California – Global Postcard Sales

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Carlsbad, ranunculus flowers
Unused card of the Flower Fields, near Legoland. Grade: 1

Code: 10105001
Price: $2.00
Hi from beautiful San Diego!
From early 2000s, unused, undamaged. Grade: 1

Code: 10105002
Price: $2.00
La Jolla Caves
Oversized card by Frank S. Balthis, mailed using a postage meter in 1997. Address is on a label. Photo dates from 1987. Minor edge abrasions. Grade: 2

Code: 10105003
Price: $2.50
San Francisco (American Airlines)
This card is from early 1950s, issued by American Airlines and unused except for a travel agency’s rubber stamp on reverse. Minor edge abrasions. Grade: 4

Code: 10105004
Price: $4.00
Cabrillo National Monument
Card mailed in 1970 with one stamp and partial postmark. Published by Road-Runner (C22316) and Juan Rodriguez (1542), it has minor edge and corner abrasions. Grade: 2

Code: 10105005
Price: $3.50
Greetings from San Diego (Super Bowl XXII)
Unused card printed in 1987 for the 1988 event (Washington beat Denver). Front is excellent; reverse is aging significantly. Grade: 3

Code: 10105006
Price: $6.00
San Francisco, bath house
From 1970s? Unused card, has very small pencilled number on upper left reverse. Because of that, Grade: 3

Code: 10105007
Price: $11.00
San Simeon, Hearst Castle
Plastichrome card HC-23A mailed in 1988 with one stamp and heavy, full postmark. Red airmail and date rubber stamps on reverse. Serrated edges. Grade: 3

Code: 10105008
Price: $4.50
Greetings from Twentynine Palms
Unused card with “June, 1960” typed on upper left reverse. Photo certainly predates this. Grade: 3

Code: 10105009
Price: $9.00
Hollywood (folio)
When Hollywood really was glam … well, here you are, a 1960s-era miniature souvenir album of ten Plastichrome Reproductions, all meant to be sent together through the mail. Superb condition. Grade: 1

Code: 10105010
Price: $20.00
Mission San Juan Capistrano (folio)
Miniature album (3″ x 4-1/4″) with plastic spiral binder, of ten cards, all meant to be sent together as a souvenir. Grade: 1

Code: 10105011
Price: $18.00
Los Angeles, USC, Tommy Trojan
Unmailed card from the mid-1960s, Tommy has seen his share of ups and downs. Card looks pretty food. Fight on! Grade: 2

Code: 10105012
Price: $2.00
San Diego, body surfing
Semi-vintage James Blank card (1970s?) of the type that foreign governments might or might not let slip through the system then if you mailed it. Unmailed card, aging significantly on reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 10105013
Price: $3.00
I heart California
Three of these 1980s-era cards are available, all unmailed, all aging just a bit on reverse, but then who isn’t? Grades: 1

Code: 10105014
Price: $3.00
San Francisco, cable car
Unused Hill card 5P29836 probably from 1960s and in as-new condition. It’s Hyde Street. Grade: 1

Code: 10105015
Price: $2.50
San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge, night
Bridges figure so prominently in postcards from San Francisco. By now, things have gotten more creative. Let’s see what we can do with descriptions as we move forward … This is an unmailed Plastichrome 5P29942 card from the 1960s, as-new. Grade: 1

Code: 10105016
Price: $2.50
Anaheim, Disneyland, Tomorrowland
Great for Disney buffs, a view of the Kaiser Aluminum exhibit. Card dates from 1958 or earlier, and two are available. One has a penciled date on the reverse along with a large rubber stamp from a travel agency. But the card was not used otherwise and the front is undamaged (Grade: 4, $1) while the other card is unused (Grade: 1, $3).

Code: 10105017
Price: $3.00
San Simeon, Hearst Castle, aerial view
A California destination that will remain valuable as long as it never changes, and this is reflected in the postcards. Plastichrome card HC-1A mailed in 1984, with two torn stamps and two red airmail rubber stamp marks also. Serrated edges. Grade: 4

Code: 10105018
Price: $2.00
Surfing
Card mailed in 1984, has stamp and postmark intact. Postal creasing around the edges and corners. Grade: 3

Code: 10105019
Price: $2.00
San Francisco, aerial night view
This Ken Glaser card was made in 1990, then mailed internationally in 1991, has two stamps and a full but hard-to-read postmark. Also has one red rubber “air-mail” stamp on reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 10105020
Price: $2.50
Southern California, sailing
Written for mailing in 1986 but must have been sent in an envelope instead. Front is fine. Grade: 4

