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Happy Hour (Australia)
Comic card, very Australian! Four of these 2007 unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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An Aussie Gentleman
A little bit of irony here, mate? Card is from 2007, unused. Grade: 1
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If you were here (Australia)
Dating from 1996, this Wayne Zerbe card has minor aging on reverse, and was never mailed. Grade: 1
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Schlitz Brown Bottle Guest Hall (Milwaukee, USA)
We admit to having spent some pleasant times in here during the 1960s (that long ago?) and greatly appreciating the hospitality. We’d love to go back. Schlitz card C-4B from 1963 was mailed from Milwaukee with a postage meter in 1966. Grade: 2
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Miller Brewing Company, Stockhouse F (Milwaukee)
The Champagne of Bottle Beer. Unused Miller card J1626 from the 1960s. Grade: 1
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Prawns and beer (Australia)
It’s Australian and it says “If you were here, We’d have prawns and Beer. Since you’re not I’ll ‘Ave the lot.” Unmailed but with a message written on reverse. Grade: 4
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Tuborg (Malaysia)
Card published by the Malay Mail newspaper, mailed in 1991 with two Malaysian stamps, but no postmark at all. Two of the four edges are perforated. Grade: 2
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Tuborg (Malaysia)
Two of these Tuborg cards are available, each mailed in Malaysia in 1991. One has one stamp, one has two stamps, but neither has a fully legible postmark. One edge of each card is perforated. Grades: 2
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Busch Gardens flamingos, Tampa (Florida)
Unused Ward Beckett card T-32. Grade: 2
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Busch Gardens (Anheuser-Busch), grounds
Two of these unused Ward Beckett cards (T-32) are available. Grades: 2
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Anheuser-Busch brewery (Florida)
Unused Ward Beckett card T-33-B, with a small stain on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Anheuser-Busch brewery, Skyrail Safari (Florida)
Unused Ward Beckett card T-2A. Grade: 1
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Anheuser-Busch brewery, Busch Gardens, Hospitality House (Florida)
Unused Ward Beckett card T-24A. Grade: 1
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Anheuser-Busch brewery, Busch Gardens parrots (Florida)
Unused Ward Beckett card T-11-a. Grade: 2
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Anheuser-Busch brewery, Busch Gardens, multiple views (Florida)
Unused Ward Beckett card T-3A. Grade: 1
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Miller Brewing Co., Stockhouse F (Milwaukee, USA)
Mailed in 1966 from Milwaukee with a postage meter. Grade: 1
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The Royal Brewery, Munich (Germany)
Unused card with serrated edges. Grade: 2
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King Ludwig Beerhall (Hong Kong)
It’s a promotional card, mailed to local residents using Hongkong Post’s pre-printed Chinese-language postage, announcing the opening of this Newest German Beerhall. The card was good for a free beer, but alas the offer has expired. Grade: 1
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Budweiser Brewery observation deck, Tampa (Florida)
Unused Curteichcolor card 2DK-1104, actually showing the escalator to the observation deck on the roof of Anheuser-Busch’s Budweiser Brewery. Grade: 3
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Busch Gardens, lagoon (Florida)
Unused Ward Beckett card T-23a, of this attraction at Anheuser-Busch’s brewery. Grade: 3
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Busch Gardens, nesting flamingos (Florida)
Unused Ward Beckett card T-8-B, of “colorful flamingos nesting beside the beautiful lagoon at Busch Gardens, located in Tampa, Florida, at Anheuser-Busch’s forty million-dollar brewery.” Yes, but do they also get free samples? Grade: 2
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Hamm’s Memorial Falls, St. Paul (Minnesota)
Unused Plastichrome card P78985 (M-158) of these falls, built in Como Park in 1966 and symbolizing the Hamm Brewing Company heritage: “Land of the Sky Blue Waters”. We grew up on that, if not exactly on the beer. You need to squint a little to see the falls, but they’re there. Grade: 1
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Carling Brewing Company, R. McGill Mackall painting
Unused H.S. Crocker card, unnumbered. Lest you think one of these persons is Betsy Ross, the caption doesn’t suggest that: “a little-known moment in American history–which took place in a Baltimore brewery (now Carling Brewery Company), where the stars were put on the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key …” and if you’re American you know the rest. Grade: 2
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The Old Brewery, Poznan (Poland)
Mailed in 2011 with two stamps, postmark, and blue bilingual Priorytet label affixed. Grade: 1
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Music and the craic (Ireland)
Wikipedia helps the non-Irish among us to understand that “the craic” means fun, entertainment, and enjoyable conversation. We’ll go for that! Unused card. Grade: 1
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Heineken’s ad, early 1950s (Netherlands)
Mailed from The Netherlands in 2011 with stamp and some of the postmark (Grade: 2, $2) and then we have another one available, mailed in 2013 with stamp and full postmark (Grade: 1, $3)
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Amphibious Bicycle and Guinness (Greetings from Ireland)
Doesn’t seem like it would, but this card fits into several of our categories. Two similar cards are available. One is unused and has “Greetings from Ireland” in 13 languages on the reverse (Grade: 1, $4). The other must have been from a different print run, as it was mailed in 2013 with minimal caption, three stamps, partial postmark, blue Air Mail sticker, and orange postal bar coding, along with abrasion on upper right front (Grade: 4, $1).
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Holland, multiple views
Every cliche in the book, right here on one card, mailed in 2011 with three stamps, no legible postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 1
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Beer Glasses (Hungary)
Not all of the beer mugs and glasses are from Hungary, but the card is, and was mailed in 2012 with stamp and postmark. The blue “Elsobbsegi”/Prioritaire label is also there. Grade: 1
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Pabst Brewing Company, Tumwater (Washington, USA)
All right. The front of this unused card 8304 clearly shows “Olympia Brewing Company,” while the reverse caption discusses “Pabst Brewing Company.” Olympia was acquired by Pabst in 1983, but this still looks strange. Grade: 1
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Olympia Brewing Company, Tumwater (Washington)
Unused and unattributed, slightly aging card, possibly issued by the brewery. Grade: 1
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Budweiser Clydesdales (USA)
A folded postcard, of which this scan shows one extended side. The other side does say “Post Card”, and has a stamp, a 1954 postmark, and a pencilled message from a very young child to his grandpa. This has been heavily handled, clearly with a lot of love, over the years. Grade: 4
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Kvass recipe (Russia)
One helpful thing about this Russian internet card is that it’s all in English, including the instructions. Mailed from Siberia in 2012 with two impressive stamps and postmark, along with some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Greetins vrum dere ol’ Deb’n (England)
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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Beer bubbles
HEMA card, mailed from Netherlands in 2012 with rounded corners and stamp but no distinct postmark. Grade: 1
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Keliauk į futbolu rojų! (Lithuania)
From Carlsberg, in Lithuanian this means “Go to football heaven!” and we think they have captured that idea pretty well. Mailed in 2012 with three stamps and two postmarks. Grade: 1
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Hosli & Ricardo (Switzerland)
These are musicians, and this is an ad card–for them, not for the beer. Mailed from Switzerland in 2012 with three different stamps and postmark. Grade: 1
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Wine
This card was made in France and mailed from Germany, with stamp and partly legible postmark. Grade: 2
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Water and Whisky (England)
Would be right at home framed over your bar. British humour, old card with creased lower right corner but that just gives it character. There’s a handwritten message on the back though the card was never mailed. Grade: 4
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Tasting Room of the Italian Swiss Colony Winery, Asti (California)
There was a time when California was not awash in boutique wineries. Two of these unused cards from Italian Swiss Colony in Asti are available. Grades: 1