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Active Thailand
Three unused cards are available, issued by Thai Airways as part of the Royal Orchid Holidays promotion but not saying the exact locale. Grades: 1
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Floating Market
Unused card, probably 1970s or thereabouts, though the scene rarely changes. Grade: 1
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Bangkok, Wat Phra Keo (Emerald Buddha Temple)
Unused 1970s card. Grade: 1
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Cha-Am, Marukkhathaiwan Palace
Unused contemporary card. Grade: 1
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Chiang Rai, The Golden Triangle
It’s a shame so many people visit Thailand and only see Bangkok, when areas like this are also so accessible. Unused contemporary card. Grade: 1
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Chiang Rai, Opium Field
Excuse our mild pun, but what message are they sending by producing cards like these? Nice photo of poppies, BUT … well, our job is to sell the card, not the product. Grade: 1
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Elephant Trekking in Thailand’s far north
Four unused cards are available. Three are Grade 1 ($4) and one is Grade 3 ($2) because it has a small splotch of something on the reverse–but you could scrape it off.
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Kanchana Buri, Don Rak War Cemetery
Memories may fade but the unused card is clear. Grade: 1
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Mae Hong Son, Long Neck Hilltribe
Three unused pieces of this card are available (Grades: 1, $6) and one that was mailed in 1994 with three different stamps (Grade: 1, $9).
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Mountain biking in northern Thailand
Four of these unused cards are available, issued by Thai Airways. Grades: 1
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Prachuap Khiri Khan, Sam Roi Yod National Park
Unused. Grade: 1
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Phuket, wind surfing (Thai Airways)
Three unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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Sukhothai, Historical Park
If you have any association with antique Asian pottery, you will know and love this place, and most likely want one of these cards as well. Three unused ones are available, all aging a bit but still perfectly OK. Grades: 2
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Loy kratong festival
This Thai card was mailed from Malaysia in 1996, with two Malaysian (not Thai) stamps and faint postmark. It also has a blue airmail sticker affixed. Grade: 4
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Salark-pat
What to say about this Thai card, mailed in Malaysia in 1995 with eight Malaysian stamps, of which five are very rare one-cent issues from Perak. There are three full postmarks and a blue airmail sticker, along with a very minor abrasion in the address–not really significant. The stamps alone make this card a prize catch. Grade: 4
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Phangnga Bay, Kao Tapoo
Front of the card has a postal index number in the sky area. Reverse has four Thai stamps of which one is partly postmarked. There’s also orange barcoding on bottom reverse. Mailed in 1996. Grade: 2
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The Subanahongsa King’s Barge
Message written on the reverse, but not for mailing. Grade: 4
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Kanya Art (folio)
Nine different artistic cards, of which the photo represents one. These cards include stylized fireflies, durian, pigeons, and patongos. Very modern, and all unused. Grade: 1
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Bangkok, Wat Phra Keo
Mailed in 1974 with 5 baht stamp and full but too-faint postmark. Grade: 1
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Elephant’s war Parade
Mailed in 1995, this card has four stamps (three of them different) and illegible but full postmark. There’s a small abrasion in the address area. Grade: 3
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Ayutthaya, Wat Phra Sri Sanphet
Thailand is such a rich and complex country, and if it is possible to look beyond the colours red and yellow (at least at the time we type this) it guarantees a rewarding holiday. But check the news before you go. This card was mailed in 1994, with stamp and Bangkok postmark. Grade: 1
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Phuket, Thao Thep Satri and Thao Srisunthorn statues
Mailed in 1994 with a stamp and Patong (Phuket) postmark, and postal barcoding on the bottom reverse. Grade: 1
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Water Buffalo
Post offices complain because revenue is declining, but they do this to postcards … so why bother? Four wonderful stamps and mostly legible postmark, but bar code stickers pasted on both front and back, spoiling the card. Space filler. Grade: 5
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Bangkok, multiple temple views
