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ANA Boeing 787 (Japan)
Mailed from Japan in 2013 with four different stamps (one is of two airplanes) and two postmarks. Grade: 2
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KLM Douglas DC-2 “Uiver”
Mailed from Netherlands in 2013, with stamp and postmark. Some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Ketchikan, Totem Bight (Alaska)
Unused Plastichrome card issued by Pacific Northern Airlines, which predictably used the caption as a marketing tool. Grade: 1
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EVA Air and Hello Kitty
Somewhere in the site, we have a card of an EVA Air plane coated in Hello Kitty livery. Here’s the same thing from a slightly different perspective, definitely not issued by the airline. Unused. Grade: 1
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Amsterdam Airport (Netherlands)
AKA Schiphol, though that’s not in the caption. This card was mailed in 2013 with three different stamps, and postmark. Nice overview. Grade: 1
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ANA B777
Japanese card for All Nippon Airways, but mailed from the USA in 2013 with three stamps and postmark. Grade: 3
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Dulles International Airport (Sterling, Virginia, USA)
Mailed in 2013 with five stamps, none of them postmarked, but with USPS postal barcoding. Grade: 2
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Air Canada 747
Air Canada seems more clever than many airlines: they don’t let an aircraft registration number appear in the photo, thereby avoiding the fate of so many other promotional cards from different companies. This card was mailed from Canada in 2013, with three different stamps and a blue bilingual Air Mail label. Minor postal bumping on lower left corner. Grade: 2
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New Beijing (set)
Like previous entries, a set of ten unused cards. The photo shows the cover and three of the cards, which include Beijing South Railway Station, Beijing 798 Art Zone, National Centre for the Performing Arts, National Stadium, The Capital International Airport Terminal 3, and other contemporary features. Grade: 1
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Tikkakoski, Jyväskylä’s airport (Finland)
Actually Tikkakoski, Jyväskylä’s airport. Mailed in 2013 with large stamp, blue Priority, and postmark. Grade: 1
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Dnipropetrovsk Airport and Aeroflot (Ukraine)
Retro photo during the CCCP era, on a contemporary card, mailed in 2013 from Ukraine with five different stamps, postmark, and Par Avion chop. Grade: 1
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ANA B737-700 (JA01AN)
Here’s the story of the aircraft: All Nippon Airways (ANA) took delivery in November, 2005, and the plane was stored in August of 2012. Subsequently it went to Hokkaido International Airlines/Air Do, and is flying with them now. The card was mailed in 2013, with stamp, postmark, blue trilingual Par Avion, a small red name chop, and two extra stickers. Grade: 4
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Aeroplane
Generic card, mailed from Czech Republic in 2013, with stamp, Prioritaire, and faint postmark. Grade: 1
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Space flight activity, DPR Korea (set of 8)
This alone should prompt us to open a new “Outer Space” theme category but for now we will let this set of eight cards (attached in fold-out accordion style) speak for itself. Our scan shows the front and back cover, each of which is one of the eight cards. Other views include scenes in launch facilities, and rockets in various stages of performance, as you can see on that back cover. Captioned entirely in Korean. Grade: 1
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Air Koryo (P-881)
The aircraft is an IL-62M (Ilyushin) and the card, from DPR Korea, is unused, with the country name in English and the rest of the address directions and other writing (not really a caption) in Korean. There cannot be many of these cards floating around. Grade: 1
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Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Malaysia)
Mailed in 2013 with stamp, postmark, red Via Air Mail chop, and some postal bumping around the corners. Grade: 2
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Munich, Franz-Josef-Strauß Airport (Germany)
Mailed in 2013 with stamp, Priority label, and partial postmark. It suffered some postal abrasion in transit. Grade: 3
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Short Sunderland, 1940 (Netherlands)
Artwork on a card mailed in 2013 from The Netherlands, with stamp and postmark. Some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2
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100 years Swiss Air Force F-5 Tiger (Maximum Card)
Unused Maximum Card issued 6 March 2014. Grade: 1
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100 years Swiss Air Force F/A-18 Hornet (Maximum Card)
Unused Maximum Card issued 6 March 2014. Grade: 1
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Condor, Airbus A320 (D-AICA)
Enter “D-AICA” into the various aircraft registration websites and all sorts of conflicting information emerges. It looks as though this particular plane made its first flight in 1998 and is still active. The postcard was mailed from Germany in 2013, with stamp and trilingual Priority label. Grade: 1
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My Travel Airways Airbus A330-300
From “Airliners in Flight,” a card mailed from Germany in 2013 with stamp, Berlin postmark, and trilingual blue Priority label. The makers obliterated the registration number. Grade: 1
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Cayenne, Bureaux d’Air France (French Guiana)
Unused, vintage, real photo B&W view, unattributed. Serrated edges. Notably creased through right side, though somehow this does not affect the photo much. Grade: 3
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Chinese Aircraft A-5 (Maximum Card) (PR China)
Unused maximum card from 1996. Grade: 1
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Chinese Aircraft Yun-7 (Maximum Card) (PR China)
Unused maximum card from 1996. Grade: 1
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AH-158 (Ukraine)
Because of different alphabets, the H is an N, and this is an Antonov-158. We have three of these, all mailed from Ukraine. One in 2014 with three very large stamps and blue bilingual Par Avion label. Postmark is there, but too faint (Grade: 1, $3). Another in 2013, also three large stamps and illegible postmark but also with trilingual Chinese airmail label and red “chop” mark from the sender (Grade: 3, $2). Another in 2014 with four stamps and two postmarks but a bit of postmark ink transfer on the front (Grade: 3, $2).
