Kentucky – Global Postcard Sales

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Greetings
Unused card from 1960s, Lusterchrome Ky.23 (K-9413). Grade: 3

Code: 10118001
Price: $3.50
Louisville, Greetings from Churchill Downs
From mid-1960s, unmailed Curteichcolor (Caufield & Shook) card KY.53 (4C-K745), all of which is to say it’s a nice old view of the Kentucky Derby. Photo certainly is older than mid-60s. Grade: 2

Code: 10118002
Price: $3.00
Greetings (map)
From mid-1960s, unused Dexter Press card S-23758-B only has a minor abrasion of upper right front corner. Grade: 2

Code: 10118003
Price: $4.00
Lexington, Man O’ War Statue
Curteichcolor card K-213 or 3C-K1247 from Faraway Farm in the 1960s, unused, of one of the USA’s most famous race horses. Grade: 1

Code: 10118004
Price: $2.00
Fort Knox, U.S. Gold Depository
Scenic and Historic Kentucky Kodachrome Series Curteichcolor card KY.70 (7C-K134), mailed in Kentucky in 1966 with 5-cent stamp and full postmark and ink transfer on the front. If only the cost of the card was tied to the price of gold. Grade: 3

Code: 10118006
Price: $3.00
Lexington, Greyhound Bus Terminal
If bus terminals looked like this now, more people might take the bus. Maybe it’s a chicken-and-egg situation. Unused Central Kentucky News Co. card K.249 (and 5DK-76) from the 1960s. Grade: 2

Code: 10118007
Price: $2.00
Mammoth Cave, Drapery Room
Unused Dexter Press/Petley card DR-50264-D – T-45 that somewhat unusually does not say exactly where Mammoth Cave (or the Drapery Room) is. But we know, and so do you, that it’s in Kentucky. Grade: 1

Code: 10118008
Price: $1.00
Kentucky Humor
We suspect some of these don’t stop at the Kentucky borders. Unused, as-new card. Grade: 1

Code: 10118009
Price: $2.00
Hi Y’All from Kentucky
Unused, as-new card. Grade: 1

Code: 10118010
Price: $2.00
Kentucky Medical Dictionary
Unused, as-new card. Grade: 1

Code: 10118011
Price: $2.00
Murray, greetings
It’s not something we’ll explain here, but this card especially resonates with us. (If you want to know why, just ask.) Unused Curteich-Chicago card 1C585-N with some kind of pencilled index number and what looks like lipstick (!) on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 10118012
Price: $4.00
Man O’ War, The Wonder Horse
Nice old card, with 1-cent stamp and full Lexington postmark from 1945. Grade: 2

Code: 10118013
Price: $5.00
Between Brooklyn Bridge and Shakertown, “In Old Kentucky”
Two unused E.C. Kropp Co. linen cards 30731 (K5) are available. They come from different print runs. One is a little lighter and with reference number IJY; the other has reference LBY. Otherwise, they’re the same. Grades: 1

Code: 10118014
Price: $2.00
Olives Bower, Mammoth Cave
Old, unused Wrenn & King card A-22349 with album indents on the corners. Grade: 2

Code: 10118015
Price: $3.00
Greetings, and state capitol
Unused card JB752, with the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort on the left, and My Old Kentucky Home in Bardstown on the right. The caption says “Greetings from Kentucky.” Grade: 3

Code: 10118016
Price: $2.00
Fairview, Jefferson Davis Monument
You thought we put this under the wrong category? No, it’s not what you think it is. This “towering concrete obelisk, third highest in the United States, marks the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America,” and is 351′ high. Unused Curteichcolor card 5C-K380 (KY.64). Grade: 3

Code: 10118017
Price: $3.00
Bardstown, Judge Rowan cemetery plot
The family cemetery plot of Judge Rowan at Federal Hill, My Old Kentucky Home. Unused Mike Roberts card C17483. Grade: 2

Code: 10118018
Price: $2.00
Lexington, Horse Cemetery
The Cemetery is at Calumet Farm. The card is captioned “Picturesque View in the Blue Grass Country.” But it’s still a cemetery. Unused Curteichcolor card 0DK230 (KY.122), fading and aging on reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 10118019
Price: $3.00
Frankfort, Floral Clock
A substantial caption with lots of numbers and statistics on the reverse of this unused Curteichcolor card 1DK-968 (KY.48). Grade: 2

