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Kitten (USA)
Unfortunately, this little card is a bit beaten up. But, if you’re a kitty person … It has a partial stamp and was mailed in 1910. Grade: 5
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A Merry Christmas
From roughly 1910, this card was mailed in USA and has stamp and partial postmark. One very small part of upper right corner picture is abraded but the card overall is cute, evocative, and very nice for its era. Grade: 3
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Kitty’s first Christmas (USA)
A photograph by J. Gajda, the card is dated 1982, was mailed in 1984, with two stamps and full Denver postmark. Aging fast. Grade: 3
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Missing you
Card issued from the North Shore Animal League, mailed in 1990 with 36-cent Sikorsky stamp and full postmark. The card has two perforated edges. Grade: 2
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Kitties
A very nice cat card, dated 1986 and mailed in 1989 with two stamps and full Denver postmark. Grade: 1
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Celestial Seasonings
Artist was Beth Hay and the card was mailed from Denver in 1986 with Verville stamp and full, very heavy postmark. Notice another postmark from Mason City, Iowa on the front. It’s there because the card, with a proper foreign postal code, was misdirected to Mason City which has a similar ZIP code. Grade: 4
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Cop Cat
Card mailed in 1983 with Scott airmail stamp and full postmark, though the message goes everywhere. This is a photograph by Alfred Gescheidt. Grade: 3
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Mathelin, Le Cafe de la Chaloupe
So nice, so easy to look at this painting for a long time. Card was mailed from Minneapolis in 1983 with Scott stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Garfield, Ta-Dah!
OK, here’s the story. The card was mailed in 1984 from USA (five stamps, mostly legible postmark) to Malaysia but it was missent to Jakarta, so straight across the reverse is a purple postal rubber stamp indicating that. As a consequence, there is a full if faint Jakarta postmark on the front of the card. Too much information? Not if you collect this sort of error. Grade (technically): 4
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You’re my plen
Two cards are available, each mailed in 1990 in Malaysia with stamp and partial postmark. One is Grade 1 ($2.50) and the other is Grade 2 ($2).
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Sitting Pretty
Two unused H.S. Crocker cards HSC-42 are available. Grades: 1
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Generic (Slovenia)
Mailed from Slovenia with a stamp and mostly legible postmark, as well as a blue bilingual “Prednostno” sticker affixed, the card has the address pasted on a label and outlined. Winsome little cat, though. Grade: 3
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Belgium
Handmade card, very professionally done, of the writer’s cat in Belgium. The card was mailed, with “A Prior” sticker and three different stamps, but there’s no postmark. Grade: 4
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I Heart Rome, the Colosseum
This 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card was mailed in 2010 with a really large stamp (1-1/8″ x 2″, we measured), partial postmark, and bilingual blue postaprioritaria and address labels affixed. Bottom right corner is a little crumpled and there’s a minor abrasion on the front. Is the cat the star of this card or not? Grade: 3
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Cool Cat (Poland)
Mailed from Warsaw in 2010, this 4-1/8″ x 8-1/4″ card of a kitten on a guitar has two stamps, four blue “Priorytet” stickers, two postmarks, and a lot of affection attached to it as well. Grade: 2
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I miss you!!
Mailed from New York in 2010, with stamp and readable (modern USPS) postmark. Abrasions on the front. Grade: 3
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Germany
Winsome little thing, looks a lot like our Mau-Mau. This card was mailed from Germany in 2010, with stamp and bilingual blue Luftpost sticker, along with four tiny stickers of stars. Grade: 4
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Cat and Mouse
An unusual card to say the least, and you need to have it in front of you to get the full impact. Mailed from Finland in 2010 with stamp and faint postmark. Grade: 2
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Cat, fish, drink (Russia)
Who could ask for more, right? Card made in Saint Petersburg in 2006, mailed in 2011 with five stamps and three large and full postmarks. A bit of a gummed area on the reverse where we think someone removed the card’s original price tag. Grade: 2
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Finland
A Luka Basic or Renate Koblinger print on this card mailed from Finland with stamp but very faint postmark. Grade: 2
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Yawning
Makes a small change from a little kitty! Mailed from Finland in 2011 with one of the Braille stamps, though not postmarked. Orange postal barcoding on reverse bottom. Grade: 3
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Birdhouse (Home Sweet Home)
Mailed from Switzerland in 2011, stamp and clear postmark. Card was produced in Germany. Grade: 1
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Finland, jeans
Produced and mailed from Finland, stamp and Priority are there but only part of the postmark. Grade: 1
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Luxembourg, garden
This card was made in Germany and mailed from Luxembourg, with stamp and full postmark, and Prioritaire. Grade: 2
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Ellie
Printed in, and mailed from, Poland with four stamps and Priorytet blue label affixed. Postmark is faintly readable. Grade: 1
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Mirror
Mailed from Russia in 2011 with four stamps and two completely full postmarks. Grade: 1
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Cats in snow
Mailed from England, this card has three stamps, illegible postmark, orange postal barcoding on the reverse, and airmail/address labels affixed. Grade: 4
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Cat and mouse (Netherlands)
Mailed from Holland in 2011 with Priority label and three different stamps, but no postmark. Orange postal barcoding and a large extra sticker of a cat at bottom reverse. Grade: 4
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Laid Back & Lovin’ It! (Florida)
“Relaxed greetings from Florida.” Mailed in 2011 with $1 stamp and postal abrasions. Grade: 3
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Five cats (Finland)
Mailed in 2011 with Priority label and four stamps, but incomplete postmarks. Grade: 2
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The Cat’s Night
A painting by Susan Persson on a card that looks like it might have been produced in Sweden but was mailed from Finland in 2011 with stamp and full postmark and blue Priority label affixed. Grade: 2
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Kto mnie teraz przytuli? (Poland)
We could tease you onto the next page, but the answer is, in English, “Who will hug me now?” Mailed in 2011 with two stamps, full postmark, and Priorytet imprint. (We will!) Grade: 1
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Lantern & Cat (Russia)
Produced in 2010, this postcard was mailed in 2011 with three stamps (ironically, one showing two of the Soviet Union’s space dogs) and partly legible postmark. Grade: 1
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Nikko, Nemuri-no-Neko (Sleeping Cat) (Japan)
Unused vintage postcard 23, attributed only in Japanese. Grade: 2
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Knitting Anyone?
Unused, generic Plastichrome card P66104. Grade: 1
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Flower Lover
Unused, generic Plastichrome card P66137. Grade: 1
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Red background
Unused, generic Mike Roberts card C8982. There’s no caption at all, so we had to make something up. Grade: 1
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Cat and handphone (Finland)
A dot in the middle of Finland marks the home of the writer of this card, mailed in 2011 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 4
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Saint-Petersburg map and cat (Russia)
Clever, artistic card mailed in 2011 with stamp and full, large postmark. Grade: 1
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Glory Boy (USA)
John Tilly, “Radical symbolist,” apparently does this to cats. Well, he did it to this one in 2001. The card–with perforated left edge indicating it was part of a set–was mailed in 2011 with stamp and full postmark. Address label affixed. Grade: 4