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Hello
Suppose this should be under “Greetings” but we think they meant for it to be funny. The 5″ x 7″ card was mailed in Perak in 1991 with stamp and full postmark. Some postmark transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Saddling up Big Jack (USA)
Two cards are available. One was mailed from the USA in 1994 with two stamps and faintly legible postmark, as well as creasing (Grade: 3, $1). The other, also from USA, has three stamps, full postmark, and a very large stain on the reverse that looks like it was there before the stamps went on (Grade: 4, $1).
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Gua caya sama lu! (Malaysia)
Malaysian slang. Card mailed in 1990 with Pahang stamp and a little bit of postmark. Significant ink transfer on the front. Grade: 4
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Adegan yang ingin kita lihat (Malaysia)
No need to speak Bahasa Malaysia. You can catch the moral of the story. Card mailed in 1990 with a Johor stamp, orange postal bar coding, and partial postmark. Grade: 2
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It’s your turn today–we had them yesterday!
Unmailed Canadian-made card with travel agent’s large rubber stamp on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Cousin Mimi believes
Aging card copyrighted 1984 and mailed from USA in 1985 with stamp and partial postmark. Large horizontal crease. Grade: 4
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They found him in his office
Mailed from US in 1988 with two stamps and full Denver postmark. Grade: 2
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Yes, I’m a vegetarian
Mailed in 1983 with a Blanche Stuart Scott stamp and Minnesota postmark. Postal markings on the front. Grade: 3
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Early to Bed
Probably from the 1940s, this unused card is completely blank on the reverse. Grade: 1
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Muumi Pappa Moomin (Finland)
Irregular-shaped card in the typical Moomin style, with stamp and blue Priority sticker attached. We’re not experts in Finnish, but the translation might be “Congratulations Paivansankarille” for which Google is no help because all the results are also in Finnish. Sigh. Grade: 1
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Here’s one that didn’t get away … Greetings from Florida
Unused Lusterchrome card (Tichnor K-2495) with erasures on reverse. Grade: 3
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Howdy! From Louisiana
What would the 1950s have been like without Laff-Gram postcards? And was there ever a Laff-Gram card that actually tied in to the place where it was bought? Well, we have several, scattered through the site, and hope you enjoy them. Three of these 200-C unused versions are available. Grades: 1
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LBJ, the Hottest Brand Goin’
From 1964, Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) was the U.S. President and spawned all sorts of humour, including this item, called “A Cackle Card” from Baxter Lane Co. of Amarillo, Texas. Four unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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The L.B.J. White House Special
From 1964, Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) was the U.S. President and spawned all sorts of humour, including this item, called “A Cackle Card” from Baxter Lane Co. of Amarillo, Texas. Four unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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Cartoon (PR China)
This 4-5/8″ x 6-5/8″ card was mailed in 2011 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 2
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Weather in Finland
Cute. In English. Wise to do that. Mailed in 2011, with round stamp, Priority label, and obscured postmark. Grade: 1
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Kesalla Somrigt (Finland)
This is Virpi Pekkala comic art. Card mailed in Finland in 2011, three uncancelled stamps (typical for Finland, alas), and blue Priority label affixed. Grade: 4
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I caught a cold
Mailed in 1911, the stamp and most of the postmark are still there but the reverse of this Theochrom Serie 1210-34 card has not aged well. The message would probably be very poignant if we could read it. Grade: 4
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Trust to Love’s Arithmetic
We suppose this was meant to be funny. The card was mailed in Ohio in 1912. Stamp and postmark are there. Note that there is some writing on bottom front. Grade: 3
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Some suits
Bawdy! Mailed in 1953 from Virginia and Jim who were, in their own words, having “‘fun’ down here” in Bernie, Missouri. A genuine “Elmer Anderson” comic post card. Grade: 1
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A mansion on Earth is worth two in the skies.
Not quite sure what was going on in the reverse of the card but one stamp and the 1912 postmark are there, and the writer must have been very, very young. Grade: 4
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I don’t love you any more.
Mailed long ago. Stamp and postmark (no year in it) are there. Can’t tell if the writer was being sardonic or not. Probably not. We’ll never know. Grade: 1
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As soon as the rush is over
Three of these unused Daco D-127 cards are available. Grades: 1
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As you ramble on thru life
Three of these unused Daco D-122 cards are available. The humour is sometimes less than obvious. Grades: 1
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Bookkeeper Wanted
Four of these unused Mad Ads cards A-5 are available, probably from late 1950s or early 1960s. Grades: 1
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Caution
We’ll bet you know someone you’d like to send this card to. We do! Three of these unused old Daco card D-121s are available, Grades: 1
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it’s been fun
For bosses everywhere. Unused vintage Cackle Card Z31. Two are available. Grades: 1
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One of our brilliant, progressive and determined …
Unused Laff Gram card Z-9 from 1963. Even if we put ourselves back into 1963, which overall wasn’t such a great year, we struggle with the humor in some of these. But then it’s not our call. Three of these are available. Grades: 1
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Our brilliant, energetic staff
Unused Laff Gram card Z-3 from 1963. Note that not a lot of these Laff Gram postcards still appear for sale in the search engines, and our prices are well under those. Vintage, retro postcard history! Three cards are available. Grades: 1
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Our highly skilled personnel and modern equipment
Two of these unused 1963 Laff Gram cards Z-10 are available. Grades: 1
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Our highly skilled, qualified, service department
Three unused Laff Gram cards Z-16 from 1963 are here. Grades: 1
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Our president’s summer home
Unused Laff Gram card Z-6 from 1963. Two are available. Grades: 1
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People who think they know everything
A few of these unnumbered Daco cards are available. It’s funny, as we move along in life, we have come to realise two things: first, that we don’t know everything; and second, that neither does anyone else. Grades: 1
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Salesmen don’t live longer
Two of these unused Laff Gram cards Z44 are available. Grades: 1
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The Government never pays
We’re listing this under “Comic” because that’s where the other Laff Gram cards are going. And they are called Laff Gram, after all. We just don’t see what’s so funny. Especially these days. Three of these unused Laff Gram cards Z-40 from 1963 are available. Grades: 1
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We have doubled our capacity
Three of these unused Laff Gram outhouse cards Z-7 from 1963 are available. Grades: 1
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We’re a-goin’ t’ town
Cackle Cards and Laff Gram cards clearly came from the same company, or the same artist, or both. Anyway, this one is really regional American humour. Two unused Cackle Cards P-6 are available. Grades: 1
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Worse than a quitter
Three of these unused Daco cards D-124 are available. Grades: 1
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Your local progressive Chamber of Commerce
Three of these unused Laff Gram cards Z-5 from 1963 are available. Grades: 1
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I was born without a penny
Unused “Hot Air Shots” card from roughly 1910-1912. It has aged tremendously on the reverse, and we have to admit not really getting the point of this aphorism. But our card is much less costly than other Hot Air Shots cards out there. Grade: 3