Romance – Page 2 – Global Postcard Sales

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Way down in my Heart (USA)
We’re not certain how the drawing matches the text, but humour was different in 1904 when this unused card was dated. Undivided back, heavily handled and creased. Grade: 4

Code: 39900042
Price: $1.00
No there’s nothing half so sweet in life As Love’s Young Dream (USA)
An unused, sepia-toned, ancient card in surprisingly good condition. Grade: 1

Code: 39900043
Price: $3.00
A Twentieth Century Courtship (USA)
Sub-titled “Making Acquaintance,” this card was mailed with stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 4

Code: 39900044
Price: $0.50
I’d kiss you if only I had the nerve (USA)
After looking at this couple, we debated whether to classify the card under “Romance” or “Disaster,” finally deciding to go along with the original intent. Or maybe not! Mailed with abraded stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 4

Code: 39900045
Price: $2.00
No. 11 Lover’s Lane, Saint Jo. by Eugene Field (USA)
No doubt at all that this unused card is both romantic and very old. Grade: 4

Code: 39900046
Price: $1.00
Happy Valentine’s Day
Unusual, for a few reasons. First, since when did QR codes become romantic? (No, we have not scanned one of these to find out.) Second, mailed from Taiwan in 2013 with four different stamps and three large, special postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 39900047
Price: $4.00
There was no one else around to hear
Gertie had a good sense of humour when she wrote her message on the back, though the card wasn’t postally used. Only because of that, Grade: 4

Code: 39900048
Price: $1.00
I (heart) You
Unused, China-made card. Grade: 1

Code: 39900049
Price: $1.00
Herzlichst (Germany)
Mailed from Germany in 2013 with illegible postmark and Priority label. Grade: 3

Code: 39900050
Price: $0.50
Láska … to je umění (Czech Republic)
The legend means “Love … it is an art!” in Czech, on a card mailed from the Czech Republic in 2013 with three different stamps, two postmarks, and Prioritaire label. Grade: 1

Code: 39900051
Price: $3.00
Aiz Gaismas Mirdz … (Latvia)
We had no idea what language this was, so we put Google Translate into “Detect Language” mode, and it came back with this English translation from Latvian: “Behind the light shining flower behind the beating heart of happiness. World flies eternally in love!” We get the idea. Unused, clearly starting to age. Grade: 2

Code: 39900052
Price: $2.00
Rose in snowy heart (Turkey)
Two QR codes, two stamps, one sticker, and one postmark on the back of this card mailed from Turkey in 2013. Grade: 4

Code: 39900053
Price: $2.00
On Duty. (USA)
Sweet. Unused. Old. Grade: 3

Code: 39900054
Price: $1.00
Sing a song of six-pence (USA)
At first glance this doesn’t look like an ad card, but it is, and a very old one at that–mailed in 1910 from Louisville, with stamp and postmark. Very nice early example of the genre. Grade: 1

Code: 39900055
Price: $4.00
Two Hearts that beat as one.
In 1908, someone sent this card from Astoria, Oregon (USA) to Hugh Goodell. We sure hope he knew who it was, this Secret Valentine. Grade: 2

Code: 39900056
Price: $1.00
When love is young in Spring-time!
What an awful graphic. We love it. Roy mailed this to Ruth in 1908. Stamp and postmark are there, and lots of smudges, but after she saw this card we wonder if Ruth ever wanted to see Roy again? Young love indeed. Grade: 3

Code: 39900057
Price: $4.00
Soon I’ll be returning (two cards)
A set of two unused musical cards dated 1908. Grade: 2

Code: 39900058
Price: $2.00
Oh! whistle & I’ll come to you, my Dear!
Undivided back card dated 1905. There’s an uncancelled stamp on the back, but no postmark. The message, clearly, is on the front where it should be. Grade: 3

Code: 39900059
Price: $1.00
As a lover he bade farewell to his sweetheart
Embossed, German-made card (does ANYONE see the irony in this?) mailed in the USA in 1908, with stamp and Texas postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 39900060
Price: $2.00
Sweden
We were unable to coax a credible Swedish translation out of Google, but we’re sure it’s sweet. The aged K.V.I.B. 12, Dess 4, Serie 75 undivided back card was mailed in Sweden in 1904, with stamp and partly legible postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 39900061
Price: $3.00
Hove to (USA)
Mailed in 1913 from Los Angeles, with stamp and full postmark. The message continues on the back. Grade: 4

