South Dakota – Global Postcard Sales

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Hot Springs, Wind Cave Nat. Park, calcite
Plastichrome card P77593, bought in 1970 and never used. Reverse is aging enough to downgrade by one level, but apart from that the card is in fine shape. Grade: 2

Code: 10142001
Price: $1.00
Mt. Rushmore
Unused Mike Roberts card from 1970 (C2754), aging a bit but otherwise in great condition. Yup, we know there are lots of Mt. Rushmore cards. But how many of them are this one? Grade: 1

Code: 10142002
Price: $3.00
Mt. Rushmore, night
Two Mike Roberts cards (C14326) from the 1960s are available. One is unused and shows a little corner abrasion (Grade: 2, $2). The other was mailed in 1971 with stamp and full postmark (Grade: 1, $3).

Code: 10142003
Price: $2.00
Bad Lands (for Wall Drug)
When we were younger, Wall Drug was, and possibly still is, an exotic and remote destination. They issued their own cards, like this unused one from the late 1960s, by Dexter Press (69174-B). A little bit of aging on reverse but still: Grade: 1

Code: 10142004
Price: $4.00
Black Hills, Wind Cave stalactites
A Dexter Press card (53028-B) from the late 1960s, unused but with a small stain on reverse. One would hope this is a timeless view of this part of the Black Hills–but time will tell. Won’t it? Grade: 3

Code: 10142005
Price: $2.50
Wall Drug, then and now
In this case, “then” means 1951, and “today” looks like the 1980s, based on the cars, but we’re not certain. Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 10142006
Price: $3.00
Wall Drug – Lousy Post Card
Anyone visiting Wall Drug has many options apart from postcards. Oddly enough, you do sort of have to hunt for the place once you leave the Interstate highway. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 10142007
Price: $3.00
Greetings from South Dakota
Three of these unused cards are available. The reverse is interesting, heavily coloured with a faded version of the front, and with two different built-in barcodes apparently giving the vendor a choice of classification. Well, we do the same thing, but without the barcodes. Grades: 1

Code: 10142008
Price: $3.00
Howdy from Wall Drug
This is the kind of card you like to get and not feel too guilty about. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 10142009
Price: $3.00
Wall Drug dinosaur
It’s a brontosaurus in this 1960’s unused Dexter Press card 91409-B. Grade: 1

Code: 10142010
Price: $3.00
Wall, Greetings from Wall Drug
One of the older “Greetings” cards from Wall Drug, not the oldest but somewhere in the middle. Unused Dexter Press card 67115-B. Grade: 1

Code: 10142011
Price: $4.00
We finally made it to Wall Drug
If you’re the driver, or if you have kids in the car, this is more or less how you really will feel when you pull into Wall. Unused card, maybe 1960s. Grade: 1

Code: 10142012
Price: $5.00
Deadwood, main street
Being more precise, this unused card shows the Prospector Souvenir and Western Clothing store. Grade: 3

Code: 10142013
Price: $2.00
Lead, The Open Cut
Depth 500 feet, width 1300 feet, length 4300 feet, whatever statistics you want, they’re on the reverse of this unused 1960s Ka-Mac card C14060. Grade: 1

Code: 10142015
Price: $2.00
Black Hills, Pigtail Bridges
Unused Dexter Press card 93971-B with serrated edges, showing both of the Pigtail Bridges and one of the tunnels. Grade: 1

Code: 10142016
Price: $1.50
Kodaka, Badlands
Unused Dexter Press card 52307-B, serrated edges, asserting that this is “one of the most unusual drives that you can take in all of the U.S.A.” We can attest that it is scenic. Grade: 2

Code: 10142017
Price: $1.00
The Black Hills, Sylvan Lake
Unused Dexter Press card 64636-B, also with serrated edges. Grade: 1

Code: 10142019
Price: $1.00
Mt. Rushmore
The classic holiday card, mailed from Lead in 1957 with postmark and 2-cent stamp. A bit of postmark transfer on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 10142020
Price: $4.00
Sioux Falls, Beautiful Falls on Big Sioux River
Unused Curteichcolor card 2DK-1367 (D.146). Grade: 1

Code: 10142021
Price: $2.00
Mt. Rushmore, Bust of George Washington
A linen card with character, written by Charles and Nora in 1948 (postmark there; stamp there, but abraded), heavily aged, undeniably authentic. Grade: 4

