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Brasilia – DF – Swans, Museum, Tribunal (Brazil)
Unused, aging, and not-too-inspiring card whose caption (also in Portuguese) reads: “Swans in the National Congress’ lake and the Museum and the Federal Supreme Tribunal in the back”. Grade: 2
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Calidris canutus (DPR Korea)
We again dipped into Google for more information, and learned this from Wikipedia: “The red knot is a medium-sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers, second only to the great knot.” The caption is in Korean, with the scientific name in Latin. Two of these unused cards are available, with pre-printed colourful postage and apparently endorsed by the World Wildlife Fund. (Or not.) Grades: 1
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The Cardinal (USA)
There’s a slight disconnect between what you see on the front of the unused card, and the explanation in the reverse caption that the cardinal (Richmondena Cardinalis) is the state bird of seven states. Aged, and minor staining. Grade: 3
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Geese (30 won) (DPR Korea)
From a stamp series called “Poultry”, the only postcard in that series, with geese on the front and chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) on the pre-printed postage. Unused. Three cards are available. Grades: 1
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Broad-winged hawk (DPR Korea)
Unused card, captioned in Korean and English. Grade: 1
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Pair of birds (DPR Korea)
It is uncharacteristic of DPRK’s postal unit to issue cards like this without giving the species name, but it happened here: Korean and English-language captions only say “Bird”. Large and colourful oval pre-printed postage shows a different bird, Zoothera dauma, the scaly thrush. Unused. Grade: 1
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National Gallery of Art, Columbia Jay (J.J. Audubon) (Washington, DC)
We won’t call this a true Maximum Card because it doesn’t meet all the usual criteria, but it is First Day of Issue (in 1963) and otherwise unused. Grade: 1
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White peacock (Macedonia)
The photo was quite likely taken at St. Naum Monastery, where these birds abound. No, we don’t think (s)he was about to get married. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Coro-Coros y Garzas Blancas (Venezuela)
Unused and aging Santiago card No. 629. For those of you who may not speak Spanish, we were able to determine that Garzas Blancas = white herons, but we’ve no idea about Coro-Coros. Grade: 2
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“Azulejo” picando una lechosa (Papaya) (Venezuela)
Unused, aging Santiago card No. 184. Lucky bird. Unlucky farmer. Grade: 3
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Wideawake Tern (Ascension Island)
Unused. Grade: 1
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Cobb’s Wren (Falkland Islands)
This card, of a bird whose scientific name is Troglodytes cobbi (poor wren!), focuses on conservation. Unused. Grade: 1
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King Penguin (Falkland Islands)
Unused. Grade: 1
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Gentoo Penguin (Falkland Islands)
Unused. Grade: 1
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Albino Rockhopper Penguin (Falkland Islands)
Unused. Grade: 1
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Yellow-nosed Albatross (Tristan da Cunha)
Known scientifically as Thalassarche chlororhynchus, on this unused card. Grade: 1
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Wildlife Various (Tristan da Cunha)
This unused card identifies each of the four animals: Rockhopper Penguin, Sub-Antarctic Fur Seal, Wilkins’ Bunting, and the Brown Noddy. Grade: 1
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Nightingale Island, Yellow nosed Albatross (Tristan da Cunha)
Unused. Grade: 1
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Nightingale Island, multiple views (Tristan da Cunha)
Apart from the island itself, this unused card shows longboats sailing, a Rockhopper penguin, and The Ponds. Grade: 1
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The Rockhoppers of Tristan da Cunha – close-up
Unused and a gem among Tristan da Cunha postcards. Grade: 1
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Phoenix Petrel (Tuvalu)
Scientific name: Pterodroma alba, on an unused card designed to replicate a stamp. Grade: 1
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Crested Tern (Tuvalu)
Scientific name: Thalasseus bergii, on an unused card designed to replicate a stamp. Grade: 1
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Sooty-tern (Tuvalu)
Scientific name: Sterna fuscata oahuensis, on an unused card designed to replicate a stamp (Grade: 1, $4). We also have one card mailed from Tuvalu in 2016, with colourful stamp and full postmark (Grade: 1, $7).
