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Pieniny, sunset
Google translates the reverse caption for us as: Relict pine on Sokolica (which we know to be the nearby mountain). This card was mailed in 2012 with bilingual Priorytet label, two stamps, and full postmark. Grade: 2
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Przytul mnie kotku!
The translation from Polish: “Hold me baby!” Card mailed in 2012, two stamps, postmark, and bilingual Priorytet label affixed. Grade: 2
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Zabrze, multiple views
The caption on reverse, while entirely in Polish, apparently identifies each of the views. Card mailed in 2012, two stamps and full postmark, along with Priorytet label. Grade: 1
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Wrocław, tramcar on Grodzka Street, 2005
Mailed in 2012, this B&W card has two different stamps, two full postmarks, and address label affixed. Grade: 3
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Lublin Castle at night
Do you like castle postcards? How can you do better than this contemporary 3-1/2″ x 8-1/4″ card, mailed in 2012 with two different stamps, postmark, and bilingual Priorytet label? Grade: 1
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Kraków, Wawel (Royal Castle)
Not postally used, this 3-5/8″ x 8-1/2″ card’s reverse is fully taken up with a message and two extra stickers. Grade: 4
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Sopot, multiple views
See the Crooked House of Sopot, the shopping centre. Card mailed in 2012, two different stamps, full postmark, and Priorytet label. Grade: 1
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Myslowice, Centraine Muzeum Pozarnictwa – firefighters
A very nice contemporary card showing posters of firefighters, and as a bonus, one of the two large stamps also shows a firefighter. Two clear postmarks, and Priorytet label. To be honest, if you are a firefighter or know one, this would make a good gift or addition to your own collection. Grade: 1
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Pozdrowienia z Gliwice
Greetings from Gliwice on a card with three different stamps, full postmark, and a bilingual Priorytet marking. Grade: 1
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Pozdrowienia z Ostrowa Wielhopolskiego
Greetings from … on a card with three different stamps, two full postmarks, and a bilingual Priorytet marking. Grade: 1
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Koszalin
Classic domestic card, three different stamps, full postmark, and Priorytet marking. Grade: 1
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Pozdrowienia z Lodzi
One of the best of our Polish “Greetings from …” postcards. This one was mailed in 2012, three nice different stamps (including one of a very intense-looking cat), and bilingual Priorytet label affixed. Two postmarks. Grade: 1
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Warsaw, The National Stadium
Stadion Narodowy on a card mailed in 2012 with three different stamps — one of which is an Olympic weightlifter. Two postmarks, and blue Priorytet label. Grade: 1
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Swiebodzin, multiple views
Have you been Jonesing for a Swiebodzin postcard? Here it is, and a nice one, too. Mailed in 2012 with two different stamps, two full postmarks, and blue bilingual Priorytet label. Grade: 1
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Lublin, multiple views
Just a very nice, clean tourist card with two different stamps, postmark, and blue Priorytet sticker. Those sights are identified (in Polish) in the caption. Grade: 1
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Krakow, multiple views
Mailed in 2012 with two stamps and Warsaw postmark, this is the classic contemporary Polish tourist postcard, yet already a bit stained and aged. Grade: 3
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Swimmers
The quotation on the front translates roughly as “There is nothing more beautiful than the love which survived the storms of life.” That’s nice, and we agree. Card was mailed in 2012 with two different stamps and two postmarks, and blue Priorytet label. Grade: 1
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Liegnitz (Legnica), multiple views
Nice tourist card with all those attractions labelled in Polish only. The card was mailed in 2012 with stamp and full postmark, and bilingual Priorytet label. Grade: 1
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Czestochowa
Not postally used, but with a message written on the back. Grade: 4
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Lublin, Miasto w dialogu (City of Dialogue)
Mailed in 2012 with two stamps, Priorytet label, and three postmarks on the back — plus one unwanted one from Hongkong Post on the front. Sorry about that! Grade: 3
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Christmas
Nice, sparkly and embossed Christmas card with wavy edges, mailed in 2012 with stamp, full postmark, and green Priorytet imprint. Grade: 1
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Kocham jak nigdy dotad
Translated, “I love like never before.” This 4-1/4″ x 8-1/4″ card was mailed in 2012 from Poznan, with four stamps, postmark, and Priorytet and address labels affixed. Grade: 4
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Scene
We know nothing about this very old and aged card except that it might have been printed in Krakow. Though there are extensive atributions (in Polish), there’s no caption. Grade: 3
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Warsaw, Greetings from Poland
Printed in, and mailed from Poland, but captioned only in German. Two stamps, three postmarks, stickers of snowflakes, and address label. Grade: 4
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Lublin, multiple views
Mailed in 2013 with stamp, clear postmark, and Priorytet label affixed. All those structures are identified in the caption on the back–in Polish. Grade: 1
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Twój głos się liczy (Your vote counts)
This card is extensively captioned in Polish, and comes from the European Parliament in Brussels. Mailed from Poland with stamp, two postmarks, and bilingual Priorytet label. Grade: 1
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Przemysl, watercolour
Mailed from Ukraine (not Poland!) in 2013 with Europa stamp and postmark. Grade: 3
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Zawoja
Mailed in 2013 with two stamps, and Priorytet and address labels affixed. Grade: 4
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Bieszczady
Really, if you like wolves, you’ll love this. Google will tell you a lot more than we will, but the card was mailed in 2013 with nine stamps (of three different denominations), Priorytet label, and four postmarks. Grade: 1
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Krakow, Stare Miasto
Mailed in 2013 with four stamps (three different) and postmark. Grade: 2
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Szczecin, multiple views
A nice card of the location, made nicer by virtue of four stamps, postmark, bilingual Priorytet label, and long multilingual caption. Grade: 1
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Kaszubski folklore
Mailed in 2013, with stamp and Gdansk postmark. Grade: 1
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Polish Folk Art – papercut
Mailed in 2013, with stamp, postmark, and bilingual Priorytet label. Grade: 1
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Tatry, Morskie Oko
Morskie Oko is the largest and fourth-deepest lake in the Tatra Mountains, within the Tatra National Park in the Rybi Potok Valley, at the base of the Mieguszowiecki Summits, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. (Thank you, Wikipedia.) This one of a few unused cards (R067) from there. Grade: 1
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Tatry. Wielki Staw Polski
Morskie Oko is the largest and fourth-deepest lake in the Tatra Mountains, within the Tatra National Park in the Rybi Potok Valley, at the base of the Mieguszowiecki Summits, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. (Thank you, Wikipedia.) This one of a few unused linen-type cards (R066) from near there. Grade: 1
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Od Skibowki w Zakopanem widok na Giewont
This one of a few unused linen-style cards (R025) from the area. Grade: 1
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Tatry Owce na hali
This one of a few unused linen-style cards (R034) from the area. Grade: 1
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Wierzchem konno na wycieczce
This one of a few unused linen-style cards (R028) from the area. Grade: 1
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Zakopane
This one of a few unused linen-style cards (R030) from the area. Grade: 1
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Poland 2012 – Four stadiums
Only $1 per stadium, not bad. These four (in Warsaw, Wroclaw, Gdansk, and Poznan) are all identified in Polish and English in the caption. Card mailed in 2013, with stamp, bilingual Priorytet label, and postmark. Grade: 1