USA Postal Stationery: Postal Cards

[Craig]

If you have a collection of these government postal cards (not POST cards), post them here.

[Craig]

Here are two postal cards picturing koi (ornamental carp) with a first-day cancellation (Scott #UX555-56).

I got a small supply of these with the intention of designing and applying a cachet for the annual Koi Exhibition in Honolulu, but blew it when I misplaced the postal cards.

So I did the next-best thing: I made a page for the set.

[philatelius]

Here's a 2001 postal card picturing a scene from Badlands National Park in South Dakota:



Just for fun, check out the value for this card in used condition in your Scott Specialized Catalogue.

The same design (in a smaller size) was reused in 2010:



Although the design fits in with the Scenic American Landscapes series issued from 1999-2012, there never was a Badlands National Park stamp, just these two postal cards.

[khj]

You'll note that many of the modern used postal card prices are italicized. The reason is because those prices are for proper time of use for proper rate usage. That means used postal cards with tacked on postage, or used for other usage (e.g., first day cancel, international rate card used domestically...) may not have the premium (depends on specific usage).

In particular, you will see the premiums associated with postal cards intended to meet the international rates. Most of the international rate postal cards never came back to the US for collectors, so examples of proper usage during proper time can be quite scarce in some cases.

[darkormex]

I have often wondered about the pricing. I have a lot of postal cards in various spots....used, unused and fdcs. I really need to form them into some semblance of a collection.