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Khajuraho, sculpture (India)
Mailed in 2012 with stamp and partly legible postmark. Grade: 2
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Macau Scenery 4 – Renowned Landmarks (front cover) (set)
An unused set of 10 cards from the Chio Sio Chi oil painting collection. As you can see from 30400240B, they show contemporary and historical scenes. Grade: 1
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Macau Scenery 4 – Renowned Landmarks (back cover) (set)
See description for 30400240A.
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Macau Scenery 1 – Old Streets (front cover) (set)
An unused set of 10 cards from the Chio Sio Chi oil painting collection. As you can see from 30400241B, they show contemporary and historical scenes. Each card focuses on a different, identified street. Grade: 1
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Macau Scenery 1 – Old Streets (back cover) (set)
See description for 30400241A.
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Macau Scenery 3 – Fisherman’s Harbour (front cover) (set)
An unused set of 10 cards from the Chio Sio Chi oil painting collection. As you can see from 30400242B, they show contemporary and historical scenes, though with emphasis on historical. Grade: 1
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Macau Scenery 3 – Fisherman’s Harbour (back cover) (set)
See description for 30400242A.
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American Art Pottery
Mailed from USA in 2012 with 98-cent stamp, Par Avion sticker, and not really readable postmark. Significant postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 5
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Birds (PR China)
Internet postcard from kakaka in China, mailed in 2012 with three different stamps (and two of those are birds) and two full postmarks. The caption somewhat ironically says “Hey! I’m swimming to you!” Grade: 1
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Lu Huan, stone carving (Taiwan)
This 5″ x 7-3/8″ card was (the writer says) sourced from the National Palace Museum, and was mailed in 2012 with two stamps and full postmark, along with a light blue trilingual Air Mail sticker. Grade: 2
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Furu site, Tenri, Jomon pottery (Japan)
… and in Nara Prefecture. The card was mailed in 2012 with two stamps and legible postmark. Grade: 1
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Patch of the Earth 2001
Mailed from Taipei in 2012 with stamp, nearly full postmark. Grade: 2
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Unknown
The message on this card is all in Chinese, and any caption has been covered up by four large Chinese stamps and two faint but legible postmarks. Address label affixed. Grade: 4
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Andrea Pazienza
Mailed from Italy in 2012 with E0.60 stamp, Milan postmark, and orange postal barcoding on the reverse. There’s postmarking on the front also. Grade: 3
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For the birds
A Pixar card. Mailed in 2012 with US$1.05 stamp and full Salt Lake City postmark. The usual USPS abrasions on the reverse edge. Grade: 3
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G. Kh. Vaschenko, In the Poleseye District
The painting dates from 1973, the card however was mailed from Belarus in 2012 and has five stamps, two full Minsk postmarks, and bilingual Prioritaire rubber-stamp chop mark. Grade: 1
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Haderer, Meeting Point (Germany)
Though everything about the card and the painter are German, the card itself was mailed from Netherlands in 2012 with three different stamps and legible postmark. Grade: 3
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Japanese artist
We’re sorry that we don’t know more about this. The artist may be Japanese; the card is captioned in Chinese and was mailed from PR China in 2012 with a large “stadium” stamp and partly legible postmark. Grade: 2
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Josef Wahl, The Bad Tolz Riflemen’s March
Mailed from Germany in 2012, with stamp, postmark, and Luftpost label. Grade: 2
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Bruno Bruni, Mafiosi
Mailed from Germany in 2012, two stamps, postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 2
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Woman on beach
Mailed from Netherlands in 2012, stamp and not-quite-legible postmark on this B&W postcard. Grade: 1
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Art Camp (Czech Republic)
An ad card, mailed in 2012 with stamp, postmark, and message. Grade: 3
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Dead Game, Vegetables and Mushrooms (I. Khrutski) (Belarus)
A painting from the collection of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus. Mailed from there in 2012 with five stamps and two postmarks, and bilingual Prioritaire label affixed. Grade: 2
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Now Comes the Mystery (Scott Musgrove)
Mailed from Germany, the card has stamp, faint postmark, and postal abrasion on the reverse. Grade: 4
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OK! THANX GOD!
Mailed from Belarus with an “H” stamp in 2012. Postmark and bilingual Prioritaire chop are there. The writer doesn’t understand the card, and neither do we. Grade: 1
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Painting in old Amsterdam church
We are not certain whether this item was meant to be a postcard or not, but it was mailed as one. It measures 5-3/4″ x 8-1/4″ and has no printing or attribution, just the address and message and stamp and faint postmark. Grade: 5
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Firenze, Ex-Convento di S. Salvi – Cenacolo: Andrea del Sarto (Italy)
Unused antique postcard. Grade: 3
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Siena – Ritratto del Sodoma (Italy)
We put this into Google to see what we could learn, but that really didn’t help much at all, and we are as intrigued as ever. Students of art history will know. Unused, B&W “Edit. Ditta Stefano Venturini” card 529, from Siena. Grade: 1
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Venezia, R. Accademia, S. Giovanni Battista – Tiziano (Italy)
Unused card. Grade: 3
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Venezia, R. Acc., Madonna col Bambino S. Paolo, S. Giorgio – Ballini
Unused card. Grade: 3
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Antwerpen, St.-Jacobskerk, Grafkapel P.P. Rubens (Belgium)
If you like lots of stamps on your postcards, this one should appeal to you. Four very large and different stamps, postmark, blue A Prior label affixed. Great specimen mailed in 2012, in excellent condition. Grade: 1
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Wallace Collection, 430 Fragonard
Any information this unused card provides is on the front. Significant aging. Grade: 3
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Wallace Collection, 42 Gainsborough
Any information this unused card provides is on the front. Significant aging. Grade: 3
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Adorazione di Gesu (Van der Goes) (Italy)
Very old, mottled with age, and unused card. Grade: 3
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Vergine Addolorata (Salvi)
Unused, heavily mottled and aged card. Grade: 4
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Mother and Children (Renoir)
Unused, aged card (but later than 1919) of this old master, at that time in The Frick Collection, New York. Grade: 4
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Le Vent – No. 2 (J.-J. Lemordant)
Unused, unattributed old B&W card. Grade: 2
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Menton (France)
Old and unused. Grade: 4
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Eugene Onegin illustration
We are taking the writer’s word that this card relates somehow to Eugene onegin but you can take our word that it was mailed in 2012 from Russia, with four stamps and Tomsk postmark. Grade: 1
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Bright Lights
In the spirit of “Where’s Waldo,” a sturdy card with rounded corners, mailed from Canada in 2012 with $1.80 stamp and full postmark, along with address label. Grade: 3