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I heart California
Three of these 1980s-era cards are available, all unmailed, all aging just a bit on reverse, but then who isn’t? Grades: 1
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I love New York
Basically, this is the Brooklyn Bridge showing the East River and lower Manhattan. Mailed in 1984, the card has a full NYC postmark and a 28-cent 1984 Olympics airmail stamp. Grade: 1
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I heart North Carolina
Unused card. Grade: 1
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No Bull (North Carolina)
Unused comic card. Grade: 1
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I heart Penang Bird Park
This card shows the red-flanked lorikeet, red bishop weaver, and Lady Amherst’s Pheasant. Mailed in 1991, the card has stamp and mostly readable postmark but the card got caught in the postmark machine and has a minor tear on left front edge. Grade: 4
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I heart Bangkok
Various scenes: Wat Phra Kaeo, Wat Arun, Wat Benchamabophit, and King Rama IX Royal Park. That’s your Thai-language lesson for today. Mailed in 1998, the card has two large and different stamps but illegible postmark, and some corner creasing. Grade: 3
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I heart Phuket
Two clean cards available from 2007. (Do people actually say “I heart” anything any more?) Grades: 1
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I heart La Cote d’Azur
Mais oui! Unmailed card from Nice in the late 1990s, as-new now. Nice! Grade: 1
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Health Promotion Board (Singapore)
As only Singapore could do it, this extraordinarily thick card promotes five steps to build a healthier mind, with “I (heart) me” as the focal point. Each of these icons is encircled by a sort of incision, so we’re not sure whether these are meant to be pushed out as stickers or not. We haven’t tried. Unused. Grade: 1
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Virginia is for lovers
One of a series of unused oversized cards (5.25″ x 6.75″) we are listing. Rounded corners. OK, it’s a stretch, it doesn’t actually say “I heart …”, but close enough. Grade: 1
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I Heart Rome, the Colosseum
This 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card was mailed in 2010 with a really large stamp (1-1/8″ x 2″, we measured), partial postmark, and bilingual blue postaprioritaria and address labels affixed. Bottom right corner is a little crumpled and there’s a minor abrasion on the front. Grade: 3
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Multiple views, and heart (Netherlands)
A card for all tastes and seasons. The area inside the heart is cut-out, and strictly speaking this is not a “I heart ___” postcard–but close enough. The card, mailed in 2011 with three stamps and legible postmark, is in great condition. Grade: 1
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The three bares
Two of these unused Asheville Post Card Co. linen cards 128 are available. Once again, yes, we know they don’t say “I (heart)” something, but they come close, don’t they? Grades: 1
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I (heart) SG (Singapore)
Unused 3-3/4″ x 8-1/4″ card. Grade: 1
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I (heart) You (Singapore)
Two of these unused ad cards are available, published in Singapore but otherwise totally generic unless you use the QR codes on the reverse to dig for more with your smartphone. Grades: 1
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Typical image, man on donkey (I heart Portugal)
Unused card. The “I (heart) Portugal” legend occupies the entire background of the reverse. Grade: 1
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I Heart Sydney (City to Surf)
We could probably fit this card into a great many topical categories but we will restrict it to three, and welcome you to hunt for which ones they might be. Mailed in 1990 with a stamp and full postmark, the card explains that “People from all over the world participate in the Sydney fun race, which takes place every year in August.” Still going strong. There’s some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2
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I Heart Phitsanulok (Thailand)
Four of these unused cards from 2012 are available. Three are clean (Grades: 1, $3) and the other has some kind of printing blotch on the reverse (Grade: 3, $2).
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I heart Bali, prayer (Sticker Postcard)
The scan of this unused card looks like this because we have left it in its original cellowrap. There are no wrinkles on the card itself. It’s a postcard. It’s a sticker. It’s a Sticker Postcard. Grade: 1
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I heart Bali, yellow temple (Indonesia) (Sticker Postcard)
The scan of this unused card looks like this because we have left it in its original cellowrap. There are no wrinkles on the card itself. It’s a postcard. It’s a sticker. It’s a Sticker Postcard. Grade: 1
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I heart Lviv (Ukraine)
Two of these cards are available. One was mailed in 2012 with one stamp and parts of postmarks. Creased (Grade: 3, $2). The other was from either 2012 or 2013, with five stamps and faint but illegible postmark (Grade: 2, $3).
