Mountains – Page 10 – Global Postcard Sales

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Kangchendzonga (sic) from Darjeeling (Sikkim)
We struggled a bit in deciding where to place this card, but were guided by Wikipedia: “Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā and Khangchendzonga, is the third-highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at 8,586 m (28,169 ft) in a section of the Himalayas bounded in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak River and Jongsang La, and in the east by the Teesta River. It lies in the border region between Nepal and Sikkim state of India, with three of the five peaks, namely Main, Central and South, directly on the border and the peaks West and Kangbachen in Nepal’s Taplejung District. Until 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, but calculations and measurements by the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in 1849 showed that Mt. Everest, known as Peak XV at the time, is higher and it was officially announced in 1856 that Kangchenjunga was third-highest. The Kangchenjunga is a sacred mountain in Sikkim and was first climbed on 25 May 1955.” All that for an unmailed card that has an address written anyway, and while it could look like the bottom edge had been trimmed, we do not think that’s the case. Grade: 3

Code: 34300406T
Price: $2.00
Luzern mit Pilatus (Switzerland)
Nice, old view on the front. The reverse is another story: not postally used, heavily aged, some stains and abrasions, and a note that someone visited in July of 1910. That helps date the card, at least. Grade: 4

Code: 34300407
Price: $2.00
Tasmania, multiple views (Australia)
Unused card, including Lake St. Clair, Cradle Mountain, the Huon River, and the Tahune Airwalk, in addition to these Tasmanian Devils and Russell Falls. Grade: 1

Code: 34300409
Price: $2.00
Tasmania, Mt Wellington (Australia)
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 34300410
Price: $2.00
Superstition Mountain (Arizona, USA)
Not an unusual subject for Arizona postcards, but atmospheric nevertheless. Unused Petley card K340. Grade: 1

Code: 34300411
Price: $1.00
Rocky Mountain National Park, Dream Lake, Hallett Peak (Colorado, USA)
“A short hike from Bear Lake” and the kind of postcard you send to other people. Unused Mike Roberts card C2736. Grade: 1

Code: 34300412
Price: $0.50
Mt. Rushmore National Monument (South Dakota, USA)
We hope the Monument will remain as “imperishable” as the caption on this unused Dexter Press card 80774-B promises. Slight aging. Grade: 1

Code: 34300413
Price: $0.50
Morobe Province, Lae, dense jungle covered morobe south coastline (Papua New Guinea)
Unused, official card issued by Post PNG. The caption on the back explains all about the province. But that mountain? We couldn’t find anything of it online. Grade: 1

Code: 34300414
Price: $7.00
Chamonix – Ascension au Mont Blanc (France)
Stamp and indistinct postmark are there, on this undivided back card mailed very early in the 20th century. Grade: 3

Code: 34300415
Price: $7.00
Martinique, Les Pitons du Carbet, le Sacre-Coeur de Balata
Unused. Grade: 2

Code: 34300416
Price: $5.00
Sunset at Mt. Rushmore (South Dakota, USA)
Mailed in the 1970s, with 15-cent stamp and faint postmark and airmail sticker. Serrated edges. Is there room for one more head? Grade: 1

Code: 34300417
Price: $1.00
Mt Chilbo and Ullim Falls (semi-maximum cards) (set of two) (DPR Korea)
We call these “semi-maximum” because the stamps on the respective fronts of these 2017 postcards are large and frankly beautiful, but they are uncancelled. Captioned in Korean and English on the reverses, and no additional postage printed there. Grades: 1

Code: 34300418
Price: $9.00
Stowe, Mt. Mansfield, Summit (Vermont, USA)
Mailed in 1950 with stamp and clear Stowe postmark, this real-photo card also has an extra octagonal chop stating that the card (and/or the sender) was at the Octagon atop the “world’s highest aerial chair lift”. Grade: 1

Code: 34300419
Price: $3.00
Mt. Shizhong (Stone-Bell) (PR China)
Mailed in 1992, but from Hong Kong, using six stamps and with partly legible postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 34300420
Price: $1.00
Trollstigen (Norway)
Online resource visitnorway dot com (we don’t do links) describes Trollstigen like this: “As one of the most famous National Tourist Routes, Trollstigen (“The Trolls Road”) is a visual feast. If you see it from the right height and angle, you can feel the view hit you in your stomach. On this road, even the bravest can feel the adrenaline pump through their veins.” Pack your bags! The card was however mailed from the U.K. with air mail sticker and illegible postmarks. Grade: 4

Code: 34300421
Price: $1.00
Përshëndetje nga Kosova (Greetings from Kosovo) – mountains
We sometimes observe that one postcard fits many of our theme categories. This is one of those. Bilingual Albanian/English captions identify Kosovo National Park “Sharr Mountains”, Brezna Lake close Koritnik Mountain; Marble Cave (Lipjan); Mirusha Waterfall (Llapusha); Badovc Lake (Prishtina); National Park “Accursed Mountains”; Kucishta Lake; and a Sharr dog in the center. That should keep the search engines busy. Accursed Mountains?? Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 34300422
Price: $11.00
Scenery in the Albanian Alps
Older, unused card in terrific condition. Grade: 1

