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Zullen we gaan barbequen..?? (Netherlands)
It always amazes us how a 5-7/8″ x 8-1/4″ postcard can survive being mailed anywhere. Yet apart from very minor postal bumping, here it is–and in good condition, too. Mailed in 2012 with two stamps and postmark, ready to warm you up. By the way, in Dutch this says “Shall we BBQ?” Grade: 2

Code: 33300042
Price: $3.00
Nara, Todaiji Temple in Nigatsu-do Syunie and big torch (Japan)
Fully captioned card mailed with four stamps and two indistinct postmarks in 2012. Blue trilingual Par Avion sticker affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 33300043
Price: $3.00
Palace Bridge, St. Petersburg (Russia)
Bilingual caption in Russian and English, with more explanation from the writer, on this card mailed in 2012 with four stamps, and postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 33300044
Price: $3.00
Finland
No caption, just fire. Mailed from Finland in 2012 with an uncancelled Aurora borealis stamp. Grade: 4

Code: 33300045
Price: $1.00
Switzerland
Mailed in 2012, there is orange postal barcoding on both sides, and an uncancelled Swiss stamp. Grade: 4

Code: 33300046
Price: $1.00
Camping (Finland)
Mailed in 2013 with large “train” stamp, postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 1

Code: 33300047
Price: $2.00
Bali, Fire Dance
Old, tired, unused, dark, heavily smudged yet undeniably authentic and even atmospheric card “Featuring the horserider dancing on the Fire”. Card sponsored by Bintang Beer. Grade: 4

Code: 33300048
Price: $3.00
The Fall of Richmond, Virginia
This is a Currier and Ives lithograph of the April, 1865 U.S. Civil War event. The card is not so old, of course, being mailed in 2013 with stamp and unusually clear postmark. Some minor USPS processing abrasion on the back, and faint orange barcoding on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 33300049
Price: $1.00
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

Code: 33300050
Price: $2.00
Eletäh sit viel elimäelki (Finland)
The sender of this card didn’t like it at all, but we love it–purely “local” and a nice change from snow and reindeer. The front caption defeated Google Translate, but the writer says it means “We’re still alive!”, all referring to the Raavuorisoitto festival. Like we said–local. Mailed in 2013 with stamp and Priority. Grade: 1

Code: 33300051
Price: $4.00
Estes Park, Baldpate Inn, Keystone Fireplace (Colorado, USA)
Unused card, heavily aged, significantly creased vertically (though somehow this doesn’t show up much from the front), and someone has written “July 1951” on the back. That seems to be a collection of keys hanging from the ceiling. Grade: 4

Code: 33300052
Price: $1.00
Finland, multiple views
Mailed in 2013 with a “bus” stamp, partial postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 1

Code: 33300053
Price: $2.00
Mort de Mme. Blanchard (1819)
Somehow it seems unusual that this card came from Ukraine, but so it did — five different stamps, two postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 33300054
Price: $3.00
Space flight activity, DPR Korea (set of 8)
This alone should prompt us to open a new “Outer Space” theme category but for now we will let this set of eight cards (attached in fold-out accordion style) speak for itself. Our scan shows the front and back cover, each of which is one of the eight cards. Other views include scenes in launch facilities, and rockets in various stages of performance, as you can see on that back cover. Captioned entirely in Korean. Grade: 1

Code: 33300055
Price: $54.00
Fire Engines (소방차) (DPR Korea)
From 2011, unused card with short English and Korean caption (소방차, Fire Engines), and pre-printed 70W postage very much like the card. Grade: 1

Code: 33300056
Price: $9.00
Olympics (set of two) (Maximum Cards) (DPR Korea)
Two seemingly unrelated unused maximum cards from 1994, though they do commemorate the 100th IOC Centennial. One shows the Tower of Signal-fire of the 1st International Olympic Games, and the other shows J.A. Samaranch, chairman of the International Olympic Committee. Captioned in Korean and English. Grade: 1

Code: 33300057
Price: $14.00
Fire Engines (set of four) (Maximum Cards) (DPR Korea)
Set of four unused maximum cards from 2001, spectacular in their own way, captioned only in Korean (소방차), which does mean “fire engine”. Grade: 1

Code: 33300058
Price: $25.00
Walt Disney World, The “Chief Firemouse”, Orlando (Florida)
From Florida’s Walt Disney World, this card mailed in 2014 with three different stamps (one is uncancelled) and postmark. Orange postal barcoding on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 33300059
Price: $3.00
“Destruction of Rebel Ram – ‘Arkansas’ – October 4, 1862”
Unused Dexter Press card 5016-D, serrated edges, showing artwork of a U.S. Civil War engagement. Grade: 1

Code: 33300060
Price: $1.00
Permeti Highlands, The Distillation of Raki (Albania)
It is not possible to go anywhere in Albania without being very close to–and urged to try–raki. Let us know what you think. Unused Arba card 141. Grade: 1

Code: 33300061
Price: $4.00
California Oil Wells on Fire
Unused, very old Edward H. Mitchell postcard 1541, heavily aged and with some abrasions as you may see in the scan. Grade: 3

Code: 33300062
Price: $4.00
Historical Postcard Collections of Hong Kong (set of 32)
We’re supposing this set was produced in the 1980s, from old photos. The cellowrap is gone but all 32 sepia unused cards are still bound in, and span a vast and interesting cross-section of places and themes, military, education, cemetery, ships, construction, waterfronts … so much. We will list this set in several theme categories, though without further explanation, so if it’s in a category you can be certain at least one card (but not all) meets the requirements. You will hardly find this set anywhere else–very scarce now. Because a price sticker lies over the original printed price, we’re assigning Grade: 2.

