People – Global Postcard Sales

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Siti Nurhaliza (Malaysia)
Oversized (5″ x 6-1/4″) card, mailed in Malaysia in 2006 with stamp and full postmark. Normal postal battering. Grade: 3

Code: 31200001
Price: $2.00
Albert Einstein Playing the Violin
A 1941 photo on a contemporary postcard. So, Einstein was an Einstein at many things, though we’ve not heard how he sounded when he played. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 31200002
Price: $2.00
The Beatles
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 31200003
Price: $1.00
Aurelian Pană (Romania)
Perhaps not too well-known outside of Romania, Aurelian Pană (1880-1951) was a right-wing Romanian politician, Minister of Agriculture and Domains, and president of the agricultural union, killed during Communist persecution. This unused, sturdy, high-quality postcard is almost like a pictorial C.V. Grade: 1

Code: 31200004
Price: $2.00
Custer Battle (USA), 7th Cavalry
Real photo card bought in 1970, though of course it could have been 90 years earlier and looked the same. Unmailed, as-new. Grade: 1

Code: 31200005
Price: $3.00
Eve Arden (USA)
This unused 5″ x 8″ card, in virtually as-new condition, should appeal to anyone wanting to re-create the “old” Las Vegas feel. And with Our Miss Brooks gazing right out at you … Grade: 1

Code: 31200006
Price: $19.00
Eleanor Powell (USA)
Appearing with Gary Morton at the Las Vegas Dunes, this famous entertainer of her era is right here for you again on a 5-1/2″ x 7″ card (two cards are available) from the 1960s, with all booking information printed on reverse. Great condition, Grade: 1

Code: 31200007
Price: $11.00
Zsa Zsa Gabor (USA)
The Dunes may be long gone, but Ms Gabor as of this writing is still with us on this Jumbo card (5-1/2″ x 7″) (two are available) from 1960s, with booking information on reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 31200008
Price: $19.00
George Burns and Carol Channing (USA)
The George Burns and Carol Channing Show with The Four Preps at the Las Vegas Dunes Hotel in the 1960s. Two unused (5-3/8″ x 7″) cards are available, from this long-gone hotel. Grade: 1

Code: 31200009
Price: $11.00
Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds
Mamie Smith (1891 – 1946) was an American vaudeville singer who performed in multiple styles, including jazz and blues. In 1920, she entered blues history as the first African-American artist to make vocal blues recordings, and that’s when the photo on this unused card was taken. Grade: 1

Code: 31200010
Price: $1.00
Albert Einstein
Contemporary, unused card with a ca. 1945 photograph from an unknown photographer. It’s interesting that of the many postcards showing this famous man, many (intentionally or not) make him look goofy. Grade: 1

Code: 31200011
Price: $2.00
Moshe Dayan (Israel)
At the time this card was bought (mid-1970s), he was the Israeli Minister of Defence. Unused, Grade: 1

Code: 31200012
Price: $4.00
Mae West (USA)
Card from New York’s Museum of Modern Art was mailed in 1983, with stamp intact and mostly legible postmark. The black background shows a bit of creasing and abrasion on lower left front corner. In that pose, people really did have to “come up and see her sometime.” Grade: 3

Code: 31200014
Price: $3.50
Ferdinand Marcos
Leaving all editorial comment aside, this could be (and was) used as a postcard or as a poster for the wall, we suppose. The message area has a pre-printed short text right in the middle, and no lines (but space for) an address. Card was mailed in 1996 and has one stamp and an inky postmark, with some extra pencilled numbers added in by the retailer for good measure. Grade: 3

Code: 31200016
Price: $5.50
Rock Hudson
The photo is from 1952; the card is from 1987, mailed with two stamps and a full Denver postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 31200017
Price: $4.00
Elvis Presley
Card mailed in about 1983–the postmark is just a little bit illegible. It has a 28-cent stamp. Grade: 3

Code: 31200018
Price: $3.50
James Dean
Aging card mailed in 1983 even though the full postmark somehow makes it look very much like 1993. There’s a 28-cent stamp on this sepia card, which has a bit of postal ink on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 31200019
Price: $3.50
Marlene Dietrich
Cecil Beaton photo from 1935, card from 1982 and mailed in 1984 with two 20-cent stamps and a mostly legible Denver postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 31200020
Price: $3.50
Frances Benjamin Johnston
You may wish to do some Googling to learn more; or, this could be just the card you’ve been searching high and low for. We just want to move on to the next one. The card was mailed in 1984 with two 20-cent stamps and a full Denver postmark. A bit of postal creasing. Grade: 3

Code: 31200021
Price: $3.50
Kamala Harris
We had been planning to list this card in the “U.S. Presidents” theme category, but it was not to be. The front of the card is OK. The reverse, not so much because it was mailed in 2024 with its stamp, overlapping postmarks, and a machine-printed message affixed, similar to those on cash register receipts, the ones that fade away before you even reach home. Grade: 3