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Bristle-thighed Curlew (Tuvalu)
Scientific name: Numenius tahitiensis, on an unused card designed to replicate a stamp. Grade: 1
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Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit (Tuvalu)
Scientific name: Limosa lapponica baueri, on an unused card designed to replicate a stamp (Grade: 1, $4). We also have one of these mailed from Tuvalu in 2016, with stamp and full postmark (Grade: 1, $7).
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NZ Long-tailed Cuckoo (Tuvalu)
Scientific name: Eudynamis taitensis, on an unused card designed to replicate a stamp. Grade: 1
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Bar-tailed Godwit (British Indian Ocean Territory)
Continuing a series of unused cards for which explanations are all the same, and just the subjects are different. The cards come from Diego Garcia, and the caption on the back of each card is identical: “Adapted from the 2004 British Indian Ocean Territory Birds Definitive Issue.” Grade: 1
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Cattle Egret (British Indian Ocean Territory)
Continuing a series of unused cards for which explanations are all the same, and just the subjects are different. The cards come from Diego Garcia, and the caption on the back of each card is identical: “Adapted from the 2004 British Indian Ocean Territory Birds Definitive Issue.” Grade: 1
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Fairy Tern (British Indian Ocean Territory)
Continuing a series of unused cards for which explanations are all the same, and just the subjects are different. The cards come from Diego Garcia, and the caption on the back of each card is identical: “Adapted from the 2004 British Indian Ocean Territory Birds Definitive Issue.” Grade: 1
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Garganey Teal (British Indian Ocean Territory)
Continuing a series of unused cards for which explanations are all the same, and just the subjects are different. The cards come from Diego Garcia, and the caption on the back of each card is identical: “Adapted from the 2004 British Indian Ocean Territory Birds Definitive Issue.” Grade: 1
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Greater Frigate Bird (British Indian Ocean Territory)
Continuing a series of unused cards for which explanations are all the same, and just the subjects are different. The cards come from Diego Garcia, and the caption on the back of each card is identical: “Adapted from the 2004 British Indian Ocean Territory Birds Definitive Issue.” Grade: 1
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Indian Mynah (British Indian Ocean Territory)
Continuing a series of unused cards for which explanations are all the same, and just the subjects are different. The cards come from Diego Garcia, and the caption on the back of each card is identical: “Adapted from the 2004 British Indian Ocean Territory Birds Definitive Issue.” Grade: 1
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Little Green Heron (British Indian Ocean Territory)
Continuing a series of unused cards for which explanations are all the same, and just the subjects are different. The cards come from Diego Garcia, and the caption on the back of each card is identical: “Adapted from the 2004 British Indian Ocean Territory Birds Definitive Issue.” Grade: 1
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Madagascar Fody (British Indian Ocean Territory)
Continuing a series of unused cards for which explanations are all the same, and just the subjects are different. The cards come from Diego Garcia, and the caption on the back of each card is identical: “Adapted from the 2004 British Indian Ocean Territory Birds Definitive Issue.” Grade: 1
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Masked Booby (British Indian Ocean Territory)
Continuing a series of unused cards for which explanations are all the same, and just the subjects are different. The cards come from Diego Garcia, and the caption on the back of each card is identical: “Adapted from the 2004 British Indian Ocean Territory Birds Definitive Issue.” Grade: 1
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Pacific Golden Plover (British Indian Ocean Territory)
Continuing a series of unused cards for which explanations are all the same, and just the subjects are different. The cards come from Diego Garcia, and the caption on the back of each card is identical: “Adapted from the 2004 British Indian Ocean Territory Birds Definitive Issue.” Grade: 1
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White-tailed Tropicbird (British Indian Ocean Territory)
Continuing a series of unused cards for which explanations are all the same, and just the subjects are different. The cards come from Diego Garcia, and the caption on the back of each card is identical: “Adapted from the 2004 British Indian Ocean Territory Birds Definitive Issue.” Grade: 1
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Birds (set of 12) (British Indian Ocean Territory)
An unopened set containing the 12 birds pictured in our entries 30300561-72. All unused, of course. Grade: 1
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Cendrawasih – Red bird of paradise (Papua New Guinea)
Scientific name: Paradisaea rubra, also cendrawasih merah, on this official card from Post PNG. Two cards are available. One is unused (Grade: 1, $6) and one has a large stamp and clear Kokopo postmark, without address or message (Grade: 1, $12).