Road signs – Global Postcard Sales

Showing 1–40 of 52 postcards

Berlin, Mauer an der Kommandantenstrasse (Germany)
Stamp and blue Luftpost sticker are on the real-photo card, but postmark is not legible and the message has gentle water stains. Serrated edges. Grade: 3

Code: 38600001
Price: $5.00
England
All is made clear on the reverse of the card, mailed in 2011 with two stamps, blue affixed airmail sticker, and orange postal barcoding. There’s an abrasion on the front above the “Start” sign. Grade: 3

Code: 38600002
Price: $3.00
Victoria County Court House, One-Way Street (Texas)
That’s one imposing courthouse for a single county. Unused View-Gram card S18544. Grade: 1

Code: 38600003
Price: $2.00
U.S. 90 between Sanderson and Del Rio, Texas
One of the bleakest cards we have, but not boring; and in this solitude we find great beauty. And if you don’t believe it, come live where we do. Unused View-Gram card 21919. Grade: 2

Code: 38600004
Price: $4.00
U.S. Highway 59, Lufkin (Texas)
As a courtesy, the caption writers might have identified the church in the centre of the photo–but, no. Unused View-Gram card 27197. Grade: 1

Code: 38600005
Price: $3.00
Blue Ridge Parkway, Highest Elevation
Unused Plastichrome card P57124 showing the highest point on the Parkway. To be commemorated by the fictional Australian folk hero Bronc Morret. Grade: 2

Code: 38600006
Price: $1.00
Berlin, Pariser Platz(t)
Mailed in 2011 with stamp, postmark, Luftpost, and address label taped on. We know there must be significance to the extra “t” but Google was no help on this. If you would like to let us in on the joke … Grade: 4

Code: 38600007
Price: $2.00
Entering Albuquerque (New Mexico, USA)
The caption generously calls this “a broad panorama of the beautiful city of Albuquerque” but for that you need to squint. Mailed in early 1970s with 6-cent stamp and partial postmark. There are significant abrasions on the front. Grade: 5

Code: 38600008
Price: $4.00
Streets of Chinatown – shops (Singapore)
Unused 3-3/4″ x 8-1/4″ card. Grade: 1

Code: 38600009
Price: $5.00
Historic New Orleans street signs (Louisiana, USA)
Contemporary, unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 38600010
Price: $2.00
New Orleans, street sign collage (USA)
Contemporary, unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 38600011
Price: $2.00
Yaumati, Dundas Street (Hong Kong)
Unused 5-1/8″ x 7″ Cameraman Card CBL 27. Grade: 1

Code: 38600012
Price: $3.00
Namdaemun Gate, Seoul (South Korea)
Mailed in 1989 with five different stamps and multiple postmarks. Most unfortunately, in 2008, the greater part of this structure was destroyed in an arson attack. Grade: 1

Code: 38600013
Price: $16.00
Pirate Postcards (Hong Kong) (set)
Two of these sets of six cards are available. They are unused, in their original wrapping, and we suppose the cover art (in our scan) represents the individual postcards. They are dated 1996. Grades: 1

Code: 38600014
Price: $14.00
Bangkok, Khao San Road (Thailand)
Backpacker Heaven. Except when it’s not. Unused card, Grade: 1

Code: 38600015
Price: $4.00
This Way
International card: photo from Japan, card from Netherlands, mailed in 2012 with three stamps and Priority label. Grade: 1

Code: 38600016
Price: $3.00
Kangaroo (Australia)
Mailed with two nice stamps and illegible postmark, the card would be great except that it has been torn about halfway across the narrow section and through the word “next”. This happened in transit. Grade: 5

Code: 38600017
Price: $0.50
Toadstool road sign (Netherlands)
It’s clever, and explained on the back. Mailed with stamp and indistinct postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 38600018
Price: $2.00
England
Mailed from Netherlands (not England!) with two stamps and Priority label and multiple Hello Kitty stickers. The locations are identified in the reverse caption. Grade: 4

