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Groeten uit Grasland!
A gentle Dutch joke. Mailed in 2013 with three different stamps and faint postmark. Grade: 2
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Rotterdam, Fireworks
Mailed in 2013 with single stamp, postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 2
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Race the Train (S.T.A.R.)
S.T.A.R. is a museum for steam trains, and there is an annual run next to a train. This nice “local” card was mailed in 2013 with two stamps, illegible postmark, and bilingual Priority label. Grade: 1
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Multiple beach views
It’s enough to make you believe the weather is always great! Card mailed in 2013 with stamp and attached Priority, and Amsterdam postmark. Grade: 1
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Tram in Amsterdam
Mailed in 2013 with three different stamps, postmark, Priority label, and address label affixed. There is also a small tear on the right edge. Grade: 4
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Amsterdam, Amstel
Typical tourist postcard of the canal, mailed in 2013 with three different stamps, postmark, and Priority label affixed. Grade: 2
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Bye Bea!
A card to commemorate the departure of Beatrix as queen. Mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark, the sender somehow felt it necessary to blot out much of the printed caption with correctional fluid, and there’s also an orange sticker. Not sure why people do that. Grade: 5
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Met de Tram
A game, of trams, in Amsterdam’s History Museum. Card mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Fryslan
Irregular-shaped card, mailed in 2013 with stamp, part of the postmark, and address and other label affixed. Grade: 4
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Geen belletje geen fax
Google translates this from Dutch as “No bell, no fax, but a K-mail from Schagen”. This does not leave us much the wiser. But it’s colourful! Mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Some postal creasing. Grade: 3
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Train
Mailed in 2013, with stamp and multiple postmarks on the back and on the front as well. Grade: 4
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Groeten van de Loosdrechtsche plassen
The title for this entry is the caption on the back of this unused card. Loosdrecht Plassen is described by Wikipedia as “bealtiful lakes … thousands of tourists visit every year. The lakes are a hotspot for the well-to-do,” though the rest of us can venture north through a small underpass to something less elite. Apparently. Grade: 2
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Amsterdam, Skinny Bridge (Magere Brug)
The bridge dates from 1840, and the card from 2013 with two stamps and a postmark. Grade: 1
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Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport
A view from 1956 on a contemporary card mailed in 2013 with two stamps, postmark, and two other stickers. Grade: 4
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Amsterdam, Famous Redlight District
This reflexions card measures 5-1/2″ square and was mailed in 2013 with two stamps and postmark. Grade: 1
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Gravenhage (The Hague), Holweg
Unused but heavily browned and aged card. No extra markings, but second alert: really brown on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Marken
Mailed in the 1960s — the postmark is not distinct, and the stamp is there. Front is fine; reverse is quite heavily aged and mottled. Grade: 3
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Doorn, Huize Doorn, Keizerlijk Verblijf
For this we went to Wikipedia. Huis Doorn “is a small manor house … in the province of Utrecht … German Emperor Wilhelm II lived in exile in the house from 1920 until his death in 1941. The historic house is now a national museum.” Not postally used, but with a long notation on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Groeten uit Oosterhout
The card’s caption is all in Dutch but seems to explain everything. Mailed in 2013 with three stamps, and postmark. Grade: 1
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Kinderdijk/Holland
Iconic among windmill postcards, we are told this particular mill is now on the UNESCO World Heritage list, though the card itself predates this designation. Mailed however in 2013, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 3
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Amsterdam Arena Stadium
Mailed in 2013 with three stamps, postmark, and Priority label. Orange postal barcoding on the back. Grade: 2
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Groeten uit Roderwolde
In fact this is an advertising card, with merchant details prominently on the back, but they’ve made it look “real”. Mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Holland, multiple views
Nobody does cliché postcards better than The Netherlands. Here’s a good example, mailed in 2013 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Windmill at Sunset
Mailed in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and orange postal barcoding. Grade: 1
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Amsterdam, row houses
Mailed in 2013, stamp and full postmark. Grade: 2
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Groetjes uit Utrecht!
Not a typical Disney postcard, but an official one. Made in 2012, mailed in 2013, with three stamps, postmark, and bilingual blue Priority label. Unusual and a great addition to any Disney collection. Grade: 1
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Amsterdam Airport
AKA Schiphol, though that’s not in the caption. This card was mailed in 2013 with three different stamps, and postmark. Nice overview. Grade: 1
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Amsterdam ArenA stadium
Photo from 2000, card mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Holland, Lighthouse
Cut in the shape of a lighthouse, this card was mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark. You’ll note postal ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Amsterdam, Red Light District
Mailed in 2013, with stamp, postmark, and blue Priority label. Grade: 1
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I (heart) Holland
Pretty much the classic “I (heart)” postcard, mailed from there in 2014 with three different stamps, Priority label, and multiple overlapping postmarks. Grade: 1
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I (heart) Brabant
A sort of ad card, though if it’s not for Brabant, we don’t know for what. Mailed in 2014, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Eindhoven, PSV Stadion
Mailed in 2014 with stamp and full Rotterdam postmark. Grade: 1
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Relaxing Policeman
Mailed in 2014, the stamp is there but only part of the postmark. Orange postal barcoding on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Amsterdam, Prinsengracht
Mailed, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Joachim en Anna, Rijksmuseum (Maximum Card)
A maximum card with indistinct postmark, mailed in 2014 with five additional stamps on the back, and postmark. Grade: 1
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Apeldoorn, CODA
Mailed in 2014, with Priority label affixed, but none of the three stamps were postmarked. Value for money. Grade: 4
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Beautiful Holland
Ours is not to question anyone’s standard of beauty–including the sender’s. Mailed in 2013, with stamp, postmark, and orange postal barcoding. Grade: 2
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de Vecht, Muiden, het Muiderslot
A castle postcard for you, mailed from Belarus (not Netherlands) in 2013 with “M” stamp and Minsk postmark. Grade: 3
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De Wadden
In the shape of a heart (as you see), measuring 7″ from top to bottom, with two stamps, illegible postmark, and ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3