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  • Serie Preservacao da Fauna – Parque Nacional Marinho Dos Abrolhos – Benedito, Anous stolidus (Maximum Card) (Brazil)

    Official, unused Maximum Card from 1985.  The serial number on the reverse is 002538.  And if you didn’t know, Anous stolidus is the brown or common noddy, a seabird from the tern family.  Minor aging, not enough to downgrade.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300509

    Price: $3.00

    Serie Preservacao da Fauna – Parque Nacional Marinho Dos Abrolhos – Benedito, Anous stolidus (Maximum Card) (Brazil)

  • Brasilia – DF – Swans, Museum, Tribunal (Brazil)

    Unused, aging, and not-too-inspiring card whose caption (also in Portuguese) reads:  “Swans in the National Congress’ lake and the Museum and the Federal Supreme Tribunal in the back”.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30300510

    Price: $2.00

    Brasilia – DF – Swans, Museum, Tribunal (Brazil)

  • Green Monkeys (Barbados)

    Apparently they really are green — sort of.  Unused 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300512

    Price: $3.00

    Green Monkeys (Barbados)

  • African Elephant (Kenya)

    Mailed in 2015; stamp and indistinct postmark are there.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30300513

    Price: $2.00

    African Elephant (Kenya)

  • Ocean Park Hong Kong Series No. 16 – Adventures in Australia (set of six) (Hong Kong)

    A set of six unused postage-prepaid cards from October 2015, each with first day of issue special postmark.  The scan shows the fronts of three of the six cards, and the reverse of another.  If you’d like to see them all, please ask.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300514

    Price: $16.00

    Ocean Park Hong Kong Series No. 16 – Adventures in Australia (set of six) (Hong Kong)

  • Malacca, Bullock Carts (Malaysia)

    According to the caption on this unused mid-century A.S.M.K. & Co. card M269 (C-18684), “people from far off kampongs (villages) travel in these carts as these are the very useful and economical forms of transport”.   It’s true, the bullocks didn’t guzzle petrol but they still had to eat.  Grade 1

    Code: 30300515T

    Price: $4.00

    Malacca, Bullock Carts (Malaysia)

  • I (heart) Kentucky Horses (USA)

    Actually the caption on this unused card says “I love Kentucky Horses…”  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300516

    Price: $2.00

    I (heart) Kentucky Horses (USA)

  • Antelope (USA)

    Unused.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30300517

    Price: $0.50

    Antelope (USA)

  • American Antelope

    Unused.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300518

    Price: $0.50

    American Antelope

  • Denver Museum of Natural History, Mule Deer Exhibit (USA)

    Unused H.S. Crocker card P-245.  Beginning to show its age.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300519

    Price: $0.50

    Denver Museum of Natural History, Mule Deer Exhibit (USA)

  • Calidris canutus (DPR Korea)

    We again dipped into Google for more information, and learned this from Wikipedia:  “The red knot is a medium-sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers, second only to the great knot.”  The caption is in Korean, with the scientific name in Latin.  Two of these unused cards are available, with pre-printed colourful postage and apparently endorsed by the World Wildlife Fund.  (Or not.)  Grades: 1 

    Code: 30300520

    Price: $3.00

    Calidris canutus (DPR Korea)

  • Black Bear (USA)

    Unused, aging.  Grade: 3

    Code: 30300522

    Price: $0.50

    Black Bear (USA)

  • The Cardinal (USA)

    There’s a slight disconnect between what you see on the front of the unused card, and the explanation in the reverse caption that the cardinal (Richmondena Cardinalis) is the state bird of seven states.  Aged, and minor staining.  Grade: 3

    Code: 30300523

    Price: $0.50

    The Cardinal (USA)

  • Geese (30 won) (DPR Korea)

    From a stamp series called “Poultry”, the only postcard in that series, with geese on the front and chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) on the pre-printed postage.  Unused.  Three cards are available.  Grades: 1

    Code: 30300524

    Price: $3.00

    Geese (30 won) (DPR Korea)

  • Broad-winged hawk (DPR Korea)

    Unused card, captioned in Korean and English.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300525

    Price: $3.00

    Broad-winged hawk (DPR Korea)

  • Pair of birds (DPR Korea)

    It is uncharacteristic of DPRK’s postal unit to issue cards like this without giving the species name, but it happened here:  Korean and English-language captions only say “Bird”.  Large and colourful oval pre-printed postage shows a different bird, Zoothera dauma, the scaly thrush.  Unused.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300526

    Price: $6.00

    Pair of birds (DPR Korea)

  • Leopard (DPR Korea)

    Unused card with Korean and western (Panthera pardus) captions.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300527

    Price: $3.00

    Leopard (DPR Korea)

  • National Gallery of Art, Columbia Jay (J.J. Audubon) (Washington, DC)

    We won’t call this a true Maximum Card because it doesn’t meet the usual criteria, but it is First Day of Issue (in 1963) and otherwise unused.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300528

    Price: $3.00

    National Gallery of Art, Columbia Jay (J.J. Audubon) (Washington, DC)

  • White peacock (Macedonia)

    The photo was quite likely taken at St. Naum Monastery, where these birds abound.  No, we don’t think (s)he was about to get married.  Unused card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300529

    Price: $3.00

    White peacock (Macedonia)

  • Baby Tapir (Malaysia Airlines)

    Unused card issued by Malaysia Airlines in conjunction with WWF.  The airline’s logo is on the back.  Some smudging over time.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30300530

    Price: $2.00

    Baby Tapir (Malaysia Airlines)

