Rainbows – Global Postcard Sales

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Yosemite National Park, Nevada Fall (California)
The “5 Associates” people did these cards right in the 1950s, that’s for sure. This one (BSY-5) is unused and, like others in the series, in great shape. Grade: 1

Code: 34900001
Price: $3.50
Kalalau Valley, Kauai (Hawaii)
A Mike Roberts color card distributed by Movie Supply of Hawaii (#C7068), this is from the 1960s and unused. Grade: 1

Code: 34900002
Price: $2.00
Shoshone Falls (USA)
Mailed from Story City, Iowa, in 1954, with a 2-cent stamp. The card has a travel agent’s large rubber stamp on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 34900003
Price: $1.00
Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Dakota)
Card was mailed from Billings, MT in 1994 and has the full postmark and a 40-cent stamp. Shows just a little bit of having been in the mail. Grade: 2

Code: 34900004
Price: $4.50
Newport Bridge
Mailed from Providence, RI in 1991 with a torn 40-cent Lillian M. Gilbreth stamp, this card of New England’s longest suspension bridge (is it still?) also notes the “rarely photographed primary and secondary rainbow.” Grade: 4

Code: 34900005
Price: $3.00
Waikiki Beach (Honolulu)
OK, it’s a stretch, but look for the rainbow on the side of the hotel. We’re not big on Roman numerals but it looks like the printed date on this unused card is 1995. Grade: 1

Code: 34900006
Price: $1.50
Hilton Rainbow Towers (Honolulu)
Mailed from Honolulu in 1981 with a Scott airmail stamp and heavily inked (legible) postmark. Significant postmark smudge on the front as well. OK, OK, it’s not the rainbow you were expecting … Grade: 3

Code: 34900007
Price: $3.00
Niagara Falls (Canada)
Unused card ca. 1960s or 1970s. Grade: 1

Code: 34900008
Price: $3.00
Niagara Falls, vivid rainbows
Unused and unusual contemporary card showing double rainbows. Grade: 1

Code: 34900010
Price: $2.00
Niagara Falls, afternoon rainbow
Unused, contemporary card. However do they “enhance” it like this? Grade: 1

Code: 34900011
Price: $1.50
Rainbow Bridge, Niagara Falls
Unused Harris Litho. Co. card. Grade: 1

Code: 34900012
Price: $4.00
BioSlim – baby and rainbow (Hong Kong)
Pre-printed postage from the circular service, in English. Card is fully printed on both sides. Grade: 1

Code: 34900013
Price: $1.50
Rainbow Falls, Watkins Glen (New York)
Mailed in 1983 with 13-cent stamp and nearly full postmark, this card nicely integrates several of our card categories into one. Grade: 1

Code: 34900014
Price: $3.50
Rainbow Country, Rock Lake (Northern Ontario, Canada)
Unused card. Thumbtack hole. Grade: 4

Code: 34900015
Price: $1.00
Linz am Rhein (Germany), multiple views
You’re wondering “where’s the rainbow?” OK, we are cheating a bit. It’s on one of the two large stamps on the reverse. Card mailed in 2010. Grade: 1

Code: 34900016
Price: $3.00
Rainbow Bridge and Niagara Falls (Canada)
Old, unused Harris Litho (Toronto) card 87, modestly aged but still in excellent condition. Grade: 1

Code: 34900017
Price: $4.00
General View from Rainbow Bridge Tower, Niagara Falls (Canada)
Unused, aging F.H. Leslie Ltd. card S-87. Grade: 3

Code: 34900018
Price: $4.00
Badlands National Park (South Dakota, USA)
Mailed in 2011 with three different stamps and most of the postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 34900019
Price: $4.00
At the end of your rainbow (Nebraska, USA)
Two rainbows, actually. At least they aren’t tornadoes (sp.). Unused, contemporary card. Grade: 1

Code: 34900021
Price: $2.00
Amsterdam
Mailed in 2012 with stamp, postmark, Priority, and one extra sticker. Grade: 3

Code: 34900022
Price: $1.00
Civita di Bagnoregio (Italy)
Mailed in 2012, with two stamps, postmark, and address label affixed. Orange postal barcoding. Grade: 4

