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Sheep (DPR Korea)
Issued in 2015, captioned in Korean and English with pre-printed large and colourful postage (also of Ovis aries). Grade: 1
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Museo de La Plata, Orangutan (Argentina)
From a series of old cards from this museum, an unused sepia card, aging. Grade: 2
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Museo de La Plata, Guazupucus (Argentina)
Completing a series of old cards from this museum, an unused sepia card, aging. We had to look “Guazupucus” up in Google to see if there was an English name. Not entirely to our surprise, there were only five discrete results, and four of those were from others selling the same card. The fifth was a forum telling people how to go out hunting for this animal. Gosh. Grade: 1
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Cusco, multiple views (Peru)
The three views, in order: Machu Picchu, nina de Pisac, and a llama. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Machupicchu (sic), Llama in the ruins (Peru)
Unused 1973 Swiss-Foto card C-1622. Bilingual caption, telling us that the Huaynapicchu are (is?) in the background. Grade: 1
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Kadiak (sic) Bear, New York Zoological Park
We think it should be “Kodiak” but it’s an old (1902), unused “Only official post card” from New York Zoological Society. Aged. Grade: 2
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Flamingos (Bolivia)
Unused Belleza Boliviana card No. 289, captioned in Spanish and English and each species identified. Looking for flamingo postcards? Here. Grade: 1
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Lamas (sic) (Bolivia)
In Spanish, Auquenidos. Unused Fatto card BC 204, captioned in Spanish and English. Grade: 1
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Traveling Alpaca (Bolivia)
Unused Fenno card BC 103, captioned in Spanish and English. Grade: 1
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Vicunas en el Altiplano (Bolivia)
Unused old Fenno card B-351. We see vicunas, we think of sweaters, but that was long ago and they probably don’t do that any more. Or do they? Not here in Hong Kong, at least. Grade: 1
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Orangutan – The Red Ape – Honey, I saw your relatives in Sabah! (Malaysia)
Unused card with “Greetings from Sabah” on the back. Grade: 1
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A Rhinoceros hornbill caught in flight (Malaysia)
Card 781 from the Association for Intellectually Disabled Children in Sarawak. Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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Sepilok, Orang-utan: I am desperately in LOVE with you (Malaysia)
Unused 5″ x 7″ card NH-274 explaining the Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre at Sepilok, Sabah. Grade: 1
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Orang Utan – Man of the Forest – Malaysian Borneo 013
Unused 5″ x 7″ card with a small barcode sticker (final digits 013) placed there during distribution. The scientific name of this fellow is Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus. Grade: 1
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Orang Utan – Man of the Forest – Malaysian Borneo 003
Unused 5″ x 7″ card with a small barcode sticker placed there during distribution. The scientific name of this fellow is Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus. Grade: 1
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Orang Utan – Man of the Forest – Malaysian Borneo 017
Unused 5″ x 7″ card with a small barcode sticker (final digits 017) placed there during distribution. Grade: 1
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Sepilok, Orang-utan: I am lonely (Sabah, Malaysia)
Unused 5″ x 7″ card NH-272. Grade: 1
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Serie Fauna Brasileira – Tucanos (Brazil)
With scientific name Ramphastos t. tucanus. Unused, official Correios e Telegrafos commemorative card with serial number 013718. Aging and with a bit of smudging on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Serie Fauna Brasileira – Tucanos – Tucano de Bico Preto (Brazil)
With scientific name Ramphastos v. vitellinus. Unused, official Correios e Telegrafos commemorative card with serial number 017706. Aging somewhat. Grade: 1
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Serie Beija-Flores: Topetinho Vermelho (Brazil)
Issued in May, 1981, this official Correios e Telegrafos maximum card has serial number 000719 along with the scientific name of the bird: Lophomis magnifica. The card is aging, but clean. Grade: 1
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Serie Fauna Brasileira – Tucanos – Tucanucu (Maximum Card) (Brazil)
Unused maximum card from May 1983, showing Ramphastos toco. Aging and with minor postmark ink transfer on the back from having been stacked. Serial number is 010949. Grade: 2