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Baravaya, Museum of Aviation Technique, Mi-26T (Belarus)
Mailed in 2013, showing another exhibit from this large museum. “M” stamp and bilingual Prioritaire label, with postmark. Grade: 1
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Kai Tak Airport, with ticket cover (Hong Kong)
Unused card issued by the MTR Corporation (Hong Kong’s mass transit railway) some time before 1998, which is when Kai Tak Airport closed. The area on the front is the sleeve for a souvenir ticket, which is not there now. Only because of that, Grade: 5
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Lufthansa Boeing 747-8
Mailed from Czech Republic in 2014, with stamp, postmark, and blue Prioritaire label. Grade: 1
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NLM (PH-FHF)
PH-FHF is a Fokker F27-100 Friendship that has been with NLM Cityhopper since at least 2006. But on one of our trusted sources, airliners dot net, in 2013 someone wrote: “the Fokker Heritage Flight F27 is unfortunately grounded at present due to insurance complications. This is a very historic aircraft, being the third F27 to fly and the first to be operated by an airline after Aer Lingus took delivery of her on 19.11.58 as EI-AKA.” As for the card itself, it was mailed in 2014 with three stamps of which one was taped onto the card, Postmark and Priority label also there. Grade: 4
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Bremen Airport (Germany)
Mailed in 2014, with two stamps, Priority label, faint postmark, and some postal abrasions. Grade: 3
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Concorde, British Airways, final flight
Mailed in 2014, with another stamp, and postmark, and Air Mail label, and orange postal barcoding, this card has a long and technical caption in the address area. We are calling this “Maximum Card Style” because clearly the stamp does not match the card. But as a postcard of Concorde, it’s very nice. Grade: 1
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Martinair Boeing 767-31A (PH-MCI)
First, the card: mailed from Netherlands in 2014 with stamps, postmark, and Priority label. Now, the aircraft: Martinair Holland took delivery in 1991 and it has been stored since November 2011 as N325MP. Grade: 1
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Transaero (Russia)
Mailed from Moscow in 2014 with three stamps and two very large postmarks. Grade: 1
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Cologne Airport (Germany)
Two of these cards are available, each mailed in 2014 with one stamp and one airmail label. One card has a postmark (Grade: 2, $2) and on the other, the postmark is missing though the stamp is there (Grade: 4, $1).
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Munster Osnabruck International Airport (Germany)
Mailed in 2014, the stamp and Priority label and postmark are there, along with an abrasion on lower right corner of the reverse. Grade: 3
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Austrian (OE-LPD)
Aircraft OE-LPD is a Boeing 777, and according to our web resource it is still in use by Austrian. The card was mailed from Estonia (not Austria) in 2014, with seven stamps, a blue Prioritaire label, and parts of four postmarks. Grade: 2
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airBaltic
Mailed from Finland in 2014, with Priority label, stamp, and postmark. But no visible registration number, sorry. Grade: 1
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Tokyo, Haneda Airport 104
Mailed in 2013, with two stamps, postmark, and trilingual Par Avion label. Grade: 1
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Aeroflot
“Happy Cards” internet postcard mailed from Moscow in 2013, with stamp and large round postmark. Grade: 1