Code: 34900023
Price: $1.00
Hokkaido, Japan
Mailed in 2012 from Japan, this card has three stamps, of which one is a heart-shaped “Mickey and Minnie” 50-yen stamp, and two postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 34900024
Price: $3.00
Scenic Idaho, Shoshone Falls
Mailed in 1993 from Boise, this card has a 19-cent stamp and full postmark. The rainbow is there, but let’s say it is very discreeet in this photo. Grade: 2

Code: 34900025
Price: $1.00
Holland, multiple views
This 5-7/8″ square card was mailed in 2012 with stamp and two overlapping postmarks. Grade: 2

Code: 34900026
Price: $2.00
Qingsong Comic, the summer rainbow (PR China)
This artistic take on a rainbow represents the 26th Universiade held in Shenzhen, a massive athletic competition. Mailed in 2012, three large and different stamps, and full postmark. Really a very nice card. Grade: 1

Code: 34900027
Price: $5.00
Yellowstone National Park, Tower Fall in Tower Creek (Wyoming)
Unused Curteichcolor card 54K105 (6C-K289) of a waterfall described in the caption as being “the height of a 12-story building.” Some aging on the card. Grade: 2

Code: 34900029
Price: $2.00
Zwinger, Dresden (Germany)
Mailed in 2012 with stamp and postmark. The writer explained that Zwinger was planned as a forecourt for a new castle that was never built. You might want to verify that. Grade: 2

Code: 34900030
Price: $2.00
Tucson, Mission San Xavier Del Bac (Arizona, USA)
The Mission, from 1692. The unused Petley card 2123, from somewhat later, but aging. Grade: 2

Code: 34900032
Price: $1.00
Waterfalls of Yosemite National Park (USA)
This unused card identifies all four falls: Vernal, Yosemite, Nevada, and Bridalveil, and the drop for each one. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 34900033
Price: $4.00
Nevada, multiple scenic views
Unused “Nevada Series” card 087. Grade: 1

Code: 34900034
Price: $1.00
Donner Summit, Rainbow Bridge (California)
Unused Colorscope card S-23. The bridge was completed in 1925, and the three-line caption gives a surprising amount of information. Grade: 1

Code: 34900035
Price: $2.00
Mirror Stream (Ukraine)
According to the card, “Mirror Stream” is the symbol of Kharkov. Mailed in 2013, with stamp, postmark, and blue Par Avion chop. Grade: 1

Code: 34900036
Price: $2.00
Doraemon 0052-1 (set of 30) – cover + 3 cards
Though we’ve listed another Doraemon set in the “Cinema” category, this one goes under “Manga” also, reflecting the character’s origins, and of course there’s a rainbow. Our scan shows the cardboard cover and three of the 30 individual unused cards. Grade: 1

Code: 34900037
Price: $24.00
Te hard gegaan? (Netherlands)
The text on the front becomes translated by Google as: “Gone too hard? Beware of the white haze. Drink driving – and drug free.” That’s clear enough. Card mailed in 2014 with stamp and full Amsterdam postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 34900038
Price: $1.00
Jyväskylä (Finland)
From the largest city in central Finland, a card mailed in 2014 with stamp and Priority label — but no postmark. Grade: 4

Code: 34900039
Price: $1.00
13th World Festival of Youth and Students (set of two) (Maximum Cards) (DPR Korea)
Colourful set of two unused maximum cards from 1989, of the event held in Pyongyang. Captioned entirely in English. Grade: 1

Code: 34900040
Price: $14.00
National Library, Minsk (Belarus)
Unique shot on a card mailed in 2014 with five stamps and two very faint postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 34900041
Price: $3.00
Cook’s Rainbow Cafe, Brookings (South Dakota, USA)
Unused TichnorGloss card G88389, slightly aging. Grade: 1

Code: 34900042K
Price: $2.00
Cumberland Falls State Park (Kentucky)
One of those cards that almost accidentally falls into a number of our theme categories. Unused Dexter Press card 42662-B (SP-CF-2), noticeably aging but otherwise OK. Grade: 2

Code: 34900044
Price: $1.00
Rev. 5:10
Unused card from the International Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, and whose caption on the back is from Genesis 9:13. The rainbow connection. Grade: 1

Code: 34900045
Price: $1.00

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