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Molluscs (set of four) (Maximum Cards) (DPR Korea)
Set of four unused maximum cards from 2002. The captions on the reverses are in Korean. The scientific names are on the stamps. Grade: 1

Code: 30300412
Price: $20.00
White tigers (set of four) (Maximum Cards) (DPR Korea)
To be precise, Panthera tigris altaika according to the bilingual captions on each of the four cards in this 2005 unused maximum card set. Grade: 1

Code: 30300415
Price: $20.00
Insects (set of 4) (Maximum Cards) (DPR Korea)
Set of four unused maximum cards from 2009. The captions are on the front, Korean and scientific. We checked one of the Korean legends (이 주 메 뚜 기), which came up as “migratory grasshopper”. Grade: 1

Code: 30300418
Price: $20.00
Save the Orangutan … So boring here without you (Sabah, Malaysia)
Unused card dated 2011, Greetings from Sabah. Infant orangutan, the Red Ape, Pongo pygmaeus. Grade: 1

Code: 30300420
Price: $3.00
Sipadan, Mabul Kapalai (cuttlefish) (Borneo, Malaysia)
Unused 5″ x 7″ card from Natural History Publications, NH-422. You will see what looks like a major stain on the reverse, but it is not a stain, it’s part of the card’s design. Scientific name of the cuttlefish: Metasepia pfefferi. Grade: 1

Code: 30300423
Price: $4.00
Kaibab National Forest, White-tail Kaibab Squirrel (USA)
Unused card 122325 issued by Union Pacific Railroad to commemorate locations and routes its tours took. UPR logo on the reverse. Aging. Grade: 2

Code: 30300424
Price: $2.00
Deep-Fried Rattlesnake (USA)
Like mosquitoes, rattlesnakes are an animal it is hard to find something good to say about. But most people don’t eat mosquitoes, or learn how to cook them from a postcard. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 30300427
Price: $2.00
Highland Black-Face Sheep (Scotland)
Mailed in 1975 with stamp and Air Mail sticker and partial postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 30300428
Price: $1.00
Macau Post, Animal Protection
Unused 5-3/4″ x 7-3/8″ advertising card, issued through the Macau Post Office, for a new issue of stamps, of course. Grade: 1

Code: 30300429
Price: $3.00
Mother bruin and her triplets just waiting (USA)
Unused E.C. Kropp card 9371, mottled with age. Grade: 3

Code: 30300431
Price: $0.50
White Faced Herefords (USA)
Unused card. Grade: 2

Code: 30300432
Price: $1.00
Longhorn Steer (Texas)
Unused E.C. Kropp card 20138. Grade: 1

Code: 30300433
Price: $3.00
Adult male Orang Utan (Malaysia)
He is said to be pondering the mysteries of life. Good thing he isn’t able to ponder the imminent loss of his habitat. Yacine card mailed in 2014, with three stamps and P. Pinang postmark, along with blue Mel Udara label. Grade: 1

Code: 30300434
Price: $3.00
Arctic fox (Maximum Card #18) (Finland)
Captioned in Finnish, Swedish, and English, this unused maximum card No. 18 of Alopex lagopus was issued on 19th March 1993. Grade: 1

Code: 30300435
Price: $6.00
Arctic fox (Maximum Card #19) (Finland)
Captioned in Finnish, Swedish, and English, this unused maximum card No. 19 of Alopex lagopus was issued on 19th March 1993. Grade: 1

Code: 30300436
Price: $6.00
Arctic fox (Maximum Card #20) (Finland)
Captioned in Finnish, Swedish, and English, this unused maximum card No. 20 of Alopex lagopus was issued on 19th March 1993. Grade: 1

Code: 30300437
Price: $6.00
Arctic fox (Maximum Card #21) (Finland)
Captioned in Finnish, Swedish, and English, this unused maximum card No. 21 of Alopex lagopus was issued on 19th March 1993. Grade: 1

Code: 30300438
Price: $6.00
Snow leopard (Maximum Card) (Finland)
Unused maximum card no. 10, issued on 12th June 1999, of Panthera uncia from southeastern Asia. Grade: 1

Code: 30300441
Price: $6.00
I have a nose for details. (Malaysia)
Two unused 5″ x 7″ Sabah Handicraft Centre cards SHC/PC/143 are available. This fellow is identified as a Male Proboscis Monkey. Grades: 1

Code: 30300446
Price: $4.00
Do you know? Orang utan (Malaysia)
Two unused 5″ x 7″ Sabah Handicraft Centre cards SHC/PC/147 are available. For the benefit of all the search engines, Pongo Pygmaeus. Grades: 1

Code: 30300447
Price: $4.00
Apicultura (Maximum Cards) (set of four) (Azores)
Beekeeping is probably not a common topic for maxmum cards, but nicely done by Azores in 2013. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 30300448
Price: $14.00
Sheep (DPR Korea)
Issued in 2015, captioned in Korean and English with pre-printed large and colourful postage (also of Ovis aries). Grade: 1

Code: 30300451
Price: $2.00
Museo de La Plata, Orangutan (Argentina)
From a series of old cards from this museum, an unused sepia card, aging. Grade: 2

Code: 30300452
Price: $4.00
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

Code: 30300453
Price: $4.00
Cusco, multiple views (Peru)
The three views, in order: Machu Picchu, nina de Pisac, and a llama. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 30300455
Price: $3.00
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

Code: 30300456
Price: $4.00
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

Code: 30300457
Price: $2.00
Lamas (sic) (Bolivia)
In Spanish, Auquenidos. Unused Fatto card BC 204, captioned in Spanish and English. Grade: 1

Code: 30300463
Price: $3.00
Traveling Alpaca (Bolivia)
Unused Fenno card BC 103, captioned in Spanish and English. Grade: 1

Code: 30300464
Price: $2.00
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

Code: 30300468
Price: $2.00
Orangutan – The Red Ape – Honey, I saw your relatives in Sabah! (Malaysia)
Unused card with “Greetings from Sabah” on the back. Grade: 1

Code: 30300469
Price: $3.00
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

Code: 30300472
Price: $4.00
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

Code: 30300473
Price: $4.00
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

Code: 30300474
Price: $4.00
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

Code: 30300475
Price: $4.00
Sepilok, Orang-utan: I am lonely (Sabah, Malaysia)
Unused 5″ x 7″ card NH-272. Grade: 1

Code: 30300476
Price: $3.00
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

Code: 30300488
Price: $4.00
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

Code: 30300489
Price: $4.00
Islas Galapagos – Iguanas (Ecuador)
Unused Hyla Postales card, unnumbered. Grade: 1

Code: 30300493
Price: $4.00
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

Code: 30300494
Price: $5.00

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