  • Coro-Coros y Garzas Blancas (Venezuela)

    Unused and aging Santiago card No. 629.  For those of you who may not speak Spanish, we tried to do some homework for you, and were able to determine that Garzas Blancas = white herons, but we’ve no idea about Coro-Coros.  Grade: 2

    Code: 30300532

    Price: $2.00

    Coro-Coros y Garzas Blancas (Venezuela)

  • “Azulejo” picando una lechosa (Papaya) (Venezuela)

    Unused, aging Santiago card No. 184.  Lucky bird.  Unlucky farmer.  Grade: 3

    Code: 30300533

    Price: $2.00

    “Azulejo” picando una lechosa (Papaya) (Venezuela)

  • Musk Oxen in North-east Greenland

    Unused card G517 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1 

    Code: 30300534

    Price: $4.00

    Musk Oxen in North-east Greenland

  • Himantolophus groenlandicus (Greenland)

    A face that only a mother could love.  Wikipedia tells us “The Atlantic footballfish, also known as the man-gobbler, is an anglerfish found in extreme depths of the ocean. Despite its name, this species lives in all oceans, but is primarily found in cold and temperate regions.”  Wikipedia goes on to say it is “of little food value,” which is just as well, because imagine seeing this on your table for Sunday dinner?  Unused card G431 from Post Greenland.  Grade: 1 

    Code: 30300536

    Price: $4.00

    Himantolophus groenlandicus (Greenland)

  • Feral Donkeys (Ascension Island)

    Because we got this series of cards, and because we knew little or nothing about Ascension Island, we took the opportunity to read up on the island, its history, and how it is managed now.  Very interesting, and really remote from us.  For the postcard, Grade: 1

    Code: 30300538

    Price: $6.00

    Feral Donkeys (Ascension Island)

  • Land Crab (Ascension Island)

    Unused.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300539

    Price: $4.00

    Land Crab (Ascension Island)

  • Wideawake Tern (Ascension Island)

    Unused.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300540

    Price: $6.00

    Wideawake Tern (Ascension Island)

  • Cobb’s Wren (Falkland Islands)

    This card, of a bird whose scientific name is Troglodytes cobbi (poor wren!), focuses on conservation.  Unused.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300541

    Price: $6.00

    Cobb’s Wren (Falkland Islands)

  • King Penguin (Falkland Islands)

    Unused.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300542

    Price: $4.00

    King Penguin (Falkland Islands)

  • Gentoo Penguin (Falkland Islands)

    Unused.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300543

    Price: $4.00

    Gentoo Penguin (Falkland Islands)

  • Albino Rockhopper Penguin (Falkland Islands)

    Unused.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300544

    Price: $4.00

    Albino Rockhopper Penguin (Falkland Islands)

  • Papio hamadryas (DPR Korea)

    Being ever curious, we looked up the scientific name and found this from Wikipedia:  “The hamadryas baboon  (Papio hamadryas) is a species of baboon from the Old World monkey family. It is the northernmost of all the baboons, being native to the Horn of Africa and the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. These regions provide habitats with the advantage for this species of fewer natural predators than central or southern Africa where other baboons reside. The hamadryas baboon was a sacred animal to the ancient Egyptians and appears in various roles in ancient Egyptian religion…”  One might then wonder why it features on a DPRK postcard.  We can’t answer that.  Unused, Korean/scientific captions, and pre-printed postage on the back.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300545

    Price: $3.00

    Papio hamadryas (DPR Korea)

  • Yellow-nosed Albatross (Tristan da Cunha)

    Known scientifically as Thalassarche chlororhynchus, on this unused card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300546

    Price: $14.00

    Yellow-nosed Albatross (Tristan da Cunha)

  • Wildlife Various (Tristan da Cunha)

    This unused card identifies each of the four animals:  Rockhopper Penguin, Sub-Antarctic Fur Seal, Wilkins’ Bunting, and the Brown Noddy.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300547

    Price: $14.00

    Wildlife Various (Tristan da Cunha)

  • Greetings – four sea creatures (Tristan da Cunha)

    Unused card whose design makes it easy to miss on the reverse, but all these are identified:  starfish, conca, rockshark, and sea urchin.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300549

    Price: $14.00

    Greetings – four sea creatures (Tristan da Cunha)

  • The Rock Lobster of Tristan da Cunha

    Unused card, with all captioning on the front.  Scientific name: Jasus tristani, and known locally as Crayfish.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300550

    Price: $14.00

    The Rock Lobster of Tristan da Cunha

  • Greetings from Tristan da Cunha – 5 sea creatures

    They’re identified faintly on the reverse:  anemone, black devil klipfish, rock lobster, five finger fish, and giant kelp.  Unused card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300551

    Price: $14.00

    Greetings from Tristan da Cunha – 5 sea creatures

  • Nightingale Island, Yellow nosed Albatross (Tristan da Cunha)

    Unused.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300552

    Price: $13.00

    Nightingale Island, Yellow nosed Albatross (Tristan da Cunha)

  • Nightingale Island, multiple views (Tristan da Cunha)

    Apart from the island itself, this unused card shows longboats sailing, a Rockhopper penguin, and The Ponds.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300553

    Price: $14.00

    Nightingale Island, multiple views (Tristan da Cunha)

  • The Rockhoppers of Tristan da Cunha – close-up

    Unused and a gem among Tristan da Cunha postcards.  Grade: 1

    Code: 30300554

    Price: $14.00

    The Rockhoppers of Tristan da Cunha – close-up

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