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Dog, cat, and mouse
One small happy family on a card with serrated edges, mailed from Finland with stamp and incomplete postmark in 2012. One minor corner crease. Grade: 2
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Stung
We didn’t know what to do with this sepia card, but it does have a dog in it, so here it is. Mailed in 1911, with stamp and California postmark. It could go along with 33200043, and if so, $3 for both. Grade: 2
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Beating It
We didn’t know what to do with this sepia card, but it does have a dog in it, so here it is. Mailed in 1911, with stamp and California postmark. It could go along with 33200042, and if so, $3 for both. Grade: 2
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You’ve seen flowers?
Poor dog! Internet (iDRUKKER) card, mailed from Netherlands with stamp and postmark. Ink transfer on the front. Grade: 4
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Love from San Francisco – Disney and Pluto
Two unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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Father, children, yak, cart, dog (Mongolia)
Unused card, more rural Mongolian life. Grade: 1
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Beauty Salon (Germany)
Aren’t there days when we all feel like this? Card mailed from Germany in 2012 with stamp, faint postmark, and blue trilingual Priority label affixed. Grade: 1
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Yukon Quest, Whitehorse (Canada)
Unused card of the start of this 1000 mile (1600 km) international sled dog race between Whitehorse and Fairbanks, Alaska. An annual event since 1984. Grade: 1
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Mickey and Pluto
Mailed from Netherlands in 2013 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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With Thou beside me singing …
Vincent V. Colby card, mailed in Missouri in 1910 with stamp and full postmark. The message is impressively long, and readable. Grade: 3
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Love me little – Love me long. (USA)
Not that it says anything remarkable, but the message on the back of this card–mailed from St. Joseph in 1910 with stamp and clear postmark–is also clear and easy to read, a rarity for this vintage. Grade: 1
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Dog and cat
Unused card from China. Grade: 1
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Dog walking ducks
Dutch card, mailed from Finland in 2013 with stamp, partial postmark, and Priority label affixed. Grade: 1
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Poliisi – Otto (Finland)
We’re not sure what to make of this, but it is definitely not a Zazzle template and not an internet card. The dog is saying “Hey, I’m Otto, who are you?”. This card was mailed in 2013 with two stamps–neither one postmarked–and Priority label. In the lower left corner is a box called “Sormenjälki-terveisin” (Fingerprint regards) and, sure enough, a fingerprint is inside. That’s the whole idea, apparently. Grade: 4
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Einfach mal abhängen (Germany)
Google says this means “Just depend,” and if you can help us improve the translation, we’ll be grateful. Card mailed in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and trilingual Priority. Grade: 1
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Dog and cat (3D)
An internet 3D card, and the scan looks like this because the view is either of a dog or a cat, depending on your perspective with the lenticular printing. Mailed from Japan in 2013 with two stamps and postmark. Grade: 1
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Lady and the Tramp
If only that postmark wasn’t there, but we can’t control everything. The official Disney card was mailed from Finland in 2013, with stamp and Helsinki postmark, along with Priority label. Grade: 4
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Bremen, Hansestadt (Germany)
This card was mailed in 2013 with two stamps, partial postmark, Priority label, and orange postal barcoding. The extensive caption is entirely in German and explains everything, but the writer kindly did that in English also. These are the town musicians of Bremen! Grade: 2
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Talviset terveiset! (Winter greetings!) (Finland)
Mailed in 2013 with bright stamp, and postmark. Grade: 1
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UNICEF dogs
A pairing of Hallmark (61389H) and UNICEF with a statement in Finnish below the logo, on this card mailed from Kuopio in Finland in 2013, with “dog” stamp and postmark and Priority label. The card got a bit battered during transit. Grade: 3
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Sigmund Freud with Chow
Do you collect Sigmund Freud postcards? Why not? Was it something your mother did? This card came from the Freud Museum in Vienna, and was mailed with stamp, postmark, and Priority label. You’ll feel guilty if you don’t buy it. Grade: 1
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Iditarod Trail, vintage sign (Alaska)
The card is contemporary, and unused. It’s the sign that’s vintage. Or so the card says. Grade: 1
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Eden Bar
If you own a bar and want something to frame … a German card mailed from Belgium in 2013 with stamp, blue A Prior label, and faint postmark. Grade: 1
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Man and dogs on bicycle
Internet card mailed from Ukraine with four different stamps, postmark, and blurred Par Avion chop, in 2013. Grade: 1
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Pets Rock
It helps if you know who Andy Warhol was. The card was mailed from Germany in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and Luftpost. Grade: 1
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Mae Hong Son, Hill Tribe Village, Long Neck Karen (Thailand)
Four of these cards are available. Three are unused, beginning to age (Grades: 1, $3). One was mailed from Thailand in 2013 with three large stamps, postmark, and blue Airmail sticker (Grade: 1, $5).
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As Cossacks sent postcards (Ukraine)
Two of these internet photoFabrique cards are available, both mailed from Ukraine in late 2012 or 2013. The 2012 card has four very large and different stamps, two postmarks, and address label affixed (Grade: 4, $2). The 2013 card has one “E” stamp, postmark, and smudged Par Avion chop (Grade: 1, $2).
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King Bhumibol, with dog (Thailand)
Continuing a series of unused Thai royal family postcards. They do not have captions: you are expected to know. It is not true that the King never smiles. Grade: 1
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Dog Team & Northern Lights (Alaska)
Unused card of a scene in the Matanuska Susitna Valley. Grade: 1
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Iditarod, Finger Lake checkpoint (Alaska)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Dog Mushing (Alaska)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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If you are not the lead dog (Alaska)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Ian Meldrum and Ziggy (Australia) (Maximum Card)
Maximum Card of 18 January 2013, mailed in the same year. Grade: 2
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Mopolla Suomeen, Otava 2007 (Finland)
Mailed in 2013 with stamp and Priority label, the nice stamp wasn’t cancelled. Because of that, Grade: 4
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Hengchun (Taiwan)
Unused, handcrafted (but commercially available) matte-finish card in Pingtung County in southern Taiwan. Grade: 1
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Labrador Retriever (Maximum Card no. 38) (Finland)
Unused Maximum Card issued in 1998. Grade: 1
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Cairnterrier (sic) (Maximum Card no. 39) (Finland)
Unused Maximum Card issued in 1998. Grade: 1
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Bichon Frise (Maximum Card no. 40) (Finland)
Unused Maximum Card issued in 1998. Grade: 1
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Boxer (Maximum Card no. 41) (Finland)
Unused Maximum Card issued in 1998. Grade: 1
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Pets: dog and cat (Maximum Card) (Australia)
Unused maximum card issued on 1 October 1996. Pre-paid postage printed on the reverse as well. Grade: 1