Thanksgiving – Global Postcard Sales

Total: 24 postcards

Hearty Greetings, A Happy Thanksgiving.
Mailed in 1910 with stamp and postmark, an embossed postcard printed in Germany. Grade: 2

Code: 39500001
Price: $4.00
Good Wishes for Thanksgiving Day (USA)
A nice card, very heavily aged and a bit marked up but just an old card with character. Stamp and 1912 postmark are there. Grade: 3

Code: 39500002
Price: $3.00
Thanksgiving greetings
Card from early 1900s, with a fold on upper right front corner and with brief message written on reverse–but the card was not mailed. A typical vintage Thanksgiving postcard. Grade: 4

Code: 39500003
Price: $3.00
Thanksgiving Greetings
Mailed in the early 1900s, the stamp is there but the postmark is not fully legible. Grade: 2

Code: 39500004
Price: $5.00
Thanksgiving Greetings
These embossed cards are so ornate, so rich and full of images. Mailed in 1909 from Murphy, California, with stamp and full postmark. Grandma had excellent taste and we hope James appreciated that. Grade: 2

Code: 39500005
Price: $7.00
Thanksgiving in the P.I. As the Service Man sees it. (Philippines)
An extraordinary, unused card of a poem by Gallaher, clearly dated Nov. 26, 1914 on the bottom front. Attributed to Subic Bay Press, aging but in great condition and definitely not easily found by a search engine. Grade: 1

Code: 39500006K
Price: $29.00
a Thanksgiving Greeting
An unused and quite flimsy card (little more than printed paper) from Divine Word Missionaries. Grade: 1

Code: 39500007
Price: $0.50
Them’s both fine birds (USA)
This legend is on the front, though it will be hard to see in the scan. Thanksgiving postcards might have fallen out of favour when people started seeing how grim they could be. The sender had a sense of humour, though. Mailed in 1909, with stamp and postmark. Embossed, and significantly aged. Grade: 3

Code: 39500008
Price: $4.00
Here’s to a glad Thanksgiving Day
We love this American holiday, but admit to having big ambitions when we opened the theme category for Thanksgiving postcards. They can be hard to find, randomly. This however is a nice one, embossed, and mailed in 1911 with stamp and postmark and another example of our favourite kind of message, e.g., I was going to write to you, but have been so busy, so you just wait … Grade: 1

Code: 39500009
Price: $4.00
How Will You Have Your Turk?
Such an odd, old (1906), unused, embossed card. In our eyes, Thanksgiving will never be the same! Grade: 1

Code: 39500010
Price: $4.00
Thanksgiving Greetings. (USA)
One of those rare occasions when we really aren’t sure what to say. Unused, embossed, old postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 39500011
Price: $4.00
Thanksgiving Greetings Souvenir
Embossed, and mailed in 1915 with stamp and clear Michigan postmark. We sit here typing this, and read the nice message from Millie to Dora written almost exactly 104 years ago today. Wouldn’t we like to know how this card wound up with us. If cards could talk … well, in their way, they do. Grade: 2

Code: 39500012
Price: $3.00
Thanksgiving Greetings
We have a real soft spot for these ancient, embossed Thanksgiving postcards. This turkey may not have survived the day but it lives forever on an elaborate postcard. Mailed in 1911, stamp and postmark are there. Just a very nice old card. Grade: 1

Code: 39500013
Price: $2.00
Thanksgiving Greetings
Like most others of the vintage (1909), a nice and nostalgic embossed card, with stamp and full Indiana postmark. The writer was observing that the price of something was too high, at 25 cents per pound. She wouldn’t be complaining now. Grade: 1

Code: 39500014
Price: $3.00
A Joyful Thanksgiving to You
We admit to having a weakness for these ornately crafted old (early 20th century) embossed cards, like this one, mailed in Indiana with stamp and postmark. Not much of a message, but a lot of heart. Grade: 1

Code: 39500015
Price: $3.00
Who said turkey
Unused, old, embossed card in superb condition. Grade: 1

Code: 39500016
Price: $3.00
Good cause
Mildred was concerned about Lela in Iowa in 1915 when this card was posted … stamp’s there along with a large, clear postmark. We do hope Mildred’s not still waiting for Lela’s answer. Grade: 1

Code: 39500017
Price: $3.00
I send these flowers
Unused, undivided back, L.F. Pease card dated 1910 on the front. Grade: 1

Code: 39500018
Price: $2.00
Children, do you know the story
Absolutely by coincidence, it’s Thanksgiving Day in USA as we sit here in Hong Kong and type this. Or, to be exact, thanks to time zone differences, it’s Thanksgiving here and not yet there. Either way, if you don’t know the holiday, it’s a nice one generally full of food and American football and, inevitably, shopping for sales afterwards. This embossed card was mailed in 1907 (stamp and postmarks are there) and written by someone who didn’t know it was then OK to write on the back of the card as well as the front. Those were the days. Grade: 1

Code: 39500019
Price: $3.00
‘Tis not of meat and drink …
Mailed in 19_6 (the postmark is faint; the stamp is there) from Vivian to her Grandma. It’s a sweet message, and because it gives some oblique hints about the year, we suggest with 95% certainty that the card was mailed in 1916. (Maybe we had too much time on our hands.) Grade: 1

Code: 39500020
Price: $2.00
A Peaceful Thanksgiving
Mailed in 1911, the postmark is there but only part of the stamp. Grade: 4

Code: 39500021
Price: $1.00
A Good Old Time Thanksgiving Greeting
Mailed in Ohio in 1910, the heavily embossed card’s stamp is there, and postmark is unusually clear. The scan shows you some postmark ink transfer on the front as well, along with maybe not the most politically correct of designs these days. Grade: 3

Code: 39500022
Price: $4.00
Thanksgiving Greetings
Though the card itself is nice — embossed, mailed in 1909, clear postmark, stamp — look closely at the drawing and try to guess why we think it’s wrong on at least one level. But that’s how these cards were, 100+ years ago. Grade: 1

Code: 39500023
Price: $4.00
Thanksgiving Day, Our National Holiday
There’s something about these old Thanksgiving postcards that compelled the artists to show someone torturing turkeys. At least this one seems to have crossed over already. The card was mailed in Maryland in 1911, and has a clear, full postmark along with its stamp and ornate penmanship. Grade: 1

Code: 39500024
Price: $3.00

Total: 24 postcards