Code: 10105021
Price: $1.50
San Francisco, Golden Gate, sunset
The bridge, another sunset. This Mark Gibson Fotopage SF103 postcard was mailed in 1986, two stamps, one full postmark, a little aging, and minor corner creasing. The sun sets on this 4-1/2″ x 6-1/2″ card! Grade: 3

Code: 10105022
Price: $2.00
Anaheim, Disneyland
This card of Disneyland’s Main Street Station was mailed in the late 1970s and has the stamp but postmark isn’t legible. Grade: 2

Code: 10105023
Price: $2.50
Hollywood
To be more exact, the Hollywood Hills, in or before 1989 when the Justine Hill card was mailed. There are two stamps and a full postmark, and a bit of postal creasing. Grade: 2

Code: 10105024
Price: $2.00
Coast, sailing, sunset
Two unused cards are available. They date probably from the 1980s, and are aging slightly on reverse. Grades: 2

Code: 10105025
Price: $1.00
San Diego, multiple shore views
From 1980s or 90s, two unused Ken Raveill CT-5140 cards. A bit of aging on reverse. Grades: 1

Code: 10105026
Price: $1.50
Los Angeles, skyline
Three cards are available. These were from late 1990s. Two are unmailed, as-new (Grades: 1, $1.50). The third was mailed in 1997, has two stamps and nearly full L.A. postmark (Grade: 1, $2).

Code: 10105027
Price: $2.00
Santa Monica, Third Street Promenade
This attractive 4-5/8″ x 6-5/8″ card VSM-10 from The Postcard Factory in 2000 makes the city look as nice as it really is. Mailed from Marina del Rey with two stamps, it survived the trip well with full postmark and the additional postal script that must be obligatory now. Grade: 1

Code: 10105028
Price: $2.50
Palm Springs, tram ride
Petley card of Mt. San Jacinto, mailed in 1983, with two stamps and full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 10105029
Price: $2.50
Saratoga, Paul Masson Champagne Cellars
Basically an advertising card but it seems like a good fit for California, being good wine and all. Mailed in mid-1970s, has stamp and most of a postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 10105030
Price: $2.50
San Francisco, Letterman General Hospital
A somewhat odd unused card from the 1970s, not because of the photo but because the message section on reverse is completely preprinted with two different descriptions of this military facility. The card was distributed by chaplains of the hospital. We wonder how we got it. Grade: 1

Code: 10105031
Price: $2.00
San Diego, Coronado Bridge
Unused James Blank MA-519 contemporary card. Grade: 1

Code: 10105032
Price: $1.50
San Diego, sunset
What is it about California postcards and sunsets, and why do we have so many of these cards? (It’s a rhetorical question.) This one was mailed in 1986, internationally, with 44-cent stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 10105033
Price: $2.00
San Francisco, Alcatraz, Al Capone’s cell
Two Mike Roberts cards from the 1980s are available, serrated edges, and aging along with the cell. One is unused (Grade: 3, $3) and the other was mailed in 1985 with three different stamps and Seattle postmark (Grade: 2, $4). Yes, we can say, having visited there: the cell is bleak.

Code: 10105034
Price: $3.00
San Francisco, Chinatown
Beautiful unused Smith News Co. 5:SF-36 card of Grant Street from the 1950s, the most minor edge and corner abrasions and aging, but not enough to warrant any less than Grade: 1

Code: 10105035
Price: $3.50
Mammoth Mountain
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: 10105036
Price: $2.00
Lake Tahoe, Emerald Bay
An H.S. Crocker, Sierra News Company SNT-5 card mailed in 1966, has stamp and full postmark–though you’ll need to know Russian to read the message. Grade: 2

Code: 10105037
Price: $2.50
Santa Monica, Palisades
Unused card attributed to different people and companies: David M. Mills, Allard Novelty & Postcard Company C12121, and of course Mike Roberts. It’s from the 1960s. Grade: 2

Code: 10105038
Price: $1.50
San Francisco, Lombard Street
Someone really should specialize in photos of this street alone: the landscaping and the buildings along it. Two Igor Stchogoleff Smith News Co. cards from 1960s (or earlier) are available, H.S. Crocker series 5:SF-32. One is unused and in outstanding condition (Grade: 1, $2) and the other was mailed in 2011 as a vintage card, with 29-cent stamp and partial postmark (Grade: 3, $1).

Code: 10105039
Price: $1.00
Death Valley, Ubehebe Crater
This Ferris H. Scott card S-43079L2-4 was mailed in 1971 and is in terrific condition for its age. The stamp is there and the postmark is fully legible. Grade: 1

Code: 10105040
Price: $2.50

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