Flora – Global Postcard Sales

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Amate tree, Chihuahua (Mexico)
Card was mailed in about 2000 (postmark is indistinct) and has two stamps. A couple of small dents on front, but otherwise undamaged. Grade: 2

Code: 30700001
Price: $4.00
Tea, Uganda
Unmailed Sapra card from mid-60s, though it’s a timeless view. Front edge mildly abraded; reverse unmarked but beginning to age. When we lived there we learned you can’t just pick leaves from the bush and boil them. Grade: 2

Code: 30700002
Price: $4.00
Traveller trees (Singapore)
Real photo B&W card, unused, and has small album indents on each corner. Aged but unmarked reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 30700004
Price: $7.00
Traveller trees (Singapore)
Clearly a popular subject of early S’pore cards, at least this one has a whole row of trees and not just one. Unused B&W, aged, otherwise undamaged. Grade: 2

Code: 30700005
Price: $9.00
Tapping Rubber (Singapore)
Wonderful old B&W card, unused, unmarked, undamaged. Real photo. Barely distinct caption in white along bottom front. Grade: 1

Code: 30700006
Price: $16.00
Rubber estate (Singapore)
Black-and-white real photo, old card, never mailed, minor edge abrasions. Barely visible corner indentations from an album, on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 30700007
Price: $9.00
Traveller Tree (Singapore)
Very old card, B&W real photo, never mailed. Front has minor edge abrasions and photo itself has faded spots at top. Reverse is aged but otherwise unmarked. Grade: 3

Code: 30700008
Price: $6.00
Rice paddy fields (Malaysia)
Two of these cards are available, in more or less identical condition. They were mailed in 1990 and each has one stamp. One has only a tiny bit of postmark and the other has partly legible postmark not set to reveal the year. Grades: 2

Code: 30700009
Price: $4.00
Sunflowers (Thailand)
New card, unused but significant fingerprint smudging on reverse. Front is undamaged. Grade: 3

Code: 30700010
Price: $3.00
Barrel cactus and saguaro cacti (Arizona, USA)
Iconic to America’s Far West, displayed on this unused, contemporary card. Grade: 1

Code: 30700011
Price: $2.00
Dogwood and azaleas (Georgia, USA)
Unused and undamaged. Grade: 1

Code: 30700012
Price: $0.50
Tea plantation (Malaysia)
Two of these cards are available. Both were mailed in 1990. One has Sabah stamp and partly legible postmark (Grade: 2, $4) while the other has a somewhat ragged-edge stamp and illegible postmark (Grade: 3, $3).

Code: 30700013
Price: $4.00
Orchid garden (Malaysia)
Card mailed in Malaysia in 1991, with Selangor stamp and partly legible postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 30700014
Price: $4.00
Ranunculus flowers (California)
Modern card, unused, undamaged. Grade: 1

Code: 30700015
Price: $2.00
Orchid, Laeliocattleya Sakuna (Malaysia)
Card mailed in 1991 in Malaysia, has Kelantan stamp and not quite legible postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 30700016
Price: $4.00
Orchid garden (Malaysia)
Three mailed cards are available from the early 1990s: One with Selangor stamp and partly legible postmark (Grade: 2, $4); one where the front of card is OK but the stamp of this mailed card has one corner ripped off, and partial postmark did not reach the stamp in any event (Grade: 4, $2.50); and one with postal creasing, full stamp, and partial postmark (Grade: 2, $3).

Code: 30700017
Price: $4.00
Rubber tapper (Malaysia)
Two cards are available, from 1991. One mailed in Sabah, stamp OK and partial postmark, also orange postal bar code at bottom reverse (Grade: 3, $4). The other mailed in Melaka, stamp OK and nearly full postmark, and no bar code (Grade: 2, $4.50).

Code: 30700018
Price: $4.50
Cloves (Zanzibar)
Two cards are available. Both are from 1968. One was unmailed, in as-new condition (Grade: 1, $19). The other was mailed, with nearly complete Dar es Salaam postmark and full stamp (Grade: 2, $29).

Code: 30700019
Price: $19.00
Pineapples (Nanning, China)
Classical 70’s card of smiling workers. And check out the blouse! Unused, as-new. Grade: 1

Code: 30700020
Price: $5.00
Flame trees (Nanning, China)
Unused card, new in 1970s and as-new now. Grade: 1

Code: 30700021
Price: $5.50
Orchid – Pot. Bagdad’s Magic (Malaysia)
Card mailed from Malaysia in 1991, with Melaka stamp and nearly full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 30700022
Price: $4.50
Rubber tapping (Malaysia)
Very nice card, mailed in 1991. Grade: 1

Code: 30700023
Price: $5.00
Woman tapping rubber (Malaysia)
Three cards are available. One was mailed in 1991 with intact stamp and legible postmark (Grade: 1, $4.50). Two were mailed in 1990, with intact stamps, but one has partly legible postmark and the other has no postmark (each Grade: 2, $4).

