Tobacco – Page 2 – Global Postcard Sales

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My Dear cigarettes (PR China)
Unused card from a series called “1930’s Shanghai Calendar Girls,” but please do note these are new, contemporary postcards. Grade: 1

Code: 35400044
Price: $1.00
Cigarmakers at the turn of the century (Philippines)
Unused contemporary card of an old photograph. Serrated edges. Grade: 1

Code: 35400045
Price: $1.00
Greetings from S.W.A. / Namibia
Captions on the reverse, from an era spanning “South West Africa” and “Namibia”, identify Bushman, Ovambo, and Herero groups. The used card itself is in poor condition, with a vertical fold, and the stamp is missing. A small bit of unreadable postmark remains. Grade: 5

Code: 35400046
Price: $1.00
Binmaley Pangasinan (Philippines)
Binmaley is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan. One of the four views–Our Lady of Purification Church–is identified. But squint and you can see the Winston billboard. Unused card from 2001. Grade: 1

Code: 35400047
Price: $3.00
South of France, playing cards at a cafe, 1956
From a series of oversized (5-1/2″ x 7-1/2″) unused contemporary cards with older photos. We have two of this particular card. Grades: 1

Code: 35400048
Price: $2.00
Lucky Strike (Germany)
The German text loosely translates as: “Summer begins on 21st June. Lucky Strike. Then nothing.” (We are definitely missing the point here.) Unused ad card from BAT in 1996. Minor corner bumping. Grade: 2

Code: 35400049
Price: $1.00
Lucky Lulu Blonde (M. Ramos)
Unused. Minor corner bumping. Grade: 2

Code: 35400050
Price: $1.00
Dresden, Yenidze
All scenes are identified (in German) in the caption on the back of the card. It was mailed in 2018 with two se-tenant stamps and full postmark. You might need to look up why we include this under “Tobacco”. Grade: 1

Code: 35400051
Price: $2.00
R.J. Reynolds factory (Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA)
“Those were the days, my friend, we thought they’d never end.” Unused card issued by the company, and inviting visitors “each working day and night”. Tobacco postcards might become a rare commodity in themselves. Grade: 1

Code: 35400052
Price: $1.00
How Will You Have Your Turk?
Granted, tobacco is not the focus of this old, unused, embossed card; but there it is. The card dates itself as 1906, and is one of the odder ones we’ve seen. Grade: 1

Code: 35400053
Price: $4.00
American Tobacco Company, Durham (North Carolina, USA)
Five points to you if you can recall which companies manufacture which brands now. American Tobacco essentially went out of business in 1994. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 35400054
Price: $1.00
Do your cigarettes taste different lately? (USA)
This idea recurs with lots of drawings on lots of different cards. We try to keep them distinct. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 35400055
Price: $1.00
Tobacco Counter, Post Exchange, Army Air Base, Salt Lake City (Utah, USA)
Unused E.C. Kropp card 13062N. Grade: 1

Code: 35400056
Price: $2.00
Liggett & Myers’ Factory, Richmond (Virginia, USA)
Unused, promotional Plastichrome card P15887 inviting you for a “fascinating tour, conducted by attractive hostesses”. Much as we’d like to, there will be no further comment. Grade: 1

Code: 35400057
Price: $2.00
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, office building, Winston-Salem (North Carolina, USA)
Unused but with the start of inked writing in the address section, and also folded across the upper part of the building. Grade: 5

Code: 35400058
Price: $0.50
Atayal people, face tattooing (Taiwan)
“Atayal people believe that face tattoo is an ultimate glory.” Unused, high-quality card. Grade: 1

Code: 35400059
Price: $4.00
To Greet You (USA)
The irony of this sentiment is not lost on us, and the sender’s message in 1910 (stamp and clear postmark) will forever pose the plaintive question: “What’s the matter?” This is everything an old postcard should be. Grade: 1

Code: 35400060
Price: $5.00
Showing him the ropes.
One needs to be of a certain age, probably, to appreciate this card fully. Let us help you non-smoking youngsters by suggesting you look up the association between cigars and ropes, and enjoying a good pun. The card was mailed from mother to son in early 1912 … stamp and postmark are there … and a long message of how things were that day. This is a nice postcard that deserves a good home. Grade: 1

Code: 35400061
Price: $5.00
Life is just one damn thing after another (USA)
If ever an old postcard was suitable for framing, this one would head the list. As great as it is on the front, it turns out to be an unused ad card for something called “Ess Tee Dee (STD) Stops the Dandruff” from a Chicago company. Similar cards that we found online (we couldn’t resist) describe this as a scalp food. But, clearly, smoking was an essential stage in life — once upon a time. Grade: 1

Code: 35400062
Price: $6.00

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