Flags – Page 9 – Global Postcard Sales

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Cali, Plaza de Toros “Canaveralejo” (Colombia)
Unused, aging card. Grade: 2

Code: 36900490
Price: $3.00
Christmas in South Greenland
Unused card G501 from Post Greenland. Grade: 1

Code: 36900492
Price: $8.00
Greenland
To be specific, “25th anniversary of the flag of Greenland “Erfalasorput” (Our Flag) 1st May 2010″. Unused card G447 from Post Greenland. Grade: 1

Code: 36900493
Price: $4.00
International Polar Year. Urbanization. (Greenland)
Unused card G382 from Post Greenland. Grade: 1

Code: 36900494
Price: $9.00
The Residency (Ascension Island)
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 36900495
Price: $6.00
Boston, State House (Massachusetts, USA)
Unused Mike Roberts card C14937, beginning to show its age. Grade: 2

Code: 36900497
Price: $1.00
Raleigh, The Capitol (North Carolina, USA)
Unused Dexter Press card DR-80337-B, abraded on both sides. Grade: 4

Code: 36900500
Price: $0.50
The Settlement of Edinburgh, Greetings (Tristan da Cunha)
Unused postcard whose reverse only looks smudged but the card was made this way. Grade: 1

Code: 36900501
Price: $14.00
Voice of America – Kafa Tutar Amirka
The caption explaining this photo of U.S. Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan walking on the Moon is in Hausa, as this was a promotional card intended for this African audience. (Compare with our entry 30500051.) Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 36900502
Price: $4.00
Orlando, Disney World, “Old Glory” part of Bicentennial Parade (Florida)
Unused, official Disney card 0111-0366 of a scene leading up to the 1976 celebration. Grade: 1

Code: 36900503
Price: $5.00
Jiangxi, Lu Shan (set of 10) – cover (PR China)
Mount Lu or Lushan, also known as Kuanglu in ancient times, is situated in the northern part of Jiangxi province in southeastern China, and is one of the most renowned mountains in the country. (Thanks to Wikipedia for this.) We offer a set of ten unused glossy cards from 1972, on a variety of themes associated with the mountain and surrounding area. See also entry 236900504B. The cover is somewhat abraded; the cards are in good condition. Grade overall: 2

Code: 36900504A
Price: $12.00
Jiangxi, Lu Shan (set of 10) – four sample cards (PR China)
See entry 36900504A. Here are four of the ten cards.

Code: 36900504B
Price: $12.00
George Town, multiple views (Cayman Islands)
Unused Cayman Islands postcard, with extensive caption. Grade: 1

Code: 36900505
Price: $3.00
Aklan, multiple views (Philippines)
Aklan is a province in the Western Visayas region. The five views here are clearly identified on the front of the unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 36900506
Price: $3.00
California Republic – state flag (USA)
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 36900507
Price: $1.00
Tokyo, Shinjuku Station
If you see this area now, you’d think you were on a different planet. Unused Kobundo Nakamura card, aged. Grade: 2

Code: 36900508
Price: $11.00
Nogales, Avenue of Flags, and Immigration Station (Mexico/USA)
Unused Petley card 79798, marred by three thumbtack holes through the middle and an abrasion (the scan doesn’t show it) on the upper right front. Grade: 5

Code: 36900510
Price: $0.50
Changi International Airport Building – Singapore (Maximum Card)
In Maximum Card style, an unofficial S.W. Singapore card S8133 with 1982 Philatelic postmark. Unused, aging somewhat. Grade: 1

Code: 36900511
Price: $4.00
Long Beach, L.I., Group of Bath Houses and Bathing Beach (New York, USA)
Addressed for mailing, and stamped, but that seems to be as far as the writer ever got. Grade: 4

Code: 36900512
Price: $2.00
Philadelphia, Liberty Bell, Independence Hall (USA)
Out of our many thousands of postcards, one of the very few whose message actually says … “Having a good time. Wish you were here.” Mailed with three one-cent stamps and partial 1962 postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 36900513
Price: $0.50
Ceremony and flags (Bangladesh)
The card’s designers missed a useful chance by not providing any other caption. At least we do know this is from Bangladesh. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 36900516
Price: $3.00
Okinawa, Haarii (Boat Race) (Japan)
From a series of unused cards, captioned (usually) briefly in Chinese, then Japanese, then more of an often-colourful and enjoyable English. This festival is known in other locations (such as Hong Kong) as dragon boat races. Grade: 1

Code: 36900517
Price: $2.00
Fort Worth, Masonic Temple and Cook Memorial Hospital Center for Children (Texas)
Unused Curteich-Chicago C.T. Art-Colortone linen card 8C-H127. Grade: 1

