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Giant Amorphophallus (Indonesia)
The caption on the front says it all, botanically. We are resisting the temptation to list this card under our “Sexy” theme category, but we may change our mind later because really, how many plants actually qualify for that? Three of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 30700044
Price: $6.00
Tobacco auctioneer
Unused Dexter Press card 79066 from the 1960s. Grade: 1

Code: 30700045
Price: $1.00
Harvesting tobacco
Unused Dexter Press card DT-8486-C from 1966. Grade: 1

Code: 30700046
Price: $1.00
Cotton bales
Somewhat generic card with “Greetings from Dixie” caption on the reverse. Unused Dexter Press card DR-65865, from the 1960s. Grade: 2

Code: 30700047
Price: $1.00
Cotton pickin’ time in Dixie
Unused Dexter Press card S-29025-B from the 1960s. Grade: 1

Code: 30700048
Price: $2.00
Many varieties of cacti
Unmailed card but in very battered condition. Probably the only reason you would want it is if it was a specific card you have been looking for. Grade: 5

Code: 30700049
Price: $1.00
Yuccas (New Mexico)
We learn from the card that yuccas are a member of the Lily family. OK. Card was mailed from San Dego in 1996 with full postmark and two stamps, a 15-cent Virginia 1720 and a 40-cent 1994 World Cup commemorative. Just a bit of postal creasing. Grade: 2

Code: 30700050
Price: $2.00
Rice (Malaysia)
In the background, Kedah Peak, a “popular highland resort” we never heard of when we lived in the country. Mailed in 1986 with Johor stamp and full Selangor postmark. Some postmark smudge on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 30700051
Price: $3.50
Planting Rice (Malaya)
Could be in any Southeast Asian country, but it’s (pre-1963) Malaya, now Malaysia. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 30700053T
Price: $5.00
Rice field (Bali)
Rice paddies are spectacular everywhere and few people who’ve never tried it appreciate the back-breaking effort to harvest this crop. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 30700054
Price: $3.00
Orchid (Bali)
Orchids grow abundantly in Indonesia, of all sizes, shapes, and colours. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 30700055
Price: $2.00
Flame tree (Hawaii)
From the 1960s, an unused Nani Li’i card S-75 showing “brilliant blossoms of the Royal Poinciana (Poinciana Regia).” There is a noticeable crease on upper left front corner. Grade: 4

Code: 30700056
Price: $1.00
Hydrangeas on Lombard Street (San Francisco)
Another, different view for those of you who specialize in Lombard Street cards–but those cars are a lot older than the card, which is dated 1995. Mailed with three stamps, illegible postmark and USPS bar coding on bottom reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 30700057
Price: $2.25
Rice terrace (Bali)
The photo looks computer-generated, but no, Bali really does look like this. Unused, modern card. Grade: 1

Code: 30700058
Price: $3.00
Opium (Thailand)
Excuse our mild pun, but what message are they sending by producing cards like these? Nice photo of poppies, BUT … well, our job is to sell the card, not the product. Two unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 30700059
Price: $6.00
Bamboo
Three unused cards of a photo by Denny Riyanto. Grades: 1

Code: 30700060
Price: $2.00
Ocotilla
Unused card from the late 1950s, marked with a travel agency rubber stamp on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 30700062
Price: $1.50
Saguaro cactus (USA)
Unused Jim Sexton card PH-55, though it has the travel agency rubber stamp marking on reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 30700063
Price: $1.00
Desert Botanical Garden (Arizona)
Actually the garden is between Phoenix and Tempe, in the interests of full disclosure. This was mailed with a 4-cent stamp in 1966, with nearly full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 30700064
Price: $2.00
Orchid, Dendrobium Ho King (Malaysia)
Mailed in 1991 with a Sabah stamp but illegible postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 30700065
Price: $3.00
Chrysanthemums (Malaysia)
This is actually the You Land Nursery in Cameron Highlands. The card dates from 1991 and was mailed with a Negeri Sembilan stamp, but without a legible postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 30700066
Price: $3.50
Pineapples
Two of these 5″ x 7″ cards are available, each mailed in 1991, each with stamp and mostly legible postmark–though from different Malaysian states. Grades: 1