Code: 38600019
Price: $2.00
Zeichensprache (Road signs) (Germany)
Comic translations. The internet card was mailed in 2012 with stamp and Hamburg postmark; as it was wrongly sent to Indonesia first, it also has a rubber stamp “Misent (sic) to Jakarta MPC”. Grade: 1

Code: 38600020
Price: $3.00
Gruss vom Airport Frankfurt (Germany)
An older card, and while we might have thought they would show a Lufthansa flight and not Aerolineas Argentinas, it’s fine with us. This was mailed in 2012 from Ukraine (not Germany!) with four stamps and Kiev postmark. Some postal handling is evident, but this is about as international as any postcard can get. Grade: 3

Code: 38600021
Price: $3.00
Ouachita National Forest, Route 7 (Arkansas, USA)
Mailed in 2012 with two stamps and partly readable postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 38600022
Price: $1.00
USA street signs
The card does not identify these as American street signs, but we know them to be. The card itself would mislead you, as it was mailed from Malaysia in 2012 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 38600023
Price: $1.00
Alberta Stop Sign (Canada)
Mailed from Belgium (not Alberta!) in 2012 with uncancelled stamp and A Prior label affixed. Grade: 3

Code: 38600024
Price: $3.00
Maine, USA
Mailed in 2012 with two stamps, mostly legible postmark, and the usual USPS processing abrasions on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 38600025
Price: $1.00
San Francisco, Haight Street
A card for many categories. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 38600026
Price: $5.00
San Francisco, Haight Street scenes
A card for many categories. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 38600027
Price: $5.00
Bodensee, city sign (Germany)
What you see is what you get! Mailed from Germany in 2012 with two stamps, and full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 38600028
Price: $2.00
Paris
Looks a lot like Paris, but the card was mailed from China in 2012 with two large stamps and two Shanghai postmarks. Grade: 3

Code: 38600029
Price: $2.00
Zanzibar, Direction Post
Unattributed real photo card, beaten up by thumbtack holes and some staining. Grade: 4

Code: 38600030
Price: $9.00
Sweden, road sign and fruit
Mailed in 2012 with three stamps, postmark, and Prioritaire label, along with minor postal abrasion on the back. Grade: 2

Code: 38600031
Price: $2.00
Nathan Road, Hong Kong
There’s no caption on this unused card, which is meant to represent any generic big city. But we know where it is, because we go by that exact spot often. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 38600032
Price: $2.00
Paris
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 38600033
Price: $1.00
San Francisco’s Chinatown STOP sign
Unused Dexter Press card 52892-B with a view of Grant Avenue, and a cable car, and a Taiwanese flag that’s probably not there right now–but we’ve not looked, lately. Grade: 1

Code: 38600034
Price: $5.00
Eletäh sit viel elimäelki
The sender of this card didn’t like it at all, but we love it–purely “local” and a nice change from snow and reindeer. The front caption defeated Google Translate, but the writer says it means “We’re still alive!”, all referring to the Raavuorisoitto festival. Like we said–local. Mailed in 2013 with stamp and Priority. Grade: 1

Code: 38600035
Price: $4.00
Canada
Canada for certain, but this unused and otherwise uncaptioned card was made in China for sale in China. Grade: 1

Code: 38600036
Price: $1.00
Alaskan Moose
It has come to this in the United States, that the printed caption on this unused card has to point out this is a “Composite close-up view of a moose crossing the Seward Highway.” Why, we thought all American wildlife was this size. Grade: 1

Code: 38600037
Price: $3.00
Alaska Highway
Unused card showing the point where the Alaska Highway and the Richardson Highway come together. Grade: 1

Code: 38600038
Price: $3.00
Bangkok, Thanon Khaosan, multiple views
Unused card gives you the flavour of this foreigners’ enclave. Grade: 1

Code: 38600039
Price: $2.00
San Francisco, Chinatown and Cable Car
Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 38600040
Price: $3.00

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