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New Orleans, Bourbon Street
More semi-comic than comic; the writer (in 1994) gave her unequivocal opinion of pre-Katrina New Orleans. Two 29-cent stamps and a partial Minnesota postmark. One abrasion on lower right corner. Grade: 3
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Hierarchy of Fish (Minnesota)
As the cliche goes, you don’t need to be from Minnesota to appreciate this, but it helps. Officially “The Minnesota Fisherman’s Hierarchy of Fish,” if you can spot the odd one out, you are officially in the club. Two of these unused, current cards are available. Grade: 1
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Denver, Colorado
The front’s not comic but the reverse message area is full of pre-printed text where the sender could check off a bunch of choices. It was mailed in what looks like 1986 but the postmark’s not too clear because of all that printing under it. A product of “Comic Cards” of Denver. Grade: 2
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Dilbert, life force
Unused card has a perforated left edge, the consequence of coming from a set. If you live a Dilbert life, as many people do, you’ll appreciate this sentiment. Grade: 1
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Hasta la Vista Baby (Australia)
Unused and quintessentially Australian card. Grade: 1
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Trust Me (Australia)
Two unused cards are available, and cynical us thinks they can be great gifts–for the right person. Captioned “Northern Australia” on the reverse. Grades: 1
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You scratch my back … (Australia)
G’Day From Crocodile Country. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Why the chicken didn’t cross the road (Australia)
On reverse: “You just don’t mess with the locals.” Unused card. Grade: 1
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Go ahead – make my day (Australia)
Three unused and slightly aging cards are available, with the now-familiar slogan: G’Day from Crocodile Country. Grades: 2
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Plenty of Good Food Here!
An unmailed Canadian card from the 1950s, marked only with a travel agency’s large rubber stamp on the reverse. Otherwise very nice. Grade: 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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One of the small ones
Heavily creased card mailed from Phoenix in 1995 with two stamps, the address on an affixed sticker, and full postmark. Grade: 4
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It’s all GO in the AUSSIE TROPICS (Greetings from Darwin)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Of course I did it … (Australia)
Unused card from the 1990s. Grade: 1
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Darwin Tax Man (Australia)
Unused card from the 1990s. Grade: 1
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Feather Burger (Australia)
Unused card creatively captioned “Over the teeth and over the gums, look out stomach, here it comes.” Grade: 1
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Bloody Hell (Australia)
Yes indeedy, these things happen. Unused card from the 1990s. Grade: 1
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I would have climbed Ayers Rock but …
Three cards are available. Two are unused (Grades: 1, $5.50) and one was mailed from Malaysia in 1994 with stamp, blue “mel udara” sticker and full postmark (Grade: 3, $5).
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What crocodiles? (Australia)
Also with a Greetings logo gold-stamped on the front, this unused card dates from the 1990s. Grade: 1
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Oh Shit! (Australia)
Also with a Greetings logo gold-stamped on the front, this unused card dates from the 1990s. Grade: 1
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Man eating crocodile, Kakadu (Australia)
Gold stamp overlaid from Kakadu Holiday Village in Kakadu National Park. Unused card rom the 1990s. Grade: 1
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House of Haircuts
Mailed from Denver in 1988 with an Alfred V. Verville 33-cent airmail stamp and full but heavily overwritten postmark. A little postmark transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Cousin Mimi and Aunt Marion
Mailed from Denver in 1985 with two stamps and most of a postmark. Card is dated 1983. Grade: 1
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Happy Hour
Mailed from Denver in 1987 with Verville stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Mickey Mouse Magazine
Contemporary reproduction of a 1936 magazine cover. The card was mailed in 1985 with two USA stamps and partial postmark. Grade: 2
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Fred and Vince
Mailed in 1984 with three different USA stamps, including one of the 1984 Olympics boxing, and full Denver postmark. Significant ink smudging on the front. Grade: 4
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Kentucky Humor
We suspect some of these don’t stop at the Kentucky borders. Unused, as-new card. Grade: 1
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Persistent cuss, ain’t he?
Unused H.S. Crocker card HSC-377. Beginning to age. Grade: 1
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Barred from the Mail
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Hi Y’All from Kentucky
Unused, as-new card. Grade: 1
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I’m not intixacoted!
Unused Dexter Press Comic Series card 5S-7707-B, further attributed to Fullmer’s 3 in 1 Truck Stop of Lewisburg, Ohio. Grade: 2
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Kentucky Medical Dictionary
Unused, as-new card. Grade: 1
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A women is like your shadow (sic)
One of a series of 5″ x 7″ Creative Cards Corporation cards from Malaysia, this one mailed in 1991 with Melaka stamp and most of the postmark. Grade: 2
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What’s the word?
One of a series of 5″ x 7″ Creative Cards Corporation cards from Malaysia, this one mailed in 1991 with Selangor stamp and postmark. Some tape on the reverse and front. Grade: 4
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Every man is the architect
One of a series of 5″ x 7″ Creative Cards Corporation cards from Malaysia, this one mailed in 1991 with Pulau Pinang stamp, huge postmark, and a lot of special effects added to the reverse to catch the reader’s eye. Grade: 2
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Keep quiet
One of a series of 5″ x 7″ Creative Cards Corporation cards from Malaysia, this one mailed with a Johor stamp that was cancelled by drawing a red line through it. All the ink seems to have gone to the front. Grade: 5
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A successful man
One of a series of 5″ x 7″ Creative Cards Corporation cards from Malaysia, this one mailed in 1991 with a Wilayah Persekutuan stamp and full Kuala Lumpur postmark. Also some Malaysian postal barcoding on the reverse. Grade: 2
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I miss you
One of a series of 5″ x 7″ Creative Cards Corporation cards from Malaysia, this one mailed in 1990 with stamp and full postmark both front and back, along with orange postal barcoding and a red arrow added by the post office to show where the card was really supposed to go. Hard to grade this, but all in all: Grade: 3
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Patience is the art of hoping
Who comes up with these little morality aphorisms? Another 5″ x 7″ Creative Cards card, mailed in Johore with stamp and faint postmark. Grade: 2
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Music hath charms
Two of these 5″ x 7″ cards are available, one mailed from Sabah and one from Melaka, each with their stamp and part of the postmark. Grades: 2