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Rhein in Flammen (Germany)
An annual German fireworks event. Card was mailed in 2012 with two stamps, Priority label, and address label affixed. Grade: 4
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Moscow, СПАССКАЯ БАШНЯ (Spasskaya Tower)
A military tattoo on a wonderful card mailed in 2012 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Peng Hu Bay Bridge and fireworks (3D) (Taiwan)
This 3D postcard has something for (almost) everyone. Apart from being 3D–lenticular printing–a portion of the back could be pulled out so the card could stand alone on a table, as a framed picture might. Mailed in 2012 with a coloured meter stamp, light blue trilingual airmail sticker, and one other small sticker affixed. If not for the extra sticker, Grade 1, but because of that only, Grade: 3
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Kaunas (Lithuania)
You cannot see it in the scan, and barely on the card itself, but the city name is in large letters along the lower right edge. Unused. Grade: 1
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Toronto (Canada)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Kuala Lumpur, Petronas Twin Towers and fireworks (Malaysia)
Mailed in 2012 with a “Celebration” stamp of fireworks, and full postmark, and blue Mel Udara sticker. The card got beaten up a bit in postal transit. Grade: 3
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Dutch card, generic
Nice photo (composite?) but no indication of where or when. Two of these ChromaZone cards are available. One was mailed from Netherlands in 2012 with stamp and Amsterdam postmark (Grade: 1, $1) and the other also from Netherlands but with three stamps and illegible postmark (Grade: 1, $1)
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Walt Disney World, Orlando (Florida)
Not postally used, but the reverse is covered with a message. Grade: 4
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Fireworks Festival, Singapore
…over the Benjamin Sheares Bridge. Mailed in 2012 with uncancelled stamp and blue bilingual Air Mail label. Grade: 4
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Kyoto, Fireworks Display above the Uji River (Japan)
Nice, clean card mailed in 2013 with two stamps and faint postmark. Grade: 1
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Fireworks Display on the Seoul Tower (South Korea)
In the pantheon of fireworks postcards, we don’t often find one that needs to say “at night,” but here it is, mailed in 2013 with two stamps and postmark. A bit of postmark ink smudging on the front. Grade: 3
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Fireworks over Victoria Harbour 213 (Hong Kong)
Unused 5-1/8″ x 7″ card. Grade: 1
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Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Mailed in 2013 with single stamp, postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 2
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Latvia’s Independence Day fireworks
Independence Day is 18th November, and the display took place over river Daugava. The card was mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Beijing 2008 Olympics (set)
A set of two unused cards from 2007, in China Post’s original packaging. Both cards have pre-printed postage on the reverse, and serial numbers denoting that they were to be entries in a lottery. In addition, the red card in the set has a large round (and red) printed seal in the message area, saying “Best wishes from the on-site opening ceremony” in Chinese and English. Very nice addition to your collection of Olympics postcards. Grade: 1
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2013 Penghu Fireworks Festival (Taiwan)
Modestly claiming “The most beautiful Bays in the World,” this unused card has (or doesn’t have) something else that makes us smile. Can you guess what that is? The clue is in the caption on the front. Grade: 1
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Reno, Nevada
Unused. Grade: 1
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Fireworks dot the sky at Squaw Valley (California)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Vegas Fireworks
Unused card, 5″ x 7″, full of glitter on the front, but also with a heavily crinkled upper edge. Grade: 4
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Sacramento, Fireworks over Tower Bridge (California)
Unused Smith Novelty card S-054. Grade: 1
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CNY Cultural & Heritage Celebration 2013 (Malaysia)
Nice “local” Lunar New Year card, about 5″ x 7-1/4″, mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Fireworks Over Kansas (USA)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Brno, St. Peter and Paul’s Cathedral, fireworks (Czech Republic)
Mailed in 2014 with two different stamps and partial postmark. Grade: 1
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St. Louis, Riverfront, July 4th (Missouri, USA)
With the Gateway Arch in the background, this is a view from East St. Louis, Illinois, on an unused “local” card A1269. Grade: 2
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São Paulo – SP – Clube Atletico Juventus (Brazil)
Unused card with extensive details of the facilities (some shown on the front) taking up the message area. Small spots in opposite corners of the reverse. Grade: 3
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Macau Tower and Sai Van Bridge (3D) (Macau)
Unused card, lenticular printing with motion effect showing one view of the tower and bridge during the day and another at night with fireworks. Sorry that we haven’t yet figured out how to get the scan to show this clearly. Grade: 1
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Alton Bay, fireworks display (New Hampshire, USA)
Unused card. Grade: 3
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Budapest (Hungary)
Unused, older card with perforated edge indicating this had been part of a set. Grade: 2
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Taipei 101, aluminum (Taiwan)
A “card” for many categories. If your eyes are sharp, you’ll see we sometimes use “aluminum” and sometimes “aluminium,” depending on what (or if) the card says. Regardless, this one also says it’s made of “Alurninurn” so all bases are covered: it’s metal. Unused, in its original cellowrap, and a unique souvenir from a distinctive location. Grade: 1
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Merry Christmas 1996: Clock Tower and fireworks (Hong Kong)
Unused card with pre-printed world-wide postage, from the Government’s Christmas Greeting Card Series No. 1. Note that the postmark design on the front of the card is printed into the card and not applied separately. Grade: 1
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Rhein in Flammen (Germany)
This famous festival immortalized on a card mailed in 2013 with two stamps, postmark, blue Luftpost label, a red small “chop”, and a small sticker. Grade: 4
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Chicago, Museum of Science & Industry (Illinois, USA)
Unused, somewhat aging Curteichcolor Art-Creation card CK-196 (5C-K438), distinguished mostly by its odd caption: “The Museum … at night illuminated by firing 1,000 Sylvania flash bulbs simultaneously”. Really? Imagine doing the same thing with 1,000 iPhones. Grade: 1
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Cavtat by night (Croatia)
Unused card #23051. Grade: 1
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Rio de Janeiro, Dengue Fever
No, that title is not a mistake. On the front, and by size, this looks like an ordinary postcard. On the back, it’s a bilingual (Portuguese and English) advisory from the Brazilian Government on how to avoid contracting Dengue (Breakbone Fever). Unused. Grade: 1
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30th Macao International Fireworks Display Contest
Similar in concept and style to our entries 20315094, 20315105, and 20315162 (among others), this is an ad card issued by Macau CTT from August 2019. Please note: this is not a postcard in the normal sense, but could easily be mailed as one. Grade: 1
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Taipei, New Year’s Eve Fireworks (Taiwan)
Off Taipei 101 by tradition, spectacular in real life, on TV, and on this unused postcard. Grade: 1
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Taipei, New Year’s Eve Fireworks over the city (Taiwan)
Now really: how is this for colour and action? One of our finest examples of a fireworks postcard. Unused. Grade: 1
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50th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China (1949-1999) (Hong Kong)
Unused card issued in 1999 by the Hong Kong Government as Postage Prepaid Picture Card Series No. 10. It has pre-printed, coloured postage with a special philatelic cancellation. Grade: 1
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Luye Highlands, Taitung (Taiwan)
Unused postcard. Grade: 1
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Hong Kong Disneyland – Castle of Magical Dreams (3D)
The Castle of Magical Dreams is the latest centerpiece to replace the Sleeping Beauty Castle at Hong Kong Disneyland on 21 November 2020, as part of the park’s 15th anniversary celebration. The Park issues fewer Park-specific postcards now, but this one is outstanding: still in its unopened plastic wrap, 3D, unused. Grade: 1