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Dubrovnik, port (Croatia)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Interislander Ferries (New Zealand)
This 4-5/8″ x 7″ card was mailed in 2011 with the magnificent All Blacks stamp and full postmark, along with International Economy sticker affixed. Grade: 2
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Sha Tau Kok – Dragon Boat Race (Hong Kong)
See our description for Hong Kong entry 203081066 (search “Sha Tau Kok”). This terrific representation of the annual dragon boat race was a Silver award winner. Captioned in Chinese only. One card has the two cachet imprints (Grade: 1, $15) and another does not (Grade: 1, $10).
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Salt Creek near Hinsdale (Illinois, USA)
With a very long message on both sides–almost a slice of personal history–the card was mailed in 1910 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 3
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Kowloon, Star Ferry (Hong Kong)
Our home is in this photo, and despite so many various cards of Victoria Harbour, this is the only one so far where we can spot it. No, it’s not that tall gold tower (Central Plaza). Unused 5-1/2″ x 7″ card. Grade: 1
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S.S. Catalina and Casino, Avalon, Catalina (California)
Two mildly aging unused H.S. Crocker Mirro-Krome cards GW-37-A dated MCMLXIII (1963) are available. Grades: 2
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S.S. Veendam (Holland-America Line)
More than one vessel has owned this name. Google tells several stories. This one was bringing passengers across the Atlantic in the 1920s and later. As for the card, not postally used, but with a message on the reverse. Grade: 4 (because of the writing).
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USS Midway CV-41, San Diego (California)
Mailed in 2011 with three different stamps, readable postmark, and as a bonus, a Hong Kong postmark (though not legible) on the front. Grade: 4
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Scenery by the Lijiang River (PR China)
Mailed from Hong Kong, in 1989, with two stamps and readable postmark. Grade: 4
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Belfry at Tsim Sha Tsui, and Kowloon Star Ferry (Hong Kong)
Normally people would call this the Clock Tower of the old railroad station. The card was mailed from Los Angeles (not Hong Kong) in 1990, with three stamps, full postmark, and various ink stains on the front and on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Chinese junk (Hong Kong)
The junks are gone now but the card is here, mailed in 1985 with stamp and postmark and blue trilingual Air Mail sticker. What sets the card apart from others is the caption on the reverse: “Chinese junk – With the background of Modern Buildings being the tourist centre in Kowloon, Hong Kong.” The problem is that the background is Hong Kong Island, not Kowloon. Grade: 1
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Floating Market, Damneon Saduak (Thailand)
Though not so old now, it’s getting there, and this is one of the better semi-contemporary Thailand postcards we have. Mailed in 1991, it has three large commemorative stamps and Bangkok postmark. Grade: 1
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Poppyland, North Norfolk (England)
Mailed in 2011 with a very long “Daisy” train stamp and blue Air Mail label affixed. Among the locations identified on the reverse caption are: Overstrand, Weybourne, Cromer, East Runton, Paston Mill, and Sheringham. (Take that, search engines!) Grade: 2
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Greetings from Langkawi (Malaysia)
Mailed from Muar in 2011, this 5″ x 7″ card has two different stamps and multiple postmarks. Grade: 1
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Galeasen Albanus
Google tells us: “A 71 foot traditional gaff schooner, based in Sjökvarteret, Mariehamn. She cruises in the Baltic from May to October.” The card was mailed from Finland in 2011 with three stamps, three postmarks, and blue Priority label. Grade: 1
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Harveys Casino – Hotel (USA)
We suppose because this is a riverboat, it is not associated with any particular state. The caption on the reverse is elaborate but avoids that information. Mailed from Missouri in 2011 with three stamps and contemporary blurred postmark. USPS barcoding on reverse. Grade
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Junk and two city views (Hong Kong)
This 5-1/2″ x 7″ card was mailed from Hong Kong in 2011 with five stamps and two postmarks, along with blue trilingual Air Mail sticker affixed. Grade: 2
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Sailing boats on wheels (Belgium)
Mailed in 2011 with stamp, postmark, and blue/white A Prior label affixed. Grade: 1
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New London, Prince Edward Island, fishing boats (Canada)
Mailed in 2011, this card has stamp, postmark, and bilingual airmail sticker affixed. Grade: 2
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Porto, Rabelos Boats (Portugal)
Mailed in 2012 with large “cat” stamp, Aviao label, and full postmark. Grade: 1
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A Native Boat (Sudan)
“Sudan Times” Post Card Series, No. F 25, not postally used but with a message on the reverse. Vertical crease. Grade: 4
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The Governor’s Boat (The “Elfin”) in the Blue Nile (Sudan)
G.N. Morhig postcard No. 17. Significant creasing at the bottom. Grade: 4
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The Khedivial Yacht “Mahroussa” at Port Sudan
Sudan Times card No. G10. Grade: 4
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Boat (Netherlands)
The back of this card doesn’t really give many clues except that the card came from a shop of “things made by disabled people” in Netherlands. Mailed in 2011 with stamp, priority label, and multiple postmarks. A little corner crease. Grade: 2
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Yokohama Marine Tower and NYK Hikawamaru (Japan)
Mailed in 2012, with two stamps. But postmark ink transfer and abrasions on the front (these don’t show clearly in the scan). Grade: 4
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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 32400247B, 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 32400247A.
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P&O Cruises Ventura
Card produced in, and mailed in 2012 from, England — with 76p stamp, By Air Mail sticker, and multiple overlapping postmarks. Grade: 2
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Chinese Junk (Singapore)
Unused, slightly smaller old postcard. Grade: 1
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Klong Ton Khem, Floating Market (Thailand)
Unused 2012 card. Grade: 1
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Damnoen Saduak, floating commerce (Thailand)
Two of these unused 2012 cards are available. Grades: 1
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Ratchaburi, Damnoen Saduak, Klong Lak Ha floating market (Thailand)
Three of these unused 2012 cards are available. Grades: 1
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Hua Hin beach and fishing boats (Thailand)
Two of these cards, from 2012, are available. Grades: 1
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Bangkok, The Royal Grand Palace seen from Chao Phraya River
Unused card from 2012 but the scene hardly changes. Grade: 1
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Landing Place at Wadi-halfa (Sudan)
“Editor M. Venieris, photographer, Khartoum” without any reference number but with a handwritten message on the reverse (not postally used) and some abrasion on lower right front. Grade: 4
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Native Canoes, Bahr el Ghazal (Sudan)
Sudan Times card No. D 2. Creasing on lower left corner. Grade: 4
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Sea transport
An internet card, mailed from Ukraine with five stamps and full postmark. We can see that the vessel on the lower left is the Costa Mediterranea. Some ink abrasion on the upper front. Grade: 3
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The Maritime Museum of Finland, Lightship “Kemi” (Helsinki)
Mailed in 2012 with stamp, faint postmark, and blue Priority label. The white streak you may see in the water below the ship is a postal abrasion. Grade: 3
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Regensburg an der Donau, Schöne Grüße
Mailed in 2012, stamp, postmark, Priority label, and a small sticker of a chicken coming out of an egg. Grade: 4
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Flensburger Forde, Schöne Grüße (Germany)
This card from 2012, two stamps and full postmark. Grade: 1