Romance – Global Postcard Sales

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Orange glow
Not quite sure where to put these. Two are available. They have no caption and were each mailed in Malaysia in 1991, with Kedah stamp but partly readable postmarks. Grades: 2

Code: 39900001
Price: $1.00
Love is loveliest (Malaysia)
Card mailed in Malaysia in 1991, has one stamp and full postmark. It’s an oversized (5″ x 7″) card with minor postal battering and a small abrasion on reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 39900002
Price: $2.00
A picture is a poem (Malaysia)
This 5″ x 7″ card was mailed in Malaysia in 1991, has a Selangor stamp and nearly complete postmark. It also has some ink smudging on front and back. Grade: 3

Code: 39900003
Price: $2.00
You are the light
Card mailed in Malaysia in 1991 with Pulau Pinang stamp and fully readable postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 39900004
Price: $1.00
I want you to stay
A series of similar cards like this. It’s 5″ x 7″, mailed in Malaysia with stamp and postmark. This particular card is stained and aged and not very nice on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 39900005
Price: $1.00
I will never make you blue
This mystical sentiment appears on two cards, each mailed in Malaysia in the early 1990s with stamp and postmark. Grades: 1

Code: 39900006
Price: $1.00
Love (Korea)
We do not know where the card was made, but it was mailed from South Korea in 2011 with two stamps, most of the postmark, and address label affixed. Grade: 4

Code: 39900007
Price: $1.00
The more I took, the more I wanted
Back in 1911 when this was mailed, would it have been called “saucy”? Stamp and full Baltimore postmark, and plaintive message. Grade: 2

Code: 39900008
Price: $5.00
Old couple
This card was designed in the USA, but printed in and mailed from Finland, with three different stamps and blue Priority label but no postmark. Not exactly leading a list of alluring postcards, but touching nonetheless. Grade: 3

Code: 39900009
Price: $2.00
Sure do miss you
They are prairie dogs. The card was mailed from USA in 2010 with three stamps and mostly legible postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 39900010
Price: $1.00
My heart is ever at your service
Originally mailed in the 1910s in the USA, the stamp is gone. Grade: 4

Code: 39900011
Price: $0.50
Sweet memories
Very old, embossed card with extensive message, illegible postmark, and no stamp. Grade: 5.

Code: 39900012
Price: $1.00
Gee, I’d like to furnish a flat for you
Embossed card copyrighted in 1910 by C. Hobson and mailed in 1911 with stamp and full postmark–from one guy to another. But the message clarifies all that. Grade: 2

Code: 39900013
Price: $3.00
Call when you like
We suppose if you lived in Missionhill, South Dakota, you bought whatever cards were available. This one has stamp and 1911 postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 39900014
Price: $3.00
Couple
Copyrighted 1909 by Scofield, we don’t know what this is all about. It looks a lot like he is blowing a big cloud of smoke around her head. And then, on the reverse, the writer said “I painted this card Have you the pigeon yet” so we guess things worked a little differently in 1909 when this was mailed. The stamp is there. Grade: 3

Code: 39900015
Price: $3.00
Romance (USA)
This card was mailed in 1910 with stamp and full Missouri postmark. Its value is somewhat enhanced by the extraordinarily unusual message on the back. We’ve read many messages, and place this one right up near the top. Grade: 3

Code: 39900016
Price: $5.00
From your Love to My Love.
Printed in Germany and not postally used, there is glitter along the lines on the front and a short pencilled message on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 39900017
Price: $1.00
I just can’t make my eyes behave.
Mailed in the early 1900s, with stamp. Grade: 4

Code: 39900018
Price: $0.50
I luf my girl, yet
Unused Dutch Children (Schlesinger Bros.) unnumbered card from the early 1900s. Grade: 3

Code: 39900019
Price: $6.00
You are the light of my life (USA)
Postally unused old and unattributed card, heavily aged and handled, and with pencilled names on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 39900020
Price: $1.00
I vonder, vill he kiss me yet
Dutch Kids card, Schlesinger Bros., and we think it was originally B&W but–long ago–someone has coloured it in. Grade: 5

