Horse Racing – Global Postcard Sales

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Greetings from Churchill Downs (Louisville, USA)
From mid-1960s, unmailed Curteichcolor (Caufield & Shook) card KY.53 (4C-K745), all of which is to say it’s a nice old view of the Kentucky Derby. Photo certainly is older than mid-60s. Grade: 2

Code: 33600001
Price: $3.00
Man O’ War Statue (Lexington, Kentucky, USA)
Curteichcolor card K-213 or 3C-K1247 from Faraway Farm in the 1960s, unused, of one of the USA’s most famous race horses. Grade: 1

Code: 33600002
Price: $2.00
Race Conrse (sic) (Hong Kong)
Published by “A.H. & Co,” this card has been around the track a few times, so to speak. It has a handwritten Japanese message on the front; the card had been mailed to Japan (but stamp and postmark are missing) so also has a message on reverse together with purple “chop” mark. Grade: 4

Code: 33600006
Price: $38.00
Race course (Ipoh, Malaysia)
For horse racing fans everywhere … if you’ve not heard how its done in Malaysia, it’s worth surfing around to find out. Three mailed cards are available, all from 1990. All: Grade: 1

Code: 33600010
Price: $5.00
Hialeah Park (Miami)
Driveway to club house, Hialeah Park — unused card 5647 published by Thos. R. West in the 1930s. Grade: 2

Code: 33600011
Price: $4.00
Happy Valley race course (Hong Kong)
M. Sternberg card 7761, unused and in superb condition for its age. Mostly white front of this B&W card shows minor abrasions but these do not affect the photo. Grade: 2

Code: 33600012
Price: $71.00
Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Two mailed S.W. Singapore cards (KL 9333) are available. One was mailed in 1991 with stamp and faint but readable postmark (Grade: 3, $4.50). Onewas mailed with a sign language commemorative stamp but some ink smudging on the front and no legible postmark (Grade: 3, $3).

Code: 33600013
Price: $3.00
Man O’ War, The Wonder Horse (USA)
Nice old card, with 1-cent stamp and full Lexington (Kentucky) postmark from 1945. Grade: 2

Code: 33600014
Price: $5.00
Calumet Farm Horse Cemetery (Kentucky)
The Cemetery is at Calumet Farm. The card is captioned “Picturesque View in the Blue Grass Country.” But it’s still a cemetery. Unused Curteichcolor card 0DK230 (KY.122), fading and aging on reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 33600015
Price: $3.00
Greetings and horse racing facility, Del Mar (California)
Unused Columbia Publishing card 47010 T-204. Grade: 1

Code: 33600016
Price: $3.00
The Shatin Race Course (Hong Kong)
One of two horse racing venues in Hong Kong, where turnover on a race day can exceed US$130 million. Hongkongers take their horse racing very seriously. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 33600017
Price: $5.00
I (heart) Kentucky Horses (USA)
Actually the caption on this unused card says “I love Kentucky Horses…” Grade: 1

Code: 33600018
Price: $2.00
A mosaic of Happy Valley Racecourse (Hong Kong)
Unused card of Hong Kong’s older race track, and to get this we had to go to the Jockey Club museum at the track itself. Grade: 1

Code: 33600019
Price: $9.00
A mosaic of Sha Tin Racecourse (Hong Kong)
Unused card of Hong Kong’s newer race track, and to get this we had to go to the Jockey Club museum at the Happy Valley track itself. Two are available. Grades: 1

Code: 33600020
Price: $6.00
Millennium celebration at the Happy Valley Racecourse (Hong Kong)
Unused 4-3/4″ x 7-1/4″ card of Hong Kong’s older race track, published in 2002 by the Jockey Club. To get this, we had to go to the Jockey Club museum at the track itself. Two are available. Grades: 1

Code: 33600021
Price: $9.00
Horses – show jumping (Netherlands)
We are not sure about this card. Definitely it was mailed from Netherlands in 2012 with stamp, inked Priority label, and postmarks. But apart from the message, there is no caption or identifying printing at all. Grade: 1

Code: 33600022
Price: $1.00
Hialeah Race Course, Widener Fountain (Florida, USA)
Linen card mailed in 1952 with 2-cent stamp, Miami postmark, and significant fold vertically through the center. Postmark transfer on the front. Grade: 5

Code: 33600023
Price: $1.00
Charlottetown Race Track, Prince Edward Island (Canada)
If you like race track postcards, this one should suit you: unused, serrated edges, gently aging. Grade: 2