The four temples are identified in the caption of this card, mailed in 1994 with four stamps (one is abraded, as is the entire right reverse of the card) and two large postmarks. Grade: 4
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Chiang Mai, elephants at work
Two stamps and full postmark, but alas the right reverse side of the card (including the largest stamp) is abraded. Grade: 4
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Dhonburi, Wad Sai Floating Market
Mailed in 1977 with a stamp and partly readable postmark, the card is in great condition. Grade: 1
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Vendors selling fruits
The caption on the reverse is sort of cute, and we reproduce it here: “Vendors (sellers) mostly Thai Women selling fruits of various kinds in Thailand.” Mailed in 1979 with a large stamp and full if blurry postmark. Grade: 1
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Man Daeng Waterfall
Thailand Post card, mailed with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Bangkok, multiple views
Almost the ultimate Thai card, with four of Thailand’s magnificent stamps, three little stickers, many but illegible postmarks, and affixed address label. What with all of this, you get a good idea of what’s in and around Bangkok. Grade: 4 (because of the add-ons)
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Thailand Post, Bangkok’s Highest Postbox (Prepaid)
Thailand Post issues cards with postage prepaid on the reverse, in this case a 6-baht imprint almost the same as the front of the card. So it’s not quite a maximum card. Instructions for use in Thai and English. Unused. Grade: 1
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Thailand Post, Yala, Amphoe Betong (Prepaid)
Thailand Post issues cards with postage prepaid on the reverse, in this case a 6-baht imprint almost the same as the front of the card. So it’s not quite a maximum card. This is “Thailand’s Southern Most District.” Instructions for use in Thai and English. Unused. Grade: 1
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Thailand Post, Yala, Amphoe Betong signpost (Prepaid)
Thailand Post issues cards with postage prepaid on the reverse, in this case a 6-baht imprint almost the same as the front of the card. So it’s not quite a maximum card. This is “Thailand’s Southern Most District.” Instructions for use in Thai and English. Unused. Grade: 1
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Thailand Post, Western Most District (Prepaid)
Thailand Post issues cards with postage prepaid on the reverse, in this case a 6-baht imprint almost the same as the front of the card. So it’s not quite a maximum card. This Mae Sot Customs Boundary Post is “Thailand’s Western Most District” and is at Rim Moei Market, Amphoe Mae Sot, Tak. Instructions for use in Thai and English. Unused. Grade: 1
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Thailand Post, Songkhla, Amphoe Hat Yai (Prepaid)
Thailand Post issues cards with postage prepaid on the reverse, in this case a 6-baht imprint almost the same as the front of the card. So it’s not quite a maximum card. This is “The Biggest City in the South of Thailand.” Instructions for use in Thai and English. Unused. Grade: 1
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Thailand Post, Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, Nong Khai (Prepaid)
Thailand Post issues cards with postage prepaid on the reverse, in this case a 6-baht imprint almost the same as the front of the card. So it’s not quite a maximum card. Card says this is “The First Friendship Mekong Bridge,” probably used mostly for visa runs. Instructions for postal use in Thai and English. Unused. Grade: 1
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3D stamps (Panel of four stamps)
There is no good reason to include sheets of stamps on this website, but we have the stamps, they are unusual, they fit, and so here they are. We offer two sheets of four 3D stamps protected by a layer of plastic that is to be removed before use. That’s why the photo looks as murky as it does. The stamps themselves (25 Baht each, or 100 Baht face value, or about US$3 per block of four) are, like most Thai stamps, very colourful and cultural.
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Pattaya at Night
Pattaya is a love-it-or-hate-it proposition. Two of these cards TC 920 are available. One is unused (Grade: 1, $5). The other was mailed with a 3D-effect stamp (ridged plastic, quite sturdy) that still has two margin edges attached. Much of the Thai-language postmark is also there, but the stamp itself by design can’t hold postmarks well (Grade: 1, $12)
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Sawasdee – Greetings from Thailand
Unused card TC 688. “Sawasdee” is a nice all-purpose greeting in Thai, but watch your genders. Grade: 1
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Young children play and dress up
We’re going to push the envelope a little and observe that this just looks slightly creepy. Unused card TC 519. Grade: 1
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Young Hmong Hilltribes
Unused card TC 593. Grade: 1