Shopping Malls – Global Postcard Sales

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Phenix Plaza (Alabama, USA)
Unused 1960s card showing Phenix Plaza. Grade: 2

Code: 35100001
Price: $6.00
Mall of America, Edina (Minnesota)
The USA might be surprised to see other countries overtaking this mall in size, but no denying it’s an experience to visit. You don’t need to fly to Minnesota. You can get this unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 35100002
Price: $2.00
Riverplace (Minneapolis, USA)
Mailed in 1989 with 36-cent Igor Sikorsky stamp and illegible St. Paul postmark. Minor postal dings. Grade: 3

Code: 35100003
Price: $1.00
Crossroads Shopping Center (Omaha, Nebraska, USA)
This unused Dexter Press / Dunlap-Henline card DT-5013-C points out that Crossroads is (was) “one of Omaha’s most complete shopping centers.” Damned by faint praise. Grade: 2

Code: 35100004
Price: $1.00
Hotorgscity, Sergels torg (Stockholm)
As this commercial area looked in 1969. The unused Ultraforlaget card 501 has serrated edges and is beginning to age on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 35100005
Price: $3.50
Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation Complex (Brunei)
Despite the official-sounding name, and the presence (you can see in the card) of a 16th-century royal barge, this is one of Bandar Seri Begawan’s “most popular shopping venues”. Unused 5″ x 7″ Sunju Enterprise card NH-375. Grade: 1

Code: 35100006
Price: $9.00
Eaton Centre, Toronto
Nice glossy card in terrific condition, with blue bilingual airmail sticker and $1.75 stamp that was not postmarked … Grade: 3

Code: 35100007
Price: $3.00
Leipzig, shopping mall and other views (Germany)
The four views are listed in German in the caption, and in English by the writer. Mailed in 2011 with stamp and Priority label, and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 35100008
Price: $2.00
Escondido Village (Escondido, California)
Three cards are available. The mall and the cards, both vintage. Unused Amescolor card 44903. Grades: 2

Code: 35100009
Price: $2.00
Dream Mall, Kaohsiung (Taiwan)
It’s a shopping center! It’s an amusement park! It’s a card mailed in 2012 with two different stamps, blurry postmark, and pink airmail chop. A little bit of postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 35100010
Price: $4.00
The Crooked House, Sopot (Poland)
See the Crooked House of Sopot, the shopping centre. Card mailed in 2012, two different stamps, full postmark, and Priorytet label. Grade: 1

Code: 35100011
Price: $2.00
Marimekko outlet (Finland)
Mailed in 2012 with unusual “Autumn lantern” stamp (uncancelled) and blue Priority label. Grade: 4

Code: 35100012
Price: $3.00
Ybor Square, Tampa (Florida)
…in Tampa’s Latin Quarter, and once the world’s largest cigar factory, built in 1886. Status right now? Uncertain. Unused card. Grade: 3

Code: 35100013
Price: $1.00
Tampere, Koskikeskus (Finland)
This is a shopping complex on the shore of the Tammerkoski rapids in the centre of Tampere. Card mailed in 2012 with stamp, postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 1

Code: 35100015
Price: $3.00
The Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 35100016
Price: $3.00
Fiesta Plaza, San Antonio (Texas)
If you live in San Antonio, you are more up on this than we are. Our modest effort at research through Wikipedia became murky. The H.S. Crocker card is unused and undated. Wikipedia says that Bill Miller, of Bill Miller Bar-B-Q, bought Fiesta Plaza (“a failed mall”) in 1992 and planned to donate it to the University of Texas, so now it is the Downtown Campus of UTSA. But the card seems newer than this (we’re not sure!) and there’s no mention of a University. Anyway … Grade: 1

Code: 35100017
Price: $3.00
Mall Invasion (Singapore)
We do not know how to describe this accurately. It is a fold-out postcard from 2009 with a confusing caption about an event in 2013. Mailed in 2013, with stamp and postmark. Some bumping on one corner. Grade: 2

Code: 35100018
Price: $2.00
Kunsthandwerkermarkt Kassel (14) (Germany)
No, there are not 14 cards in a set; this is apparently #14 from a series. Not postally used, but with much writing on the back. Grade: 4

Code: 35100019
Price: $1.00
Stalingrad, Univermag (Department Store) (Russia)
Old photo on a newer card whose reverse was originally blank. Mailed in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and–of course–message. Grade: 1

Code: 35100020
Price: $1.00
Chicago, Merchandise Mart
Unused card of what was then the “World’s largest building,” a “Wholesale City under one roof”. The building went up in 1930 and this postcard probably shortly thereafter. Grade: 1

Code: 35100021
Price: $2.00
Chicago, Marshall Field & Company
Marshall Field and Company Building, or Macy’s at State Street, was the flagship location of the Marshall Field’s chain of department stores and, since 2006, is the main Chicago location of the Macy’s chain. The original building went up in 1892, and mother worked there, and was very proud of that. Unused vintage postcard. Grade: 2

