Nothing good to say about either side of this card.  Grade: 5

Mailed in 1912, it had been an invitation to a Christmas party.  Most of the postmark, but no stamp.  Grade: 5

Mailed in 2011, two stamps, Kuopio postmark, and Priority label.  Grade: 1

A typical German Christmas card, mailed in 2011 with stamp, postmark, and Luftpost sticker.  Grade: 1

A postcard for charity.  Mailed in 2011, with stamp and full postmark.  Some postmark ink transfer on the front.  Grade: 2

Unused card.  Grade: 1

Many of the gold streaks on the lower fireworks burst are embossed tiny stars.  These make the real card sparkle.  Mailed in 2012 with stamp, full postmark, and blue Priority label affixed.  Grade: 1

We are well past CNY 2012 now, but here are two more unused cards issued by China Post, with numbers 494575 and 494586.  They have pre-printed postage, and no, we don’t know if the deadline is past for claiming your winnings!  Grades: 1

Seems like an old card made in Paris. Front is near-perfect. Reverse has a handwritten message but the card was not postally used.   Grade: 4

On the front: a partly postmarked French stamp and a handwritten indication of the date (New Year’s Day, 1904 or 1907, unsure; on the reverse, the original message and addresss, plus a contemporary message overwritten and then sent in an envelope. Grade: 4

Mailed in what looks like 1910 from Forest City, Iowa, with a one-cent stamp and much of the postmark.  Grade: 2

From the early 1900s, abraded on front and reverse.  The stamp was peeled off and the postmark is not clear.  We suppose the value of this card is on the front.  Grade: 5

Mailed from USA to Hong Kong and then forwarded to Malaysia in 1984.  The card itself is not unusual except for (A) the full Delaware postmark on the front, and (B) the addition of another Hong Kong stamp, and therefore a Hong Kong postmark, to get the card safely to Malaysia.  But now it’s back in Hong Kong.  How International.  Grade: 4

This card was originally mailed from Belgium in 1930.  The stamp and postmark are still there, but many years later a new message went in over that and the card was sent in an envelope.  So it has two separate messages and therefore must be Grade: 4

Cute, unused card dating from 1983.  Grade: 2

This UNICEF-produced card has pre-printed postage valid in Finland.  It was mailed, but not postmarked, in 2010, and has a crease vertically through the middle.  Grade: 4

On the reverse, one of the three stamps is pre-printed; two are affixed, and one clear postmark covers all.  The writer used a lot of “Tipp-Ex” or correction fluid.  Grade: 4

Altogether 4″ x 10-5/8″ of this unused card published by China Post.  Being a lottery, and like other cards earlier in our website, it has its own distinct number.  The stamp is pre-printed.  Will you win?  You need the card to find out.  Part of the card is a perforated stub with addresses and phone numbers to help you.  Grade: 1

Probably made in, and mailed from the U.K. (Scotland) in 2012 with stamp, postmark, and Royal Mail’s airmail label affixed.  Some postal battering at the corners and edges.  Grade: 2

Please refer to the explanation for item 38000054 (just click a few pages back) to learn about this and following cards in the sequence.  Of course, substitute 2013 (Year of the Snake) for those earlier cards from 2012.  All are unused.  Other than designs, the only difference is that these 2013 cards have black-and-white square QR codes on the lottery ticket stub, for you to download on your Smartphone.  Grade: 1