Code: 34300423
Price: $4.00
Jericho (Palestine) – Mount of Temptation
There’s no attribution on the reverse of this unused card, but it came along with others more distinctly ascribed to Israel. Grade: 1

Code: 34300424
Price: $1.00
Mount Nebo – Siyagha (Jordan)
Unused card 37 from the Archive of the Mount Nebo Franciscan Archaeological Institute, showing the Memorial of Moses seen from the West. Grade: 1

Code: 34300426
Price: $2.00
Mount Nebo, Memorial of Moses, Pope John Paul II (Jordan)
Unused card 17 from the Archive of the Mount Nebo Franciscan Archaeological Institute, showing the Memorial of Moses and Pope John Paul II’s visit there on 20th March, 2000. Grade: 1

Code: 34300427
Price: $3.00
Sugar Loaf Mountain (Michigan, USA)
No, not that Sugar Loaf … the fanciful caption describes “Across beautiful Little Traverse Lake stands majestic Sugar Loaf Mountain … one of Michigan’s finest ski areas.” Unused Dexter Press card G208 (20-C). Grade: 1

Code: 34300428
Price: $1.00
Mt. Fuji – World Heritage (Japan)
Mt. Fuji postcards are not in short supply, but this nice unused one does acknowledge the World Heritage status. Grade: 1

Code: 34300429
Price: $2.00
Scenery in the Albanian Alps
Well, one Alp. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 34300430
Price: $3.00
Vitosha Mountain, Sofia (Bulgaria)
Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 34300431
Price: $2.00
St. Gilgen am Wolfgangsee (Austria)
The caption kindly identifies these mountain peaks, but it would take us a day to decipher and type them, so please just trust us. The card was mailed from Salzburg in 1993 using a postage meter (very clear) and blue trilingual Flugpost label. Grade: 1

Code: 34300433T
Price: $3.00
Vitosha Mountain, Zlatni Mostove (Bulgaria)
A place of sentimental interest to us (you can ask, if you really want to know) on this unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 34300434
Price: $2.00
Vitosha Mountain, Sofia (Bulgaria)
Unused card showing St. Alexander Nevski Memorial Church (1912), Vitosha Mountain, and Boyana Waterfall. Grade: 1

Code: 34300435
Price: $2.00
Vitosha Mountain (Bulgaria)
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 34300436
Price: $2.00
Pirin Mountain (Bulgaria)
Unused, and if the scan’s not clear, the card is cut into the shape of the map of Bulgaria. You can find Pirin Mountain as the white area in the southwest corner of the card. Grade: 1

Code: 34300437
Price: $4.00
Mount Rushmore National Monument (South Dakota, USA)
Unused Mike Roberts card C19208 (B-65) whose captions on the front and back are the same. Grade: 1

Code: 34300439
Price: $1.00
All 14 Eight – Thousend m Peaks (Nepal)
Unused, 4-1/8″x 8-7/8″. Never mind the spelling. If you collect mountain postcards, how can you do better than this? What happened with that poor fellow on the upper right? Grade: 1

Code: 34300440
Price: $6.00
Annapurna – Fishtail (Nepal)
Unused card, using the “homemade” paper for which Nepal is noted. Grade: 1

Code: 34300441
Price: $4.00
Mt. Fishtail – Annapurna (Nepal)
Wikipedia tells us: “Machapuchare, Machhapuchchhre or Machhapuchhre (from Nepali माछापुच्छ्रे , meaning ‘fishtail’), Tamu: कतासुँ क्लिको, is a mountain in the Annapurna Himalayas of north central Nepal. It is off limit to climbers to preserve its shape and beauty.” In view of what’s apparently happening on Mt. Everest, that seems just as well. Unused card, using the hand-made paper for which Nepal is noted. Grade: 1

Code: 34300442
Price: $4.00
Fish Tail, Mardi Trek (Nepal)
Unused card from Kathmandu’s Hotel Jampa, which famously provides these. Grade: 1

Code: 34300444
Price: $2.00
Mustang, Mt. Dhaulagiri (Nepal)
Unused card from Kathmandu’s Hotel Jampa, which famously provides these. Grade: 1

Code: 34300445
Price: $2.00
Mt. Fuji and Cherry in Full Blossom (Japan)
Unused card with album abrasions on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 34300447
Price: $0.50
Mt. Fuji and Tomei Express Way (Japan)
Unused older (1970s?) card, aging and with minor album abrasions on the back. Grade: 3

Code: 34300448
Price: $1.00
Západné Tatry (Roháče) (Slovakia)
Multi-view card posted from Germany (not Slovakia) in 2021, with stamp, postmark, and blue trilingual Priority label. Due to not being mailed from Slovakia, Grade: 3

Code: 34300449
Price: $1.00
Hood River Valley and Mt. Adams (Oregon, USA)
Mt. Adams, in Washington state, appears in the background of this unused Frye & Smith card 55225. Grade: 1

Code: 34300450
Price: $1.00
Almond Blossoms and Old Baldy (Southern California)
In 1925, Leona wrote a long message to her sister on the back of this card — but either she mailed it in an envelope or she brought it back with her. Grade: 4

Code: 34300451
Price: $3.00

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