Code: 30700067
Price: $4.00
Desert in Bloom (USA)
Mailed in 1995 with full Phoenix postmark and World Cup USA 40-cent airmail stamp, this card just makes us want to be there. Now. Grade: 1

Code: 30700068
Price: $2.50
Pink and white ladyslipper (Minnesota)
One of Minnesota’s rarest flowers, it’s also the state flower and manages to look like an orchid in a state not usually associated with orchids. This card was mailed in 1991 with a 40-cent Gilbreth stamp and full Minneapolis postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 30700069
Price: $2.00
Malaysian fruits, large card
Three of these larger (5″ x 7″) cards are available, all mailed in 1991 and each with a stamp and most or all of a postmark. Two (Grades: 1, $4) are slightly better than the third (Grade: 2, $3.50).

Code: 30700070
Price: $4.00
Scarlet Ohia Lehua (Hawaii)
Unused card from the 1960s, though it ought to be completely timeless. Some abrasions on the front photo. Grade: 3

Code: 30700071
Price: $2.00
Rubber estate, Kuala Lumpur
Mailed in 1991, this S.W. Singapore card K123 has a Selangor stamp and nearly all of a large postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 30700073
Price: $3.50
Azaleas (Florida)
Unused Ward Beckett card C-20 (Grade: 1, $1). But then we have another card, same photo, but H.S. Crocker (HSC-F-42) and no mention of Florida in the caption. This second card is unused but stained on the back (Grade: 3, $0.50).

Code: 30700074
Price: $1.00
Florida oranges
Unused card HSC-F-68, The attribution was blurred out during printing. Grade: 1

Code: 30700075
Price: $1.00
Avenue of Cedar Trees (Japan)
The English caption on this unused old card is the same as our header, but the Japanese caption is much longer. It’s possible that it tells us where this is, but we’ve not checked. Grade: 1

Code: 30700076T
Price: $2.00
Royal Poinciana tree (Florida)
Two Curteichcolor Florida State Series cards FK.54 (and 4DK-878) are available. One is unused (Grade: 1, $1). The other was mailed in 1970, with stamp and postmark (Grade: 2, $1).

Code: 30700077
Price: $1.00
Passion flower (Passiflora incarnata)
Unused H.S. Crocker card HSC-F-52 based in both Florida and religion. Grade: 1

Code: 30700078
Price: $1.50
Legend of the Dogwood
When you send a card to someone in the hospital, but they check out before it arrives, this is what happens. The stamp is there, and most of the 1979 postmark. Other things too. Grade: 4

Code: 30700079
Price: $1.00
Tulips (New York, USA)
Mailed in 1956 with a 2-cent stamp. The card has rounded corners. Grade: 1

Code: 30700080
Price: $2.00
Red anthurium (Hawaii)
Unused Nani Li’i card S-76. Grade: 1

Code: 30700081
Price: $1.00
Oranges (Florida)
This 4.7″ x 6.8″ card would nicely present Florida’s oranges had some post office not stepped in and pasted the white strip for barcoding on the front. Mailed in 1997 with full postmark and two stamps. Grade: 5

Code: 30700082
Price: $0.50
Maples
Card was mailed in USA (two stamps, Minnesota postmark) but produced in England, so those maples could be anywhere. Even Canada. Horizontal crease. Grade: 4

Code: 30700083
Price: $1.00
Exotic Floras of Borneo (Malaysia)
Unused 5″ x 7″ card in as-new condition. Grade: 1

Code: 30700086
Price: $3.00
Legend of the Spanish Moss
Unused Curteichcolor card D-17510 with serrated edges and some corner bumping. Grade: 2

Code: 30700087
Price: $1.00
The Purple Dawn (Camellia Japonica)
Card mailed from Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1959 with 3-cent stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 30700088
Price: $2.00

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