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Hampshire & Parts of Dorset, Somerset & Wiltshire (England)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Altstadtkarte Tübingen (Germany)
Internet card, but a nice one, mailed in 2012 with stamp and faint postmark. Grade: 1
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Lapland
Several countries shown, but this card was made in, and posted from, Finland. Aurora borealis stamp and Kilpisjarvi postmark. Grade: 1
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Map of Taiwan, many elements
Unused contemporary card. Grade: 1
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World Map
Quite a beautiful internet card, really, made more so by being mailed from Russia in 2012 and having three stamps: two of the usual small ones, and one (suitably) enormous one of whales. Grade: 1
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Sardegna
Mailed in 2012 with a very large Brunico stamp that didn’t get cancelled. Grade: 4
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Schöne Grüße aus Deutschland
Mailed in 2012 with edge abrasions, two different stamps (one of Arngast Lighthouse), and blue trilingual Priority label affixed. Grade: 2
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Greetings from California
Mailed in 2012 with four different stamps–two of which are Washington’s Tidal Basin connected–along with one extra sticker, illegible postmark, and a crease through the middle. Grade: 4
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Roma Metro (Italy)
This is either the best or the worst example of an international postcard: a Chinese internet card, of Rome’s Metro system, mailed from the USA (with four stamps, partial postmark) to Hong Kong. Grade: 3
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Schöne Grüße aus Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
Mailed in 2012 with stamp and trilingual Priority label. Grade: 2
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Vienna, Metro map (Austria)
Mailed in 2012 with stamp and bilingual Priority label and most of the postmark. Grade: 2
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London
New card with an old map, mailed from Finland (not England!) with an uncancelled stamp, and blue Priority label. Grade: 4 (because there’s no postmark)
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Paris Metro
It’s the Paris Metro but the card was mailed from Germany in 2012 with two different stamps and trilingual Priority label. Grade: 3, only because it was mailed from a different country.
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Australia … A Big Country!
Three of these informative internet cards are available, two from 2012 and one from 2013. One of 2012 is fully postmarked over an Olympics A$1.60 stamp, and has orange postal barcoding on both sides (Grade: 2, $3). The other of 2012 has the same stamp but it was not cancelled, and there’s a large Air Mail label (Grade: 4, $3). The 2013 card has stamp, postmark, and orange postal barcoding on both sides (Grade: 3, $2).
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Greetings from Turkey, map
This 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ postcard was mailed in 2012 with stamp and full Istanbul postmark. It also went to the wrong destination first, as indicated by a “Missent to Taipei” blue chop on the reverse. Accordingly, some postal bumping around the edges. Grade: 3
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Vallee de la Sarre (France)
Mailed in 2012 with stamp and full postmark. Barcoding and minor abrasion on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Russia
Self-produced card mailed with four stamps and two large St. Petersburg postmarks in 2012. There is a semicircle on the back, and we are not certain if this is part of the design or not. Probably not. Grade: 3
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Canada
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Greetings from the Mountain State, West Virginia
Cards like this fit into many categories, and we take full advantage. Mailed in 2012 with $1.05 stamp, blurred postmark, and address label affixed. Grade: 3
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Ontario, Canada
Unused 4-3/4″ x 6-5/8″ card. Grade: 1
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Le Quebec (Canada)
Unused 4-3/4″ x 6-5/8″ card. Grade: 1
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Minnesota, Land of 10,000 Lakes
With abrasions on the front, this conventional tourist card was mailed in 2012 with four different stamps and mostly readable postmark. Grade: 3
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Lublin, Miasto w dialogu (City of Dialogue)
Mailed in 2012 with two stamps, Priorytet label, and three postmarks on the back — plus one unwanted one from Hongkong Post on the front. Sorry about that! Grade: 3
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World Map
Mailed from Belarus in 2012, with three different stamps and partly legible postmark. Grade: 2
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Holland
Two of these cards are available, each mailed in 2012. One has one stamp and readable postmark (Grade: 1, $2). The other has three stamps and Priority label, but illegible postmark and a small corrective sticker on the reverse (Grade: 3, $2).
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Peninsula de Yucatan (Mexico)
Most notable for being mailed from Russia (not Mexico!) in 2012, with stamp, illegible postmark, and blue additional rubber-stamp marking. Grade: 4
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Rapid Transit Systems of Moscow
Internet card (Postal Shop) mailed in 2012 with four of the same stamp, and postmark. Grade: 1
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“Greetings from the United States”
Believe it or not, it’s relatively unusual to find map cards of the entire USA. This one was mailed from Washington state in 2012 with three different stamps and partly legible postmark. Grade: 1
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Nederland
Two of these cards are available. One was mailed in 2012 with two stamps, postmark, Priority label, and address labels affixed (Grade: 4, $0.50) and the other in 2013 with two stamps, postmark, and Priority (Grade: 1, $1).
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Taiwan
Nice, contemporary textured card mailed in 2013 with two stamps, full postmark, and trilingual airmail sticker affixed. Grade: 1
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Louisiana, The Pelican State
A Louisiana map postcard mailed in 2012 with four different stamps (three of them cancelled) and readable Shreveport postmark. Very minor postal creasing. Grade: 2
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Belgium
Mailed in 2012, with stamp and A Prior label, but no postmark. Only because of that, Grade: 4
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Formosa (Taiwan)
Internet card that looks old, but it’s an internet card, so … Mailed in 2012 with two different stamps, and partial postmark. Grade: 2
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Texas, The Lone Star State
Mailed in 2012, this card has a $1.05 stamp, and partly readable postmark–and an abrasion on upper front. Grade: 3
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Welcome to Ukraine
Mailed in 2012 with stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 2
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Vacances en Loire-Atlantique (France)
Mailed in 2012 with stamp, postmark, and address label taped on. Grade: 4
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Share Taiwan to the world
The map seems to be composed of postcards, which is interesting. Mailed from Taiwan (“Greetings from Taiwan”) with two stamps and partial postmark. Grade: 1
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Kyiv Metro (Ukraine)
Internet (Photo Fabrique) card mailed in 2012 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Rapid Transit Systems of Moscow
They may look the same at first glance, but this card is not the same design as our 20545152/31000155/34800213. For one thing, this card has the system’s logo on top. We will leave it to you to decide if all the stations are the same. This is an internet card (Photo Fabrique), mailed from Ukraine (not Russia!) in 2012 with three different stamps, and postmark. Grade: 3
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Schwarzwald (Germany)
Mailed in 2013 with three stamps and very large, full, special postmark. Grade: 1