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Przemyśl, map and multiple views (Poland)
When persons who are not from Poland, or nearby, see Polish words and place names, we sometimes wonder how these could be pronounced. The name of this town is a good example. That is strictly a comment on language, not on the town, which looks beautiful on this card mailed in 2012 with four stamps and two faint postmarks. Grade: 1
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Maui, The Valley Island (Hawaii)
Not just Maui, but three other islands too, on this Plastichrome card with round corners mailed in 1966 with a 5-cent stamp. Heavily postmarked. Grade: 3
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Nederland
A nice map, though you might need to be under age 30 to read it. Mailed with stamp, postmark, and Priority. Grade: 1
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Alberta, Canada
Mailed in 2012 with the enormous “Titanic” stamp, orange postal barcoding through that, and blue bilingual Air Mail sticker affixed. Grade: 2
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Peru
Mailed in 2012 with three large (and different) stamps, very large postmark … Grade: 1
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North Wales
Mailed in 1972 with stamp and postmark, this map postcard has held up well. Grade: 1
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North Wales
Two of these unused cards PT24448 are available. One looks almost as-new (Grade: 1, $2) and the other is aged and has notations on the reverse, including the date “1973 June”, which looks about right (Grade: 3, $1).
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North Norfolk map (England)
Unused card, aging a bit and with some corner abrasion. Grade: 2
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The South East Corner of England
Unused card, aging a bit. Grade: 2
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Suffolk (England)
Unused card, aging and with some staining and pencil marks on the back. Grade: 3
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The Wye Valley
Mailed in 1973 with stamp and full Monmouth postmark. Some crunching on lower left corner. Grade: 3
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Oregon
Mailed in 2012 with $1.05 stamp and readable postmark. Very faint orange postal barcoding on the front. Grade: 1
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MTR (Hong Kong)
“Legitimate” MTR map cards do not exist in Hong Kong. An online company in China either does or did offer these for sale, and we were very lucky (and grateful) to get this one, mailed to us from inside Hong Kong in 2012 with stamp and postmark–along with major postmark transfer on the front. We suspect these would be good sellers if they were commercially available here, though they would need frequent updating. Grade: 3
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The North West (England)
Not postally used, but with inked notations on the back. Grade: 3
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Plan of the Moscow Metro
Captioned in eight languages, this Metro postcard was mailed in 2012 with one stamp and full postmark. Grade: 2
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Formosa (Taiwan)
From a map dated 1896, a card dated 2012 with two stamps, postmark, and blue trilingual airmail label. Grade: 2
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Map of the Moskva River (Russia)
If you like map postcards, here is an unusual and distinctive one: mailed in 2012 with five different stamps and multiple overlapping postmarks. Grade: 1
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Smile, You are in Estonia
Actually, we’re not in Estonia, but the unused card was. Grade: 1
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Colorado
A conventional map postcard, and two are available. One was mailed in 2012 with “Aloha” stamp and not-quite-legible postmark; address label affixed (Grade: 4, $1). The other is unused (Grade: 1, $1).
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Quantung and Fokien map (China)
The map is old, the card is recent, and mailed from Taiwan (not PR China!) in 2012 with two stamps and trilingual Air Mail sticker affixed. Grade: 2
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Cornwall, The County of Hidden Treasure (England)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Anglesey (Wales)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Hadrian’s Wall (England)
Not postally used, but with a message from 1979 taking up all of the reverse. Grade: 4
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Grimm-Dich-Pfad (Germany)
Grimm’s Fairy Tales on one walking tour. This colourful 4-1/8″ x 8-1/4″ card was mailed in 2012 with two stamps and trilingual Luftpost sticker affixed. Grade: 1
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The Brontë Country (England)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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North Wales
Mailed in 1974 with stamp and postmark; the writer marked the map to show where their cottage was. Grade: 5
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Isle of Wight, The Garden Island (England)
Unused card, slightly smudged on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Sussex (England)
Unused J. Salmon Ltd. card 1-62-00-01/4601. Grade: 1
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North Devon and Part of Somerset (England)
Unused J. Salmon Ltd. card 1-47-00-04/4581. Grade: 1
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Dorset (England)
The postmarks are not clear but this card was mailed with a 12p stamp if that gives you any clue. Grade: 1
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Isle of Purbeck (England)
Not actually an island, but a peninsula–which you already know if you live in England. Unused and aging J. Salmon Ltd. card 1-54-00-03. Grade: 2
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South Devon (England)
Unused J. Salmon Ltd. card 4583. Grade: 1
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Lancashire, The County Palatine (England)
Mailed in 2012, with five stamps. Postmark is mostly distinct, and there’s a tiny airmail sticker. Abrasion on lower left front. Grade: 4
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Yorkshire, The County of Broad Acres (England)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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The Yorkshire Dales (England)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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North Yorkshire Coast (England)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Yorkshire (England)
Mailed in 1976, with 6-1/2p stamp and Leeds postmark. Grade: 1
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L’Alsace Historique (France)
Mailed from Belgium (not France) with stamp and extra name sticker affixed. This card has serrated edges. Grade: 4
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Bucuresti – Metro Network Map (Romania)
This looks like an unattributed internet card: the caption is only in English. But it was mailed in 2012 with a very large stamp, two postmarks, and blue Prioritar label affixed. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Virginia, map
Mailed in 2012, with one stamp and barely readable contemporary postmark. Minor postal battering. Grade: 2