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1930 Franklin, Model 145 Convertible Coupe (USA)
Unused 1971 card from the Long Island Auto Museum. Grade: 1
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1938 Bugatti Type 57C
Unused 1971 card from the Long Island Auto Museum. Grade: 1
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1954 Hudson Hornet (USA)
This 4-3/4″ x 6-1/2″ card was mailed from USA in 2012, with two stamps, unreadable postmark, and address label taped on. Grade: 4
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Wanderlust autos
From a series of cards, this one mailed in 2012 from USA with stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 3
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Trabant
The famed G.D.R. car lives on in this 6″ square B&W postcard mailed from Poland in 2012 with two large stamps, a blue Priorytet label, and multiple postmarks. Grade: 1
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Garage
We’re not quite sure what the point is. Mailed in 1914, the stamp is there along with father’s message to Marnie that they killed a frog last Friday. Grade: 3
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Citroen 2cv Prototype
Not postally used, but with message fully taking up the reverse. Grade: 4
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1957 Pontiac Safari (USA)
The USPS issued this card, with pre-printed 27-cent postage on the reverse (like a maximum card, but not quite), to which the sender added another $1.05 stamp. It was mailed, and there’s the barcoding to prove it, but no postmark. Grade: 2
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Novo Peugeot 208 (Portugal)
Google translates “Pagas-me a gasosa?” as “Buy me a soda?” OK. Unused Portuguese ad card. Grade: 1
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125 Jaar Autoreclame (Netherlands)
There was an exhibition at the Louwman Museum in The Hague, celebrating 125 years of automobile advertising. The caption on the back is long and all in Dutch, but somehow doesn’t identify this car as a famous American flop, the Edsel. Mailed in 2012 with stamp and postmark. Some postmark ink smudging on the front. Grade: 2
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1966 Falcon Futura (USA)
The model may be long gone, but the manufacturer and the postcard live on. We have six of these unused cards. Grades: 1
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1917 Cunningham “Boattail” Speedster (USA)
Unused card from the Briggs Cunningham Automotive Museum in Costa Mesa, California. Grade: 1
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1926 Bentley 3-Litre “Speed Model”
Unused card from the Briggs Cunningham Automotive Museum in Costa Mesa, California. Grade: 1
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1933 Bugatti Type 55 “Supersport”
Unused card from the Briggs Cunningham Automotive Museum in Costa Mesa, California. Grade: 1
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The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Mannheim Benz 1905-1909 (Dearborn, Michigan)
Mailed with 3-cent stamp but incomplete postmark. Grade: 3
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1914 Simplex Model “F” Replica
Unused card from the Briggs Cunningham Automotive Museum in Costa Mesa, California. Grade: 1
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Ford Rotunda, Dearborn (Michigan)
Unused Dexter Press card 68964 of what was then “The world’s largest privately-owned display building”. There is significant blue smudging on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Onze Auto’s (Netherlands)
Mailed in 2012 with four stamps, two stickers, one Priority label, and postmark, along with some postal creasing. Grade: 3
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Ford Motor Company, Central Office Building, Dearborn (Michigan)
Unused, unattributed card (issued by Ford, though), with some smudging and abrasion on both sides. Grade: 3
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PIXAR, Cars 2
Card HEDY-464 from the Heart Art Collection, made in and posted from Japan with two stamps, postmark, and trilingual air mail label. Grade: 1
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Spyker (Netherlands)
Mailed in 2013 with three stamps, Priority label, and red rubber stamp mark. Postmark is clear. Grade: 2
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US 66 Highway Shield
Reverse caption explains something of the where (Oklahoma) and why. The 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card was mailed in 2013, with two stamps, readable postmark, and airmail and address labels affixed. Grade: 4
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Granada 4-Dr European Sports Sedan (USA)
Card mailed from a Ford dealership in Oregon to a customer who had recently had his car serviced. Nine-cent stamp and illegible postmark are there, along with some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Autostack with Ice Cream
This is the title of the painting by Jeremy Dickinson, oil and acrylic on canvas, made in Poland. The 5-1/8″ x 7-1/8″ card was mailed from Finland in 2013 with an unusual stamp, and Turku postmark. Grade: 2
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Daytona International Speedway (Florida, USA)
Mailed with a round “Global Forever” stamp in 2013 with postmark and barcoding at the bottom reverse. Grade: 2
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1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (Netherlands)
An official Mercedes-Benz ad card, somewhat flimsy and with postal ink smudging on the front. Mailed from Netherlands in 2013 with three stamps and Priority label. Grade: 3
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Precision Tune Auto Care (Portugal)
Mailed from Portugal in 2013, this ad card has one very large “Monserrate” stamp and postmark. Grade: 2
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VW Bus
The photo shows this Volkswagen bus to be in Japan, though the unused and uncaptioned card was made in China, for sale there. Grade: 1
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Volkswagen Beetle
Quirky entry, this VW Beetle with California license plate on an unused card made in China, for sale there, and with all that text on the front. Grade: 1
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Port Arthur (Australia), Maximum Card
Due to the card’s design, it’s easy to miss that this is a September 2012 Maximum Card, additionally with postage pre-paid in the normal stamp area. Orange postal barcoding on the reverse, and mailed in 2013. Grade: 2
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FT-86 II concept
Mailed from the Czech Republic in 2013 with three stamps and postmark. Grade: 1
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Citroen Italiana c1934
Mailed from Netherlands with stamp, postmark, and address label taped on. Grade: 4
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Cadillac Ranch (Texas)
One of the most local cards you’ll ever find. This one measures 4-3/4″ x 6-7/8″ and might have come out of a set. It might also appeal to you Route 66 postcard fans out there. The caption explains everything about this outdoor art installation. Mailed from Houston in 2013 with Global Forever stamp and two overlapping but readable postmarks. Grade: 2
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Reno, multiple views (Nevada) (0233)
Unused card 0233 with Street Vibrations, Hot August Nights, Reno Air Races, and the Great Reno Balloon Race. Grade: 1
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Novo Peugeot 208 XY (Portugal)
Ad card, mailed from Portugal in 2013 with three stamps and faint postmark. Some postal creasing, minor. Grade: 2
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Juha Kankkunen, Rally World Champion (Maximum Card) (Finland)
Unused Maximum Card no. 27, issued on 10 May 1995. Grade: 1
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1967 Rambler American
Unused card, heavily speckled on the back, issued by American Motors, the maker of the now-defunct Rambler. Grade: 3
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1913 Lozier, for Otto J. Wilson (Oregon, USA)
Otto J. Wilson Buick of Salem, Oregon, mailed postcards of different antique cars to customers whose tune-ups were due, hoping to sell new cars as well. This particular card, with its pre-printed message, went out with a postage meter in 1969. Grade: 1
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1910 Overland, for Otto J. Wilson Buick (USA)
See our entry 40200038. Distinct differences: (A) message style, and (B) this card wasn’t mailed. Grade: 1
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1909 Overland, for A.B. Smith Chevrolet (Oregon, USA)
See our entry 40200038. Distinct differences: (A) message style is like 40200039, (B) this card wasn’t mailed, and (C) it’s for a Chevrolet dealer, not Otto’s Buick. Grade: 1