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I heart Bali, Hanoman on fire (Sticker Postcard)
Hanoman is the white monkey warrior in the Ramayana fable. The scan of this unused card looks like this because we have left it in its original cellowrap. There are no wrinkles on the card itself. It’s a postcard. It’s a sticker. It’s a Sticker Postcard. Grade: 1
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I heart Bali, mask dance (Indonesia) (Sticker Postcard)
The scan of this unused card looks like this because we have left it in its original cellowrap. There are no wrinkles on the card itself. It’s a postcard. It’s a sticker. It’s a Sticker Postcard. Grade: 1
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I heart Zuoz im Engadin (Switzerland)
Not postally used, but with a long message taking up the entire reverse. Grade: 4
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I heart Australia
Mailed in 2012, this “I heart” postcard has one stamp, mostly legible postmark, blue Airmail sticker, and red “Posted” rubber-stamp mark. There is some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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I love you
Strictly speaking, this does not meet our definition of “I (heart)” something, but it comes close enough. Card with very minor postal creasing mailed with a Moomin stamp from Finland in 2012, full postmark and Priority label. Grade: 2
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I Heart Hagen (Germany)
This 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card was mailed in 2012 with two stamps, postmark, and Priority label affixed. Grade: 1
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I Love Borneo (East Malaysia)
Unused 5″ x 7″ card SHC/PC/117 from Sabah Handicraft Centre, showing a Proboscis Monkey and an Orang Utan. Card dates from roughly 2003. Yes, we know, it’s a small stretch to call this “I (heart)” something, but close enough. Just testing the boundaries. Grade: 1
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We heart Helsinki (not a postcard)
We suppose you could send this as a postcard if you taped an address (and stamp) on the other side, but it’s not a postcard. The reverse–or, the other side–has one larger voice bubble that looks like what you see here, and a bird is sitting on the bubble. Unused. Grade: 1
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I (heart) KL Malaysia
Unused 5″ x 7″ card with full details about artist Sashtri on the reverse. Grade: 1
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I (heart) KL Petronas Twin Towers (Malaysia)
Unused 5″ x 7″ card with full details about artist Aesos Lai on the reverse. Grade: 1
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I (heart) NY, Brooklyn Bridge
Unused Dexter Press/Gray Line card DT-91349-C with perforated right edge, indicating that it had been part of a set. Did you know that when the bridge was completed in 1883, it charged one penny toll to cross? Deflation! Grade: 2
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I (heart) my planet
Nouvelles Images, mailed from Netherlands with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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I ( ) Mondays
All right, all right, we know this is not “I (heart) ______”, but this card really belongs here, doesn’t it? Mailed from Austria in 2013 with three large and different stamps, and two large postmarks, and Priority label. Rubber-stamped address. Grade: 1
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Me (heart) Loma (Finland)
We always like the little thrill of putting a language we don’t know into Google Translate and seeing what comes out the other end. In this case, here’s what the front of the card is said to say: “Small moments make your vacation a great. It was the moment when the big city became very small.” (Not bad, actually.) Mailed from Finland with uncancelled stamp and Priority label. Grade: 4
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I (heart) Köln, Schöne Grüße aus Köln (Germany)
In your face! Mailed from Belarus (not Cologne!) in 2013 with three stamps and two large, full postmarks. It is perfectly OK to (heart) Cologne if you live in Belarus, we think. Grade: 3
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The Peak, I (heart) You (Hong Kong)
This unused 5-1/8″ x 6-5/8″ card issued by Peak Tramways Company literally required us to go to Victoria Peak, spend money on other things we didn’t want, so we could then get these. Grade: 1
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The Peak, I (heart) You – The Peak Tram
This unused 5-1/8″ x 6-5/8″ card issued by Peak Tramways Company literally required us to go to Victoria Peak and spend money on other things we didn’t want, so we could then get these. Grade: 1
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I (heart) Holland
Mailed from Italy (not Netherlands!) in 2013 with two stamps, postmark, and two rows of orange postal barcoding. Grade: 4
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We (heart) Twingle (Germany)
An obscure little ad card entry for your I (heart) collection. Restaurant Derby is in Germany, and the card was mailed from there in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and trilingual Priority label. Some postal creasing, not major. Grade: 2