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Isle of Wight, The Garden Island, map
Unused card, slightly smudged on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Sussex, map
Unused J. Salmon Ltd. card 1-62-00-01/4601. Grade: 1
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North Devon and Part of Somerset
Unused J. Salmon Ltd. card 1-47-00-04/4581. Grade: 1
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Dorset, map
The postmarks are not clear but this card was mailed with a 12p stamp if that gives you any clue. Grade: 1
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Isle of Purbeck, map
Not actually an island, but a peninsula–which you already know if you live in England. Unused and aging J. Salmon Ltd. card 1-54-00-03. Grade: 2
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South Devon, map
Unused J. Salmon Ltd. card 4583. Grade: 1
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Lancashire, The County Palatine
Mailed in 2012, with five stamps. Postmark is mostly distinct, and there’s a tiny airmail sticker. Abrasion on lower left front. Grade: 4
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Yorkshire, The County of Broad Acres
Unused card. Grade: 1
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The Yorkshire Dales
Unused card. Grade: 1
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North Yorkshire Coast
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Yorkshire, map
Mailed in 1976, with 6-1/2p stamp and Leeds postmark. Grade: 1
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London, bus
Mailed in 2012 with stamp, By Air Mail sticker, faint postmark, and lots of orange postal barcoding on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Hampshire & Parts of Dorset, Somerset & Wiltshire
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Lambton Tank No. 5
Actually much more about this in the caption: “…climbs toward Goathland with the North Yorkshire Pullman Evening Dining Train.” Mailed in 2012 with two stamps, and bilingual airmail label affixed. Orange postal barcoding. Grade: 2
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Dorset, Cerne Abbas Giant
It took us forever to get a card mailed from here. People seem reluctant to send. We wonder why? Mailed in 2012 with four stamps and air mail label, but no postmark. Some orange postal barcoding does however run through one of the lesser stamps. Grade: 2
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Dartmouth, Old Battery and Victorian navigational light
Not postally used, but with an inked message in the message area. Grade: 4
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Portland, Dorset – Portland Bill and Lighthouse
Mailed in 1969 with stamp and Weymouth postmark. Grade: 2
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Greetins vrum dere ol’ Deb’n
We guess you have to be born into it. Card mailed in 2012 though the stamp is cancelled by an inked line through it. Grade: 4
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London Olympics 2012 – Fencing
Mailed in 2012, but despite four different stamps (including one of Olympics Fencing), the only proof of mailing is the orange postal barcoding. Address label affixed. Grade: 3
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Devon, Ilfracombe, Lantern Rock and Coast
Unused “Dainty” Series card 2488. There really is a lighthouse in the picture. Can you see it? Grade: 2
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Northumberland, Berwick-on-Tweed, Promenade and Pier
Valentine’s Series card, unnumbered and unused, and though the lighthouse is half the size of a grain of rice, it’s there at the end of the pier. Grade: 1
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Guernsey, Dog & Lion Rocks, Moulin Huet
Mailed in 1905 with stamp and Guernsey postmark. On the front, look straight up from the G in Guernsey, and–on the horizon–that’s a lighthouse. We think. Grade: 1
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London map
New card with an old map, mailed from Finland (not England!) with an uncancelled stamp, and blue Priority label. Grade: 4 (because there’s no postmark)
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Isle of Man, Douglas, Port Skillion Lighthouse 1906
This internet card was mailed from Russia (not Douglas!) in 2012 with four stamps and two large postmarks. Grade: 3
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London 2012 Olympics Cyclist and London Eye
A postcard covering several specialised topics, this was mailed just after the Olympics, with four stamps, blurred postmark, orange postal barcoding, and a blue bilingual By Air Mail sticker affixed. Grade: 2
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London Buses
Mailed from Germany in 2012 with stamp, partial postmark, and blue trilingual Priority label. Grade: 4
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London 2012 Olympics
Official card with hologram seal, mailed in 2012 with stamp and blue By Air Mail sticker along with postmark. Grade: 1
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Bournemouth, Alum. Chine Suspension Bridge
A gentleman mailed this card to a lady at Brown’s Hotel in 1906. The stamp is there. The London postmark is there. And the London hotel’s imprint of receipt is there too. Of note, the Post Office time of dispatch was 6 PM and the hotel confirmed receipt at 8:13 PM. Not bad! Some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Flour Mills, Biggleswade
We think this card was posted in 1916. Stamp and postmark are there. It’s from the Valentine’s Series. A tiny bite out of the lower left corner. Grade: 3
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Worthing, Sussex, Promenade
Mailed with stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 1
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Silver-spotted Skipper
Mailed in 2013 with four stamps, two postmarks, and address and airmail labels affixed. Grade: 4
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I (heart) London
This 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card was mailed in 2013 with two stamps, postmark, blue bilingual By Air Mail label, red air mail chop, and orange postal barcoding. Grade: 2
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London 2012 Paralympic Games
Mailed in 2013 with five different stamps, postmark, Air Mail label, orange postal barcoding, and address label affixed. Grade: 4
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Sir John Barbirolli (Maximum Card)
Mailed from Netherlands (not England) in 2013, with three stamps and bilingual Priority label. Illegible postmark. Grade: 4
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Crowcombe Heathfield station, Somerset
Internet caard, mailed in 2013 with stamp, clear postmark, blue Royal Mail label, and much orange postal barcoding. Grade: 2
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Southampton, Old Gaol
Unused, very old postcard. Grade: 2
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Sussex, Pevensey Castle
Not postally used, an old sepia card with serrated edges and full message and address on the back. It had never been stamped. Grade: 4
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London Airport at Dusk
Unused, aging “Photographic Greeting Card” 549. Grade: 2
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Isle of Man, Motorcycling Events
Unused card showing Denis Parkinson, winner of the Senior Manx Grand Prix in 1953. Grade: 1
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Wiltshire, Westbury White Horse
Mailed in 2013 with four stamps (three of them uncancelled), blue By Air Mail label, multiple orange postal barcoding, and postal creasing. On top of all that, an address label. Grade: 4