Ski (water/snow) and Snowboarding – Global Postcard Sales

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Cypress Gardens, The Pyramid (Florida)
In 1960, Millie wrote to her friend Nellie in Ohio. In December. Was Nellie going to be jealous? You betcha! Three-cent stamp and full Sarasota postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 38300001
Price: $4.00
Lahti, multiple views (Finland)
Three stamps, one Priority label, illegible postmark, and an explanation of the ski photos on this postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 38300002
Price: $5.00
Ski runs, Mammoth Lakes (California)
From 1960s, unused Bill Kelsey W-102 34723 Rocking K Ranch postcard showing the different ski runs. Just a little bit aged on reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 38300003
Price: $2.00
Steamboat (Colorado, USA)
Nice Larry Pierce card of Lower Ski Mountain mailed internationally in 1997, with two stamps and full Denver postmark. Good all around. Yes, the card is similar to #38300005. Grade: 1

Code: 38300004
Price: $2.00
Steamboat, lower ski mountain
Nice, undamaged card mailed abroad in 1993, with two 29-cent stamps and full Denver postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 38300005
Price: $2.00
Winter Park (Colorado)
Proving there are indeed many ski slopes, this card was mailed in 2001 from Denver and has two stamps: one of 20 cents and the other an unvalued “First Class” flower pictorial. Grade: 2

Code: 38300006
Price: $3.00
Quicksilver Chairlift, Breckenridge (Colorado)
Cunningham Studio card 58161290 of the Quicksilver-High Speed Quad Chairlift at the Base of Peak Nine in Breckenridge. Card was mailed with two 29-cent stamps in 1993 from Denver, clearly seen on the postmark. But the card itself just seems a bit weathered. Grade: 3

Code: 38300007
Price: $1.00

Skiing (Colorado)

Just like someone had to be the first to try raw oysters, someone else was the first to see this landscape and think “I can go down that.” The card was mailed in 2001 using a postage meter sticker that seems to cover 20% of the reverse and protrudes over the edge. Orange bar coding on front. Grade: 5

Code: 38300008

Price: $1.00

Water skiing, Cypress Gardens (Florida)
An iconic view of an old Florida tourist attraction on this excellent, unused H.S. Crocker card HSC-F-58. Grade: 1

Code: 38300009
Price: $4.00
Ski Club, Acapulco (Mexico)
Black and white Editorial de Arte 36 card, bought in 1954 and never mailed. Aging, particularly on the reverse, but otherwise in great condition. Grade: 2

Code: 38300010
Price: $6.50
Mt. Sneffels (USA)
Unused Petley card P309285 with a great variety of views: train, Four Corners, Wolf Creek Pass, Mt. Sneffels, Purgatory ski area, and others. Serrated edges. Grade: 1

Code: 38300012
Price: $2.00
Orange County History Center, Orlando (Florida)
A postcard about the history of postcards in Florida, for which skiing is the theme of this reproduction. Mailed in 2011 with address label and message taped or pasted on. One perforated edge. Grade: 5

Code: 38300013
Price: $0.50
Cypress Gardens, Pyramid (Florida)
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC 5079 (86115) of this long-gone water skiing thrill show. Grade: 1

Code: 38300014
Price: $2.00
Bald Mountain, Sun Valley (Idaho, USA)
Mailed in the 1960s with stamp and partial postmark, this card of a mountain famous for powder snow ski runs has serrated edges and a crease on one corner. Grade: 3

Code: 38300015
Price: $1.00
Der Rennsteig (Germany)
Mailed in 2011 with two stamps, postmark, and trilingual Priority label. Grade: 1

Code: 38300016
Price: $2.00
Vauhdikkaat terveiset! (High-speed greetings) (Finland)
Mailed with four stamps, faint postmark, blue Priority label, and a star sticker. Grade: 3

Code: 38300017
Price: $2.00
Dolomiti, ski attractions
Val di Fassa. Val Badia. Val Gardena. Val Pusteria. All here for you on an unmailed card with writing on the back. Grade: 4

Code: 38300018
Price: $1.00
Kuopio, ski jumping centre (Finland)
Mailed in 2011, this card has its stamp, not really readable postmark, and Priority label. The white line under the large letter P on the front is an abrasion. Grade: 3