Code: 39900021
Price: $1.00
Ven you iss gone, I gets mighty blue
Dutch Kids, Schlesinger Bros. Series 6108 from 1912, mailed in 1913 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 39900022
Price: $8.00
Iss I not your lollypop?
Theochrom Serie 1324, Dutch Kids, on a very heavily handled but unused card from early 1900s. Grade: 4

Code: 39900023
Price: $8.00
Heart
We weren’t sure where to put this. It is an unused ad card from Hong Kong. Grade: 1

Code: 39900024
Price: $1.00
In the West
Mailed from Finland, and though the stamp and Priority are there, the postmark isn’t. Because of that, Grade: 4

Code: 39900025
Price: $2.00
Jausmas išauginantis sparnus (Lithuania)
We love Google Translate, we really do. From Lithuanian, it translates this caption as “Feeling the cultivation of the wings.” And the writer helpfully said it means “Feeling that raises the wings.” In this case, sorry, we like the sender’s translation better. Mailed in 2012, with two stamps, postmark, and bilingual Prioritaire label. It’s a Hallmark card. Grade: 2

Code: 39900026
Price: $2.00
I’ve Got Something Sweet to Tell You
Mailed in 1914, partly torn stamp, and sending/receiving postmarks. Grade: 4

Code: 39900027
Price: $1.00
Lottery card 2012 – Love (PR China)
Unused lottery card with pre-printed postage, issued by China Post. Upper edge is perforated. Grade: 1

Code: 39900028
Price: $3.00
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Old, unused card, normally aged, bits of stain on reverse but overall really very nice. Imagine receiving this in the post. Grade: 2

Code: 39900029
Price: $3.00
Generic
Long ago, someone started to send this card and wrote the name, but then stopped. We would like someone else to make a movie with possible scenarios. Sigh. The card has a bit of upper left corner missing. Grade: 4

Code: 39900030
Price: $1.00
Mariusz Foreck Bluebox (Poland)
Postcard seems to be for an art exhibition in Poland, but it was mailed from Belarus in 2012 with two stamps (one of them, Europa) and faint postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 39900031
Price: $2.00
Ajattelen Sydämiä Sinusta
Google’s translation: “I think you have the hearts!” The writer’s translation: “I’m thinking hearts about you!” In this case, we like the writer’s translation better. We would also ask our cat, but he doesn’t speak Finnish either. Card mailed in 2012 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 39900032
Price: $2.00
Love in Taiwan
A short series of unused cards, all cut into the shape of the Island of Taiwan. Each of these cards in sequence is still in the original cellowrap. This one, a stylized rendition of “Double Happiness,” should be for someone about to be, or just, married. We think! Grade: 1

Code: 39900033
Price: $6.00
To My Valentine
Embossed card, mailed in 1911 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 39900034
Price: $2.00
The Little Prince, It doesn’t matter
If you’re a postcard collector with a romantic streak, you should have this. Mailed from PR China in 2012 with three large stamps and two full postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 39900036
Price: $3.00
Heart, Love
Russian internet card, mailed from there in 2012 with stamp and large Sterlitamak postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 39900037
Price: $1.00
I could hug you here (USA)
Naughty us. We are putting this under “Romantic” but it went from a sister to her brother. Mailed in 1912 with stamp and postmark, and a readable message from back in the day. Grade: 3

Code: 39900038
Price: $1.00
With Thou beside me singing …
Vincent V. Colby card, mailed in Missouri in 1910 with stamp and full postmark. The message is impressively long, and readable. Grade: 3

Code: 39900039
Price: $2.00
Love me little – Love me long. (USA)
Not that it says anything remarkable, but the message on the back of this card–mailed from St. Joseph in 1910 with stamp and clear postmark–is also clear and easy to read, a rarity for this vintage. Grade: 1

Code: 39900040
Price: $3.00
I’m on your trail (USA)
With an old card in this aged and heavily handled condition, we guess you just need to look past the imperfections and decide if you like the concept. Mailed in 1913 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 4

Code: 39900041
Price: $1.00

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