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Thai Airways Airbus 330-300
Unused. Grade: 1
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Thai Airways Boeing 747-400
Unused. Grade: 1
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Thai Airways Boeing 747-400
Two of these cards are available. Unused. Grade: 1
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Thai Airways Airbus A-330
Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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Thai Airways Royal Orchid Service
Unused, as-new card, the kind of thing you send if you have absolutely nothing else. The guy needs to put his tray table down. Grade: 1
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Subang Airport (Malaysia)
Two cards are available, mailed five years apart. One from 1986 has Johor stamp, partly legible postmark, some extra pencilled price notation and staining on reverse, and postmark smudging on front (Grade: 3, $4). One from 1991 was mailed with Pahang stamp and mostly illegible postmark, aged more heavily on reverse but front is cleaner (Grade: 3, $5).
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Cairo International Airport
Unused card from late 1960s, aging on reverse but otherwise undamaged. Serrated edges. Grade: 1
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CAAC 1988 air crash (Hong Kong)
Sepia photos, unmailed card from late 1990s of 1988 accident. Grade: 1
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China Airlines 1993 crash (Hong Kong)
Unused card, published in late 1990s, of this 1993 crash at Kai Tak Airport. Grade: 1
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Thai Airways, classical music
Issued by Thai Airways. Mailed from Malaysia (not Thailand) in 1988 with two stamps and full postmark, and blue bilingual “Mel Udara” label affixed (Grade: 3, $4).
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Thai Airways, traditional greeting
Thai Airways postcard dating from the 1990s. Two are available. One is unused (Grade: 1, $4). The other was mailed from Bangkok in 1992 with two different stamps and partial postmark (Grade: 3, $2).
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Thai Airways golf holiday
Issued by Thai Airways, probably in 1980s or 90s. Six of these unused cards are available. Golf nuts rejoice! One has a minor smudge (Grade 2, $3) while the rest are pretty much as they were when they first came out (Grades: 1, $4)
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Singapore Girl
Card issued by Singapore Airlines and mailed in 1986, from Malaysia. One stamp, partly legible postmark. Minor edge and corner abrasions. Grade: 3
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Singapore Airlines, Singapore Girl
Card mailed in Malaysia in 1986, with Perak stamp and full postmark. Significant postmark smudge on front. Some would call this card “artistic.” We would call it “blurry.” Grade: 4
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San Francisco (American Airlines)
This unused card is from the early 1950s, issued by American Airlines. It has a travel agency’s rubber stamp on reverse. Minor edge abrasions. Grade: 4
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Midway Airport, Chicago
Curteichcolor card 4C-K635 with pencilled date of June, 1957 on reverse, together with large black rubber stamp from travel agency. Card was never mailed. Front shows Midway Airport, pre-O’Hare. Grade: 4
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New York City (American Airlines)
This card of the Brooklyn Bridge was issued by American Airlines, and by the looks of the postage meter, it was given to cabin crew to mail in 1955. Front is normally aged; reverse has a large rubber stamp from a travel agency. Grade: 4
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Northwest Airlines, Hong Kong Harbor
First, here in HK it is “Harbour” (or at least what’s left of it). This card was issued by Northwest Airlines in 1952 and was never mailed though it has a large black rubber stamp from a travel agency on the reverse. It also was folded significantly, diagonally, through the upper left corner. See past all that and you see a long-gone view of the Harbour. Grade: 4
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Dhahran International Airport (Saudi Arabia)
If we could put a price on “well travelled” (pun intended), this card would go for lots more. Produced in Saudi, brought to Malaysia and mailed there in 1986 (stamp and partial postmark), then brought to Hong Kong, and if you buy it…who knows where next? Some postmark smudging on front, and a significant abrasion on bottom front, but a *must* for collectors of airport themes. Grade: 4
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Mexicana de Aviacion, Pan American World Airways, dancers
A lot of factors to this card. Issued by the Mexicana de Aviacion subsidiary of Pan American World Airways (both attributed), mailed in 1955 with intact stamp but illegible postmark. It has a black rubber stamp from a travel agency on the reverse. Front is a bit abraded. Grade: 4
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Dannelly Field (Montgomery, USA)
From mid-1960s, an unused card that could be sold as-new today if the airport still looks like that. By the way, this was “one of the South’s finest and modern Air Terminals.” Grade: 1
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Aeroflot Il-62
Card from about 1986 (during the Olympics) was stamped for mailing in Malaysia but there is no postmark where it should be, just a bit of smudge on the front. Grade: 3
