00

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