Code: 38300019
Price: $1.00
Jeseniky (Czech Republic)
All views are identified (in Czech) in the caption on the reverse of this round card, mailed in 2012 with stamp, blue Prioritaire label, and red ink imprint of the Park Hotel. Grade: 1

Code: 38300020
Price: $5.00
Zwei Brettln
Google Translate was no help at all in translating beyond “two skiis.” The card came to us from Austria. Unused card, Grade: 1

Code: 38300021
Price: $1.00
Innsbruck, Bergisel Sprungschanze (Austria)
Mailed in 2012 with stamp and partly legible postmark. Blue Priority label. Grade: 1

Code: 38300022
Price: $2.00
Sochi Olympics 2014 (Russia)
Four of these are available. One was mailed in 2012 with two very large stamps and full, large Ekaterinburg postmark. The writing extends on to the stamps, though (Grade: 3, $3). Two were mailed in 2013, each with stamp and postmark. One of them has a blurred purple airmail chop (Grade: 1, $4) and the other has a smaller stamp with no extra chop (Grade: 1, $3). Finally, one more was mailed in 2014, with one large stamp adjoining the B&W pre-printed postage; also a full Moscow postmark (Grade: 1, $4).

Code: 38300023
Price: $4.00
Vancouver 2010 Olympics, ski slopes (Canada)
Issued and pre-printed postage paid by Canada Post “For mailing in Canada and delivery worldwide,” along with the part of the pre-printed postmark you can see in the scan. This 4-5/8″ x 6-3/4″ card has no conventional postmark, as it was mailed from the USA, but it has written message and address. Grade: 4

Code: 38300024
Price: $5.00
Echo Lake, water skiing (California)
Somehow, it looks cold. Unused Mike Roberts card C6866. Grade: 2

Code: 38300025
Price: $1.00
Mount Sunapee State Park, ski trails (Newbury, New Hampshire, USA)
Not postally used, this “local” card has some writing on the back, along with other staining. None of this affects the front of the card. Grade: 4

Code: 38300026
Price: $1.00
Waterville Valley, Mount Tecumseh Ski Area, White Mountain National Forest (New Hampshire, USA)
Unused Dexter Press card 54812-D (N-4-949), serrated edges, aging slightly. Grade: 1

Code: 38300027
Price: $1.00
Mystery Date Game (USA)
Unused card promoting a picture book on nostalgia. Grade: 1

Code: 38300028
Price: $0.50
Ski Broadmoor (Colorado, USA)
We can’t replicate what they do with the “a” in “Broadmoor”, a precious little affectation, but this unused Dexter Press card 31968-B (and #3677) has rounded corners and introduces us to the Riblet double chair lift. Grade: 1

Code: 38300029
Price: $2.00
Talviset terveiset! (Winter greetings!) (Finland)
Mailed in 2013 with bright stamp, and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 38300030
Price: $2.00
A soft landing, Lapland (Finland)
Mailed from Finland in 2013, with Priority label and stamp but no postmark. Grade: 4

Code: 38300032
Price: $1.00
Die Kunst … Alpen, Arlberg, Zurs, Ski, Freeride (Austria)
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 38300033
Price: $3.00
View of Lake Tahoe from Heavenly, California
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 38300034
Price: $1.00
Incline Village Ski Area, South Shore, Lake Tahoe (Nevada, USA)
This unused card KVB11022 points out three times that Incline Village is on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe. We always thought it was on the north shore. (Postcards never lie, do they?) Grade: 1

Code: 38300035
Price: $2.00
Squaw Valley 0397 (California)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 38300036
Price: $1.00
Squaw Valley USA (California)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 38300037
Price: $1.00
Oslo, Holmenkollen ski jump (Norway)
Everything you could want in a ski postcard except that it was mailed from Russia (not Norway) in 2013, with stamp, large postmark, and bilingual Par Avion chop. Grade: 4

Code: 38300038
Price: $2.00
Lake Tahoe (42352) (California/Nevada)
Unused card #42352, one of several different photos with essentially the same caption. Grade: 1

Code: 38300040
Price: $1.00
Lake Tahoe (42353) (California/Nevada)
Unused card #42353, one of several different photos with essentially the same caption. Grade: 1

Code: 38300041
Price: $1.00
Heavenly, Lake Tahoe (California)
Unused card #47509. Grade: 1

Code: 38300042
Price: $1.00
Heavenly Valley ski lift (California and Nevada)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 38300043
Price: $1.00

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