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Aeroflot, Tu-134
Card was mailed in Malaysia in late 1980s. It has the stamp, postmarked only by lines. There is an orange postal bar code on bottom reverse. Grade: 2
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American Airlines DC-6
Unmailed card from late 1950s describes the DC-6 Blue Ribbon Aircoach. There is a travel agent’s large rubber stamp on reverse. Minor edge and corner abrasions. Grade: 4
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American Airlines DC-7
Unmailed but somewhat battered card, from the 1950s, suitable for anyone looking to fill this particular gap in their collection. Creased on two corners, and with a black rubber stamp from a travel agency on the reverse. Grade: 5
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ANA, Boeing 767
Card mailed in Malaysia in 1991, with Selangor stamp and legible postmark. Grade: 2
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Braniff, Douglas DC-7C
Unmailed card, though it has a rubber stamp from a travel agency on the back. Grade: 4
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Royal Brunei VR-UED B737
Google is best at searches like this, because according to the aircraft registration number this B737 was delivered from Royal Brunei to Aloha Airlines in 1990. Unused. Grade: 1
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British Airways 747
Card was mailed from Malaysia in 1986, with a Malaysian stamp and partly legible postmark. The card has aged on reverse and has some postal creasing, though not folds, throughout. Grade: 4
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Cathay Pacific B747-200 (VR-HKG)
This particular aircraft (VR-HKG) was CX’s first 747. But it was broken up for scrap in 1999, and is no more. Six cards are available, all printed with June 1987 date. All were mailed between 1990-91 in Malaysia. All have Malaysian stamps and range from Grade: 1 ($5) to Grade: 2 ($4).
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Cathay Pacific L-1011 (VR-HHL)
This aircraft (VR-HHL), L-1011-385-1-15 TriStar 100, went to Air TranSat in April 1996 and was dismantled after 12/2002. Two cards are available, each mailed in Malaysia in 1990 with Malaysian stamp(s) and partial postmarks. Cards themselves were printed in June 1987. Grades: 2
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Cathay Pacific, Boeing 747
The tail number is indistinct, but if this is also VR-HKG (as we suspect) you can see the history elsewhere in our website. Three of these CX Boeing 747 postcards are available, all unused. Two are identical design, with “wave” graphic on the reverse and printed in January 1984; one of these has minor dents. The other card has the same photo but no “wave” design and was printed in May 1983. All are slightly aging around the edges but in better shape than the plane, which has possibly been dismantled. Grades: 2
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Cathay Pacific B747-200B (VR-HIE)
Google calls up the info that this is VR-HIE is actually a B747-267B and was later sold by CX to Virgin Atlantic as G-VCAT. The card is unused, though aging significantly on reverse, and was printed in January 1985. Grade: 2
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Cathay Pacific B747-200B (VR-HIH)
Continuing our effort to bring you the best in internet research, it looks like this aircraft (VR-HIH) (B747-267B) was later converted for cargo use only. Two unused cards are available, from 1980s, aging on reverse but still: Grades: 1
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Cathay Pacific, L-1011 Super TriStar
No registration number visible here, so it’s just an unused card from the 1980s, aging on reverse and, we have to say, also on the front, which is just a little dull. Grade: 3
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Cathay Pacific, sunset and 747
Two absolutely as-new unused cards, with the same photo on front, but one was printed in July 1991 and the other in April 1992. Alas, no tail or registration number is visible for this B747. Grades: 1
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Cathay Pacific B747-400
Five of these unused cards are available. The focus is on the advertising and not on the aircraft: Arrive in Better Shape! Grades: 1 ($4). Then one more card, mailed from Malaysia in 1989 with two different stamps and mostly readable postmark (Grade: 2, $5).
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Cathay Pacific, The Heart of Asia B747
Three unused oversized (4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″) cards are here. The aircraft depicted is either VR-HOT or B-HOT as we can deduce from the wheel well cover. Grades: 1
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China Airlines, Boeing 747SP (B-1862)
Would you believe this aircraft is now 9Q-CWY of Kinshasa Airways in the Congo? Of course you would! But this card was mailed in 1990, and then it was a China Airlines plane B-1862. Google is very, very good on items like this. Card was mailed in Malaysia, has a Malaysian stamp, illegible postmark, and has aged significantly. But you can see the tail number. Grade: 4
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China Airlines, Boeing 707 (B-1824)
The tail number on this aircraft (B-1824) can be read with a magnifying glass. Check Google and see that the plane later became N707ZS for Jet Cargo. Card is unused. Grade: 1