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Water and Whisky
Would be right at home framed over your bar with your other amusing postcards. British humour, old card with creased lower right corner but that just gives it character. There’s a handwritten message on the back though the card was never mailed. Grade: 4
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Having Good time – plenty of variety (England)
British seaside humour. Front of this Kardonia card has aged and has small stain on the lower left corner. Reverse has also heavily aged and has a more contemporary handwritten message, though unmailed. Grade: 4
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What is the name (England)
Risque British humour. Card is heavily worn, has a tear on right margin, and a handwritten message on back though it was never mailed. Grade: 5
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Hello Joe (England)
Risque British card, mottled with age on front and with handwritten message on reverse though never mailed. Minor creasing. Grade: 4
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I sold on credit (Egypt)
Cute variation on a global theme. Card has minor creasing but the picture is undamaged. Though never mailed, the card has a short handwritten message on reverse. Grade: 3
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Disney whale and Donald (motion effect)
Card bought at Tokyo Disneyland in 1982 and never mailed. It is a 3D- type card in which the motion effect is created by a ridged plastic coating. Donald Duck and nephews catch more than they expected. Front of card is in great condition; reverse is mottling and shows some staining. Grade: 2
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Disney Pluto (motion effect)
Card bought at Tokyo Disneyland in 1982 and never mailed. It is a 3D-type card in which the motion effect is created by a ridged plastic coating. Pluto is chasing and then being chased. Front of card is in terrific condition; reverse is mottling and has minor staining. Grade: 1
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Disney Scrooge (motion effect)
Bought at Tokyo Disneyland in 1982 and never mailed. The card has ridged plastic coating to create the effect of Scrooge panning for gold and finding it. Front of card is great; reverse has some mottling and staining but no other marks. Grade: 2
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The scenery is here
A sentiment we can all appreciate. Card has minor edge and corner abrasions. Unmailed, but brief written message in ink on reverse. Chris R–yours to claim if you see this first! Grade: 4
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Weather forecast
Real photo card, fading on the front but major browning and album marks on reverse. Unmailed. Grade: 4
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Going home to Jacksonville
The call goes out to all of you who live in any Jacksonville…be the first on your block to have this one! Old, heavily aged, unmailed, and had been in an album but basically in good condition. Grade: 3
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There was I waiting
We weren’t going to create an entirely separate category for this card, so where would you put it? “Comic” seemed as good as any. Unmailed, normally aged, old. Grade: 3
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Elephant reading
Card mailed in 2001, has two German stamps (one folded) and partly legible postmark. Attached “Luftpost” blue sticker and some abrasion on reverse. Grade: 4
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Bertie in the Country
Bottom caption: “A Rest by the Wayside.” Not quite comic, not quite romance; a Shenley Real Photo card, not postally mailed but written love notes all over the reverse. Ah. Grade: 4
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Beauty is power (Malaysia)
Outsized (5″x7″) card mailed in Malaysia and has stamp but no postmark. Reverse has minor abrasion, but front is OK. Grade: 3
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Jungle “oops!” (Malaysia)
The meaning is in the detail, with the arrow going through the elephant’s ear. Card issued by Gila-Gila magazine and mailed in Malaysia in 1990, has folded but intact stamp and orange postal bar code on bottom reverse. Grade: 3
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No one but a coward (Malaysia)
Outsized (5″ x 7″) card mailed in 1991 from Melaka, has stamp and partly legible postmark. Grade: 2
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Learning from experience (Malaysia)
Oversized (5″ x 7″) card, mailed in Malaysia with commemorative stamp in 1991, mostly legible postmark. Grade: 3
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Status symbol (Malaysia)
Oversized (5″ x 7″) card, mailed in Malaysia in 1991 with Pulau Pinang stamp and readable postmark, but also postmark smudging on front. Grade: 3
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Create a good husband (Malaysia)
Oversized (5″ x 7″) card from Malaysia, mailed in 1991 with Johor stamp and partly legible large postmark. Grade: 3
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Smooth runs the water (Malaysia)
We know we are missing the humour here, but just in case this wacky postcard is exactly what you’ve been looking for…here it is. The 5″ x 7″ card was mailed in Malaysia in 1991, has Johor stamp and partial postmark. Normal postal battering. Grade: 3
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An angry man (Malaysia)
This 5″ x 7″ card was mailed in Malaysia in 1990, with Pahang stamp and nearly full postmark. Grade: 2
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Eat to live (Malaysia)
Another 5″x7″ card from Malaysia, mailed in Johor with stamp and postmark. Not quite sure how the drawing relates to the text, but who are we to judge! Grade: 1
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Loonie (Minnesota, USA)
Well, the loon is the state bird, so we can excuse them. Card was mailed in 1983, with 28-cent stamp but very heavily postmarked. Affixed airmail sticker. Front is in fine shape. Grade: 3
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Old Goats in North Carolina
Card mailed in 1996, with 50-cent stamp and mostly legible postmark. Has a big red “air mail” rubber stamp on reverse. Grade: 2
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The kind we catch
Real or not, it’s impressive. Card mailed in 1954 with a stamp and legible postmarks, as well as a large rubber stamp from a travel agency on reverse. Serrated edges, some corner creasing. Grade: 4
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Animals (Nairobi)
Comic card mailed in the mid-1980s, with intact commemorative stamp and additional airmail sticker affixed. Postmark is only partly legible. Grade: 3
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The Rock rocked me (Australia)
From the late 1990s, an unused, as-new card of what used to be known as Ayer’s Rock. Grade: 1
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Do your cigarettes taste different
Three of these cards are available. One was mailed in late 1980s, in USA, with three stamps and nearly-full postmark (Grade: 1, $4). The other two were never mailed: one is Grade 1 ($3) and the other is Grade 2 ($2).
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Nice here
Very British. Bamforth postcard 2466 wasn’t mailed but it has a short message on the reverse, and the back of the card is also quite smudged. Grade: 4
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Prawns and beer
It’s Australian and it says “If you were here, We’d have prawns and Beer. Since you’re not I’ll ‘Ave the lot.” Unmailed but with a message written on reverse. Grade: 4
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G’Day from Down Under (Australia)
Unused, new (2007) comical card. Grade: 1
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Happy Hour Down Under
Comic card, very Australian! Four of these unused cards from 2007 are available. Grades: 1
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An Aussie Sheila
Well, this is how Aussies see themselves … Three of these unused cards from 2007 are available. Grades: 1
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An Aussie Gentleman
A little bit of irony here, mate? Card was new in 2007, unused, Grade: 1
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Cote d’Azur, hungry
Unused, as-new card from late 1990s. Grade: 1
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Relaxing in Florida
Unused Scenic Florida Distributors card 2USFL-2391. Grade: 1
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Minnesota state bird
Ah, that Minnesota sense of humor. Yup. It has a photo of a moose on the reverse, too, though nobody will mistake that for a bird–or a mosquito. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Wall Drug – Lousy Post Card (South Dakota)
Anyone visiting Wall Drug has many options apart from postcards. Oddly enough, you do sort of have to hunt for the place once you leave the Interstate highway. Unused card. Grade: 1
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No Bull (North Carolina)
Unused comic card. Grade: 1