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Serie Fauna Brasileira – Tucanos – Tucano de Bico Verde (Maximum Card) (Brazil)
Unused maximum card from May 1983, showing Ramphastos dicolorus. Aging and with minor postmark ink transfer on the back from having been stacked. Two of these are available, with serial numbers 018296 and 018297. Grades: 2
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Serie Fauna Brasileira – Tucanos – Tucano de Bico Preto (Maximum Card) (Brazil)
Unused maximum card from May 1983, showing Ramphastos v. vitellinus. Aging and with minor postmark ink transfer on the back from having been stacked. Serial number is 022844. Grade: 2
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Serie Preservacao da Fauna – Fregata Atoba (Maximum Card) (Brazil)
Both the Portuguese caption and the postmark on this maximum card leave us a little uncertain but we think (after a search) this unused card was issued in 1985. It involves Parque Nacional Marinho Dos Abrolhos and at least two species of sea birds, Sula dactylatra and Sula leucogaster. There’s more in the caption but this will do for now. The unused card issued by Correios e Telegrafos carries serial number 039008. Aging somewhat. Grade: 1
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Serie Preservacao da Fauna – Fregata Atoba (Maximum Card)(Brazil)
This unused card was issued in 1985. It involves Parque Nacional Marinho Dos Abrolhos and at least two species of sea birds, Sula dactylatra and Sula leucogaster. Possibly Phaethon aethereus as well. (The postmark in 30300486 wasn’t so clear, but this one is.) Two of these maximum cards are available, issued by Correios e Telegrafos and bearing serial numbers 006153 and 006158. Aging somewhat. Grades: 2
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Serie Preservacao da Fauna – Batuirucu (Maximum Card) (Brazil)
This unused card was issued in May 1985. It involves Parque Nacional Marinho Dos Abrolhos and Pluvialis squatarola, which breeds in the Arctic. Issued by Correios e Telegrafos with serial number 019593. Aging somewhat. Grade: 2
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Preservacao Da Fauna – Macaco Muriqui (Maximum Card) (Brazil)
Unused, official maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1984, a big year for maximum cards in Brazil. The scientific name of the animal is Brachyteles arachnoides, and that’s our nod to the search engines. The card is aging significantly, with foxing on the reverse, and has the serial number 030261. Grade: 2
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Islas Galapagos – Flamingos (Ecuador)
Unused, older card. Grade: 1
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Islas Galapagos – Iguanas (Ecuador)
Unused Hyla Postales card, unnumbered. Grade: 1
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Galapagos – The “Piquero” red foot near it’s (sic) son (Ecuador)
Classic Galapagos postcard, unused, from Graficas Peraud, unnumbered. Captions in Spanish and English. Grade: 1
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Galapagos, multiple fauna (Ecuador)
Unused Grafitecnica card, beginning to age. Each of these four views is identified in the Spanish caption on the reverse. Grade: 1
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Galapagos, multiple fauna (Ecuador)
Unused Grafitecnica card whose three views are described on the back as: 1. Iguana; 2. Flamingos; 3. Focas Marinas. Aging but clean. Grade: 1
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Faces of Galapagos (Ecuador)
Unused, unnumbered Hyla Postales card. Grade: 1
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Machu Picchu, The Hut of the Caretaker, llama and rainbow (Peru)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Cusco, Caravan of llamas (Peru)
Unused Corbacho card 0100, noticeably aged. It has perforated upper and lower edges, so it had once been part of a set. Not now, though. Grade: 2
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Cuzco, Condor in the Ruins of Sacsahuaman (Peru)
Even though this unused Swiss Foto card C-1439, sponsored by Faucett Airlines, is noticeably aged on the reverse, you’ll be hard put to find a more striking condor postcard. At least we think so. Grade: 3
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Guernsey, multiple views
Unused card GLP60. The views are identified in the caption: Loophole Tower, Guernsey Cow (!), Liberation Monument, and Victoria Marina & Town Church. Grade: 1
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Story of the Starfish (USA)
Unused, aging card of “The Quaint Little Starfish”. Quaint?? Grade: 2
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Meerkats, Melbourne Zoo (Australia)
Winsome little animals, and it’s easy to see why some people wrongly want to keep them as pets. If they are to be in captivity, meerkats are far better off in Melbourne Zoo. Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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Port Lockroy, penguins (Antarctica)
From the Port Lockroy base. Unused card. Grade: 1