Code: 10142022
Price: $8.00
Badlands National Park
Multi-view card mailed in 2011 with three different stamps and most of the postmark, including some ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 10142023
Price: $4.00
Hot Springs, Dr. Nichols Sanitorium
Cancer a specialty. This facility seems to have moved around from place to place. The card was mailed (uncertain date, but early 1900s) with postmark and stamp, from Myrtle to Gertrude. Grade: 2

Code: 10142024
Price: $12.00
Black Hills, “Switch Back” on Needles Road, State Park
Unused C.T. American Art (L.B. Hollister) with the state name of South Dakota inked on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 10142025
Price: $1.00
Vermillion, First School House in South Dakota
This card is very old, and looks it. Mailed in 1910, the stamp and long upside-down message are there, along with the postmark. Exceptionally, we repeat an excerpt from plaintalk dot net here: “The first permanent schoolhouse in Dakota Territory was constructed in late 1864. By … 1880, the school had outserved its usefulness and became a private residence for a family. It was later used as a paintshop, and during the latter part of 1881, according to newspaper accounts, the building was torn down and its logs transported to the country.” We just found that very interesting. Grade: 3

Code: 10142026
Price: $4.00
Spearfish, Black Hills Passion Play
Unused H.S. Crocker card BH-18, and could as easily be placed under “Florida” as the play was also being performed at Lake Wales. Grade: 2

Code: 10142027
Price: $1.00
Irrigation Dam, Belle Fourche, Black Hills
Unused C.T.-American Art card 116391 with all you need to know right there on the front. Grade: 1

Code: 10142028
Price: $1.00
Badlands National Monument, sunset
Unused Dexter Press card 10×18846-C. The caption writer ran rampant. Very slight aging. Grade: 1

Code: 10142029
Price: $1.00
Mt. Rushmore through Iron Mt. road tunnel
Unused but unusually heavily aged Dexter Press card 64641-B. Grade: 3

Code: 10142030
Price: $1.00
Mt. Rushmore Memorial from Spiral Bridge
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card OB-H1845 with the most florid of captions. The designers were being generous to claim Mt. Rushmore as the focus of this card. Grade: 1

Code: 10142031
Price: $3.00
Black Hills, Stuart Castle
Just about all the information you might need is in the caption of this unused Plastichrome card P23156. Grade: 1

Code: 10142032
Price: $1.00
Map
A little bit of everything on this typical tourist map postcard, mailed in 2013 with “Global Forever” stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 10142033
Price: $2.00
Enchanted Peaks, Badlands National Monument
Post-1938 unmailed linen card, whose owner at the time pencilled a notation on the back that showed he or she was less than impressed. Grade: 4

Code: 10142034
Price: $1.00
Pigtail Bridge on Iron Mountain Road
This old card was stamped (it’s there) and partly addressed, but that’s as far as the writer got. Grade: 4

Code: 10142035
Price: $1.00
Sioux Falls, South Dakota State Penitentiary
Unused “local” card 13358N, a bit battered, and with lots of pencil scribbling on the reverse but this could fairly easily be erased. Grade: 4

Code: 10142036
Price: $4.00
Black Hills, Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok
Unused, aging Curteichcolor card 6C-K2956 of these two famous Old West characters. Grade: 2

Code: 10142037K
Price: $1.00
Custer State Park, Blue Bell Lodge, day
Unused, real-photo card with some smudging on the reverse. The companion card to 10142039K. Grade: 2

Code: 10142038K
Price: $4.00
Custer State Park, Blue Bell Lodge, night
Unused, real-photo card. The companion to 10142038K. If you’d like both, you can have them for $5. Grade: 1

Code: 10142039K
Price: $4.00
Brookings, Cook’s Rainbow Cafe
Unused TichnorGloss card G88389, slightly aging. Grade: 1

Code: 10142040K
Price: $2.00
Pierre, State Capitol and Gardens
Unused Curteich-Chicago C.T. American Art card 117214-N. Grade: 1

Code: 10142041K
Price: $2.00
Brookings, Main Street
Mailed in 1959, L.L. Cook card 16470 (273-R) from 1955, with slightly abraded 3-cent stamp and full postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 10142042K
Price: $2.00

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