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Citroen Italiana c1934
Mailed from Netherlands with stamp, postmark, and address label taped on. Grade: 4
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Samsung Galaxy, Sarah Brightman (PR China)
Mailed from Shanghai in 2013 with three stamps and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Nimm Mich! (Germany)
The legend translates as “Take me!” so it also speaks for the card, mailed from Germany in 2013 with stamp and postmark. There’s a QR Code for your viewing pleasure. Really minor creasing, almost not noticeable. Grade: 2
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Cirko Milagro (Spain)
A Barcelona event on an unused card colourful enough to be art in its own right. Grade: 1
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Be. You# (K). Slave of Life
British? French? Unused! Grade: 1
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Conde Nast Traveler (Spain)
Unused. Grade: 1
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Dorantes (Spain)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Barcelona, Burdel 74 (Spain)
Sandwiches. Chocolates. Teas. Granizados. Cocktails y Copas. Waiting for you. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Cimarron (Spain)
Clothing collection. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Und zum Dessert … (Germany)
Gummibärchen means Gummy Bears but look at the graphic closely and you will understand the intended message of the unused card from gynvital.de. Grade: 1
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Toronto Postcard Club Show (1995)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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08/15 Bank
Mailed from Germany in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and bilingual (Chinese and English) airmail chop. Grade: 2
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Get Summer
Mailed in 2013 from the Netherlands, with three stamps, postmark, and Priority label, this card is for HealthCity (a gym) and offers a free workout if you show the card to them. Is it too late for me? Grade: 1
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Are you a Schweppicure?
From the Schweppes Pin-up Series (A), and mailed from the USA with two uncancelled stamps whose value exceeds the price of this card. Grade: 4
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Sing a song of six-pence (USA)
At first glance this doesn’t look like an ad card, but it is, and a very old one at that–mailed in 1910 from Louisville, with stamp and postmark. Very nice early example of the genre. Grade: 1
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Amour de The (Singapore)
High-quality unused card from TWG Tea Salon & Boutique in Singapore, with outlets worldwide. Grade: 1
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Migros (Turkey)
We put the main text for this Migros (supermarket chain) into Google Translate, and it comes back as this, from Turkish: “Allowance başladi! Go downtown to walk around the shops and avail rather than tired”. Okayyyyyy … Unused card. Grade: 1
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Teatro Cego (Brazil) (not a postcard)
This cannot be used as a conventional postcard because it is fully printed on the reverse. It introduces upcoming productions in Brazil. Grade: 1
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ALKOHOL? Kenn dein Limit (Germany)
Despite the fun they seem to be having (if you don’t speak German), Google tranlates the text as: “Alcohol? Characteristic your limit. Alcohol makes more damage than you think.” The translation might not be perfect, but the point is made on this ad card mailed in 2013 with coloured meter label. The card is significantly creased. Grade: 1
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International Gallery, San Diego (California)
Two of these cards are available. The fronts are the same, but the backs are different: one announces an exhibition in 1996, and the other (undated) announces a “Going Out Of Business” sale. (Apparently the exhibition wasn’t as successful as they had hoped.) Both cards were mailed, both have one stamp each, and both have some postal abrasion and affixed mailing labels. Grades: 3
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Grass Valley Old West Antiques Show (California)
Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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Hiphop is Life (Nevada, USA) (not a postcard)
Two of these unused items are available. They can’t be used as conventional postcards because the reverses are fully pre-printed like the fronts. Grades: 1
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The Animals and Children Took to the Streets (Hong Kong)
From the 41st Hong Kong Arts Festival in 2013, an unused card. Grade: 1
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Asian Ethnic Cultural Performances 2012 (Hong Kong)
A programme from 2012 on an unused card. Grade: 1
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Schloss Vaduz (Liechtenstein) (Abbott Labs)
Maybe at one time, or now, all doctors and their staffs were stamp collectors. From time to time we run across cards like this one, bulk-mailed (but with real stamp, real postmark) from a foreign country by drug companies marketing thir products. This one went to a doctor in New York in 1958 from Abbott Labs, selling Pentothal Sodium, an anaesthetic. His name is on an address label, and someone has written the name of the country in red ink at bottom reverse. Grade: 4
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You are so Cheap. (Netherlands)
On the back, it says “I (heart) cheap!” It’s a card from a TV/internet provider, tele2.nl. Mailed in in 2013 with three stamps, Priority label, and Amsterdam postmark. Grade: 2
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Lviv Handmade Chocolate (Ukraine)
Ad card–a distinctive one–mailed from Kyiv with a “Europa” stamp in 2013, Postmark and blue Par Avion chop are there. Some postal creasing at the corners. Grade: 2
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M&M’s Crisp Close (Germany)
Official M&M’s card RPC-110, made in Germany but mailed from Belgium in 2013, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Bachmann
Looking uncannily like western manga, this is an ad card from illustrator Stefan Bachmann, mailed from Germany in 2013 with stamp, trilingual Priority label, and faint postmark. Postal creasing on lower left corner. Grade: 3
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McDonald’s China – Happy New Year
We should charge double this, if you could only have seen what we went through to get it. Unused, from an outlet in Shenzhen. Grade: 1
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Ga Je mee uit? (Netherlands)
Google Translate from Dutch: “Are we going out?” Mailed in 2013 with three stamps, Priority, postmark, and address label affixed. Grade: 4
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Go Crazy
Mailed from Germany in 2013 with stamp, Priority label, and address label affixed. Grade: 4
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Bataille de Fleurus (France)
You really need to be paying attention to realize this is an ad card. Though the painting may be in Versailles, the fine print in the caption promotes Sirop de Deschiens, an early 20th century cure-all. Of interest also, the unused card allowed a message on the back for France, Algeria, and Tunisia only. Grade: 1
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Bataille de Zurich (France)
You really need to be paying attention to realize this is an ad card. Though the painting may be in Versailles, the fine print in the caption promotes Sirop de Deschiens, an early 20th century cure-all. Of interest also, the unused card allowed a message on the back for France, Algeria, and Tunisia only. If you want both of the cards in this set (see previous entry), we offer $7. Grade: 1
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1913 Lozier, for Otto J. Wilson
Otto J. Wilson Buick of Salem, Oregon, mailed postcards of different antique cars to customers whose tune-ups were due, hoping to sell new cars as well. This particular card, with its pre-printed message, went out with a postage meter in 1969. Grade: 1
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1910 Overland, for Otto J. Wilson Buick (USA)
See our entry 30100429. Distinct differences: (A) message style, and (B) this card wasn’t mailed. Grade: 1
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1909 Overland, for A.B. Smith Chevrolet (Oregon, USA)
See our entry 30100429. Distinct differences: (A) message style is like 30100430, (B) this card wasn’t mailed, and (C) it’s for a Chevrolet dealer, not Otto’s Buick. Grade: 1
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Mother’s Day (Netherlands)
Google translates this as “Mom, I think you’re super skill” and that’s good enough for us. If we were to open a “Mother’s Day” theme category, we would start with this Boomerang ad card, mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Osoitepalvelu (Finland)
We didn’t want to create a link so we left off the .net, but this text basically says “find the address for a friend” in the context of: send more Christmas cards. Mailed in 2013 with stamp, faint postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 1
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Für Nacht-schwärmer! (Germany)
This means, “For night owls!” and is an ad card for a non-profit support unit in case of crisis. Mailed from Germany in 2013, with stamp, postmark, and three extra stickers. Grade: 4