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Groeten uit Holland
Mailed with stamp, postmark, and orange postal barcoding. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Iowa
Unused Plastichrome card P79075, beginning to age. Grade: 2
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Greetings from California
Classic Gardner-Thompson linen large letter postcard 43803 (609), mailed from Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park in 1952, with stamp and appropriate postmark. Wonderful, iconic example of the genre. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Disneyland (Anaheim, USA)
This is one of the very unusual cards that fits into many of our theme categories, so you might see the same card several times. (Sorry about that!) But what a nice card, mailed in 1972 with 6-cent stamp and Anaheim postmark. We would like to repeat the caption in its entirety: “Guests entering Disneyland are greeted by a floral Mickey Mouse and the Santa Fe and Disneyland Depot where a scaled-down model of a passenger train of another era puffs out of the station to take them on a scenic tour of Disneyland.” Official card. Grade: 2
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Greetings from the City of Washington (D.C.)
A bit odd the designer would allow the card to turn out this way, but so it is. Mailed in 1911 with stamp and clear D.C. postmark, this large letter card identifies each of the attractions, giving us the chance to list it in several theme categories also. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Miami, Fla.
A somewhat bleak card from sunny Florida, mailed in 190_ (the stamp is there, and the postmark too, though they did not set the final digit of the year). Some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Greetings from Panama City Fla.
This large letter linen card was mailed in 1943, with stamp and full postmark. There is an almost inconspicuous small abrasion along the upper edge. Grade: 3
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Greetings from the Badger State (Wisconsin)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Wichita Kansas
This E.C. Kropp large letter card was mailed in what looks like 1946 (partly obscured postmark; stamp is there), and all of the attractions are identified in the caption on the back. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Baltimore Md.
Unused, linen, large letter postcard C.T. Art-Colortone 3B-H760. Long ago, someone wrote descriptions of the four scenes on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Greetings from The Ozarks (USA)
Well, The Ozarks span more than one state and this large letter card doesn’t specifically identify either of them (though we know it’s Missouri) so maybe the sender had the right idea when she mailed it from Michigan in 1957 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Kansas City, Missouri
Large letter postcard, linen, with each of those attractions identified in the caption on the reveerse. Mailed in 1959 with three 1-cent stamps and postmark, from one collector to another. Postcards as a hobby go way back, right? Grade: 2
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Greetings from North Dakota (USA)
Unmailed large letter card with an inked message on the reverse. The caption identifies each of the scenes in DAKOTA. Aged, and heavily handled and loved over the years. Grade: 4
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Greetings from Philadelphia Pa.
Linen, large letter card mailed in March 1945 with stamp and postmark placed over some other sticker. Some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 4
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Howdy from Dallas Texas
Unused Curteich-Chicago “C.T. Art-Colortone” linen large letter card 2B-H828 (D7). Fading and one stain on the front; the reverse is otherwise clean but heavily and unevenly browned from age and from having been in an album. Grade: 4
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Greetings from Texas
Linen large letter card mailed in 1939. Most of the postmark is there, but the stamp is gone. Grade: 4
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Groeten uit Zeeland (Netherlands)
Mailed in 2013, two stamps and Amsterdam postmark. Grade: 1
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Groetjes uit Zeeland! (Maximum Card) (Netherlands)
For reasons too long and irrelevant for this space, this maximum card is one of our favourite postcards ever. Forgive us then for thinking it should be yours, too. You will think: it cannot be so expensive. Well, yes, it can. Mailed in 2013 with a large special postmark (same as the one on the front) over another stamp, and bilingual Priority label. Official Disney card dated 2012. Grade: 1
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Groetjes uit “Fryslan”! (Netherlands)
You might compare this with our previous entry 30800478, but this one is not a maximum card. It’s mailed in 2013 with three stamps, full postmark, and Priority label. Official Disney postcard, dated 2012. Some postmark ink transfer on the front sail. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Delaware (USA)
Mailed in 2013 with barely readable postmark, two stamps, and edge abrasions from USPS processing. Grade: 3
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Hongi greeting (New Zealand)
A New Zealand card, mailed from Singapore with a postage meter label, large Par Avion label, and one extra sticker. Grade: 4
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Groeten uit Zeeland, map
Mailed in 2013, with stamp and two postmarks, one over the other. Grade: 2
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Groeten uit Nijmegen (Netherlands)
Mailed in 2013 with stamp and partial postmark. Orange postal barcoding on the reverse. Grade: 1
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Groeten uit Nijmegen (Netherlands)
The views are identified on the front of this card, mailed and with stamp and orange postal barcoding, but no postmark. Grade: 4
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Greetings from Encinitas (California)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Groeten van de Veluwe (Netherlands)
Very nice, of its kind. The fourth heart (on the right) is cut-out as part of the design. Mailed in 2013 with stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Fairfield, Iowa
Basically, if you’re from Fairfield, or know someone who lives there, or who comes from there, or who’s going there, you should want this. Mailed in 1920 with stamp and clear postmark, the card has been heavily handled over the years but has a long message and evokes the era. Grade: 3
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Greetings from Arizona
Unused Scenic Art card 8964G, with all ten separate attractions identified in the caption on the back. That was kind of them, and lets us put this card into several categories. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Mena (Arkansas, USA)
Generic or not? We’ve not been to Mena, so we can’t tell you. What we CAN say is that this is an unused Plastichrome card P43771. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Omaha (Nebraska, USA)
Unused Dexter Press card 30044-B. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Ohio
Mailed in 2013, with round “Global Forever” stamp and blurry postmark. Grade: 1
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Schöne Grüße von der Insel Usedom (Germany)
Schöne Grüße von der Insel Usedom, the island … card mailed from Luxembourg (not Germany) in 2013, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 3
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Greetings from Ukraine!
More or less the ultimate “Greetings from …” card, for several reasons: (A) Bilingual caption, (B) 13 views, all identified, and (C) six different stamps plus postmark. This card definitely has experience. Grade: 1
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Schöne Grüße aus Mainz (Germany)
Greetings from Mainz on a classic tourist postcard mailed in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and trilingual Priority label. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Churchill Downs, Louisville (Kentucky, USA)
Your classic Kentucky Derby postcard, mailed in 1991 with stamp and Louisville postmark. Grade: 2
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Welcome to Kyiv! (Ukraine)
You may see Saint Andrew’s Church behind the bridge. We want to celebrate card #500 in this “Greetings” category, but all we can really do is tell you it’s a nice one. Card mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Greetings To/From (USA)
Just an old, embossed card of type. Mailed in 1912, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 5
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Greetings from the State of Washington, Wenatchee Valley
The unused card dates at some point during the second World War, because it has this caption on the back: “This card is furnished for convenience of men in the armed services by the Washington State Progress Commission … Write the Commission for any information desired about the state or for Victory File for use in planning your first after-war vacation.” Aged and handled over the years, though still Grade: 2.
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Greetings from Tula (Russia)
Mailed in 2013, this 3-3/4″ x 7-3/4″ card has three stamps, a clear postmark, a bilingual Par Avion chop, and all that writing you see on the front. Grade: 4
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Greetings from Bangor, Lovers Leap (Maine, USA)
We happen to like cards like this for several reasons, foremost being: personality. The picture, the message, the age … and for this entry, here are the details. Mailed in 1906 with stamp, and sending/receiving office postmarks; undivided back. Despite some abrasions, mostly on the reverse, a nice card. It also proves there were postcard exchanges as a hobby more than 100 years ago. If you can’t see it clearly, this particular Lovers Leap (did they ever?) is at Kenduskeag Stream. Grade: 3