Code: 30700024
Price: $4.50
Malaysian fruits
Some 1990s mailed cards are available, ranging from Grade 3 ($3) to Grade 4 ($2). Please specify which grade(s) you’d like.

Code: 30700025
Price: $3.00
Boh Tea (Malaysia)
Oversized (5″ x 7″) card mailed in 1991 with Perak stamp and legible postmark. Card has latent creasing and some postmark smudging on front. Grade: 3

Code: 30700026
Price: $4.00
Durians (Malaysia)
We wish this 5″ x 7″ card could be “scratch and sniff” but it’s not, so if you’re not sure about durians, you can do some research. Mailed in 1991, the postmark is blurry and the stamp is torn. Minor latent creasing on front. Grade: 4

Code: 30700027
Price: $4.00
Oil palm (Malaysia)
A staple and profitable commodity in Malaysia. This 5″ x 7″ card was mailed from Melaka in 1991, with stamp and mostly legible postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 30700028
Price: $5.00
Saguaro cactus (USA)
At first this looks like a comic card, but it’s not–especially if that’s your car. Card mailed in 1998, has two stamps and readable postmark. Address is on a sticker label. Grade: 3

Code: 30700029
Price: $6.00
Saguaro cactus (USA)
Card mailed in 1997, with two stamps and full postmark. Address is on an affixed sticker. Minor postal battering around corners. Grade: 3

Code: 30700030
Price: $4.00
Cactus and desert flora (folio)
Miniature album (2-7/8″ x 4-1/8″) with ten photos (including cover) of desert plants. Published by Petley Studios of Phoenix, this little folio is different from others of same size and disposition only because it does not have a distinct place to write a name and address. Dates from late 1950s. Scan cuts a few words off bottom front. Grade: 1

Code: 30700032
Price: $16.00
Cypress tree (California)
Along the 17-Mile Drive near Carmel, on an H.S. Crocker card CA-137 from late 1960s, not mailed but heavily written on reverse. Both sides just look a bit tired. Grade: 4

Code: 30700034
Price: $1.00
Pescadero Point cypress (USA)
Dexter Press card 34238-B (and D-330) of this famous tree along 17 Mile Drive in the 1960s. Unused card, Grade: 1

Code: 30700035
Price: $2.00
Flower decoration (Netherlands)
Unused card from the 1960s, great condition on the front but aging significantly on the reverse. It has serrated edges, but most notably a stick-on applique saying “Greetings from Holland” and once containing “real scent of hyacinths.” We’ve not peeled it back to see whether any of the scent remains. Grade: 2

Code: 30700036
Price: $7.50
Saguaro Blossoms (Arizona, USA)
The saguaro is Arizona’s state flower and rarely has a chance to bloom. We were through there many times and never saw this stage of the cactus. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 30700037
Price: $3.00
Flower decoration (Holland)
Unused card from the 1960s, great condition on the front but aging significantly on the reverse. It has serrated edges, but most notably a stick-on applique saying “Greetings from Holland” and once containing “real scent of hyacinths.” We’ve not peeled it back to see whether any of the scent remains. Grade: 2

Code: 30700038
Price: $7.50
Pepper plantation (Malaysian Borneo)
Two S.W. Singapore cards K816, of one of (what was) Sarawak’s prime cash crops apart from wood, are available. One was mailed with three stamps in 1982 but there was no postmark (Grade: 4, $5). The other was mailed in 1987 with three different Sarawak stamps and full Kuching postmark (Grade: 1, $14).

Code: 30700039
Price: $5.00
Durians (Singapore)
People will sit around and stare at a durian for hours, trying to decide if it’s “good” or not. The one thing you can’t really do is pinch or squeeze it … and definitely by western standards “good” is a relative term! If you don’t know about durian, you really should try to find out. Unused SW Singapore card S8613, aging yet evocative. Grade: 2

Code: 30700040
Price: $3.50
Boh Tea Garden (Malaysia)
This Oriental Pearl 5″ x 7″ card 13072 was mailed in 1990 with Johor stamp and postmark, and is a little creased by mailing on the top part. Nothing significant. Grade: 2

Code: 30700041
Price: $4.00
Flue-cured tobacco (Georgia)
Unused, from 1960s, though as long as tobacco grows, it will look like this. Grade: 2

Code: 30700042
Price: $1.00
Cacti and desert flora of the Southwest
Petley card K341 from the 1950s but we assume most of these species still exist. Three of these unmailed cards are available, and though the front is basically perfect on each one, the reverses have a travel agency rubber stamp. Grades: 4

Code: 30700043
Price: $2.00

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