Code: 36900520
Price: $2.00
Martinsburg, Newton D. Baker Veterans’ Administration Hospital Center (West Virginia, USA)
Mailed in 1948 by a patient who clearly wanted to go home, this card has its stamp and postmark, and an extra small rubber-stamp indicating that the recipient answered it. Some postmark ink transfer on the front. What makes this postcard more distinctive, it seems like the original caption was along the top edge but something went wrong so the producer overprinted that black line and put a new caption at the bottom. Anyway … Grade: 3

Code: 36900521
Price: $2.00
Birmingham, Riverchase Galleria (Alabama, USA)
Among other features, “over three miles of neon”. Birmingham! Who knew! Birmingham citizens do. Unused Alabama postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 36900522
Price: $1.00
Arizona Symbols – State Flag
In answer to their question: one. But everything is revealed in the caption on the back of this unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 36900523
Price: $1.00
Arizona, The Grand Canyon State
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 36900524
Price: $1.00
Arizona (USA)
As the caption tells us, “The state flag of Arizona represents the copper star of Arizona rising from a blue field in the face of a setting sun”. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 36900525
Price: $1.00
Mexico
We must make this clear: the Mexican flag on an unused postcard made in USA and sold in Arizona. Grade: 1

Code: 36900526
Price: $1.00
Geographical Center of North America (Rugby, North Dakota, USA)
Well, maybe not quite. Since our last card about Rugby a few years ago (see 10135015), someone did some re-measuring. One online entry says “pinpointed the geographic center of North America to be in North Dakota’s Pierce County, about 16 miles southwest of Rugby, 5.2 miles north of Orrin, and 6 miles west of Balta,” so there you go. Unused “local” card. Grade: 1

Code: 36900527
Price: $2.00
Delaware – The First State (USA)
An unused “local” card for several categories, with the photos nicely identified in the caption on the back along with a shadow map of the state. Grade: 1

Code: 36900528
Price: $2.00
Skanderbeg’s Monument and Albanian Flag, Tirana
This unused Aeditions card 1054 represents Albania postcards maybe better than most. The photographer did a good job, as the statue and the flag sit at one side of a massive public square that was eerily deserted on the summer Sunday we were there. Grade: 1

Code: 36900530
Price: $4.00
Albania
Largely views from the southern half of the country. The main photo, with the flag, is in Skanderberg Square in Tirana. Unused Aeditions postcard 1098. Grade: 1

Code: 36900531
Price: $4.00
Greetings from Kosova, multiple kullas
As often, we are indebted to Wikipedia for this explanation of kullas: “A distinctive type of Ottoman tower houses meaning “mountain” or “top” via Turkish kule, developed and were built in the Balkans, as well as in Romania, after the Ottoman conquest in the Middle Ages by both Christian and Muslim communities. The practice began during the decline of Ottoman power in the 17th century and flourished until the early 20th century. The tower houses were typically made out of stone, rose three or four storeys, and were square or rectangular in shape. They served both military (defence, watchtower) and civilian (residential) purposes in order to protect the extended family.” When Wikipedia is good, it’s very good. The bilingual captions on this unused card explain each one of those you see. Grade: 1

Code: 36900534
Price: $12.00
“Enver Hoxha Museum”, Tirana (Albania)
What is now called the “Pyramid of Tirana,” best described (we think) by this Wikipedia entry: “On 14 October 1988 (1988-10-14), the structure opened as the Enver Hoxha Museum, originally serving as a museum about the legacy of Enver Hoxha, the long-time leader of Communist Albania, who had died three years earlier. The structure was co-designed by Hoxha’s daughter Pranvera Hoxha, an architect, and her husband Klement Kolaneci, along with Pirro Vaso and Vladimir Bregu. When built, the Pyramid was said to be the most expensive individual structure ever constructed in Albania. The Pyramid has sometimes been sardonically called the “Enver Hoxha Mausoleum”, although this was never its intended use or official appellation.” There’s more, and it’s an interesting entry. As for this card, unused and issued in 1989, significant handling but good-of-kind. Grade: 2

Code: 36900535
Price: $8.00
Festivities for Hong Kong handover in 1997 (Beijing)
In the runup to the handover of Hong Kong back to China in 1997, celebrations and festivities took place all over the country. This particular scene was in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. The card was mailed much later, from Zhangmutou, using three stamps and with two full postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 36900536
Price: $5.00
Chingay Procession, Penang (Malaysia)
Unused card, and you might compare this with our other entry 20316394. Grade: 1

Code: 36900537
Price: $2.00
Greece
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 36900538
Price: $1.00
I (heart) Greece
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 36900539
Price: $2.00
Romania
Views are identified in Romanian and French in the captions on the reverse. The card has a written message, but was not postally used. Grade: 4

Code: 36900540
Price: $2.00

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