Code: 31200022
Price: $2.00
Edward Albert Christian … (Prince of Wales)
To alert you: the front looks like a postcard but the reverse is entirely taken up with biographical details and other photos. Some staining. Grade: 3

Code: 31200025
Price: $4.50
Sudirman (Malaysia)
Unused card from the 1980s, of one of Malaysia’s most famous entertainers ever. He left the scene much too soon. Grade: 1

Code: 31200027
Price: $3.00
Sri Shanmuganathan (Malaysia)
Unused card of this Malaysian Indian entertainer. Grade: 1

Code: 31200028
Price: $3.00
Noor Kumalasari (Malaysia)
Two cards are available. One was mailed in 1984, with three Malaysian stamps and a legible if indistinct postmark. It has significant postmark smudging on the front, and a blue airmail sticker affixed behind (Grade: 4, $4.50). The other is unused (Grade: 1, $3).

Code: 31200029
Price: $4.50
Elvis Presley
Well, many people have, but we haven’t. This card was mailed from Memphis in 1995. It has a 40-cent stamp and mostly legible postmark, then on top of all that is a pink postage meter, also from Memphis, with more postage. Card has normal edge abrasions for having been mailed internationally. Grade: 2

Code: 31200030
Price: $4.50
Grace Jones, One Man Show
What an appropriate name for this concert! Mailed card became creased in the process. It was mailed from Birmingham (UK) in 1986, with five stamps and legible postmark. It also has the original price written over on the reverse, and a blue airmail sticker. Grade: 4

Code: 31200031
Price: $4.50
Grace Jones, Slave to the Rhythm
A slightly different Grace Jones card, and as it says on the back, there’s no such thing as too many. Mailed in the UK in 1986, this card has five stamps and mostly legible postmark over a blue airmail sticker. Some creasing. Grade: 4

Code: 31200032
Price: $4.50
Lionel Hampton (USA)
This somewhat oversized (4″ x 7″) unused card from the 1960s is a little smudged on both sides but definitely a prize catch for Hampton collectors. Grade: 2

Code: 31200033
Price: $6.00
Ginger Rogers (USA)
Slightly oversized (4″ x 7″) card from the early 1960s, showing Miss Rogers in her “premiere Las Vegas cafe appearance.” The card is aging and has a travel agent’s rubber stamp on the reverse but if you’re a collector of Las Vegas, or any of the glitz associated with Vegas, this one’s for you. Grade: 4

Code: 31200034
Price: $6.00
Pete Sampras, Roger Federer
The event is long finished, at the world’s largest casino, so we are listing this now. Five unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 31200037
Price: $3.50
Lurleen Wallace (Alabama, USA)
Much as we might like to make some political comment here, we won’t. This unused card from the 1960s is in basically as-new condition. Grade: 1

Code: 31200038
Price: $5.00
M. Lermontov (USSR)
We debated whether to list this or not because it’s not a picture postcard in the usual sense, but for you Lermontov fans out there, why deny you? The reverse is fully written with a message. Note that Grodno is now in Belarus, not Russia. Grade: 1

Code: 31200040
Price: $3.00
Jennifer Lopez
If you presented this card at the right place in a Singapore department store by November 2006 you would have received a complimentary fragrance sample. Too late! Unused (maybe you can convince them still). Grade: 1

Code: 31200041
Price: $2.00
Eddie Palmieri
Six unused cards available, promoting a show at the 2008 Hong Kong Arts Festival. Grades: 1

Code: 31200042
Price: $2.00
Mystery woman
We have no idea who this is, but the unused card was printed in Mexico. Grade: 3

Code: 31200044
Price: $1.00
Elizabeth Taylor (TIME Magazine cover)
Miss Taylor has never looked lovelier than on this postcard of TIME’s August 22, 1949 cover. Four of these unused cards, which solicit subscriptions, are available. Grades: 1

Code: 31200045
Price: $2.00
Kylie Minogue
Oversized (5-1/2″ x 7-7/8″) advertising card mailed to Hong Kong households, with Hongkong Post’s Circular Service (bulk mail) postage pre-printed. On one side the card is Kylie, as what you see. On the other side it’s also Kylie, in an ad for Tous jewelry. Grade: 1

Code: 31200046
Price: $3.00
Annie Oakley
Unused card of an 1890 poster at the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming. Miss Annie Oakley – The Peerless Lady Wing-Shot. Grade: 2

Code: 31200049
Price: $3.00
Ronald Reagan and Diane Lynn
Ronald Reagan’s second-greatest acting job, in a photo by Ida Wyman. Card was dated 1984 and mailed in 1987 with an abraded stamp and almost no postmark. Grade: 5

Code: 31200050
Price: $1.50
Tony Blair and Chris Patten
Unused card showing senior British dignitaries in Hong Kong for the 1997 handover ceremonies. Grade: 1

Code: 31200055
Price: $4.00

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