Code: 10118020
Price: $2.00
Hodgenville, Lincoln Memorial
Lots of information in the caption, including letting us know that the log cabin where President Lincoln was born is inside this granite memorial. Unused Curteichcolor card 6C-K3007 (KY.87A). Grade: 2

Code: 10118021
Price: $2.00
In Kentucky
The caption says we should see Kentucky before it’s too late. We’re not sure we could survive all those experiences anyway. Unused Curteichcrom card 8CK3183 (KY-105). Grade: 1

Code: 10118022
Price: $2.00
Middlesboro, Chimney Rock atop Pinnacle Mt.
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 2B-H147. Grade: 2

Code: 10118023
Price: $2.00
Corbin, Cumberland Falls State Park
Unused H.S. Crocker Mirro-Krome card KPC-57. Grade: 1

Code: 10118024
Price: $1.00
Frankfort, Grave of Daniel Boone
Not just Daniel Boone, Kentucky’s Foremost Pioneer, but also that of his wife, Rebecca. Unused Curteichcolor card 5C-K1398 (KY.99A) with a long caption. Grade: 3.

Code: 10118025
Price: $2.00
Mammoth Cave, Echo River
Unused Curteich-Chicago card 103123-N showing Echo River, 360′ underground. Grade: 3

Code: 10118026
Price: $3.00
Breaks Interstate Park, Russell Park Gorge
This park extends into Virginia too. Unused Curteichcolor card 6DK-230. Grade: 3

Code: 10118027
Price: $0.50
Nazareth, Sisters of Charity, Tekakwitha grave
The caption on this old, unused Albertype Co. card is really over the top and doesn’t help us understand the story very well: Catherine Tekakwitha, “America’s Little Indian Flower, Lily of the Mohawks, lived but twenty-four years a life of suffering love.” Grade: 2

Code: 10118028
Price: $4.00
Path Leading from Mammoth Cave up the Hill …
…to Mammoth Cave Hotel. Neither the cave nor the hotel are in this 1911 card, mailed in 1912 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 10118029
Price: $3.00
Entrance View Ganter’s Cave, Mammoth Cave
This Bamforth & Co. card has a 1900 copyright date and is unused. The reverse has aged and has faded album marks on the corners. Grade: 2

Code: 10118030
Price: $4.00
Titania’s Bower, Ganter’s Cave, Mammoth Cave
This Bamforth & Co. card has a 1900 copyright date and is unused. The reverse has aged and has faded album marks on the corners. Companion card to 10118030. Take both cards for $6. Grade: 2

Code: 10118031
Price: $4.00
The Stone Cottage, Mammoth Cave
Copyright date on this unused Ganter card is 1910. Creasing. Grade: 3

Code: 10118032
Price: $3.00
Louisville Zoo, King Louie, white alligator
King Louie is still at the zoo, apparently, only one of 40 albino alligators in captivity. This card was mailed in 2012 with four different stamps and partly readable postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 10118033
Price: $2.00
Paducah, Great Kentucky Dam and Lake
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 6B-H2297, old and clean but significantly aged. Grade: 2

Code: 10118034
Price: $2.00
Wolf Creek Dam
In the Lake Cumberland Recreational Area, this dam is 240′ high and more than a mile long. Unused Plastichrome card P19044, quite smudged on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 10118035
Price: $1.00
Hodgenville, Lincoln Birthplace in Lincoln Memorial
Abraham Lincoln was born on 12th February 1809 in this cabin. The Curteich-Chicago linen card 7A-H3270 however was mailed from Buffalo, New York, in 1942 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 10118036
Price: $3.00
Hodgensville (sic), Abraham Lincoln’s Original Cabin
Unused Lusterchrome card (Tichnor Bros. K-9421) from the Kentucky series. Grade: 2

Code: 10118037
Price: $2.00
Hodgenville, Entrance to Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site
Unused Color King card 88209 with minor spotting on the back. Grade: 2

Code: 10118038
Price: $1.00
Down in Old Kentucky
Old, unused card. Grade: 3

Code: 10118039
Price: $1.00
Junction City, Home of Kentucky’s First Governor
Mailed in 1911 with stamp and two postmarks. As a side note, while the caption says this is the home of the first governor, it doesn’t say who this was. That would be Isaac Shelby, and not only was he the first Governor, he was also the fifth. Grade: 2

Code: 10118040
Price: $3.00
High Bridge, Junction of Dick and Kentucky Rivers
Unused C.T. American Art card A-70241, remnants of pencil marking on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 10118041
Price: $1.00

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