Code: 33600024
Price: $4.00
Happy Valley, Club House of Royal H.K. Jockey Club (Hong Kong)
Between this and the other track in Shatin, betting turnover in Hong Kong exceeds that of the entire USA. Big Business. Unused Card. Grade: 1

Code: 33600025
Price: $3.00
Punters throng to the race tracks at Happy Valley (Hong Kong)
Between this and the other track in Shatin, betting turnover in Hong Kong exceeds that of the entire USA. Big Business. Unused Card. Grade: 1

Code: 33600026
Price: $3.00
Greetings from Mongolia, Naadam Festival horse race
Unused card of a race in which as many as 800 horses take part. Grade: 1

Code: 33600027
Price: $10.00
Sanlucar de Barrameda (Cadiz) (Spain)
Mailed in 2013 with optical illusion “Agua” stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 33600028
Price: $3.00
Horse racing (L. Afremov) (Belarus)
Mailed from Belarus in 2013, with stamp and two postmarks. Grade: 3

Code: 33600029
Price: $1.00
New York state map and features
A card for many categories, and depending on which one you are browsing right now, we’ll leave it to you to find (like Waldo) the feature you are looking for. Mailed in 2013 with three stamps and partial postmark and some USPS processing abrasion on the reverse. Orange postal barcoding on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 33600030
Price: $1.00
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club (California)
The caption on this unused card calls this “North America’s leading track.” OK, if you say so. Grade: 1

Code: 33600031
Price: $1.00
Aqueduct race track (New York)
Unused, slightly dull card 96388-B. Grade: 2

Code: 33600032
Price: $3.00
Polo
Technically not horse racing (OK, polo is not horse racing) but close enough for us to put this unused Boomerang card into this category. Grade: 1

Code: 33600033
Price: $1.00
Oaklawn Park, Hot Springs (Arkansas, USA)
Unused card of “one of the premier race tracks in the south”. Grade: 1

Code: 33600034
Price: $2.00
Greetings from Churchill Downs, Louisville (Kentucky, USA)
Your classic Kentucky Derby postcard, mailed in 1991 with stamp and Louisville postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 33600035
Price: $2.00
Miami, Flamingos and Nests at Hialeah Park (Florida)
Curteich-Chicago linen card OB-H218 (D.C. 27), in fact the same picture with two slightly different captions on two cards from two print runs. One was mailed in what looks like 1945, with 1-cent stamp and faint postmark (Grade: 2, $2) and the other is highly aged, but unused (Grade: 3, $1).

Code: 33600036
Price: $2.00
Ciudad Juarez, Juarez Race Course (Mexico)
Although the stamp and therefore most of the postmark are missing, the card would be a nice “space filler” for any collection of race track postcards. Grade: 4

Code: 33600037
Price: $3.00
Hallandale, Gulfstream Park, “track by the sea” (Florida)
Linen card mailed as #2 (we don’t have #1), unusually with a postage meter, in 1951. Grade: 2

Code: 33600038
Price: $3.00
Siena, Veduta delle Corse (Italy)
Indeed, a very early postcard of horse racing, and in great condition. The stamp is there, along with two postmarks and an extra small postal “chop”. We aren’t sure of the date of posting, but if you understand this from the center of the postmark: 4.7.10.11, you will know more than we do. A very strong Grade: 2

Code: 33600039
Price: $19.00
Hallandale, On The Turn at Gulfstream Park Race Course (Florida)
Unused linen Tichnor Quality Views card 86915 (557). Grade: 2

Code: 33600041
Price: $3.00
Hallandale, A Thrilling Race at Gulfstream Park (Florida)
Unused linen Curteich-Chicago “C.T. Art-Colortone” postcard DC-263. Grade: 2

Code: 33600042
Price: $3.00
Springfield, State Fair Grounds, Race Track (Illinois, USA)
Unused, aged V.O. Hammon Pub. Co. (Chicago) card No. 916. Grade: 2

Code: 33600043
Price: $7.00
Louisville, Churchill Downs and famous spires (Kentucky, USA)
Mailed in 1957, with two stamps and full postmark. Heavily handled over the years, and with abrasions around the edges. Grade: 4

Code: 33600044
Price: $1.00
Louisville, Churchill Downs, Parade to Post (Kentucky, USA)
Home of the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May. Unused Curteichcolor card 2DK-770 (K.26), good for its age. Grade: 1

Code: 33600045
Price: $3.00
Virginia City, Annual – Camel – Race (Nevada)
All right, it’s not horse racing, but close enough for our purposes! Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 33600046
Price: $2.00
Virginia City, World Famous Camel Races (Nevada, USA)
Again, yes, we know, not horses. But if you were far enough away … Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 33600047
Price: $3.00

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