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Lock up all your troubles
Vintage and unused apart from short pencilled message on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Happy wishes I’m repeating
Mailed in Iowa in 1922, with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 3
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A Happy Christmas robin
A vintage card, not postally used but with message and address inked on to the reverse. Grade: 4
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Hearty Christmas Greetings
Glitter on the front after all these years. Not postally used, but message inked on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Best Christmas Wishes
Uncle Frank pencilled his message but did not postally mail this vintage card. Grade: 4
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Innigste Wunsche
The language is German, and Google Translate doesn’t manage this one too well, but it’s a holiday greeting of course. The front is as you see it, and there’s more message on the reverse of this postally unused card. Grade: 4
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I wish you a Merry Christmas
Mailed from Xenia, Ohio, in 1911 with stamp and message. Grade: 3
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Giv mig ej glans …
Vintage card, not postally used, with a long message in the same language on the reverse. Grade: 4
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A Happy Christmas
Old and battered. No stamp. Grade: 5
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Wishing you a happy Christmas day
In 1909, the sender used this card to invite Anna to a surprise party for Lula. We hope they had a great time! Stamp and postmark are there. Grade: 3
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The Yule log burns brightly
Mailed … stamp is there, postmark is not legible. Grade: 4
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Christmas Greetings
Embossed ridges around the edges, this card was mailed in 1911 with stamp and postmark still there. Grade: 2
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A Christmas Message
Mailed in 1926. Postmark is there, stamp isn’t. Space filler. Grade: 5
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A Merry Christmas (bell)
Mailed in 1911 but stamp has been mostly removed. Space filler. Grade: 5
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Chinese New Year of Rabbit 2011 (150104) (PR China)
Similar to our earlier series of Lunar New Year cards, except that this one was mailed, with the pre-printed stamp next to an additional “real” one. Full postmark. Grade: 1
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Tuborg
Card published by the Malay Mail newspaper, mailed in 1991 with two Malaysian stamps, but no postmark at all. Two of the four edges are perforated. Grade: 2
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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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A Merry Christmas (reproduction)
Contemporary reproduction of old-fashioned card. Unused. Grade: 1
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A Merry Christmas
Mailed in what looks like 1910 from Forest City, Iowa, with a one-cent stamp and much of the postmark. Grade: 2
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Kitty’s first Christmas
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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(Chinese) Year of the Rabbit (Hong Kong)
Issued by Hongkong Post, this card was mailed in 2011 with five stamps (including one commemorating the Rabbit year) and blue trilingual airmail label affixed. Grade: 1
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A Merry Christmas (USA)
Mailed within Iowa in 1906, with stamp and three postmarks. Grade: 2
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Mrs. John Conrad Christmas
Tape on lower left wraps around to the reverse. This 1907 card was not postally used, so there’s no stamp or postmark. Grade: 5
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Christmas Greetings, holly
Mailed in Iowa in 1916, with stamp and full postmark. The bottom edge is torn and the card is heavily creased. It was from someone’s Grandma, and we just think the card was well-loved over the years. Grade: 5
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A Joyful Christmas
All right, stars can take many shapes. This card was mailed in 1909 with upside-down stamp and large postmark. Grade: 2
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With Christmas Greetings
Mailed in 1909 with stamp and full postmark. There’s a thumbtack hole through the top. Grade: 5
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A Joyous Christmas
Not postally used, but with an extensive pencilled message in a language (or languages) unknown to us. Grade: 4
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Santa’s Workshop, North Pole, New York
Unused Mike Roberts card SC2015 published by Santa’s Workshop, unusually forcing the top third of the reverse to be blank. Not sure what they had in mind there. Grade: 2
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A Joyful Christmas
Mailed, but stamp and postmark are very long gone. Grade: 5
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With Best Christmas Wishes
Mailed in the early 1900s; stamp is there but postmark is illegible. Grade: 3
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A Joyful Christmas 918
Embossed card, mailed with stamp but no legible postmark. Grade: 2
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Best Christmas Wishes
Embossed card, with horseshoes, mailed in 1911 according to the postmark, but the stamp is gone. Grade: 4
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A Merry Xmas
Mailed in 1924, from the postmark; but stamp is gone and the card is really only a space-filler. Grade: 5
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Merry Christmas – Here is something I learned at school
Unused, unattributed, and very old card. Stains abound, but it is hard to tell what is a stain and what is part of the design. Grade: 4
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A Xmas Wish (USA)
Oh dear. The card was mailed in May, 1925 (yes!) and the stamp is there, with the postmark, and a postal message indicating “Postage Due 1 Cents”. What was everyone thinking? We’ll never know. Grade: 2
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A Merry Christmas 406
Embossed card, mailed many years ago, but the stamp is gone and the postmark not really legible. Grade: 4
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The Seasons Greeting
Mailed in 1923, and the stamp and postmark are there. Grade: 2
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Best Wishes for a Happy Christmas
Richly embossed old card, mailed in 190-something (indistinct postmark, maybe 1908). Stamp is still there. The card shows some staining and album indents in the corners. Grade: 3
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May Christmas bring you nothing less
Mailed in Wisconsin in 1917, this card has two stamps, full postmark on the reverse, and–as you see–much of one on the front, too. Grade: 4
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Merry Christmas
Embossed card, mailed in 1911. The stamp is there, and part of the postmark. Grade: 3