Code: 33300063
Price: $69.00
Orlando, Walt Disney World, The “Chief Firemouse” (Florida, USA)
Unused, official card 0100-10290. Grade: 1

Code: 33300064
Price: $2.00
“Seawise University” on fire, 9 Jan. 1972 (Hong Kong)
First, about the card: unused, with some smudging around the edges and on the back. (Not serious, but there.) Now, about the event, we’ll borrow from Wikipedia’s entry about what had been the passenger and mail vessel RMS Queen Elizabeth: “Queen Elizabeth was sold to a succession of buyers, most of whom had adventurous and unsuccessful plans for her. Finally she was sold to a Hong Kong businessman, Tung Chao Yung, who intended to convert her into a floating university cruise ship. In 1972, while undergoing refurbishment in Hong Kong harbour, she caught fire under mysterious circumstances and was capsized by the water used to fight the fire. In 1973, her wreck was deemed an obstruction, and she was partially scrapped where she lay.” Grade: 2

Code: 33300065
Price: $4.00
King Edward Hotel on fire (Hong Kong)
The fire was in 1929, on Hong Kong Island. The unused card probably dates from the late 1970s or early 1980s. Grade: 1

Code: 33300066
Price: $4.00
La Guaira, Crepusculo de Fuego (Venezuela)
Bilingual Spanish and English captions (“La Guaira – Fire crepuscule on the Port Pier”) on this card, postally unused but with a 1978 message covering the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 33300067
Price: $3.00
Tamanrasset, Jeunes filles autour du feu (Algeria)
Among our Algerian postcards, a warming example. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 33300068
Price: $2.00
Chiang Mai, Loi – Ka – Thong festival (Thailand)
From a series of (otherwise) unused, slightly aging cards, probably 1970s or earlier, onto which a Buddhist association has overprinted a seasonal greeting in Chinese, in large red characters, on the reverse. In this series, the greeting is always the same. To see it, go to our scan for card #20326413. Captioned in English. Grade: 1

Code: 33300070
Price: $3.00
East New Britain, Discover (Papua New Guinea)
Unused card (with Tavurvur volcano in the background), no additional captioning. The card’s reverse is very richly coloured and putting a message on there would challenge both the writer and the postal workers. Two of these cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 33300071
Price: $3.00
East New Britain Province, multiple views (Papua New Guinea)
Top left: Tolai Tumbuan. Top right: Baining Firedance. Bottom: Twin Volcanoes in Rabaul 1994 Eruption. Unused 4-7/8″ x 6-3/4″ Hyndsight views card No. 17. Grade: 1

Code: 33300072
Price: $7.00
Manga
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 33300073
Price: $1.00
Hengchun Peninsula, Chuhuo Natural Fire (Taiwan)
Unused card issued by the Riverside Hotel Group in Kaohsiung. The scan might not make it immediately clear that the upper half of the heart is cut to shape. Two of these cards are available; Grades: 1

Code: 33300074
Price: $2.00
Candles (USSR)
Unused CCCP-era card, no caption and with pre-printed postage. We would like to know the symbolism. Holiday? Grade: 1

Code: 33300075
Price: $1.00
1997 Handover of Hong Kong to PR China – schoolchildren (PR China)
From our short series of cards prepared in China for the 1997 Handover, then mailed from Shenzhen (in China) in 2019 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 33300076
Price: $5.00
Stand with Hong Kong (set of 4)
Refer to our Hong Kong entry 20308821C as to why the photo looks like this. The white strip in the middle is a paper sleeve that keeps the four cards together. By now you may be wondering why most of this type of card are relatively expensive. They typically weren’t free at the source. Vendors “requested” extra payment to help fund their activities. Now, as a reminder, if you want to see full photos, just ask us. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 33300077*
Price: $36.00
I hope … (Hong Kong)
Unused card with a QR Code on the reverse. Not for sale to Hong Kong residents, and you can learn more about this and why the scan has some sections blanked out (by us) by searching latest Hong Kong card entries. Grade: 1

Code: 33300078C*
Price: $14.00
You Don’t Listen (Hong Kong)
One of the most comprehensively iconic cards we have to represent the 2019-2020 situation. Unused, with different QR Codes on the reverse. Not for sale to Hong Kong residents, for reasons explained elsewhere in the site. Grade: 1

Code: 33300079C*
Price: $24.00
Wallops Island Flight Facility (Virginia, USA)
Antares Rocky Liftoff, on this card mailed in 2020 with round Global Forever stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 33300080
Price: $2.00
The Air is on Fire (France)
Mailed in 2021 from France with large Caving stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 33300081
Price: $2.00
WISH (Netherlands)
Mailed from The Netherlands in 2021 with four different stamps, postnl blue Priority label, and Rotterdam postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 33300082
Price: $1.00

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