Code: 35100022
Price: $3.00
San Antonio, El Mercado (Texas)
A card of “the largest Mexican marketplace outside of Mexico”, and bilingually captioned in English and Spanish. Mailed in 2014 with a round Global Forever stamp and fully readable postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 35100023
Price: $1.00
Marshall Field & Co., Retail Premises, Chicago
Undivided back card mailed in 1908, with stamp and clear postmark. Fine condition for this old age. Grade: 1

Code: 35100024
Price: $5.00
Bauru – SP – multiple views (Brazil)
Unused card with four views identified in the reverse caption: international airport, Igreja Tenrikyo de Dendotnyo, a shopping center, and Estadio Alfredo de Castilho (E.C. Noroeste). So you have several categories to choose from. Grade: 1

Code: 35100025
Price: $4.00
Chicago, The Merchandise Mart, by night (USA)
“World’s largest building” housing “several hundred wholesale mercantile concerns” representing “Chicago, the Great Central Market.” Card mailed in 1938, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 35100026
Price: $3.00
Chicago, The Merchandise Mart
By now, the caption reads “one of the world’s largest buildings,” impressive nonetheless. Linen card mailed in 1949, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 35100027
Price: $3.00
New World Centre Shopping Mall (Hong Kong)
We had great fun trying to nail down the date this unused ad card from Jetway Express Ltd. might have been designed. It still shows the old HSBC HQ in Central, so that makes it pre-1985. Though there are many other clues, we’ll leave those to you. OK, the mall is just a speck on the map — but it’s there. Grade: 1

Code: 35100028
Price: $12.00
Budapest, Paris Courtyard
One internet source calls this “one of the most neglected fading beauty”. It started life as a bank, we know that much. The card is unused and has an upper perforated edge, probably having come from a set. Grade: 1

Code: 35100029
Price: $2.00
São Paulo – SP – Viaduto do Cha, and vista of Shopping Light (Brazil)
Unused card. Just to confirm, as the scan shows, those border lines do not run across the top. Grade: 1

Code: 35100030
Price: $2.00
Buenos Aires, La Boca, multiple views and Calle Florida (Argentina)
Not postally mailed, but with a long message in Portuguese from 1979 covering the reverse. The card measures 4-1/8″ x 7-1/8″. The true value is in all the variety on the front. Grade: 4

Code: 35100031
Price: $3.00
Brasilia – DF – Shopping Center (Brazil)
A somewhat grim view, but the card itself, unused, is OK — with slight aging. Grade: 1

Code: 35100034
Price: $3.00
Ciudad Pte. Stroessner, All Star (Paraguay)
This is an unused ad card masquerading as a legitimate ordinary card. One more thing: until now, we have not mentioned that while Ciudad Presidente Stroessner was founded in 1957, it is now called Ciudad del Este. On the card, two small inked initials in the stamp area. Grade: 3

Code: 35100035
Price: $3.00
The Alhambra Casino and Bazaar (Aruba)
The card was mailed in 1990, to Brazil, with stamp and postmark. It’s an aging card, otherwise clean, and as a bonus, the casino is still there. Grade: 1

Code: 35100036
Price: $5.00
Midland Mall, Warwick (Rhode Island, USA)
Unused “local” card 38724, showing “Rhode Island’s most modern shopping center”. Grade: 1

Code: 35100037
Price: $2.00
Chicago, Merchandise Mart
Merchandise Mart postcards are not exactly scarce, but this building was a Big Thing when it went up. Here, a Curteichcolor unused card 1C-K182 (C.K.112) showing “Worlds Largest Merchandising and Business Building”. Grade: 1

Code: 35100038
Price: $1.00
Istanbul, multiple views 34/1250 (Turkey)
Unused Keskin card 34/1250. The four scenes are identified in English, and include Taksim Square, the Grand Bazaar, and the Spice Bazaar, along with the Blue Mosque. Grade: 1

Code: 35100039
Price: $6.00
Honolulu, Ala Moana Shopping Center at Night (Hawaii, USA)
Mailed with 10-cent stamp and indistinct postmark, Ala Moana is called in the caption “The world’s largest shopping center”. Probably not now. Grade: 1

Code: 35100041
Price: $2.00
Cebu City, SM Sea Side City (Philippines)
As of this writing, it is currently the 3rd largest shopping mall in the Philippines and the 8th in the world. The mall has a gross leasable area (GLA) of 470,490 square meters. (If you Google “World’s largest shopping mall,” you really will get an unusual set of statistics.) Unused 5-1/8″ x 7″ card. Grade: 1

Code: 35100044
Price: $3.00
Cebu City, Ayala Center by Night (Philippines)
Unused 5-1/8″ x 7″ card. Grade: 1

Code: 35100045
Price: $3.00
Pasay City, SM Mall of Asia (Philippines)
As of right now, the 4th largest mall in the Philippines, and the 11th largest in the world. Unused 5″ x 7″ card. Grade: 1

Code: 35100046
Price: $2.00

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