Code: 39900062
Price: $1.00
Tell me you love me in Minneapolis, Minn.
For its age, this ancient postcard from Bamforth & Co. is still in very good shape. Undivided back, unused, and if you are in Minneapolis, in love, and you stumble on this entry, you really should consider getting this and surprising your significant other. Grade: 1

Code: 39900063
Price: $3.00
A Ring
Not postally used, though with writing on the back. Heavily aged and somewhat stained. Grade: 5

Code: 39900064
Price: $0.50
Love me and the world is mine
Things are not as romantic now as they were in 1909 when this unused Bamforth card was made in England. Grade: 3

Code: 39900065
Price: $1.00
It rained yesterday (USA)
A card with Character, capital C. Mailed in 1908 with stamp and postmark from Michigan, it was delivered two days later by Special Delivery (another postmark) in Ohio. The message is inscrutable, to say the least. An excellent representation of this type of old romantic postcard. Grade: 2

Code: 39900066
Price: $3.00
Try this on your Piano (USA)
Aged, undivided back card mailed in 1906 with stamp and clear postmark. It almost sounded as though he wanted to break up with Anna. Maybe her address was part of the problem. Grade: 2

Code: 39900067
Price: $1.00
He sipped the nectar from her lips (USA)
There is a full 1907 postmark from the USA, and no sign a stamp was ever there. Maybe it wasn’t? Probably it was. Grade: 4

Code: 39900068
Price: $1.00
I’ve a feeling for you
Theochrom card, mailed in Oregon in 1909 with stamp, two postmarks, and a nice long message. The card was forwarded by the post office to a new town. Grade: 2

Code: 39900069
Price: $2.00
Woman, and man with walking stick
Stamp is long gone, but 1908 postmark is still there. Grade: 5

Code: 39900070
Price: $0.50
Caught napping (USA)
We rarely assign our best grades to these old romance cards, but this Bamforth one (Series 1176) from 1909 is in great condition still. Only a bit of smudging on the front gets in the way. Stamp and postmark are there. Grade: 2

Code: 39900071
Price: $3.00
You want some one to love you.
Turn-of-the-century Bamforth card 3039, from 1909, with stamp and postmark and a really sweet message from sister to brother. These are the sorts of cards we wrote about in one of our blog entries about postcard culture. Grade: 1

Code: 39900072
Price: $3.00
In the good Old Summer Time. (USA)
Old sepia card, clearly mailed because the stamp and 1911 postmark are there; but no message or address. Someone along the way must have gone to great trouble to erase everything because we really can’t see where they ever were. Grade: 3

Code: 39900073
Price: $1.00
True love never grows old (USA)
Mailed in 1907 from Baltimore, undivided back postcard with stamp and postmark. Copyrighted in 1906 by M.I. Sheahan (“Sheahan’s Good Mottos make the world brighter”). Indeed they did. Grade: 2

Code: 39900074
Price: $2.00
Serenade (France)
We wanted to call this “Romeo and Juliet” but weren’t certain that’s what the artist meant. This is one of the oldest postcards we have in stock: undivided back, mailed in 1903, in France, with stamp and two postmarks. It’s nice. Grade: 2

Code: 39900075
Price: $8.00
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: 39900076
Price: $2.00
Heart on beach (Japan)
Mailed from Japan in 2013, two stamps, faint postmark, and blue airmail “chop” mark. One small sticker of a cat’s head. Grade: 4

Code: 39900077
Price: $1.00
Map of Taiwan, with “Double Happiness”
The “Double Happiness” character has many associations, often with weddings. This 2012 card was mailed in 2013, with two stamps and faint postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 39900078
Price: $5.00
Tendre Amitien (France)
The postmark is *almost* but not quite clear enough on the wraparound stamp to tell us whether this card was mailed in 1905, 1906, or 1908, but it’s one of those. Heavily aged, appropriately. Grade: 2

Code: 39900079
Price: $4.00
Embrasse (France)
Undivided back card, message on the front, mailed in 1904, stamp and Sarthe postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 39900080
Price: $4.00
Flowers (set of 30)
We’re showing you the back cardboard cover of a set of 30 unused Chinese cards, meant–we think–to be romantic. Grade: 1

Code: 39900081
Price: $9.00

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